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US LGBTQ+ Catholic Group Celebrates Courage of German Bishops Who Approved Formal Blessings for Same-Sex Couples
March 12, 2023
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Marianne Duddy-Burke (she/her)
he worlds oldest organization of Catholics working for justice equality and full inclusion of LGBTQIA+ people in our church and society applauds the Catholic Bishops of Germany who have voted to support formal blessings for samesex couples In a vote

Breath of the Spirit: Transfigured: Now What?
March 1, 2023
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DignityUSA
We often struggle with what to do next when we have a religious experience Do we tell the world? Or at least our close friends and family? It is likely they will not understand This weeks reflection provides no easy answers but instead reminds us tha

Breath of the Spirit: The Temptation to Love With Less Than All of Me
February 22, 2023
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DignityUSA
As we begin Lent Jesus temptation offers us a meditation on being whole In a world that communicates we are only worth the sum of our stuff and in a Church that officially teaches any sexual minority is damaged Jesus reminder that each of us is calle

Breath of the Spirit: To Love Others as God Has Loved Us
February 15, 2023
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DignityUSA
Loving ones enemies often lands somewhere between empty prayers for people with whom we disagree and the threat of letting others take advantage of us in the name of Jesus But neither of those encapsulate this difficult task about which Jesus preache

Be DignityUSA's Board President Vice President or At-large Member!
February 13, 2023
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DignityUSA
This spring will be holding elections for the PresidentVicePresident slate and three () atlarge Board members Please consider offering your time and talents to advance our missionClick here for more information about serving on the BoardNominations

Book Review: A Girlhood Letter to my Transgender Daughter By Carolyn Hays
February 13, 2023
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DignityUSA
This book is first and foremost about Love love for a child (their fourth child) who the parents realized at an early age identified as a gender that did not match her gender assigned at birth

Breath of the Spirit: What Would Jesus Have Us Do in Response to the Death of Tyre Nichols?
February 8, 2023
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DignityUSA
This weeks reflection asks us to apply the principles of Jesus moral vision to our own lives in light of the brutal death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of police This exposes the fluffy feelgood approach to Christianity as insufficient We are reminded

Breath of the Spirit: The Light That Comes from Within
February 1, 2023
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DignityUSA
Todays reflection combines traditional mysticism and contemporary physics to remind us that the Scriptural call for us to be light to the world is not just metaphor but metaphysics both symbolic and literal truth In so doing this reflection challen

Detroit Based LGBTQIA+ Advocacy Group Lauds Pope's Statement That Being Gay is Not a Crime
January 30, 2023
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DignityUSA
With Dignity As president of Families With Dignity (FWD) a group that works for acceptance of LGBTQIA+ people in the Catholic Church Linda KarleNelson welcomed this weeks statement by Pope Francis that being homosexual is not a crime The Pope was res