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Intergenerational Dialogues: a Convention Reflection
October 7, 2013
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DignityUSA
By Martin Witchger DignityWashingtonOne of the many highlights for me at the Convention was the workshop on intergenerational dialogues put on by the Young Adult Caucus With the realities of many of our chapters being older but trying to reach out a
DignityUSA Convention Recap
October 7, 2013
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DignityUSA
By Mateo Williamson We celebrate the success of rsquos st Biennial Convention which marks over years of ministry and advocacy for the LGBT community in the Catholic Church Dignityrsquos call to reform and justice for those marginalizedwithin the Chur
Pope's Comments Signal New Direction for Catholic Church
September 19, 2013
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DignityUSA
LGBT Catholics Welcome Pastoral Tone and Substance Boston MA welcomes the Popersquos comments in his recent interviewprinted inAmerica magazine We find much to be hopeful about particularly in the Popersquos firm desire that the Church be a rsqu
The Celebration of the Life of Jim Bussen
September 5, 2013
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DignityUSA
By Mike Hogan DignityChicago MemberOn a beautiful summer day family and friends of Jim Bussen gathered at Ebenezer Lutheran Church in Chicagorsquos Andersonville neighborhood to honor and celebrate the life and achievements of Jim a former national
LGBT Catholics Support Pope's Call for Day of Prayer for Peace
September 5, 2013
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DignityUSA
Dignity Communities Urged to Echo this Prayer during Weekend GatheringsBoston MA and its member communities across this nation deeply grieve the horror experienced among the Syrian people because of the use of chemical weapons We deplore the violence
Finding Hope at World Youth Day
September 5, 2013
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DignityUSA
If I had to pick one word to summarize my World Youth Day experience it would behope<emI expected that going to World Youth Day would be going straight into the lionrsquos den because most of the attendees would be conservative Catholic youth who w
Dignity/Honolulu Has an Active Summer 2013
September 5, 2013
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DignityUSA
ByGene CorpuzThe DignityHonolulu chapter has been busy this summer in addition to their weekly liturgies and monthly video nights Gene Corpuz Tim Earhart and Alan Campo attended the Convention in Minneapolis from Joining them was Michael Liendecker
Our Return: The Story that Stuck with Me
September 5, 2013
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DignityUSA
By Sara KelleyAfter I returned to the US following our trip to World Youth Day many of my friends and family had such positive things to say to me Members of my church and other progressive Catholic friends were so excited to talk to me about my expe
Pope Francis: Who Am I to Judge? What does this mean for Dignity?
September 5, 2013
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DignityUSA
Marie DuddyBurke Executive DirectorIf I had any doubt about the power of the Papal pulpit it disappeared in the days following Pope Francisrsquo postWorld Youth Day onboard press conference in which he addressed a reporterrsquos question on a ga