July 5, 2023 | by Richard Young | To be sure, the world is complex and multi-layered. People and situations can be complicated. However, our response to these complexities (while not easy) can often be simple: offering concern, listening, caring, accompanying. Today’s reflection reminds us that in a complicated world, real solutions often start with a simple decision to love.
Supreme Court Protects Opponent of Equal Marriage and Rules Against Colorado Anti-Discrimination Law
June 30, 2023 | by DignityUSA| DignityUSA is extremely disappointed with today's Supreme Court ruling that means that LGBTQIA+ citizens have less access to the nation's businesses and services than others.
June 28, 2023 | by Ann Marie Szpakowska | Nearly everyone recalls the strict social structures of in-groups and out-groups in a high school cafeteria. There are no signs, but everyone knows where they are welcome to sit. Today’s reflection reminds us that adults can also get stuck in such excluding patterns, and invites us to be rooted in a love that knows no such boundaries.
June 21, 2023. DignityUSA joins many other Catholics around the world in welcoming the Instrumentum Laboris, the recently released Vatican document that will guide the work of the Synod of the Catholic Church in October 2023 and October 2024. The Synod, which has been enthusiastically convened by Pope Francis himself, is expected to set the tone over the next several years for consideration of some of the most important and controversial issues facing the Catholic Church.
June 21, 2023 | by delfín bautista | The primary definition of accomplice is generally someone who helps another person commit a crime. Today’s reflection reframes the term as God’s commitment to be with us in our endeavors to subvert structures of oppression and exclusion; and challenges us to be God’s accomplice in the sacred act of accompanying one another.
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Advent Reflection Series
DignityUSA invites you to participate in our Advent Reflection Series for 2023. We are celebrating Pope Francis' welcome to all and his prophetic words given at a World Youth Day address: "Todos! Todos! Todos!" Todos means "all." All are welcome to join us for an advent-themed reflection on the week's readings, followed by group discussions. Our friends at Call to Action will join us to kick off this series on November 29! This reflection series takes place each Wednesday, November 29 - December 20, from 8pm - 9pm ET/5pm - 6pm PT. The reflection series is free, but registration is required.
November 29, 2023 to December 20, 20238:00pm
