For centuries, religion has been used as an excuse to exclude and persecute sexual and gender minorities – just as it has been used at times to persecute religious minorities (Jews, Muslims), and ethnic minorities (inSouth Africa and the American…
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Queer Stations of the Cross: Introduction, and Station 1
For Catholics, an important Lenten devotion is to pray the Stations of the Cross. For queer Catholics, this devotion now has added relevance with a series of paintings by the artist Mary Burton, who has completed a series on the…
Let Us Remember, March 15th: The (Gay) Roman Centurion and his “Boy”
In Catholic tradition, March 15th is the feast day of “Longinus”, the name given to the Roman centurion at the crucifixion who pierced Christ’s side with his spear. Some writers, like Paul Halsall of the LGBT Catholic Handbook, also identify him with…
A Catholic Conversation About Homosexuality
Fortunate Families has a great “resources” page, structured primarily for the Catholic families and friends of LGBT people, but also immensely valuable for anyone who simply wants to know more about the facts, without the polemics. One of these valuable…
Creating a Parish – based LGBT Ministry
When Archbishop Vincent Nichols announced at the beginning of January the move of the Soho Masses Community from Warwick Street to integration with the Jesuit parish at Farm Street, his public statement included the words, Such pastoral care will include…
Soho Masses, After Warwick Street: “Next Steps” Workshop, May 4th
Although I am confident that the transition to Farm Street, with its superior facilities and resources, will bring significant opportunities for the community to grow and develop in faith and spirituality, I also recognise that there are limitations. On its…
LGBT Catholics, Welcomed by Archbishop(s)
have already described how warmly the Soho Masses Community was welcomed last night, by our our fellow parishioners at our new base in Farms Street, by the parish clergy team, and by Archbishop Vincent Nichols. Tomorrow, I will reflect further…
Soho Masses Community: The Next Phase Begins
Last night, the Soho Masses Community began the next phase of their growth as a prophetic, Eucharistic community, with the first Mass in which they begin their integration into the wider parish community at the Jesuit parish of The Immaculate…
Soho Masses, and the “Denial of Inconvenient Truths”
At The Time on Saturday, the eminent church historian Diarmaid MacCulloch has an excellent article on the present crisis in the Catholic Church, which he argues requires that we need more than a new pope – “If the walls are…
“Soho Masses Community” Warmly Welcomed at Farm Street.
Tonight (Sunday 3rd March) I went up to London for the first Mass of the integration of the Soho Masses Community into the Farm Street parish of the Church of the Immaculate Conception – and came home more confident than…
