It’s no surprise, but good to have it confirmed/ Vincent Nichols of Westminster is included among the new cardinals named today by Pope Francis, for inclusion in next month’s consistory. This appointment should be welcomed, by LGBT Catholics everywhere.
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English Queer Catholics, Engaging With the Church
As part of the Catholic global consultation on marriage and family, LGBT Catholics Westminster Pastoral Council,(formerly known as the Soho Masses Pastoral Council) has made a submission to the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (read the full text at Mark Dowd’s…
Soho Masses Community: Feeding God’s Sheep
After an unusually long gap between Masses, last night’s gathering at Farm Street demonstrated that the Soho Masses Community is unquestionably alive and kicking - and ready a new, expansionary phase (just as the previous move from St Anne’s to…
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…
Politics, Sin, and the Soho Masses
The Catholic Masses with a particular focus on the pastoral needs of LGBT Catholics, their families and friends have now come to an end - and the Soho Masses community is preparing for the next phase in their growth and…
Soho Masses Transition Begins: We Are Sent Forth
Last night, the Soho Masses community celebrated the last Mass for LGBT catholics, their families and friends at the Church of the Assumption and St Gregory, Warwick Street, London. Pay careful attention to those words: this was the last Mass…
