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Dignity NY Pride Parade 2010Established in 1972, Dignity New York, a chapter member of Dignity USA, is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to encourage gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender (GLBT) persons and their friends to express their sexuality in a manner consonant with Christ's teachings. Dignity helps people to become more active members of the Roman Catholic Church and society, and works through education and legal reforms for justice and the social acceptance of gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender persons.

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Established in 1972, Dignity New York, a chapter member of Dignity USA, is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to encourage gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender (GLBT) persons and their friends to express their sexuality in a manner consonant with Christ's teachings. Dignity helps people to become more active members of the Roman Catholic Church and society, and works through education and legal reforms for justice and the social acceptance of gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender persons.

 

Call to Action Greater NYC area meeting

Date: 
Sunday, January 22, 2012 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Our next CTA-Greater NYC Area meeting will be on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, from 3– 5pm at 20 Washington Square North. 

Please come for an update and some exciting highlights from the national conference.
 
Agenda
 
1.     Welcome prayer
2.     Report on Chapter incorporationprogress
3.     Video presentations and Chapterdiscussion from national CTA conference 2011
           a.    Jim Fitzgerald, CTA National Executive Director :  CTA’sMission and Goals
           b.    Marcus Borg: Christians in a Time of Empire: Then and Now
                 Borg is a Canon Theologian at TrinityEpiscopal Cathedral in Portland, Oregon, and author of numerous books onChristianity.
4.     Future Projects
5.     Next Meeting Dates:
            March25, 2012
            June3, 2012
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We would also like to share with you information regarding VOTF-NYs “Day ofJustice for Women in the Church” on Saturday, Jan 21. Fr. Roy Bourgeois lead a workshop at the national CTA conference on the issue of women’sordination.
[Forwardedfrom VOTF-NYC]
From: Francis X. Piderit[mailto:pideritvotf@piderit.com]
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 4:37 PM
Subject: Join Roy Bourgeois on Saturday, Jan. 21 at VOTF NY's Day ofJustice for Women in the Church
 
Dear Friends of Voice of the Faithful New York:
 
Greetings,and happy New Year to all. We are  two weeks from our first major VOTF NYevent of 2012. On Saturday, January 21st, we gather at St. Bart's to welcome Roy Bourgeois to New York as part of an outstanding program, "Dayof Justice for Women in the Church."
You are very warmly invited to attend this important event devoted to one of the foremost issues of social justice confronting the Catholic Church today... its treatment of women. The program will feature excerpts from the award-wining documentary, "Pink Smoke Over the Vatican," along with words from Roy and other presentations on justice for women.
 
Saturday,January 21 12:00 Noon
Day of Justice for Women in the Churchwith Fr. Roy Bourgeois
Saint Bartholomew’s ChurchParish House, 325 Park Ave. at 50th Street in Manhattan, New York(within walking distance of all major subway lines, Grand Central and MetroNorth, easily accessible from LIRR at Penn Station and Port Authority BusTerminal)
 
1:00 –1:15 Welcome
1:15 –1:45 Excerpts from “Pink Smoke over the Vatican” documentary
1:45 –2:15 Address by Roy Bourgeois
2:15 –3:00 Questions & Answers
3:00 –3:20 Break, Refreshments
3:20 –4:30 Panel presentations and discussion on
                      Women Leaders in Early Christianity: Rita Houlihan, FutureChurch
                      The Debate on Ordaining Women: Francis Piderit, VOTF NY
                      Primacy of Conscience in Catholic Teaching: Stanley Azaro
4:30 –4:40 Petition Presentation
4:40 –5:00 Closing Prayer service
 
Roy Bourgeois will be in the New York metropolitan area on Friday, January 20 through Sunday, January 22 for a series of events. On Friday, he will be in Park Slope, Brooklyn to talk about the "School of the Americas Watch: Then and Now." On Sunday, he will be in Huntington on Long Island for apresentation of "Pink Smoke Over the Vatican." See the attachmentsfor more details about other events you can attend.
All are invited. Pease be sure to forward this message to family, friends and your own personal email contacts.
Overthe next two weeks, we will be sending out additional information each day on the documentary film, on Roy Bourgeois's conscience-led call for justice for women, and on other parts of the January 21st program, including the concrete action we want to flow from the day. Please forward these messages to as manycontacts as you can. We depend on one another to get the word out to as large an audience as possible.
Peace, 
FrancisX. Piderit, VOTF NY Leadership Team
Voiceof the Faithful New York, 119 West 23rd Street, Suite 1003, New York, New York10011
C: 917.916.7575  T: 212.826.3118     F:  212.826.3115

Fr. Roy Bourgeois in the Greater New York City Area

Submitted by dignityny on January 12, 2012 - 7:11am

Fr. Roy Bourgeois will speak in the Greater New York City area events January 19-22, 2012.  These events are sponsored by: Voices of the Faithful, School of the Americas Watch, Brooklyn for Peace, NJ Peace Action, Huntington Cinema Arts Centre, and Park Slope United Methodist Church Social Action Committee.

 

January 19: Montclair, NJ: 7:30 PM: "Struggling for Social Justice in Latin America and Beyond," with Fr. Roy Bourgeois. First Congregational Church

 
January 20: Brooklyn, NY: 7 PM: "Struggling for Social Justice in Latin America and Beyond," with Fr. Roy Bourgeois. Park Slope United Methodist Church $10 suggested donation.
 
January 21: Manhattan, NY: 1-5 PM: "Day of Justice for Women in the Church with Father Roy Bourgeois," Saint Bartholomew's Church
1:15 - 1:45 Excerpt from Film: "Pink Smoke over the Vatican"
1:45 - 2:15 Address by Roy Bourgeois
2:15 - 3:00 Questions & Answers
3:00 - 3:20 Break, Refreshments
3:20 - 4:30 Presentations on
1. Women in the Church through History: Sr. Chris Schenk
2. Studying the Arguments on Ordaining Women: Francis Piderit
3. Primacy of Conscience in Catholic Teaching: Stanley Azaro
4:30 - 4:40 Petition Presentation
4:40 - 5:00 Closing Prayer service
 
January 22: Huntington, NY: 10 AM - 1PM Huntington Cinema Arts Center presents the award winning documentary, Pink Smoke Over the Vatican, with Fr. Roy Bourgeois. Join for brunch beginning at 10 AM, followed by the film at 11 AM, with a discussion to follow. $15
 
 
 
Fr. Roy Bourgeois is the founder of The School of Americas Watch, a grassroots movement to close The School of the Americas, a military training camp housed at the Fort Benning Army Base in Columbus, GA. The SOA trains soldiers from Latin America in counter insurgency techniques, including torture. Soldiers trained at the SOA have been and still are responsible for perpetrating death and violence against the people of Latin America. For over 20 years, Roy has dedicated himself to the goal of closing the SOA and educating the public about U.S. foreign policy in Latin America.
        In recent years Roy's conscience has lead him on another related journey, supporting women's rights to ordination in the Catholic Church. As a human rights activist, Roy can't ignore the blatant sexism of the Catholic Church and is willing to risk excommunication in speaking out:"As men we say we are called to the priesthood. Who are we to say God would not call women?"Read on
 
"Silence is the Voice of Complicity" - Fr. Roy Bourgeois 
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