DignityUSA
Gay Catholic Leaders Celebrate Washington State Senate Approval of Same-Sex Marriage
Catholics Play Prominent Role in Bill’s Passage
Feb. 2, 2012. In the wake of the Washington State Senate’s vote endorsing same-sex marriage, DignityUSA applauds the leadership of Catholic legislators in getting one step closer to equality.
February 2012 Dateline
Not only are we showing up in greater numbers for campaigns for equality, but when we engage in political advocacy we are increasingly present as fully ourselves, raising profound spiritual questions about the intersections of justice work, about caring for the most marginalized in our communities, and about how well we’re doing loving our neighbors as ourselves.
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Sacred Work
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Use Your Gifts for the Good of Dignity
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Chapter/Caucus News
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A Buddy System for Dignity
by Peggy Burns
Nominations are now open for 2012 Board Elections
Nominations are open for four (4) Directors-at-Large for a period of two years—October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2014.
Board members become part of the strong, dynamic, and supportive team that develops DignityUSA’s programs, ensures we have adequate resources to carry out our work, and sets strategic priorities for the future. We are currently seeking leaders with organizational development, marketing, fund-raising, or human resource management talents and experience. In order to ensure proportional representation, we are especially interested in members from the southern and western parts of the US, who are Latino/a, transgender, openly bisexual or allies of the LGBT Catholic community.
FEBRUARY 5, 2012: FIFTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
Scholars frequently point out that the vocabulary in the second half of today's Marcan gospel pericope is found in just one other place: Jesus' agony in the garden. We'll see there's a good reason for this.
JANUARY 29, 2012: FOURTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
Were I to ask, "What was Jesus' first miracle?" the vast majority of people would probably answer, "Turning water into wine at the Cana wedding reception." That's correct - if you're in John's gospel. But it's the wrong answer if you're reading the other three.
JANUARY 22, 2012: THIRD SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
It's clear from today's I Corinthians passage that, in many ways, early Christians felt they were called to turn the world upside-down. Paul couldn't express their conviction better. "From now on, let those having wives act as not having them, those weeping as not weeping, those rejoicing as not rejoicing, those buying as not owning, those using the world as not using it fully. For the world in its present form is passing away." The Apostle could easily have added, "And we Christians are the ones speeding up its passing."
Gay Catholic Leader Reacts to Pope's Rant
Hear DignityUSA Executive Director in a wide-ranging interview with Emmy Award winner Charlotte Robinson on OutTake Voices.
http://voices.outtakeonline.com/2012/01/gay-catholic-leader-reacts-to-popes.html
In this exclusive audio interview Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of OUTTAKE VOICES™ talks with Marianne Duddy-Burke, Executive Director of DignityUSA, the nation’s foremost LGBT Catholic organization. Recent polls show high levels of support for LGBT people among Catholics yet the Pope and bishops continue to lead attacks on civil rights for gay people. In Pope Benedict’s 2012 outrageous New Year’s speech to diplomats from approximately 180 countries the Pope said policies allowing gay marriage “threaten human dignity and the future of humanity itself.” We talked to Marianne about being Catholic and issues facing our LGBT community.
DignityUSA Members in Connecticut Respond to Initiation of Courage Chapter
DignityUSA members Frank O'Gorman and Paul Scarbrough, both of Connecticut, are prominently featured in a Rainbow Times article about the Hartford Archdiocese's development of a Courage Chapter as a "ministry" to LGBT Catholics. To read this very comprehensive piece, please click on the link below. The article is made available with permission.
http://therainbowtimesmass.com/2012/01112012/ctabstinence.html
Gay Catholics Reject Pope’s Statement Calling Same-Sex Marriage a Threat to Humanity
Boston, MA. January 11, 2012. Leaders of the largest organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Catholics are reaching out to fellow Catholics who are hurt and angered by Pope Benedict XVI’s latest attack on the LGBT community. In a New Year’s speech to diplomats from approximately 180 countries on the importance of children, the Pope said policies allowing same-sex marriage “threaten human dignity and the future of humanity itself.”
JANUARY 15, 2012: SECOND SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
Both today and next week's first and third readings contain one of Scripture's most important pieces of literature: call narratives. Since Scripture's original readers were convinced they were especially called by God, these narratives were intended to provide them with some insight into the implications of that call.
Our I Samuel passage zeroes in on two important aspects of being called. First, God can (and does) call the most unlikely individuals. Second, what should be our immediate response to such a call.
