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”The Glory of God
is Man Fully Alive”
(St. Irenaeus, Bishop,  200 A.D.)

A Catholic Defense of Same Sex Marriage.  Daniel C. Maguire
A Catholic’s Prayer for His Fellow Pilgrim. 
Bayly, Michael J. 
Alison, James:
“But the Bible Says...”?
Alison, James: 
Ecclesiology and Indifference: Challenges for Gay and Lesbian Ministry
Alison, James:  Human Sexuality...or Ecclesial Discourse?
Alison, James: 
Is it Ethical to be Catholic?  Queer Perspectives.
Alison, James: 
Letter of Response to Friends in the Aftermath of the Vatican Instruction
    
of 29 November 2005.
Alison, James:  Unbinding the Gay Conscience
Alison, James:  Yes, But Is It True…?
Allen, John L.:  Vatican calls on all Catholics to oppose same-sex unions (NCR Link)
America Magazine Editorial: Ordaining Gay Men
An Open Letter to George Will.
John Shelby Spong.
An Open Letter to the Hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church Regarding the Pastoral Care
    
of Gay and Lesbian Persons (Various Chicago Clergy)  [Opinion/Speak Out]
A Pink Reformation. 
Theo Hobson  [Guardian.co.uk Link]
A Priest’s Confession
Jill Tucker
A Refreshing Notion -
National Catholic Reporter Editorial (NCR Link)
Association for the Rights of Catholics in the Church [Resources]
A Vision of Hope for Queer Catholics.  Donal Godfrey, SJ
A Wondrous Dance of Sex and the Spirit.
Thomas C. Fox

Baker, Andrew:  Ordination and Same Sex Attraction.  (
America Reference)
Bayly, Michael J.: 
A Catholic’s Prayer for His Fellow Pilgrim
Bayly, Michael J.: 
My Rainbow Sash Experience
Bayly, Michael J.: 
Somewhere In Between
Bayly, Michael J.: 
The Triumph of Love - An Easter Reflection
Bayly, Michael J.:
When Guidelines Lack Guidance
Beattie, Tina:  F
eminism, Vatican Style (The Tablet Link)
Benedict XVI: Deus Caritas Est
Betz, Jerry:
Claiming Our Own Spirituality
Break this Stained-Glass Ceiling
  Libby Purves (The Tablet Link)
Browne,
Martin:  Women Raise Their Voices
“But the Bible Says...”? 
James Alison

California’s Vote to Rescind Gay Marriage was Horrible!
by
Keith Olbermann.
Call To Action
[Resources]
Casslan, Susan (Blog)
Catholic and Gay.  Nic Lopez
Catholic Association for Lesbian and Gay Ministry
[Resources]
Catholic Church Music Director Fired over Vow Refusal!  Raphael [Opinion / Speak Out]
Catholic Rainbow Parents’ Declaration
Catholic Worker Movement (Link) [Resources]
Catholics for the Spirit of Vatican II (Contact)
Catholics Speak Out
[Resources]
CBC News Viewpoint:  Larry Zolf on Same-Sex Marriages (Link)
Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry
[Resources]
Challenges for Gay and Lesbian Ministry.  James Alison
Chittister, Joan, OSB:
Is Feminism a Mob or a Movement? (NCR Link)
Chittister, Joan, OSB: We All Need the Anglicans Right Now  [NCRcafe.org]
Chittister, Joan, OSB: Why Go to Church if you Don’t Do What the Pope Says? (NCR Link)
Christian Lesbians Out (Link) [Resources]
The Church is Home to All People of God.  Most Rev. J. Terry Steib, SVD  (Link)
Civil Parnerships Proposal (
UK, RC Caucus)
Claiming Inheritance. 
Drew
[Faith / Sharing Faith]
Claiming Our Own Spirituality by Jerry Betz
CLOUT (
Link) [Resources]
Commonweal Magazine (Link) [News/Regular Reading]
Commonweal MagazineMade In God’s Image – A Homosexual Priest Speaks Out
Conference of Catholic Lesbians (
Link) [Resources]
CORPUS [Resources]

DavidWhy Be Catholic? [Faith / Sharing Faith]
Deus Caritas Est.  Benedict XVI
Dignity/USA: 
Gay Catholics Reject Vatican Document on Same-Sex Marriage
Diversity and the Body of Christ.  Ndungane, Njongonkulu
Does It Matter?
DrewClaiming Inheritance. 
[Faith / Sharing Faith]

Ecclesiology and Indifference: Challenges for Gay and Lesbian Ministry.  James Alison
Empereur, James, SJ: 
Where There is Life there is Hope:  The Gifts Gay People
    
Bring to the Church.
8th Day Center for Justice: 
A Response to the Instruction from the Vatican
Congregation for Catholic Education - January, 2006

Estes, Clarissa Pinkola:
Not a Witch Hunt - A Treasure Hunt  [NCRcafe.org]

Faith-Based Gay Organizations (Links) [Resources]
Faithful and Fabulous: Dignity on the Road at FortyMary Hunt
Faith in the Fifties. Watchamacallem Jones 
[Life / Growing Up Catholic]
Fellowship of Southern Illinois Laity (Contact)
Feminism, Vatican Style
Tina Beattie (The Tablet Link)
Finding God in the Erotic by
Donal Godfrey, S.J.
Fortunate Families
[Resources]
Fox, Matthew: It’s About Love, Stupid!  (News - Blog Link)
Fox, Thomas C.:  Sex and the Spirit
Fox, Thomas C.: They Are At The Center of the Church  (NCR Link)
Frawley-O’Dea, Mary Gail: Experts on Sex Offenders Have for News Vatican (NCR Link)
Future Church [Resources]

Gay and Straight Education Network [Resources]
Gay Catholic.org  (Link) [Resources] [News]
Gay, Catholic and Confused.  Kevin Naff (Washington Blade)
Gay Catholics Reject Vatican Document on Same-Sex Marriage (
Dignity/USA)
Gay-Friendly Parishes and Faith Communities
[Resources / Welcoming Communities]
Gay Marriage
A Gay Priest Speaks Out. Thomas, Gerard  (Commonweal LINK)
Gay Parenting
Gay Priests
Gay-Straight Alliance Network [Resources]
Gay Theology Pioneer Trust God’s Shrewdness  by Robert J. McClory (NCR Link)
Gearty, Conor: Reclaiming Our Tradition: Rights, Diversity and Catholic Social Teaching
Gearty, Conor:
Sex and the Secular Liberal (The Tablet Link)
GLESEN [Resources]
Godfrey, Donal, SJ.:  A Vision of Hope for Queer Catholics
Godfrey, Donal, SJ:  Finding God in the Erotic
Godfrey, Donal, SJ: 
On Coming Out
Graham, Kate Childs: 
Our Journey to Holy Union (NCRonline.org)
Groves, Pat:
On Thin Ice
Gumbleton, Bishop Thomas:  Yes, Gay Men Should be Ordained.  (
America Reference)
Guthrie, Ryan:
Why I Became Catholic

Hamilton, Andrew, SJ:
Sexuality and Ministry (Eureka Street Link)
Healing the Wound: Sacraments and Human Sexuality.  Eugene C. Kennedy (NCR Link)
Helminiak, Daniel A.:  Catholicism, Homosexuality, and Dignity (Dignity Link)
Hobson, Theo:
A Pink Reformation [Guardian.co.uk Link]
Human Sexuality...or Ecclesial Discourse?
James Alison
Hunt, Mary: 
Faithful and Fabulous: Dignity on the Road at Forty

Is Feminism a Mob or a Movement? 
Joan Chittister, OSB (NCR Link)
Is it Ethical to be Catholic?  Queer Perspectives.  James Alison
It’s About Love, Stupid! 
Matthew Fox  (News - Blog Link)
It Won’t Wash with Women. Mary McAlees (The Tablet Link)

Jerry:  Take Up Your Cross [Faith / Sharing Faith]
Johnson, Elizabeth:  Honor Your Father and Your Mother (Link to U.S.Catholic)
Johnson, Luke Timothy: Scripture and Experience.
Judge, Mychal.  NY Times: Father Mychal Judge Becomes Larger Than Life.  (Link)

Kelly, Michael B.
Vatican Flight From Reality [The Age Link]
Kennedy, Eugene C.,
Healing the Wound: Sacraments and Human Sexuality (NCR Link)

Letter to a Televangelist.  Anonymous  [Life / Whatever]
Living Under Fire [Opinion / Editorial]
Lopez, Nic:  Catholic and Gay
Loughlin, Gerard:
Theological Response to:
                        Reclaiming Our Tradition: Rights, Diversity and Catholic Social Thought

Made in God’s Image – A Homosexual Priest Speaks Out. 
Commonweal Magazine.
Maguire, Daniel C.: 
A Catholic Defense of Same Sex Marriage
Marcel, Joyce: 
Who Do You Love? How Do You Love?
Manson, Jamie L.:
The Grace of Living on the Margins (NCRonline.org)
Marvin’s Christmas Child. 
Patrick Mulcahey  [Life / Whatever]
McAlees, Mary It Won’t Wash with Women. (The Tablet Link)
McCabe, Kerry 
Some Personal Reflections on the Film The Groomsmen; Or,
            
Some Thoughts on Being Irish, Catholic and Gay
McClory, Robert J.:  A religious, civil hornet’s nest (NCR Link)
McClory, Robert J.: Gay Theology Pioneer Trust God’s Shrewdness  (NCR Link)
McClory, Robert J.:  Priests protest language on gays (NCR Link)
McClory, Robert J.:  The Dutch Plan (NCR Link)
McNeill, John J.:  On the 30th Anniversary of Dignity/New York
Meder, Erik:  ‘Strangers No Longer’:  Who is the Other Among Us? (NCR Link)
Minneapolis Musings by David Pais
Moses and Tech Support Anonymous [Life / Laughs]
Mulcahey, Patrick:  Marvin’s Christmas Child[Life]
My Rainbow Sash Experience.  Bayly, Michael J.

Naff, Kevin: 
Gay, Catholic and Confused (Washington Blade editorial)
National Association of American Nuns (
Contact)
National Association of Catholic Diocesan Lesbian and Gay Ministries’
Statement
    
on Vatican Instruction “Concerning The Criteria Of Vocational Discernment
    
Regarding Persons With Homosexual Tendencies In View Of Their Admission To
    
Seminaries And Holy Orders”
National Catholic Reporter (Link)
[News/Regular Reading]
National Catholic Reporter Editorial: Another Vatican Sex Disconnect (Link)
National Catholic Reporter Editorial:
A Refreshing Notion (Link)
Ndungane, Njongonkulu: 
Diversity and the Body of Christ
Network [Resources]
New Ways Ministry [Resources]
North Dakota Peace Coalition [Contact]
Not a Witch Hunt - A Treasure Hunt.  Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes [NCRcafe.org]

On Coming Out.  Donal Godfrey, SJ.
On Spending Three Days with Dignity USA. 
Bishop John Shelby Spong
On The 30th Anniversary of Dignity/New York. 
John J. McNeill
On Thin Ice.
Pat Groves
O’Neill, Aidan:
Rights, Responsibilities and Religious Bodies
Ordaining Gay Men. 
America Magazine
Ordination and Same Sex Attraction.  Rev. Andrew Baker (America Reference)
Our Journey to Holy Union
by
Kate Childs Graham (NCRonline.org)

Pais, David: 
Minneapolis Musings
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
[Resources]
Pathfinders Renewal Weekend (Contact)
Patrick: Pax or Pox 
[Opinion / Speak Out]
Pax Christi USA (Link) [Resources]
Pax or Pox.  Patrick [Opinion / Speak Out]
Pendergast, Martin:  Compatible not competing – Pastoral practice and civil partnerships
PFLAG [Resources]
Positively Catholic (HIV+ Support, London) [Resources]
Purves, Libby:
Break this Stained-Glass Ceiling (The Tablet Link)

Q  (No Q????)

Rainbow Families (Link) [Resources]
Rainbow Sash Movement (Link) [Resources]
Raphael: Catholic Church Music Director Fired over Vow Refusal! [Opinion / Speak Out]
Reclaiming Our Tradition: Rights, Diversity and Catholic Social Teaching. Gearty, Conor
Reclaiming Our Tradition: Rights, ... Theological Response.
Gerard Loughlin
A Response to the Instruction from the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education - January, 2006 by The 8th Day Center for Justice.
Rights, Responsibilities and Religious Bodies. 
Aidan O’Neill, QC
Roman Catholic Caucus of the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement
(Reference/Contact) [
Roman Catholic Caucus of the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement: 
                                                                     
On the Civil Partnerships Proposal (UK)

Scripture and Experience by
Luke Timothy Johnson
Sex and the Secular Liberal  by Conor Gearty
Sexual Ethics, Reflection on (Dignity
Link)
Sexuality and Ministry by
Andrew Hamilton, SJ (Eureka Street Link)
Some Personal Reflections on the Film The Groomsmen; Or, Some Thoughts on Being                Irish, Catholic and Gay by Kerry McCabe
Somewhere In Between by Michael J. Bayly
SOULFORCE
[Resources]
Spiritus Christi (Contact)
Spong, John Shelby: 
An Open Letter to George Will
Spong, John Shelby: 
On Spending Three Days with Dignity USA
Steib, SVD, Most Rev. J. Terry: 
The Church is Home to All People of God.(Link)
‘Strangers No Longer’:  Who is the Other Among Us? 
Erik Meder. (NCR Link)

Tablet, The [London] (Link) [News/Regular Reading]
Take Up Your Cross.  Jerry [Faith / Sharing Faith]
Tedesco, Mark:  That Undeniable Longing -
                         My Road to and from the Priesthood
(Book Review)
The Dutch Plan by Robert J.McClory (NCR Link)
The Grace of Living on the Margins by Jamie L. Manson (NCRonline.org)
The Triumph of Love - An Easter Reflection by
Michael J. Bayly
They Are At The Center of the Church by
Tom Fox (NCR Link)
Thomas, Gerard:  A Gay Priest Speaks Out  [Commonweal LINK]
Thomas, Oliver “Buzz”: When Religion Loses its Credibility [USA Today Link]
Tucker, Jill:  A Priest’s Confession

U.S. CatholicVatican Launches Counter-Strike Against Gay Marriage, Adoption
Unbinding the Gay Conscience. 
James Alison.
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (
Link)

Vatican (
Link)
Vatican: 
Certain Considerations…
Vatican Flight From Reality. Kelly, Michael B. [The Age Link]
Vatican: 
Instruction... (November 29, 2005)
Vatican Launches Counter-Strike Against Gay Marriage, Adoption (U.S.Catholic
Link)
Vatican Vs. The Church
[Opinion / Editorial]
Voice of the Faithful [Resources]

Watchamacallem Jones:  Faith in the Fifties [Life / Growing Up Catholic]
Water (Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual) (Link) [Resources]
When Guidelines Lack Guidance.  Michael J. Bayly
When Religion Loses its Credibility.
Thomas, Oliver “Buzz” [USA Today Link]
When Women Were Deacons  John Wijngaards
Where Do Pets Come From? Anonymous [Life / Laughs]
Where There is Life there is Hope:  The Gifts Gay People Bring to the Church. 
                                                                                               
James Empereur, SJ.
Who Do You Love? How Do You Love? 
Joyce Marcel.
We All Need the Anglicans Right Now. 
Joan Chittester, OSB  [NCRCafe.org]
Why Go to Church if you Don’t Do What the Pope Says?
Joan Chittister, OSB (NCR LINK)
Why I Became Catholic   Ryan Guthrie
Wijngaards, John: When Women Were Deacons (The Tablet Link)
Women Raise Their Voices  
Martin Browne
Women’s Ordination Conference (Link) [Resources]

Yes, But Is It True…?  James Alison
Yes, Gay Men Should be Ordained.  Bishop Thomas Gumbleton (
America Reference)

Zolf, Larry: Same-Sex Marriages (CBC News
Link)