Blog Articles from the Sons of St. Joseph
New York City and the New Gay Wasteland
A new study of “gay” men who recently relocated to New York City, from both outside the country and within the US, revealed that: “Participants described encountering an abundance of sexual opportunity in New York
Gays More Suicidal…and so are gay married couples
According to a study in Sweden: “The risk of suicide was higher among same-sex married individuals as compared to different-sex married individuals…Among same-sex married men the suicide risk was nearly three-fold greater as compared to
Gay Marriage and Transgenderism – A Sign of Civilization’s Decline and Fall
St. Alexius of Rome lived from about 410-460 AD; this period was at the heart of cultural, social, and political collapse in the already waning Roman Empire; during this period, as a whole, Rome was
The “gay” church within the Church: LA Archdiocese parish promotes a radical pro-gay agenda
(Pictured above: Comunidad's Marie Cartier at the Hollywood Cemetery.) In the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, at St. Matthew’s Catholic Parish in Long Beach, is headquartered an outreach to lesbian and gay Catholics, called Comunidad. A
More celebrities come-out as “gay” – more stories about dad and dysfunctional childhoods
Recently, the actor, model, and teen-idol Colton Haynes, most famous for appearing in the hit TV shows “Teen Wolf” and “Arrow,” came-out as “gay.” Born in Kansas in 1988, Haynes and his family relocated to
What being an altar boy – once meant to a former gay man
For the most part, my childhood in Catholic parochial schools was a nightmare. Almost from the get-go I was a rather shy, artistic, and introverted kid. I was woefully uncoordinated and completely disinterested in the
What those leaving “gay” – really need from the Church
“And Jesus said: Neither will I condemn thee. Go, and now sin no more.” (John 8:11) “Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved you! You were within
Gay Marriage Causes AIDS
For years, since the beginning of the AIDS crisis, diverse voices have been calling for a radical remaking of “gay” male culture away from the swinging sex of the 1970s into a more domesticated phase
20 “gay” and trans moments in animated television and comic-books – you never even knew happened.
“The best way to change hearts and minds is through media,” said Sarah Kate Ellis, president and chief executive of GLAAD. Seventy-three percent of millennials, or adults born after 1980, were in favor of same-sex
The End of the Rainbow: When sex, porn, and “gay” become increasingly pointless and shallow…
As with all sorts of obsessive compulsions and addictions, there is a constant descent into a numbing world of pervasive boredom and dissatisfaction. Saint John of the Cross understood this phenomenon as stemming from a
Pope Francis, the confessional as “torture chamber,” and “irregular situations.”
For this reason, a pastor cannot feel that it is enough simply to apply moral laws to those living in “irregular” situations, as if they were stones to throw at people’s lives. This would bespeak
Trouble Ahead: Ambiguity in AMORIS LÆTITIA with regards to the “gay” question.
When I returned to the Catholic Church in 1999, after an ineffectual childhood in the California parochial school system, and after a decade in the “gay” lifestyle, at best – what I found in the
Catholic University of San Diego ignores the truth and celebrates all things transgender
The LGBTQ community at the Catholic University of San Diego will sponsor “PRIDE’s Celebration of Gender Expression: Supreme Drag Superstar V” on April 14, 2016. The “drag show” is described by the organizers as an:
Lesbian, “gay,” bisexual Canadians report higher rates of mental health illness.
A recent Canadian study published in the “American Journal of Public Health” come from more than 220,000 Canadians who participated in the Canadian Community Health Survey between 2007 and 2012. The study found that gay
Gay Porn Star Dead from Overdose at Age 30
Xander Scott 1986-2016 RIP
St. Joseph the Worker as the Model of Healing for the Sons of St. Joseph
“St. Joseph takes us into his carpenter shop; and (as the sun glances through the open door) he teaches us not in words but in deeds that in the glorious drama of life in which
Radical pro-gay Priest who teaches of a “gay” Jesus to speak at Catholic San Francisco Parish
Donal Godfrey SJ, a Liverpool-born Jesuit priest noted for his ministry to the “gay” community, which openly challenges Catholic teachings on homosexuality, will speak at Most Holy Redeemer Parish in San Francisco on April 9th,
The Accepted Centrality of the Father-Son Conflict in Star Wars and Star Trek; and, its negation in male homosexuality.
“For years, psychology and psychiatry have bandied around theories that homosexuality is caused by parental personality types -- the dominant female, the weak male -- or by the absence of same-gender role models. Those theories
The Bush and Trump Dynasties: Two Similar Tales of Fatherly Ambition and Cruelty and their often Tragic Sons
As I have often observed, and studies have continually substantiated, in families where there is dysfunction between father and son the abused boy can often swerve into different unhealthy directions: towards alcoholism (see below), homosexuality,
Controversial Quotes from Randy Shilts
“The trouble was that, by definition, you had a gay male subculture in which there was nothing to moderate the utterly male values that were being adulated more religiously than any macho heterosexual could imagine...Promiscuity
Anti-Catholic Schismatic Priest Who Performs “Gay” Weddings to Speak at San Francisco Catholic Church [A Follow-up Report]
On February 13, 2016, the Rev. Vincent Pizzuto of the Celtic Christian Church addressed a group of parishioners, primarily men, at Most Holy Redeemer Church located in San Francisco’s Castro District. The subject of his
7 Scary Facts About “gay”- that no one ever told you…
The HIV disease burden, relative to the size of the “gay” male population, is of tremendous magnitude. “Compared to other men and women, for the two HIV disease metrics, MSM rates were 38 to 75
A Defense of “Pray the Gay Away.”
“Pray the gay away” is a slogan often heard in the “gay” rights movement used as a pejorative in order to mock any and all efforts by Christian churches or groups to deal with the
Anti-Catholic Schismatic Priest Who Performs “Gay” Weddings to Speak at San Francisco Catholic Church
On February 13, 2016, the Rev. Vincent Pizzuto, Associate Professor of New Testament Studies at the University of San Fracisco, Episcopal priest, and founder and vicar of New Skellig Christian Community, will speak at Most
The father-son dynamic, “gay” porn, and the dark wounded heart of male homosexuality…
“I love dad/son role play and working with a great therapist came to be able to listen to my own internal compass and dismiss outside judgment. I am most comfortable with younger men. There is
Same-sex marriage as a sign that all things “gay” have failed…
“Gay-rights activism in the 1970s focused more on personal liberation and visibility than on gaining access to institutions such as marriage. While some gay activists fought for the right to marry in the early 1970s,
David Bowie: Another Broken Boy
In most respects, the late singer and actor David Bowie conformed to what I have labeled as the “classic gay boy” syndrome: a boy with a detached and unloving father, certain effeminate traits, and an
Gay Porn Actor Dead at 21
Jasper Robinson 1994-2015 RIP
“…this desire was good.” – The confusion and the confused in “Living the Truth in Love” from Ignatius Press
“Living the Truth in Love: Pastoral Approaches to Same-Sex Attraction” is a collection of essays published by Ignatius Press and edited by Janet Smith and Courage Executive Director Fr. Paul Check. Except for one, all
Homosexuality as the universal untreated mental illness…
(Pictured above: self-portraits by "gay" child abuse survivor Francis Bacon.) In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder. The American Psychological Association Council of Representatives did the same in 1975. Thereafter other
Archbishop Cupich and the “gay” male conscience…and, my own experience with two vastly different spiritual directors.
Recently, Archbishop Blase Cupich used the term “internal forum” to describe a possible scenario by which divorced Catholics who have remarried could return to the Sacraments: “We expressed an aspiration that people who are stuck
“Couples that play together stay together:” My moments of “monogamy” as a gay man and the impossibility of a world without women.
Unbeknownst to me at the time, my first real “gay” relationship was also my first foray into homosexual “monogamy.” Then, I wasn’t consciously looking for anything long term, but because I was a so lonely,
HIV Diagnoses Drop Among Every Segment of the Population – EXCEPT “gay” males…
According to the CDC, across the full decade examined (2005-2014), the annual number of HIV diagnoses in the United States declined by 19%. This decrease was most marked by steep declines among heterosexuals (35%) and
Only 14% of gay men are “monogamous.”
“…the assumption that monogamy is the foundation to a successful relationship is far from universal among gay and bisexual men, and may in fact be a minority opinion.” A large survey of 4215 gay and
Gay Porn Star Dead at 20
Dimitri Kane 1995-2015 RIP
The Tragic and Twisted Characters Who Made “Gay” Normal…and one was a Catholic priest!
(Pictured - Left to Right: Fathers Dan McCarthy, Bernárd Lynch, John J. McNeill, and Robert Carter marching with Dignity/New York in an early 1980s “Gay” Pride Parade.) In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association made the