Blog Articles from the Sons of St. Joseph

On June 24, 2018, at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Hoboken, New Jersey, the Archdiocese of Newark, Fr. Alexander Santora celebrated the Parish’s “first annual gay pride Mass.” At the beginning of Mass,

Above: Fr. Gil Martinez, Chaplain for Out at St. Paul. celebrating Mass at the site of the Stonewall Riots during the New York City Gay Pride Parade on June 24, 2018.  On August 3, 2018,

From October 2-4, 2018, Fr. Bryan Massingale will lead “a retreat for gay priests, brothers, and deacons” at Siena Retreat Center in Racine, Wisconsin, in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. The Siena Retreat Center is overseen

Later this year, Kevin Funk, the co-chair of the Gay+ Ministry at Old St. Patrick’s Catholic Church located in the Archdiocese of Chicago, will wed his same-sex partner. According to Funk’s “Letter of Welcome from

On August 12, 2018, at St. Lawrence the Martyr Catholic Church in Redondo Beach, the parish’s “One Heart Ministry” will host a viewing of the documentary film “Anyone & Everyone.” The “Guest Speaker and Moderator”

Every year, the GLBT ministry from the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, participates in the Atlanta "Pride" For the past several years, the historic Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Atlanta, Georgia, has sponsored a

On July 28, 2018, Thomas Rosica will offer a “Gospel reflection” and celebrate Mass for All Inclusive Ministries (AIM) in the Archdiocese of Toronto, Canada. Rosica is currently Chief Executive Officer of Salt and Light

The Church of St. Francis of Assisi and St. Francis of Assisi LGBT Ministry hosted a “Pre-Pride Festive Mass” on June 23, 2018 to coincide with the New York City "Pride" Parade on June 24. According

On June 11, 2017, Dennis J. Yesalonia, S.J., the Pastor at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York City, the home parish of Jesuit priest James Martin, announced the establishment of the parish’s new LGBT

[Warning: Graphic content and links.] On June 5, 2018, the official Facebook page for the Catholic LGBT ministry “Out at St. Paul,” located at the parish of St. Paul the Apostle in New York City, posted

St. Jerome said that among those that had infected the Church and perverted the people, he found in history the names only of priests. In the 1990s, I attended a gay wedding ceremony at a

On May 9, 2018, the LGBT ministry, Out at St. Paul, located at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in New York City, posted to their official Facebook page the following quote: When we say

Pictured above: Michael Holleran (far right) with Cardinal Timothy Dolan in 2016 during the parish centennial celebrations at the Church of Notre Dame. Fr. Michael K. Holleran, a Catholic priest, Sensei (Zen Teacher) and a

The Welcoming LGBT Ministry located at Saint Andrew Catholic Parish in the Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon has a record of public dissent and outright disobedience. According to the parish history of their LGBT Ministry, beginning in the year

On April 15, 2018, at the request of Congressman Paul Ryan, Patrick Conroy, the Jesuit Chaplain to the US House of Representatives resigned from the post he has held since 2011. In a sudden reversal

[Warning: Links contain explicit material.] On May 15, 2018, the official LGBT ministry, Out at St. Paul, located at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in New York City, will host a “Rooftop Social” at

On May 5, 2018, Queer Alliance at the University of San Francisco will hold its annual “Drag Ball” at the University’s McLauren Conference Center. According to Queer Alliance: This year's theme: interGAYlatic! Far away in

On April 26, 2018 Jesuit Georgetown University will offer the annual “Lavender Graduation” for its LGBT students. The keynote speaker at this year’s ceremony will be Georgetown alumnus and Federal District Judge Pamela K. Chen.

(Picture above: I attempted, along with a concerned religious sister, to have a meaningful and respectful conversation with Bryan Massingale after his talk on transgenderism at the LA Religious Education Congress; but despite my questions about

(Pictured above: Donal Godfrey with hip-hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – the creators of the gay-marriage anthem, “Same Love.”) On April 6-8, 2018, Donal Godfrey, S.J., will lead a retreat based on James Martin’s

On March 18, 2018, Catholic-high school teacher Ish Ruiz was one of the featured presenters at a workshop offered by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, during their annual Religious Education Congress, entitled “Teaching Mercy: Accompanying

On March 18, 2018, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, during their annual Religious Education Congress, offered the following workshop: “Teaching Mercy: Accompanying LGBT Students.” The workshop focused on helping “educators discern a merciful balance between

On March 17, 2018, Jesuit priest James Martin spoke about Catholic LGBT outreach at the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress. He was introduced by Jenny Naughton, who immediately declared: “I’m the proud Catholic mother of

On March 16, 2018, Xorje Olivares interviewed Jay Malsky, a drag performer and “leader” of the LGBTQ+ ministry at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in New York City. The interview appeared on the LGBT

On March 16, 2018, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, during their annual Religious Education Congress, offered a workshop entitled “Transgender in Our Schools: One Bread, One Body.” The moderator was Arthur Fitzmaurice and the presenters

Transcript: JS: I knew John J. McNeill and I disagreed with him a lot and he talked about “gay” people having to come to an impasse where they accept themselves as born gay

On March 6, 2018, Jesuit James Martin released a new promotional video introducing the Revised and Expanded edition of his controversial book "Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter

On March 18, 2018, Out at St. Paul, the Catholic LGBT ministry located at St. Paul the Apostle Church in New York City, will host a presentation entitled “Countertraditions to Adam and Eve: Relationships in

On March 24, 2018, Jesuit priest James Martin will be the featured speaker at a one-day symposium: “Building Bridges: A Dialogue on Faith, Catholicism, and the LGBTQ Community.” The event will take place at the

On February 13, 2018, St. Francis de Sales Catholic Parish, in the Archdiocese of New York, celebrated Mardi Gras with “an evening of comedy” hosted by Jay Malsky. St. Francis de Sales is the home

(Above: Image from Fortunate Families official web-site.) On February 18, 2018, the pro-same-sex marriage advocacy ministry Fortunate Families posted to their official Facebook page a series of photos and one short video taken at Saint

In the “Star Trek” television franchise universe there exists an often-repeated storyline that portrays the main-cast inadvertently slipping into a malevolent “mirror” universe or parallel universe. The most famous example is the also the first

On March 17, 2018, University of San Diego Theology and Religious Studies Professor Orlando Espin will offer a talk in Spanish at the Archdiocese of Los Angeles Religious Education Congress. In 1993, at USD, he

On February 6, 2018, James Martin retweeted to his official Twitter account a comment made by Michael O’Loughlin, a National Correspondent for “America Magazine.” Responding to initial reports that Cardinal Reinhard Marx, during an interview

[Above: Cover photo from the Facebook page of Jesuit Post contributor Marcos Gonzales, S.J.] The Jesuit Post is an on-line forum founded in 2012 as a platform showcasing the often dissident perspectives of Jesuits (Scholastics)

[Warning: Very graphic and sexually explicit links.] On January 31, 2018, the Catholic LGBT ministry, Out at St. Paul (OSP), located at the Paulist Fathers motherhouse of St. Paul the Apostle Parish in New York

In a January 16, 2018 “Commentary” for “The National Catholic Reporter,” Creighton University Professor Todd A. Salzman, chair of the Department of Theology at Creighton, and Michael G. Lawler, professor emeritus, disagreed with the decision

At his website for The Center for Action and Contemplation, Richard Rohr, OFM, posts a series of “Daily Meditations” covering a broad range of Scriptural reflections interspersing contemporary, cultural, and political topics. In the November

On December 2-3, 2017, Cardinal John Dew, the Archbishop of Wellington, Bishop Patrick Dunn of Auckland, and Bishop Stephen Lowe of Hamilton, held a workshop for young Catholics called “Bishop’s Banter” at St Mary’s College