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# Joseph Sciambra

Sons of St. Joseph

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- [Trauma, the American Western, and Healing from Anger and Hatred](https://josephsciambra.com/trauma-the-american-western-and-healing-from-anger-and-hatred/) - “Pain of heart is the condition for spiritual growth and the manifestation of God’s power. Healings, etc., occur to those in desperation, hearts pained but still trusting and hoping in God’s help. This is when God acts.” – Father Seraphim Rose There is sometimes this rather erroneous perception amongst certain Christians that after making a drastic change in
- [Charlton Heston’s "The Private War of Major Benson"](https://josephsciambra.com/charlton-hestons-the-private-war-of-major-benson/) - The 1955 comedy film "The Private War of Major Benson" is often regarded by film critics and historians, if they mention it at all, as a forgettable little diversion that Charlton Heston shot while on an unforeseen hiatus from The Ten Commandments which was stalled because of director Cecil B. DeMille’s convalescence after a mild
- [The Grand Duchess and Rasputin](https://josephsciambra.com/the-grand-duchess-and-rasputin/)
- [Abuse, Trauma, Recovery and the Jesus Prayer](https://josephsciambra.com/abuse-trauma-recovery-and-the-jesus-prayer/) - "Hell wasn't really created, just like evil wasn't really created. Hell is simply the state and the place into which the fallen angels fell. In other words, in a sense, they made it themselves." – Fr. Seraphim Rose I’ve suffered with mental illness for most of my life. But I am not alone. In the
- [Look What You Made Me Do: Sexual Freedom and Bondage from Soft-Core to Taylor Swift](https://josephsciambra.com/look-what-you-made-me-do-sexual-freedom-and-bondage-from-soft-core-to-taylor-swift/) - In her latest music video, for the single “Look What You Made Me Do,” during one scene, Taylor Swift appears in the guise of a dominatrix, holding a riding crop whip as she stands in front of a vast array of mesmerized semi-robotic women – all wearing a strikingly similar outfit. Recently, at the Dore
- [What We Can All Learn from the Life of Grand Duchess Elizabeth](https://josephsciambra.com/what-we-can-all-learn-from-the-life-of-grand-duchess-elizabeth/) - In our world that currently seems so full of violence, conflicts, assassinations, anarchy, and madness, I am reminded of a brave woman who lived through eerily similar times. Especially during the early-20th century, Russia experienced a then unprecedented time of war, revolution, and mass murder. Yet, in the midst of this chaos, Grand Duchess Elizabeth
- [Letter to Fr. Josiah Trenham](https://josephsciambra.com/letter-to-fr-josiah-trenham/) - 08/20/25 Dear Fr. Josiah Trenham: I am writing this letter regarding the upcoming event that you are organizing titled “Marriage: Bedrock of Civilization” which will feature as a speaker Archbishop Cordileone of San Francisco. As a cradle Catholic (now Orthodox) and native San Franciscan, I know a little about the Archbishop and the Archdiocese of
- [Betrayal, Trauma, and Healing: My Conversation with Fr. Deacon Ananias Sorem](https://josephsciambra.com/betrayal-trauma-and-healing-my-conversation-with-fr-deacon-ananias-sorem/)
- [Catholic Priest: "Christ is lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer."](https://josephsciambra.com/catholic-priest-christ-is-lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-and-queer/) - On June 28, 2020, Paulist priest Rick Walsh offered “a reflection” entitled “We All Belong to Each Other” at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in New York city; the parish is the motherhouse of the Paulist order. On June 25, 2020, Walsh also was the “celebrant” for the parish’s Pride Mass sponsored by the
- [Catholic priest tells school teachers to “affirm” Second and Third graders in an LGBT identity](https://josephsciambra.com/catholic-priest-tells-school-teachers-to-affirm-second-and-third-graders-in-an-lgbt-identity/) - 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 teaching doctrine and offering pastoral care as they accompany LGBT students through journeys of self-discovery and self-acceptance.” The presenters were
- [Converting to Orthodoxy: My Conversation with Fr. Sebastian Craffey](https://josephsciambra.com/converting-to-orthodoxy-my-conversation-with-fr-sebastian-craffey/)
- [“Pride” Priest offers retreat for LGBT Catholics in NYC](https://josephsciambra.com/pride-priest-offers-retreat-for-lgbt-catholics-in-nyc/) - (Pictured above: Fr. Michael Carnevale OFM at St. Francis of Assisi Church in New York City.) On December 3, 2016, Fr. Michael Carnevale OFM will offer an “all-day retreat for LGBT & allies hosted by the unconditionally loving LGBT ministry” of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi in New York City; the parish is staffed
- [The Mantiya of St. John Maximovitch](https://josephsciambra.com/the-mantiya-of-st-john-maximovitch/)
- [St. John Maximovitch and Healing From Mental Illness](https://josephsciambra.com/st-john-maximovitch-and-healing-from-mental-illness/)
- [Why I Left Traditional Latin Mass Catholicism for Orthodoxy](https://josephsciambra.com/why-i-left-traditional-latin-mass-catholicism-for-orthodoxy-2/)
- [Same-Sex Attraction, Gay Men, and the Father Wound – The Evidence](https://josephsciambra.com/same-sex-attraction-gay-men-and-the-father-wound-the-evidence/) - Although gay activists continue to claim that homosexuality is an indelible trait, no definitive scientific evidence has ever emerged which proves that someone is “born gay.” In their authoritative 2016 study “Sexuality and Gender: Findings from the Biological, Psychological, and Social Sciences,” authors Lawrence S. Mayer and Paul R. McHugh found that: Some of the
- [Sex Abuse in the Catholic Church Got Worse Under Pope Francis](https://josephsciambra.com/sex-abuse-in-the-catholic-church-got-worse-under-pope-francis/)
- [HIV, Gay Marriage, and the Crisis in Male Homosexuality](https://josephsciambra.com/hiv-gay-marriage-and-the-crisis-in-male-homosexuality/) - Above: Hugh Steers, "Breathing" (1987). There exists today a massive crisis within the “gay” community that is a direct result of the intense trauma, particularly in “gay” men, experienced during the height of AIDS epidemic. The current rather conservative swerve towards embracing, what queer theorists used to call “heterocentric norms,” by a small subsect of
- [Cardinal Pell: A Catholic Hero? (Podcast)](https://josephsciambra.com/cardinal-pell-a-catholic-hero-2/)
- [Cardinal Pell: A Catholic Hero?](https://josephsciambra.com/cardinal-pell-a-catholic-hero/) - Pictured above: In 1993, then Auxiliary Bishop George Pell accompanied predator priest Gerald Ridsdale to his court appearance – where Ridsdale was charged with 30 incidents of indecent assault involving nine boys aged between 12 and 16. Ridsdale pleaded guilty. Cardinal George Pell told an Australian Royal Commission he did not help a teenage boy
- [Bishop Barron Threatens Priest Sex Abuse Survivors: With Paul and Kristen Ciaccia](https://josephsciambra.com/bishop-barron-threatens-priest-sex-abuse-survivors-with-paul-and-kristen-ciaccia/)
- [Catholic Inc, Bishop Barron, and the Abuse Scandal: My Conversation with Paul and Kristen Ciaccia](https://josephsciambra.com/catholic-inc-bishop-barron-and-the-abuse-scandal-my-conversation-with-paul-and-kristen-ciaccia/)
- [Why I Left Traditional Latin Mass Catholicism for Orthodoxy](https://josephsciambra.com/why-i-left-traditional-latin-mass-catholicism-for-orthodoxy/) - I was born in 1969; the same year that Pope Paul VI officially promulgated the Novus Ordo or the “New Mass.” Growing up in the Catholic Church during the 1970s and 80s, it was the only Liturgy I ever knew. The “Mass” was usually a rather demonstrative event; almost always accompanied by a strumming guitar
- [Bishop Barron would not reverse Supreme Court’s decision which legalized same-sex marriage](https://josephsciambra.com/bishop-barron-would-not-reverse-supreme-courts-decision-which-legalized-same-sex-marriage/) - Excerpts from interview with Dave Rubin: With Cardinal Dolan, Bishop Barron once said: If the only thing gay person hears from the Catholic Church is you’re “intrinsically disordered” we have a very serious problem on our hands. (In New York City alone – there are several gay-affirming parishes that regularly sponsor “Pride” masses, organized lectures
- [While Supporting Gay Surrogacy, Jordan Peterson Makes the Case for Transgenderism](https://josephsciambra.com/while-supporting-gay-surrogacy-jordan-peterson-makes-the-case-for-transgenderism/) - I first became an admirer of Jordan Peterson way back in 2016. When he was a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, Peterson pushed back against a Canadian law compelling speech in terms of preferred pronouns for transgender individuals. In his support, an on-campus rally was held by students that also drew the
- [Masculinity, TV Westerns, and Brokeback Mountain](https://josephsciambra.com/masculinity-tv-westerns-and-brokeback-mountain/) - “When a father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament, not his teaching.” – Robert Bly From the early-1950s to the late-60s, there were over a hundred Western series that aired on the three American television networks. Men such as Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, and the Lone Ranger
- [The Horrible Legacy of Pope Francis: My Conversation with Gene Gomulka](https://josephsciambra.com/the-horrible-legacy-of-pope-francis-my-conversation-with-gene-gomulka/)
- [The Hidden and Secret Things: Healing Catholic Wounds in Orthodoxy](https://josephsciambra.com/the-hidden-and-secret-things-healing-catholic-wounds-in-orthodoxy/) - “For behold, Thou hast loved truth; the hidden and secret things of They wisdom hast Thou made manifest unto me. Though shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be made clean; Though shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.” – Psalm 50 Surviving institutionalized child abuse can sometimes have life-long
- [The Ugly Truth About Gay Male Sex](https://josephsciambra.com/the-ugly-truth-about-gay-male-sex/) - According to the CDC: “Anal sex is the riskiest type of sex for getting or transmitting HIV.” Causes “immunosuppression…” …the immunosuppression in homosexual males that is reported even in apparently healthy or HTLV-III-antibody-negative groups may arise from seminal PGE2 received during anal intercourse. “Prostaglandin E2 administered via anus causes immunosuppression in male but not female
- [Why the Latin Mass Won’t Save the Catholic Church](https://josephsciambra.com/why-the-latin-mass-wont-save-the-catholic-church/) - Above: "Sick man at the walls of a Catholic monastery," by Fyodor Bronnikov (1874). “If a person can build a fence around himself, he is bound to do it.” – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn One day, I just got in my beat-up old Volvo and drove out of San Francisco. I took with me: my clothes, some
- [Matt Fradd Says a Pedophile Should Be a Saint](https://josephsciambra.com/matt-fradd-says-a-pedophile-should-be-a-saint/)
- [Same-Sex Attraction and Childhood Sexual Abuse - The Evidence](https://josephsciambra.com/same-sex-attraction-and-childhood-sexual-abuse-the-evidence/) - In the 21st Century, LGBT activists and their allies have repeatedly claimed that gay people are born gay; and trans people are born in the wrong body. But there is no evidence to substantiate any theory that there is a biological or genetic determinate for homosexuality. Despite Lady Gaga singing that we are all merely
- [Jordan Peterson Supports Gay Surrogacy: My Conversation with Fr. Timothy Matkin](https://josephsciambra.com/jordan-peterson-supports-gay-surrogacy-my-conversation-with-fr-timothy-matkin/)
- [Conservatism and the Acceptance of Homosexuality: My Conversation with Austin Ruse](https://josephsciambra.com/conservatism-and-the-acceptance-of-homosexuality-my-conversation-with-austin-ruse/)
- [No Habeo Papam: How Pope Francis Lost Me](https://josephsciambra.com/no-habeo-papam-how-pope-francis-lost-me/) - When I was a child, at best, I would describe Catholicism as an occasionally pleasant distraction. After Mass on Sunday, my father usually took us to get donuts; at school, “religion class” was a welcome break from “mathematics” and “English.” We generally listened to Bible stories read by the teacher while everyone colored smelly mimeographed
- [Remaining in a Church That Hurt(s) Me](https://josephsciambra.com/remaining-in-a-church-that-hurts-me/) - It seems to be a fact that you have to suffer as much from the Church as for it… ― Flannery O'Connor, "The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor" At mid-life, I have absolutely no patience or charity for eunuch huckster priests who sell the LGBT lie like patent medicine. At 16, I bought
- [Why I Could No Longer Stay in the Roman Catholic Church](https://josephsciambra.com/why-i-could-no-longer-stay-in-the-roman-catholic-church/) - I felt sick. I was nauseous. My stomach hurt. I stood up, turned around, and headed for the exit. Outside in the hall, I looked around. I saw a sign and walked towards the restroom. Moving as fast as I could, without running, I pushed open the door and hurried into a stall. I leaned
- [Gay Marriage Causes AIDS](https://josephsciambra.com/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 of what “gay” author Gabriel Rotello described, in his landmark 1997 book “Sexual Ecology: AIDS and the Destiny of Gay
- [Fr. Seraphim of Platina: The Life and Death of the Unlikeliest Russian Orthodox Monk](https://josephsciambra.com/fr-seraphim-of-platina-the-life-and-death-of-the-unlikeliest-russian-orthodox-monk/) - “He who does not live in Christ…already lives in the Abyss, and not all the treasures of this world can ever fill his emptiness.” – Fr. Seraphim Rose, "Nihilism: The Root of Revolution of the Modern World" In late-August of 1982, a Russian Orthodox monk lay dying in a Northern California hospital. In the midst
- [The Gay Catholic Civil War, Part Deux](https://josephsciambra.com/the-gay-catholic-civil-war-part-deux/) - “If you weep not now, when will you ever weep?”― Dante Alighieri, Inferno In 1993, I met a Mid-Western transplant who recently moved to the Castro from his conservative Bible-Belt small town. Resembling thousands of others like him, who made the trek to San Francisco in order to find some gay nirvana that The Village
- [The Ugly Truth About Christopher Rufo, The Manhattan Institute, and the Normalization of Homosexuality](https://josephsciambra.com/the-ugly-truth-about-christopher-rufo-the-manhattan-institute-and-the-normalization-of-homosexuality/) - [Warning: Some of the links in this article contain disturbing material.] I first became aware of Christopher Rufo when scrolling through the responses to Dave Rubin’s announcement on X concerning the imminent birth of two children, whom he bought via in-vetro fertilization (IVF) and surrogacy with his same-sex partner. Those who congratulated the couple included
- [The Tragic Story of Elon Musk and His Transgender Son](https://josephsciambra.com/the-tragic-story-of-elon-musk-and-his-transgender-son/) - Recently, I read a series of incredibly poignant and heartbreaking posts on the social media site “Threads” which were written by Vivian Jenna Wilson. Dated July 25, 2024, much of what Vivian described was very recognizable to me: growing up with a father who wasn’t around that much, feeling different when you are a child,
- [The Gays vs. Russia: My Conversation with Jim Jatras](https://josephsciambra.com/the-gays-vs-russia-my-conversation-with-jim-jatras/)
- [Seeking Salvation in Perversity; or looking for God in a Godless world](https://josephsciambra.com/seeking-salvation-in-perversity-or-looking-for-god-in-a-godless-world/) - “Behold, I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I do not perceive him; on the left hand when he is working, I do not behold him; he turns to the right hand, but I do not see him.” (Job 23: 8-9) “Look to the right and see: there is none who takes
- [The Fruits of a Fatherless Society: My Conversation with Fr. Photius Avant](https://josephsciambra.com/the-fruits-of-a-fatherless-society-my-conversation-with-fr-photius-avant/)
- [The Father of a Priest Sex Abuse Victim is Excommunicated: My Conversation with Scott "Alex" Peyton](https://josephsciambra.com/the-father-of-a-priest-sex-abuse-victim-is-excommunicated-my-conversation-with-scott-alex-peyton/)
- [Do The Village People Have Blood on Their Hands?](https://josephsciambra.com/do-the-village-people-have-blood-on-their-hands/) - I was born in 1969. The year of Woodstock, the vicious Charles Manson murders, and the Stonewall Riots. My early cohort of Generation X were amongst the first Americans to grow-up entirely in a world that would fully experience the impact of the Sexual Revolution. As a result of the social and cultural upheavals of
- [Diocese of San Diego to offer LGBT Mass – gay activists call it “historic”](https://josephsciambra.com/diocese-of-san-diego-to-offer-lgbt-mass-gay-activists-call-it-historic/) - Honoring the 20th Anniversary of the 1997 USCCB pastoral message “Always Our Children,” on October 7, 2017, Auxiliary Bishop John Dolan (pictured above) and Father Lucio Castillo of the Diocese of San Diego will celebrate a Mass for “families of the LGBT community” at St. John the Evangelist Church in Hillcrest (where Dolan previously served
- [Orthodox Psychotherapy: My Conversation with Fr. Mikhail Baleka](https://josephsciambra.com/orthodox-psychotherapy-my-conversation-with-fr-mikhail-baleka/)
- [Catholics and Their Fake Graph: How the Laity Continues to Enable Abuse in the Church](https://josephsciambra.com/catholics-and-their-fake-graph-how-the-laity-continues-to-enable-abuse-in-the-church/)
- [Prayer to St. Joseph the Betrothed](https://josephsciambra.com/prayer-to-st-joseph-the-betrothed/) - O Holy, Righteous Joseph! While still living on earth, thou had great boldness before the Son of God, Who was pleased to call thee His father, as thou was betrothed to His Mother, and to obey thee: we believe that now, taking up thine abode with the choirs of the righteous in heavenly habitations, thou
- [The Catholic Church Wants to Memory Hole the Abuse Crisis: My Conversation with Kelly Cresswell](https://josephsciambra.com/the-catholic-church-wants-to-memory-hole-the-abuse-crisis-my-conversation-with-kelly-cresswell/)
- [Forced Celibacy and Gay Sex Cults in Catholic Seminaries: My Conversation with Gene Gomulka](https://josephsciambra.com/forced-celibacy-and-gay-sex-cults-in-catholic-seminaries-my-conversation-with-gene-gomulka/)
- [In Search of Grand Duke Michael and Czar Nicholas II with Captain Peter Sarandinaki (Part II)](https://josephsciambra.com/in-search-of-grand-duke-michael-and-czar-nicholas-ii-with-captain-peter-sarandinaki-part-ii/)
- [Demons, Sin, and Healing Through Orthodoxy: My Conversation with Fr. Michael Lillie](https://josephsciambra.com/demons-sin-and-healing-through-orthodoxy-my-conversation-with-fr-michael-lillie/)
- [Priestly Celibacy and the Married Priesthood: My Conversation with Fr. Paul Jannakos](https://josephsciambra.com/priestly-celibacy-and-the-married-priesthood-my-conversation-with-fr-paul-jannakos/)
- [Converting to Russian Orthodoxy: My Conversation with Fr. Joshua Genig](https://josephsciambra.com/converting-to-russian-orthodoxy-my-conversation-with-fr-joshua-genig/)
- [The Truth About Pride Parades: My Conversation with Joshua Slocum](https://josephsciambra.com/the-truth-about-pride-parades-my-conversation-with-joshua-slocum/)
- [God at a Gay Bondage Sex Fair](https://josephsciambra.com/god-at-a-gay-bondage-sex-fair/)
- [Pro-Abortion Same-Sex Marriage Supporter Maria Shriver Featured Speaker at 2018 LA REC](https://josephsciambra.com/pro-abortion-same-sex-marriage-supporter-maria-shriver-featured-speaker-at-2018-la-rec/) - On March 16, 2018, the opening day of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, journalist and former First Lady of California will be featured in a “Conversation with Maria Shriver.” Shriver, a member of the Kennedy political dynasty, is a life-long Catholic, but she has publicly departed from official Church teachings on several
- [Gay: A Journey to Nowhere](https://josephsciambra.com/gay-a-journey-to-nowhere/)
- [It's more to difficult to be a Christian than to be gay](https://josephsciambra.com/its-more-to-difficult-to-be-a-christian-than-to-be-gay/)
- [When you think there is nowhere else to go but gay](https://josephsciambra.com/when-you-think-there-is-nowhere-else-to-go-but-gay/)
- [Fathers - love your sons, or some other man will.](https://josephsciambra.com/fathers-love-your-sons-or-some-other-man-will/)
- [Gay Olympic Gold Medalist Was an Abused Boy](https://josephsciambra.com/gay-olympic-gold-medalist-was-an-abused-boy/) - A new biography about former Olympic Gold Medalist in Figure Skating John Currey reveals much concerning his traumatic childhood, later slid into homosexuality, and eventual death from AIDS: From his very earliest years, John Currey had wanted to be a ballet dancer — a former au pair with the family, remembers him skipping constantly from
- [Becoming God: Centering Prayer, the Catholic Church, and Homosexuality](https://josephsciambra.com/becoming-god-centering-prayer-the-catholic-church-and-homosexuality/) - According to the Spring 2015 Newsletter “Intercom,” from the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati – the centering prayer group at the predominantly “gay’ Catholic Parish of Most Holy Redeemer (MHR) located in the Castro District of San Francisco is headed by Sister Cathy Cahur. The same Newsletter mentions that Cahur once took a sabbatical at
- [“…this desire was good.” – The confusion and the confused in “Living the Truth in Love” from Ignatius Press](https://josephsciambra.com/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 of the “theoretical” and “pastoral” essays were written by either Catholic religious or by various Ph.Ds. Therefore, since I fit
- [Same-sex marriage as a sign that all things “gay” have failed…](https://josephsciambra.com/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, others rejected marriage as ‘heterosexist’ and saw it as an outdated institution." “Many of the gay men and lesbians intent
- [In One Year - 50% of Gay Men Contracted a Sexually Transmitted Disease](https://josephsciambra.com/in-one-year-50-of-gay-men-contracted-a-sexually-transmitted-disease/) - “For 32 months, researchers at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in San Francisco tracked the health of over 600 people as they used Truvada daily to prevent the virus in a real-world setting. The average age of the study participants was 37, and 99 percent were men who have sex with men. No one in
- [The Case for Gay Intervention](https://josephsciambra.com/the-case-for-gay-intervention/) - The best show on TV right now is A&E’s “Intervention.” It is thoroughly compelling and incredibly difficult to watch. Dealing primarily with alcohol and drug addiction, the hour long program features one or several addicts, their often horrendously sick and violent lives, the toll their addictions have taken on those around them (often their own
- [Catholic and Gay - Something Must Change: My Message to Most Holy Redeemer Parish in San Francisco](https://josephsciambra.com/catholic-and-gay-something-must-change-my-message-to-most-holy-redeemer-parish-in-san-francisco/) - From a recent article which appeared in “Catholic San Francisco” about Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Parish in the Castro: “We didn’t come here to change anybody,” said Father McClure who sat with Father Link near the parish’s memorial fountain where the founders of the parish’s 30-year-old AIDS Support Group ministry are honored, including ninth pastor
- [“They Are All Looking for a Father;” and more musing from the 2015 San Francisco Gay Pride Parade](https://josephsciambra.com/they-are-all-looking-for-a-father-and-more-musing-from-the-2015-san-francisco-gay-pride-parade/) - This year’s San Francisco Gay Pride Parade was billed as “historic” because just two days before, the Supreme Court issued its ruling which legalized same-sex marriage throughout the US. Yet, despite the apparent reasons to be jubilant – little has changed. Since I attended my first Gay Pride at age 19 in 1988 – I
- [The He/She Generation: The Return of 1970s Me-ism in the Horror of Gender Confusion](https://josephsciambra.com/the-heshe-generation-the-return-of-1970s-me-ism-in-the-horror-of-gender-confusion/) - In 1984, Culture Club’s Boy George was interviewed by then pop-culture bible “People Magazine;” in which the author never once referred to the full-drag singer as she: “…in an era when sexual ambiguity sells, few performers practice gender blending with the brio of Boy George. Onstage he is walking Pop Art, a confection of sight
- [Mommy Dearest: The Odd Behavior of Bruce Jenner’s Mother that Explains it All](https://josephsciambra.com/mommy-dearest-the-odd-behavior-of-bruce-jenners-mother-that-explains-it-all/) - The source of every homosexual inclination or gender dysphoria can be traced to the adolescence of the sufferer - usually in the father or mother. With regards to Olympian Bruce Jenner, his father seems to have been a quiet and reserved tree surgeon. His thrice-widowed mother at best is described as “feisty.” Not surprisingly, Jenner
- [Express Yourself: How a Music Video Shaped the Destinies of Gay Men](https://josephsciambra.com/express-yourself-how-a-music-video-shaped-the-destinies-of-gay-men/) - ...scenes from the music video "Express Yourself." Returning to the gay community after 10 years, the dust and debris stirred up and left behind from my generation has settled or been collected in the refuse bins of history - the absence, for me, has also fostered clarity. Yet, oftentimes, while walking the streets of the
- [The Gay Sex Secret Homosexuals Want No One to Know](https://josephsciambra.com/the-gay-sex-secret-homosexuals-want-no-one-to-know/) - As stated in a featured research article presented at Microbicides 2010, The International Conference on Microbicides: “In the United States alone, receptive anal intercourse is practiced in up to 90 percent of gay and other men who have sex with men, according to International Rectal Microbicides Advocates.” Because of this fact, HIV in the US
- [Lost Boys: Why the Gay World Leaves Everyone Unsatisfied](https://josephsciambra.com/lost-boys-why-the-gay-world-leaves-everyone-unsatisfied/) - Seminal moments in our lives often come at the most inexplicable times, and in situations that seem otherwise fleeting and meaningless. One such incident took place during a rather sadly routine visit to a well-known West Hollywood cruising area; in the gay world, there are certain locals which are known by other gay men as
- [Marianne Williamson: A Harbinger of Hell in the Gay 90s](https://josephsciambra.com/marianne-williamson-a-harbinger-of-hell-in-the-gay-90s/) - “All things are delivered to me by my Father. And no one knoweth the Son, but the Father: neither doth any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom it shall please the Son to reveal him.” (Matt. 11:27) In 1992, self-appointed spiritual guru of the New Age, Marianne Williamson, burst into
- [Famous Gay Porn Star Recalls “Traumatic” Childhood Experience](https://josephsciambra.com/famous-gay-porn-star-recalls-traumatic-childhood-experience/) - Current gay porn it-boy Colby Keller recently revealed a traumatic experience from his childhood during an interview. When questioned about his interests in school, he said: “No sports. I hated PE, actually. It was a really traumatic experience for me. Eventually the school offered a distance learning physical education program, where you could go to
- [Neil Patrick Harris Pens Tragic Story of Sexually Confused Boy](https://josephsciambra.com/neil-patrick-harris-pens-tragic-story-of-sexually-confused-boy/) - Neil Patrick Harris, like many gay celebrities before him, (see earlier blog post about Alan Cumming) has revealed a lot about his life in a new autobiography, that, strangely enough, does much to bolster the argument that homosexuality is not an inborn condition. For example, several times, Harris described how unhappy he was as a
- [Lesbian, “gay,” bisexual Canadians report higher rates of mental health illness.](https://josephsciambra.com/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 and lesbian Canadians reported about twice the rates of anxiety and mood disorders compared to heterosexual Canadians: “Bisexual respondents had
- [LA REC: Very young children should be allowed to transition](https://josephsciambra.com/la-rec-very-young-children-should-be-allowed-to-transition/) - 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 included Shen Heckel, a female-to-male transsexual, Peggy Ehling, a Catholic mother whose daughter was born a biological female but identifies
- [In Search of Grand Duke Michael with Captain Peter Sarandinaki (Part I)](https://josephsciambra.com/in-search-of-grand-duke-michael-with-captain-peter-sarandinaki-part-i/)
- [The Sexual Abuse of Boys in the Catholic Church: A Hidden One Thousand Year History](https://josephsciambra.com/the-sexual-abuse-of-boys-in-the-catholic-church-a-hidden-one-thousand-year-history/)
- [A Conversation with Fr. Moses McPherson About Fatherhood, Fatherlessness, and Faith](https://josephsciambra.com/a-conversation-with-fr-moses-mcpherson-about-fatherhood-fatherlessness-and-faith/)
- [How I Survived Trad Catholicism](https://josephsciambra.com/how-i-survived-trad-catholicism/)
- [Three Orthodox Saints Who Changed My Life](https://josephsciambra.com/three-orthodox-saints-who-changed-my-life/)
- [Michael Knowles and Other Catholics Still Covering-up Child Sex Abuse in the Church](https://josephsciambra.com/michael-knowles-and-other-catholics-still-covering-up-child-sex-abuse-in-the-church/)
- [Lil Nas X, the Devil, and Jonathan Pageau: A Study in the Art of Clickbait](https://josephsciambra.com/lil-nas-x-the-devil-and-jonathan-pageau-a-study-in-the-art-of-clickbait/)
- [The Tragic and Twisted Characters Who Made “Gay” Normal…and one was a Catholic priest!](https://josephsciambra.com/the-tragic-and-twisted-characters-who-made-gay-normaland-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 decision to delete homosexuality as a diagnostic category from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM). This decision was not based
- [Bishop Robert Barron, Jordan Peterson, and Jonathan Pageau on Homosexuality: How They Get it Wrong](https://josephsciambra.com/bishop-robert-barron-jordan-peterson-and-jonathan-pageau-on-homosexuality-how-they-get-it-wrong/)
- [My Response to Jonathan Pageau: A Priest Sex Abuse Survivor Speaks Out](https://josephsciambra.com/my-response-to-jonathan-pageau-a-priest-sex-abuse-survivor-speaks-out/)
- [Speaking the Truth About Being Gay: My Conversation with Joshua Haymes](https://josephsciambra.com/speaking-the-truth-about-being-gay-my-conversation-with-joshua-haymes/)
- [Art, Decadence, and Decline in the West: My Conversation with Fr. John Strickland](https://josephsciambra.com/art-decadence-and-decline-in-the-west-my-conversation-with-fr-john-strickland/)
- [Catholic Mark Wahlberg Supports Same-Sex Marriage](https://josephsciambra.com/catholic-mark-wahlberg-supports-same-sex-marriage/) - In 2013, actor Mark Wahlberg was profiled in a lengthy article from "The Hollywood Reporter" in which he discussed his career and his religious beliefs; concerning Catholicism and same-sex marriage, Wahlberg came-out in support of same-sex marriage; according to the article: He is nonjudgmental about others who don't share his beliefs, but still prays that
- [Orthodoxy, Fordhamites, and Homosexuality: My Conversation with Fr. Peter Heers](https://josephsciambra.com/orthodoxy-fordhamites-and-homosexuality-my-conversation-with-fr-peter-heers/)
- [James Martin Blesses Gay Married Catholic Couple: With Commentary by Hudson Byblow](https://josephsciambra.com/james-martin-blesses-gay-married-catholic-couple-with-commentary-by-hudson-byblow/)
- [From Pentecostal to Catholic to Orthodox: My Conversation with Joseph the Dad](https://josephsciambra.com/from-pentecostal-to-catholic-to-orthodox-my-conversation-with-joseph-the-dad/)
- [The Truth About Bishop Robert Barron: A Conversation with Paul and Kristen Ciaccia](https://josephsciambra.com/the-truth-about-bishop-robert-barron-a-conversation-with-paul-and-kristen-ciaccia/)
- [Blessing Same-Sex Couples — A Orthodox & Catholic Perspective w/ Fr. Alexis Baldwin and Dave Gordon](https://josephsciambra.com/blessing-same-sex-couples-a-orthodox-catholic-perspective-w-fr-alexis-baldwin-and-dave-gordon/)
- [Grooming, Sex Abuse, and Bishop Robert Barron: A Conversation with Gene Gomulka](https://josephsciambra.com/grooming-sex-abuse-and-bishop-robert-barron-a-conversation-with-gene-gomulka/)
- [Movie Review: The Time Machine (or the Triumph of Masculinity in a Neutered World)](https://josephsciambra.com/movie-review-the-time-machine-or-the-triumph-of-masculinity-in-a-neutered-world/) - Ever since I was a little boy, one of my favorite films has been “The Time Machine” (1960.) The movie was really the last great adventure picture before the advent of the over-sexed spy films, introduced by “Dr. No” in 1962, and the later introspective banal male characters of the later 60s such as those
- [Abuse, Homosexuality, and the Catholic Church: My Conversation with Fr. Paul John Kalchik](https://josephsciambra.com/abuse-homosexuality-and-the-catholic-church-my-conversation-with-fr-paul-john-kalchik/)
- [Abuse and Anger – Hate and Hell](https://josephsciambra.com/abuse-and-anger-hate-and-hell/) - “Father asks to have it passed on to all who have remained loyal to him and to those on whom they might have influence, that they not avenge him; he has forgiven and prays for everyone; and not to avenge themselves, but to remember that the evil which is now in the world will become
- [Social Media, Influencers, and the Complicity of the Silent](https://josephsciambra.com/social-media-influencers-and-the-complicity-of-the-silent/) - “Wherever there is degeneration and apathy, there also is sexual perversion, cold depravity, miscarriage, premature old age, grumbling youth, there is a decline in the arts, indifference to science, and injustice in all its forms.” – Anton Chekhov While contemplating a conversion from Roman Catholicism to Eastern Orthodoxy, resembling most contemporary searchers of new knowledge,
- [From Gay Activist to Orthodoxy: My Conversation with Robert Pavlick](https://josephsciambra.com/from-gay-activist-to-orthodoxy-my-conversation-with-robert-pavlick/)
- [The Persistence of Grooming in the Catholic Church](https://josephsciambra.com/the-persistence-of-grooming-in-the-catholic-church/) - “It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky In the year 2000, I went on a pilgrimage to France. One of my first stops was the former 12th century Benedictine Abbey of Sainte Marie Madeleine in the Burgundian village of Vézelay. Since
- [Returning to the Catholic Church; or Planet LV-426](https://josephsciambra.com/returning-to-the-catholic-church-or-planet-lv-426/) - “If people were always kind and obedient to those who are cruel and unjust; the wicked people would have it all their own way: they would never feel afraid, and so they would never alter, but would grow worse and worse.” – Charlotte Brontë, “Jane Eyre” Out of the hundreds of films I saw as
- [Frequent Confession in the Russian Orthodox Church from the Viewpoint of a Convert](https://josephsciambra.com/frequent-confession-in-the-russian-orthodox-church-from-the-viewpoint-of-a-convert/) - “The greatest paradox of our life is that while we all instinctively strive for happiness, most of the time we are unhappy and dissatisfied even when no danger threatens us. Philosophy is helpless in satisfactorily clarifying the reason for this paradox. The Christian faith, however, explains that the reason for our dissatisfaction and dark feelings
- [If a man dresses well...He's gay? My Conversation with Necktie Salvage](https://josephsciambra.com/if-a-man-dresses-well-hes-gay-my-conversation-with-necktie-salvage/)
- [The Gay War Against Arthur Goldberg](https://josephsciambra.com/the-gay-war-against-arthur-goldberg/)
- [Gays, Greeks, and Christianity: My Conversation with Fr. George Aquaro](https://josephsciambra.com/gays-greeks-and-christianity-my-conversation-with-fr-george-aquaro/)
- [Orthodox Millennials: My Conversation with Jordan and Josh](https://josephsciambra.com/orthodox-millennials-my-conversation-with-jordan-and-josh/)
- [Homosexuality as the universal untreated mental illness…](https://josephsciambra.com/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 major mental health organizations followed, including the World Health Organization in 1990. Yet, before and since, evidence continues to determine
- [Madonna Revisited: The Female Sebastian Flyte](https://josephsciambra.com/madonna-revisited-the-female-sebastian-flyte/) - Since her rise to superstardom, in the early-1980s, the center of Madonna’s creative output has been her continuing and seemingly endless struggle to escape her Catholic upbringing. From “Burning Up,” reaching an apogee with “Like A Prayer,” to her last hit: “Girl Gone Wild,” Madonna always wrestles with dogmatic Catholicism and her fallen reverence for
- [Gay: Nature, Nurture or Trauma?](https://josephsciambra.com/gay-nature-nurture-or-trauma/)
- [Groomed by Gays: Abuse, Transgenderism, and the Homosexual Infiltration of CONservatism](https://josephsciambra.com/groomed-by-gays-abuse-transgenderism-and-the-homosexual-infiltration-of-conservatism/)
- [The Battle Over LGBT Ideology: My Conversation with Brandon Showalter](https://josephsciambra.com/the-battle-over-lgbt-ideology-my-conversation-with-brandon-showalter/)
- [In Fear of God; or Learning to Love the Lord in Orthodoxy](https://josephsciambra.com/in-fear-of-god-or-learning-to-love-the-lord-in-orthodoxy/) - “…in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” – Philippians 2:12 A good father should want his children to fear him – just a little bit. Otherwise, they would have almost no reason to listen to him; or respect him. Of course, one should do so out of love. But I
- [The Pornification of America: My Conversation with Julie Mastrine](https://josephsciambra.com/the-pornification-of-america-my-conversation-with-julie-mastrine/)
- [The Rainbow Cult and Mental Health: My Conversation with Fr. Ben Johnson](https://josephsciambra.com/the-rainbow-cult-and-mental-health-my-conversation-with-fr-ben-johnson/)
- [From Protestant and Atheist to Orthodox: My Conversation with Buck Johnson](https://josephsciambra.com/from-protestant-and-atheist-to-orthodox-my-conversation-with-buck-johnson/)
- [Orthodoxy, Catholicism, and the Cross: My Conversation with Fr. John Strickland](https://josephsciambra.com/orthodoxy-catholicism-and-the-cross-my-conversation-with-fr-john-strickland/)
- [The TRUTH About Gays Against Groomers: My Conversation with Daren Mehl](https://josephsciambra.com/the-truth-about-gays-against-groomers-my-conversation-with-daren-mehl/)
- [Why Men are Drawn to Orthodoxy: My Conversation with Fr. Michael Butler](https://josephsciambra.com/why-men-are-drawn-to-orthodoxy-my-conversation-with-fr-michael-butler/)
- [From Gay Porn to God: My Conversation with Philipp Tanzer](https://josephsciambra.com/from-gay-porn-to-god-my-conversation-with-philipp-tanzer/)
- [What Happened to Christian Culture in the West? My Conversation with Raymond Vincent](https://josephsciambra.com/what-happened-to-christian-culture-in-the-west-my-conversation-with-raymond-vincent/)
- [Why I'm Orthodox: My Conversation with Fr. Alexis Baldwin](https://josephsciambra.com/why-im-orthodox-my-conversation-with-fr-alexis-baldwin/)
- [The LGBT War Against Orthodoxy: My Conversation with Fr. John Whiteford](https://josephsciambra.com/the-lgbt-war-against-orthodoxy-my-conversation-with-fr-john-whiteford/)
- [Trauma, Trust, and My Orthodox Baptism](https://josephsciambra.com/trauma-trust-and-my-orthodox-baptism/) - “Can we do anything else but trust in God? God calls us to do much, and we have not much time to do it.” – Fr. Seraphim Rose On the Feast of “The Entry of the Mother of God into the Temple,” I was Baptized in the Russian Orthodox Church (ROCOR.) My journey towards this
- [Orthodoxy vs. Papism: My Conversation with Fr. Mikhail Baleka](https://josephsciambra.com/orthodoxy-vs-papism-my-conversation-with-fr-mikhail-baleka/)
- [Selling Your Soul: My Conversation with Leah Darrow](https://josephsciambra.com/selling-your-soul-my-conversation-with-leah-darrow/)
- [Manhood and Orthodoxy: My Conversation with Fr. Johannes Jacobse](https://josephsciambra.com/manhood-and-orthodoxy-my-conversation-with-fr-johannes-jacobse/)
- [Fr. Seraphim Rose & Orthodoxy: My Conversation with Timothy Honeycutt](https://josephsciambra.com/fr-seraphim-rose-orthodoxy-my-conversation-with-timothy-honeycutt/)
- [The Continuing Catholic/Gay Debate - A Discussion that Should Have Ended with AIDS](https://josephsciambra.com/the-continuing-catholicgay-debate-a-discussion-that-should-have-ended-with-aids/) - Fr. Jack McClure, former pastor at the notoriously pro-gay Catholic parish of The Most Holy Redeemer in San Francisco’s Castro District, upon his arrival, said: “We didn’t come here to change anybody…” Sadly, this priest is either confused or has been seriously deceived; because what he says points to a rather serious misunderstanding concerning the reality
- [Gay Marriage: Orthodoxy vs. Catholicism](https://josephsciambra.com/gay-marriage-orthodoxy-vs-catholicism/)
- [Mark Houck's "Forward" to My 2013 Book](https://josephsciambra.com/mark-houcks-forward-to-my-2013-book/) - In 2012, through my friend – the late Shelley Lubben – I met a courageous and selfless young man named Mark Houck. Back then, I was trying to write a short book about my experiences in the gay male community during the 1990s in San Francisco. At the time, I was a practicing Roman Catholic,
- [The Married Orthodox Priesthood: My Conversation with Fr. Timothy Hojnicki](https://josephsciambra.com/the-married-orthodox-priesthood-my-conversation-with-fr-timothy-hojnicki/)
- [From Roman Catholicism to Russian Orthodoxy: My Conversation with Reader Paul Trinca](https://josephsciambra.com/from-roman-catholicism-to-russian-orthodoxy-my-conversation-with-reader-paul-trinca/)
- [Same-Sex Attraction, Chastity, and Porn Attachments](https://josephsciambra.com/same-sex-attraction-chastity-and-porn-attachments/) - As a lonely and rejected little boy, my first discovery of gay pornography was like a miracle. In a sense, after years of being either ignored or mercilessly teased by other boys, and thus adoring and hating them from afar, when I saw the all-accepting men in pornography, I thought I had finally found God.
- [The Truth About Extreme Gay Sex](https://josephsciambra.com/the-truth-about-extreme-gay-sex/)
- [New York City and the New Gay Wasteland](https://josephsciambra.com/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 City, accessible to even the newest arrivals through internet sex sites. Some migrants expressed surprise that few men they met
- [Controversial Quotes from Randy Shilts](https://josephsciambra.com/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 was rampant because in an all-male subculture there was nobody to say ‘no’ - no moderating role like that a
- [Selling Your Soul For NOTHING](https://josephsciambra.com/selling-your-soul-for-nothing/) - “A dungeon horrible, on all sides round,As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flamesNo light; but rather darkness visible…” – John Milton, "Paradise Lost" There is an extraordinarily haunting and even somewhat terrifying scene in the 1931 film “Mata Hari.” Played by Greta Garbo, Mata Hari was a real-life exotic dancer and spy who
- [The Cardinal Cover-Up: My Conversation with Chris O'Leary](https://josephsciambra.com/the-cardinal-cover-up-my-conversation-with-chris-oleary/)
- [Nihilism, The Brothers Karamazov, and Fr. Seraphim Rose: My Conversation with Mark Hackard](https://josephsciambra.com/nihilism-the-brothers-karamazov-and-fr-seraphim-rose-my-conversation-with-mark-hackard/)
- [Surviving Gay…Barely](https://josephsciambra.com/surviving-gaybarely/) - Marble Torso of a God or Athlete, Roman Imperial, circa 1st/2nd Century A.D. In 1989, I walked into the world famous Castro District of San Francisco as a disaffected young man of almost nineteen years of age. I had grown up bullied and lonely, and I was looking to finally belong. Almost since I was
- [Hallucinogenics, UFOs, and Fr. Seraphim Rose: My Conversation with David Patrick Harry](https://josephsciambra.com/hallucinogenics-ufos-and-fr-seraphim-rose-my-conversation-with-david-patrick-harry/)
- [San Francisco Catholic Parish Hosts Pride Happy Hour at Gay Bar](https://josephsciambra.com/san-francisco-catholic-parish-hosts-pride-happy-hour-at-gay-bar/) - On June 22, 2022, the “Young Adult Group” at the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s Most Holy Redeemer Roman Catholic Parish (MHR) will host a “Pride Month Parish-Wide Happy Hour” at The Mix Bar in the Castro District. The Mix is described as a “small gay bar that has a patio and pool table, plus frequent
- [The World, Technology, and the Devil: My Conversation with Fr. Deacon Ananias Sorem](https://josephsciambra.com/the-world-technology-and-the-devil-my-conversation-with-fr-deacon-ananias-sorem/)
- [Fatherhood and the Catholic Priest: A Discussion with Fr. John Hollowell](https://josephsciambra.com/fatherhood-and-the-catholic-priest-a-discussion-with-fr-john-hollowell/)
- [The Crisis in Masculinity: A Discussion with Eric Sammons](https://josephsciambra.com/the-crisis-in-masculinity-a-discussion-with-eric-sammons/)
- [The Catholic Church Offers “Queer” Stations of the Cross](https://josephsciambra.com/the-catholic-church-offers-queer-stations-of-the-cross/) - During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting lock-down, which caused the nationwide closing of churches and the cancellation of the Holy Mass, two separate Roman Catholic parishes, on different sides of the country, offered “queer” Stations of the Cross via social media. Most Holy Redeemer (MHR), located in the Castro District of
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- [The Latin Mass, the SSPX, and Abuse in the Church: My Conversation with Francis Palmquist](https://josephsciambra.com/the-latin-mass-the-sspx-and-abuse-in-the-church-my-conversation-with-francis-palmquist/)
- [The Catholic Church, Sex Abuse, and the Hispanic Community](https://josephsciambra.com/the-catholic-church-sex-abuse-and-the-hispanic-community/)
- [Saint Joseph Saved My Life](https://josephsciambra.com/saint-joseph-saved-my-life/) - In order to save my life, God sent me the one saint who perfectly exemplified the human attributes that I most feared: FatherhoodMasculinityStrengthBraveryFortitude For as long as I could remember – I yearned to embody those things and simultaneously feared them. Hence, during my boyhood – I adored symbols of imaginary manhood like: Superman, Batman,
- [The Broken Catholic Church: My Conversation with Kale Zelden](https://josephsciambra.com/the-broken-catholic-church-my-conversation-with-kale-zelden/)
- [Robert Gagnon Answers James Martin](https://josephsciambra.com/robert-gagnon-answers-james-martin/)
- [From the Occult to Orthodoxy: My Conversation with Fr. Turbo Qualls](https://josephsciambra.com/from-the-occult-to-orthodoxy-my-conversation-with-fr-turbo-qualls/)
- [Forged in Fire: A Homage to Blue-Collar Masculinity](https://josephsciambra.com/forged-in-fire-a-homage-to-blue-collar-masculinity/) - Above: "Un Patron," or "The Lesson of the Apprentice," (1888) by Jean-Eugène Buland. “Mastering a trade gives you a sense of competency, confidence, and completion. Something positive happens when you get good at doing work that has a beginning and an end.” – Mike Rowe According to Mike Rowe, the host of the successful reality
- [Saving Sacred Art: My Conversation with Anthony Visco](https://josephsciambra.com/saving-sacred-art-my-conversation-with-anthony-visco/)
- [Louisiana's Most Prolific Pedophile & the Catholic Church: My Conversation w/Survivor John Anderson](https://josephsciambra.com/louisianas-most-prolific-pedophile-the-catholic-church-my-conversation-w-survivor-john-anderson/)
- [Made in China: Religious Imagery as Communist Kitsch](https://josephsciambra.com/made-in-china-religious-imagery-as-communist-kitsch/) - “Murder and arson, betrayal and terror.Mutilate your subjects, if you must.But with my last breath, I beg you……do not mutilate the arts.” ― Gaius Petronius, “Quo Vadis” (1951) The mass production of inexpensive religious devotional objects is as old as civilization itself. The Ancient Egyptians left behind a vast assortment of various scarabs and little
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- [A Survivor's Story: My Conversation with Richard Windmann](https://josephsciambra.com/a-survivors-story-my-conversation-with-richard-windmann/)
- [My Conversation with Bethel McGrew](https://josephsciambra.com/my-conversation-with-bethel-mcgrew/)
- […there but for the grace of God go I.](https://josephsciambra.com/there-but-for-the-grace-of-god-go-i/) - I never thought I’d be one of those people. I grew up in the North Bay – that largely agricultural, suburban, and affluent section of the San Francisco metro-area that comprises Marin, Sonoma, and Napa counties. When I moved to Berkeley to attend CAL, I was shocked by a lot of what I saw –
- [Fr. Seraphim Rose: My Conversation with His Niece - Cathy Scott](https://josephsciambra.com/fr-seraphim-rose-my-conversation-with-his-niece-cathy-scott/)
- [Why the Catholic Church is Deliberately Creating a New Generation of Victims](https://josephsciambra.com/why-the-catholic-church-is-deliberately-creating-a-new-generation-of-victims/) - In 2012, when I was in the process of writing my first book, I stated that I had never been molested or sexually abused as a child. That wasn’t true, but it also wasn’t a lie. Because, at the time, I considered what had happened to me – as just one of many experiences (good
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- [Tattoos From a Christian Perspective: A Conversation with Shayne Swenson](https://josephsciambra.com/tattoos-from-a-christian-perspective-a-conversation-with-shayne-swenson/)
- [Sheltering at Home with St. Joseph, and My Father](https://josephsciambra.com/sheltering-at-home-with-st-joseph-and-my-father/) - Above: “The Icon Corner” by Vasily Maximov, 1869. “On our earth we can only love with suffering and through suffering. We cannot love otherwise, and we know of no other sort of love. I want suffering in order to love.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky When I was a boy, I thought of my father as an
- [Pro-Gay Religious Order Still Oversees "Gayest" Parish in San Francisco](https://josephsciambra.com/pro-gay-religious-order-still-oversees-gayest-parish-in-san-francisco/) - On March 21, 2021, Fr. Joe Nassal, C.PP.S., celebrated Mass at Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church (MHR) in San Francisco. In a 2015 article from “The National Catholic Reporter,” MHR was described as “the ‘gayest’ Catholic parish in the nation.” Nassal is the provincial director of the Kansas City Province of the Missionaries of the
- ["Madame Bovary" and the Cult of Boredom](https://josephsciambra.com/madame-bovary-and-the-cult-of-boredom/) - First published in 1856, “Madame Bovary” by Gustave Flaubert initially appeared as a serial in a Paris newspaper then as a novel the following year. Flaubert wrote “Madame Bovary” in a country that still struggled to regain a moral center that sadly the French people have yet to find. In the years that followed the
- [Finding Humor in an Age of Darkness: My Conversation with John Zmirak](https://josephsciambra.com/finding-humor-in-an-age-of-darkness-my-conversation-with-john-zmirak/)
- [Mad as Hell: My Conversation About Anger with Steve Skojec](https://josephsciambra.com/mad-as-hell-my-conversation-about-anger-with-steve-skojec/)
- [Fr. Photius Avant and Homosexuality From an Orthodox Perspective](https://josephsciambra.com/fr-photius-avant-and-homosexuality-from-an-orthodox-perspective/)
- [Hudson Byblow, Transgenderism, and Hope in Christ](https://josephsciambra.com/hudson-byblow-transgenderism-and-hope-in-christ/)
- [Dan Burke, Spiritual Warfare, and Childhood Trauma](https://josephsciambra.com/dan-burke-spiritual-warfare-and-childhood-trauma/)
- [Fr. Donald Calloway, St. Joseph, and Homosexuality](https://josephsciambra.com/fr-donald-calloway-st-joseph-and-homosexuality/)
- [Steve Skojec, Catholic Cults, and Homosexuality in the Church](https://josephsciambra.com/steve-skojec-catholic-cults-and-homosexuality-in-the-church/)
- [Homosexuality and the Father Wound: A Discussion with Michael Gasparro](https://josephsciambra.com/homosexuality-and-the-father-wound-a-discussion-with-michael-gasparro/)
- [The Crisis in Fatherhood: A Discussion with Samuel Baker](https://josephsciambra.com/the-crisis-in-fatherhood-a-discussion-with-samuel-baker/)
- [The Gay Catholic Church: A Discussion with Philip Lawler](https://josephsciambra.com/the-gay-catholic-church-a-discussion-with-philip-lawler/)
- [Fathers, the Gay Church, and Pope Francis: A Discussion with John Zmirak](https://josephsciambra.com/fathers-the-gay-church-and-pope-francis-a-discussion-with-john-zmirak/)
- [Healing from Abuse, Porn, and Homosexuality: A Discussion with Danielle Williams-McCord](https://josephsciambra.com/healing-from-abuse-porn-and-homosexuality-a-discussion-with-danielle-williams-mccord/)
- [Healing From Homosexuality with A.J. Benjamin](https://josephsciambra.com/healing-from-homosexuality-with-a-j-benjamin/)
- [Fatherhood, Fathers, and Sons with David L. Gray](https://josephsciambra.com/fatherhood-fathers-and-sons-with-david-l-gray/)
- [Because of Our Fathers: A Conversation with Tyler Rowley](https://josephsciambra.com/because-of-our-fathers-a-conversation-with-tyler-rowley/)
- [My Lifelong Obsession with Icons](https://josephsciambra.com/my-lifelong-obsession-with-icons/) - “…icons, just as well as the Scriptures, are expressions of the inexpressible.” – Vladimir Lossky I grew up around icons. My father was an immigrant from Sicily. What little he brought with him to the United States – included a few small reproductions of Byzantine-style icons. When I was a child, they fascinated and frightened
- [The Filioque: My Conversation with Fr. Photius Avant](https://josephsciambra.com/the-filioque-my-conversation-with-fr-photius-avant/)
- [My Conversation with Abbot Tryphon of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR)](https://josephsciambra.com/my-conversation-with-abbot-tryphon-of-the-russian-orthodox-church-outside-russia-rocor/)
- [Finding Forgiveness and Peace in the Midst of Corruption, Despair, and Anger](https://josephsciambra.com/finding-forgiveness-and-peace-in-the-midst-of-corruption-despair-and-anger/) - Above: Marie Spartali Stillman, "How the Virgin Came to Brother Conrad in Offia and Laid her Son in his Arms," 1892. “What he would have liked, without admitting it, was for the whole world, forever under construction yet never constructed, to be like his own destroyed life.” ― Andrei Platonov, The Foundation Pit I think
- [Prayer of St. Mary of Egypt Before the Crucifix](https://josephsciambra.com/prayer-of-st-mary-of-egypt-before-the-crucifix/) - Bring aid to one who has solace nowhere nowSave in you and your Son.I beg you, order the sacred doorsTo be opened to me;Mistress of heaven, allow me to look uponThe royal marks of the sacred cross on which He suffered with His body.Take me in your trust, allow me now to be without the
- [Priest who offered gay “leather” retreat to speak at Archdiocese of SF Parish](https://josephsciambra.com/priest-who-offered-gay-leather-retreat-to-speak-at-archdiocese-of-sf-parish/) - [Update: On March 13, 2021, Fr. Thomas P. Bonacci will speak at MHR via Zoom.] On October 7, 2017, Fr. Thomas P. Bonacci, CP will speak at Most Holy Redeemer (MHR) Parish in the Archdiocese of San Francisco; MHR has a long-standing reputation as the “gayest” Catholic parish in the US. The topic of Bonacci’s
- [My Conversation with Fr. James Guirguis of the Antiochian Orthodox Church](https://josephsciambra.com/my-conversation-with-fr-james-guirguis-of-the-antiochian-orthodox-church/)
- [Orthodox Iconography - Theory and Practice: A Conversation with Shayne Swenson](https://josephsciambra.com/orthodox-iconography-theory-and-practice-a-conversation-with-shayne-swenson/)
- [Naked Before Christ](https://josephsciambra.com/naked-before-christ/) - “And they were both naked: to wit, Adam and his wife: and were not ashamed.” (Genesis 2:25) “Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: as it hath pleased the Lord so is it done: blessed be the name of
- [The Catholic Family at a Time of Crisis in the Church: A Conversation with Paul and Kristen Ciaccia](https://josephsciambra.com/the-catholic-family-at-a-time-of-crisis-in-the-church-a-conversation-with-paul-and-kristen-ciaccia/)
- [My Conversation with Former SSPX Priest, Francis Palmquist (I Am Judas Project)](https://josephsciambra.com/my-conversation-with-former-sspx-priest-francis-palmquist-i-am-judas-project/)
- [Surviving the Catholic Church](https://josephsciambra.com/surviving-the-catholic-church/) - Above: Edvard Munch, "Hospital Ward" (1897—1899). “Have I not suffered enough, that you seek to increase my misery?” – Mary Shelley, “Frankenstein” (1818) Over the years, I’ve spent countless hours in hospitals. At times, due to my own ill health, but usually while accompanying friends who had to undergo some sort of test or to
- [The Jesuit Post: A glimpse inside a very gay future for the Society of Jesus](https://josephsciambra.com/the-jesuit-post-a-glimpse-inside-a-very-gay-future-for-the-society-of-jesus/) - [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) not yet ordained to the priesthood. According to Paddy Gilger, S.J., one of the founders of The Jesuit Post: “this
- [Paulist Fathers Offer “Queer” Advent Reflections](https://josephsciambra.com/paulist-fathers-offer-queer-advent-reflections/) - In honor of the Advent season, the Paulist Fathers offered LGBTQ “Advent Reflections” for the year 2020. Each reflection, was written by a member of the Paulist LGBTQ outreach ministry – Out at St. Paul (OSP); headquartered in New York City at the Paulist motherhouse St. Paul the Apostle Church. Commenting on a daily reading
- [Simplicity and Peace: Surviving Sex, Porn, and Fap Addictions](https://josephsciambra.com/simplicity-and-peace-surviving-sex-porn-and-fap-addictions/) - Give me the strength to seek you; Oh, you who allowed me to find you, and who gave me the hope of finding you more and more. – Saint Augustine For much of my life, I was searching for something. I didn’t know what I was looking for, or even if I had ever embarked
- [Gay Marriage and Transgenderism – A Sign of Civilization’s Decline and Fall](https://josephsciambra.com/gay-marriage-and-transgenderism-a-sign-of-civilizations-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 obsessed with issues of identity and transgenderism; for the most part, the Imperial courts, typified by the arrogant and decadent
- [“...the scandal is history.” Is the Catholic Sex Abuse Crisis Over? A Discussion with Elizabeth Yore](https://josephsciambra.com/the-scandal-is-history-is-the-catholic-sex-abuse-crisis-over-a-discussion-with-elizabeth-yore/)
- [Archdiocese of Atlanta Hosts Pro-Gay Marriage Theologian for Catholic LGBT Retreat](https://josephsciambra.com/archdiocese-of-atlanta-hosts-pro-gay-marriage-theologian-for-catholic-lgbt-retreat/) - On March 1, 2020, a Catholic LGBT advocacy group in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Fortunate and Faithful Families, will offer a “retreat” entitled – "A New Heart." According to Fortunate and Faithful Families: Fortunate and Faithful Families is an archdiocesan-approved ministry to families with LGBT children or other family members. Our annual retreat provides compassionate
- [Dominican Sisters Hosting Zoom Sessions for Priests About Trans Parishioners](https://josephsciambra.com/dominican-sisters-hosting-zoom-sessions-for-priests-about-trans-parishioners/) - On October 27, November 18, and December 15, 2020, the Dominican Sisters of Peace are hosting ongoing Zoom sessions to educate Catholic priests on “how to better serve their trans parishioners.” More than 30 priests are expected to attend. The Dominican Sisters of Peace are based in Columbus, Ohio. They were founded in 2009 from
- [Conversion, Coming Home, and Hope in a Time of Chaos](https://josephsciambra.com/conversion-coming-home-and-hope-in-a-time-of-chaos/) - Much of my life was chaotic. But it wasn’t always so. At home, as a child, before I became exposed to the wider world, I often felt safe and loved. Yet, almost immediately, in school, on the play-yard, at the neighborhood park, I floundered. I was terminally fearful and insecure. In the animal kingdom, I
- [Gen Ex-Catholic and the McCarrick Report with Steve Skojec](https://josephsciambra.com/gen-ex-catholic-and-the-mccarrick-report-with-steve-skojec/)
- [Gay Apologist Thomas Reese to Address 2019 LA REC on Clergy Sexual Abuse Crisis](https://josephsciambra.com/gay-apologist-thomas-reese-to-address-2019-la-rec-on-clergy-sexual-abuse-crisis/) - (Above: Thomas Reese and Thomas Rosica, the English language media attaché of the Holy See Press Office.) On March 22, 2019, Jesuit priest Thomas Reese will speak at the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress (LA REC) on the issue of the clergy sexual abuse crises in the Catholic Church. The title of his address: “The
- [Fordham's Bryan Massingale "jubilant" after Francis comes-out for same-sex unions](https://josephsciambra.com/fordhams-bryan-massingale-jubilant-after-francis-comes-out-for-same-sex-unions/) - Above: Massingale speaking at New Ways Ministry’s 8th National Symposium in 2017. On October 23, 2020, Fr. Bryan Massingale was interviewed by NPR about Pope Francis' statements concerning same-sex civil unions. When asked about the Pope's remarks, Massingale said:I was actually very excited and even jubilant, I have to say. I was very, very pleased
- [A Good Father Tells the Truth](https://josephsciambra.com/a-good-father-tells-the-truth/) - Above: Eugène Burnand, "The Prodigal Son" (1908) My dad was a good father. I didn’t always think so. When I was a kid, I thought he ignored me; he paid more attention to his work, my other siblings, even his business associates and friends. When I was around him, I felt like a nuisance. When
- [Richard Rohr: “Binary genders (male and female) are more an imposition of our dualistic minds than the nature of reality.”](https://josephsciambra.com/richard-rohr-binary-genders-male-and-female-are-more-an-imposition-of-our-dualistic-minds-than-the-nature-of-reality/) - 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 9, 2017 entry, Rohr discussed the issue of “Identity and Desire.” He wrote: Sexuality and gender identity elicit so many
- [Ordained by a Predator: A Conversation with Fr. Mark White](https://josephsciambra.com/ordained-by-a-predator-a-conversation-with-fr-mark-white/)
- [The Confusion and the Casualties of the Gay Civil War in the Catholic Church](https://josephsciambra.com/the-confusion-and-the-casualties-of-the-gay-civil-war-in-the-catholic-church/) - 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 Catholic Church in San Francisco that was performed by a Catholic priest; friends and acquaintances had similar marriage “blessings” in
- [Is the life of an unborn baby worth more than that of a gay man?](https://josephsciambra.com/is-the-life-of-an-unborn-baby-worth-more-than-that-of-a-gay-man/) - Above: Marooned, Howard Pyle (1909) During Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court, she innocently referred to those with a “sexual preference;” according to the Human Rights Campaign, the correct term is “sexual orientation.” Sexual preference seems to imply a measure of choice, while orientation refers to a more immutable identity or
- [Mercy and compassion rarely seem merciful or compassionate](https://josephsciambra.com/mercy-and-compassion-rarely-seem-merciful-or-compassionate/) - To him who still remains in this world no repentance is too late. The approach to God's mercy is open, and the access is easy to those who seek and apprehend the truth. ~ St. Cyprian The Lord Jesus promised, "You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free" (Jn. 8:32). Scripture
- [The False “Gay” Self, Possession, and Restoration through Humility](https://josephsciambra.com/the-false-gay-self-possession-and-restoration-through-humility/) - (Above: “The Prodigal Son” by Nikolay Losev, late-19th Century.) "The Holy Spirit is not an artist who draws the divine substance in us, as though he were alien to it. It is not in this way that he leads us to a resemblance with God — but rather, being God and proceeding from God, he
- [Homosexuality and the Catholic Church: A Discussion with Bishop Joseph Strickland](https://josephsciambra.com/homosexuality-and-the-catholic-church-a-discussion-with-bishop-joseph-strickland/)
- [James Martin's Favorite LGBT Ministry Asks Pope to Change the Catechism](https://josephsciambra.com/james-martins-favorite-lgbt-ministry-asks-pope-to-change-the-catechism/) - 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, the Catholic LGBT ministry Out at St. Paul (OSP), located at the Paulist Fathers motherhouse of St. Paul the Apostle Parish in New York
- [All Inclusive: Jesuit Priest Talks About the Gay Church in the Catholic Church](https://josephsciambra.com/all-inclusive-jesuit-priest-talks-about-the-gay-church-in-the-catholic-church/) - On March 8, 2017, Gilles Mongeau, S.J., an Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at the Jesuit's Regis College in Toronto, gave a lecture describing the history of, and his involvement with, the gay-affirmative outreach of All Inclusive Ministries (AIM). Located in the Archdiocese of Toronto, at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, AIM is a dissident
- [Confessions of a Former Prolapsed Catholic](https://josephsciambra.com/confessions-of-a-former-prolapsed-catholic/) - At mid-life, with the possibility of another corrective surgery looming before me, I often get angry. During my early-30s, I spent a lot of time in recovery. I underwent a series of medical procedures meant to correct damage to my rectum and lower digestive tract. At the time, I accepted the often unimageable pain that
- [Archdiocese of San Francisco Promotes “Pride,” Leather, and Di*k Cookies](https://josephsciambra.com/archdiocese-of-san-francisco-promotes-pride-leather-and-dik-cookies/) - On the official Twitter account of “Catholic Charities” in San Francisco, several tweets were posted that commemorate the “Pride” month of June; including a tribute to the late LGBT-rights advocate Harvey Milk, a guide on how to honor “Pride” at home, and how to celebrate “Pride in Place.” On April 14, 2020, the annual San
- [Jesuits Hosting Pro-LGBTQ Retreat](https://josephsciambra.com/jesuits-hosting-pro-lgbtq-retreat/) - From October 9 – 10, 2020, at their Jesuit Retreat Center located in Parma, Ohio, (Diocese of Cleveland) the Society of Jesus will host an LGBTQ retreat called “Emmaus 2020: A Time for Healing: Ourselves and the World.” According to the Center’s website: “EMMAUS 2020 is the twenty-first annual retreat for LGBTQ Christians at Jesuit
- [Born This Way and Birth Control: Archdiocese of New York Parish to Host Gay Dance Party Fundraiser](https://josephsciambra.com/born-this-way-and-birth-control-archdiocese-of-new-york-parish-to-host-gay-dance-party-fundraiser/) - (Pictured above: Lady Gaga in the music video for "Born This Way.") Warning: Some links and images in this blog are graphic. On June 17, 2017, The Church of The Blessed Sacrament in the Archdiocese of New York will host in its Parish Hall: “A dance party presented by The Gay Fellowship of Blessed Sacrament to
- [Why Should I Stay in the Catholic Church? A Discussion with Fr. David Nix](https://josephsciambra.com/why-should-i-stay-in-the-catholic-church-a-discussion-with-fr-david-nix/)
- [The Church Gave Me Nowhere Else to Go – Except Gay](https://josephsciambra.com/the-church-gave-me-nowhere-else-to-go-except-gay/) - The P.E. teacher told everyone to form a line and face forward. Oh my god, I thought to myself. Not again. How these two alpha-preadolescent-boys were chosen to stand before me, I had no idea; but they always emerged from the near identical genetic pool. Whereas, I must have been the result of some birth
- [The Ugly Truth About the Diocese of Lexington and Fortunate Families](https://josephsciambra.com/the-ugly-truth-about-the-diocese-of-lexington-and-fortunate-families/) - (Above: Bishop John Stowe of Lexington speaking before the annual New Ways Ministry National Symposium in 2017; Sister Jeannine Gramick is also pictured.) In a December 21, 2018 post to their official Facebook page, the Catholic LGBT advocacy group Fortunate Families attempted to solicit donations to their ministry in the name of a Catholic priest
- [The Dangerous Gay Hermeneutics of Eve Tushnet](https://josephsciambra.com/the-dangerous-gay-hermeneutics-of-eve-tushnet/) - Recently, self-professed “gay” Catholic Eve Tushnet addressed the “Revoice” Conference held in St. Louis, Missouri. According to the event’s website, the Revoice Conference was an opportunity for “supporting, encouraging, and empowering gay, lesbian, same-sex-attracted, and other LGBT Christians so they can flourish while observing the historic, Christian doctrine of marriage and sexuality.” Other presentations at the Conference
- [The Church as Horror Hospital: Catholicism and Moral Malpractice](https://josephsciambra.com/the-church-as-horror-hospital-catholicism-and-moral-malpractice/) - I was sick; I was dying; I needed help. After a night of rough sex inside a San Francisco bondage club, I collapsed onto the cold pavement somewhere near the Castro District. I had nowhere to go – so I crawled home – to my parents; the prodigal son returned: stinking like a pig. I
- [Joan Chittister, the Gay Theologian, and a Lesbian Poet: A Day in the Life of Catholic NYC](https://josephsciambra.com/joan-chittister-the-gay-theologian-and-a-lesbian-poet-a-day-in-the-life-of-catholic-nyc/) - In the September 23, 2018 “Church Bulletin” from St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church (pictured above) in New York City, Pastor Daniel Corrou, S.J., addressed the recent “removal” of the former pastor Bob VerEecke due to an accusation of “boundary violations” with “an adult male who attended the parish.” The Parish is also home to an active
- [Pro-Gay Franciscan Will Celebrate Prominent Liturgy at 2019 LA REC](https://josephsciambra.com/pro-gay-franciscan-will-celebrate-prominent-liturgy-at-2019-la-rec/) - Of the roughly one dozen “Liturgies” that will be celebrated at the 2019 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress (LA REC), the presiders at these themed masses include Archbishop Jose Gomez and Bishop Kevin Van. In addition, Bishop John Stowe will celebrate a mass for “Sanctification of Human Labor.” Stowe has been a vocal supporter of
- [The Church and Homosexuality From the Perspective of an Ex-Catholic: A Discussion with Bobby Lopez](https://josephsciambra.com/the-church-and-homosexuality-from-the-perspective-of-an-ex-catholic-a-discussion-with-bobby-lopez/)
- [James Martin and His "Same-Sex Afflicted" Centurion](https://josephsciambra.com/james-martin-and-his-same-sex-afflicted-centurion/) - During an interview with The Jesuit Post, James Martin said the following: …it seems like the majority of the LGBT Catholic community does not agree with the church’s teaching on same-sex relations: that is, they are impermissible. From what many LGBT people tell me, that particular teaching doesn’t fit with their own experiences as human
- [Gay Jesuit Celebrates “Welcome Mass” at AD of SF Catholic High-School](https://josephsciambra.com/gay-jesuit-celebrates-welcome-mass-at-ad-of-sf-catholic-high-school/) - Jesuit priest Donal Godfrey, during his August 23, 2020 homily at St. Agnes Catholic Church in San Francisco, stated that he celebrated mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory School (SHC) on the previous Friday - August 21, 2020; he said: “I had the honor of celebrating their welcome mass for their new students.” Sacred Heart
- [Homosexuality Tolerated in the English Dominicans Since the 1920s](https://josephsciambra.com/homosexuality-tolerated-in-the-english-dominicans-since-the-1920s/) - In a recent essay, “Brought to Life by Christ,” primarily about his struggles with homosexuality as a Dominican priest, James Alison wrote: All this time I was still wrestling with being gay. Not that this was a problem for the English Dominicans. They had been dealing with the issue with relative openness since the 1920s,
- [Joseph Sciambra Talks with Fr. Dwight Longenecker About the Church, Immortal Combat, & James Martin](https://josephsciambra.com/joseph-sciambra-talks-with-fr-dwight-longenecker-about-the-church-immortal-combat-james-martin/)
- [“We’re moving out of one paradigm of understanding human sexuality and into another…”](https://josephsciambra.com/were-moving-out-of-one-paradigm-of-understanding-human-sexuality-and-into-another/) - (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 his statements and the valid critiques made by the sister, Massingale remained defensive and dismissive; even though he repeatedly calls
- [My Three-Minute Conversation with James Martin](https://josephsciambra.com/my-three-minute-conversation-with-james-martin/) - 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 and at the same time they would have to see God as sadistic. He made that quote. JM: Say that again. JS:
- [The Triumph of Sodom: Returning to a Catholic Church That is Gayer Than Gay](https://josephsciambra.com/the-triumph-of-sodom-returning-to-a-catholic-church-that-is-gayer-than-gay/) - “…we wish to make it clear that departure from the Church's teaching, or silence about it, in an effort to provide pastoral care is neither caring nor pastoral. Only what is true can ultimately be pastoral. The neglect of the Church's position prevents homosexual men and women from receiving the care they need and deserve.”
- [Archdiocese of Chicago: Co-Chair of Catholic LGBT Ministry to Wed Same-Sex Partner](https://josephsciambra.com/archdiocese-of-chicago-co-chair-of-catholic-lgbt-ministry-to-wed-same-sex-partner/) - 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 Gay+,” he wrote: All are welcome here. As a gay Catholic, I fall short in trying to explain what those
- [Childhood Trauma, Homosexuality, and the Prison of the Mind](https://josephsciambra.com/childhood-trauma-homosexuality-and-the-prison-of-the-mind/) - I have no formal education in the fields of psychiatry or psychology – this essay is merely an exploration of my own experiences as a person with mental illness. A person who sprained their ankle and has to walk with crutches for a couple of weeks; someone has a large bandage on their hand because
- [Top 7 Powerful Saints That LGBT Catholic Ministries Have Tried to Corrupt](https://josephsciambra.com/top-7-powerful-saints-that-lgbt-catholic-ministries-have-tried-to-corrupt/) - Saints Sergius and Bacchus: - The Lie - their inclusion in John Boswell's book “Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe" have made them symbols of gay marriage in the homosexual community; some groups have even proclaimed them as the patron saints of same-sex unions. The Truth - they were actually Roman Christian soldiers who converted to the Faith
- [Mommy Dearest: “gay” men and their mothers](https://josephsciambra.com/mommy-dearest-gay-men-and-their-mothers/) - (pictured above: "The Last Days of Infancy" by Cecilia Beaux, 1885) Scientist Simon LeVay, who has spent most of his career trying to locate a “gay” genetic determinate for homosexuality, in his book "Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why: The Science of Sexual Orientation," wrote: “gay men do indeed describe their relationships with their mothers
- [Slaves to Sin: The World of BDSM and Why America is Obsessed with Bondage](https://josephsciambra.com/slaves-to-sin-the-world-of-bdsm-and-why-america-is-obsessed-with-bondage/) - The “Fifty Shades of Grey” sequel opened recently and it did extremely well at the box-office in the US and overseas. In fact, the film had the fourth largest international opening of all-time for an rated-R movie. It seems that America, and much of the Western world is obsessed with bondage. It appears that in
- [Fordham: The Jesuit's Gayest University](https://josephsciambra.com/fordham-the-jesuits-gayest-university/) - On September, 5, 2018 Dr. Patrick Hornbeck, Chair of Fordham Theology and Fr. Bryan Massingale, the James and Nancy Buckman Chair in Applied Christian Ethics, released a statement concerning the current sex abuse crisis in the Catholic Church. Here is an excerpt: The efforts by some influential persons to lay responsibility for the church’s situation
- [American Taxpayers Foot the Bill for Catholic Bishops Who Covered-Up Child Sex Abuse](https://josephsciambra.com/american-taxpayers-foot-the-bill-for-catholic-bishops-who-covered-up-child-sex-abuse/) - The following Catholic archdioceses in the United States received funds from the Department of Treasury’s PPP program intended for struggling businesses that were hit especially hard during the COVID-19 crisis; the scandal-plagued Archdioceses of New York and Washington received the most. Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of San Francisco were allocated $5-10 million; they were
- [James Martin’s Favorite Catholic LGBT Ministry Reading Book About Two Abused Boys Who Begin Homosexual Relationship](https://josephsciambra.com/james-martins-favorite-catholic-lgbt-ministry-reading-book-about-two-abused-boys-who-begin-homosexual-relationship/) - At the Out at St. Paul Book Club, the topic of discussion will be Jamie O'Neill's novel "At Swim, Two Boys." O’Neill is a gay Irish author who was raised a Roman Catholic. Leaving home at age 17, according to O’Neill, he didn’t get along well with his father. As a young man, O’Neill began
- [Gay Priest Who Painted "Sodomite Christ" to Exhibit Artwork at 2020 LA REC](https://josephsciambra.com/gay-priest-who-painted-sodomite-christ-to-exhibit-artwork-at-2020-la-rec/) - [Warning: Graphic links.] From February 21-23, 2020, during the annual Los Angeles Religious Education Congress (LA REC), the artwork of gay iconographer William Hart McNichols will be displayed in the “Arena Lobby” at the Anaheim Convention Center. McNichols is a self-outed former-Jesuit gay priest. According to Kittredge Cherry, author at the LGBT spirituality website QSpirit, which
- [The Deep Gay State in the Catholic Church: Pro-Gay Priest Moved to Los Angeles](https://josephsciambra.com/the-deep-gay-state-in-the-catholic-church-pro-gay-priest-moved-to-los-angeles/) - On March 17, 2018, Jesuit priest James Martin spoke about Catholic LGBT outreach at the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress. Martin began his presentation by stating: The Church has a responsibility to make everyone feel visible and valuable. Visible. Recognizing that LGBT Catholics exist has important pastoral implications. It means carrying out ministry that some
- [Cardinal Cupich and Thomas Rosica Host Pro-Gay Journalist at Chicago Theology on Tap](https://josephsciambra.com/cardinal-cupich-and-thomas-rosica-host-pro-gay-journalist-at-chicago-theology-on-tap/) - On July 10, 2017, the Archdiocese of Chicago will launch “a revitalized Theology on Tap for Summer 2017.” According to an announcement from St. Clement Parish in Chicago: Cardinal Blase J. Cupich will be hosting the evening, which will feature Father Tom Roscia [sic], media attaché of the Holy See, organizer of World Youth Day,
- [Thomas Rosica's gay protégé posts pro-same-sex marriage Tweet – and James Martin likes it](https://josephsciambra.com/thomas-rosicas-gay-protege-posts-pro-same-sex-marriage-tweet-and-james-martin-likes-it/) - 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 in Germany, spoke approvingly of same-sex marriage “blessings,” O’Loughlin wrote: News that a German cardinal said he could envision a
- [“Intrinsically disordered” – Why gay advocates and Bishops are the only ones talking about it.](https://josephsciambra.com/intrinsically-disordered-why-gay-advocates-and-bishops-are-the-only-ones-talking-about-it/) - Bishop Robert Barron started his response to a question about homosexuality with this statement: “I said this one time, I was in New York with Cardinal Dolan actually, and we were talking to reporters. And I said, if the only thing a gay person hears from the Catholic Church is, ‘you’re intrinsically disordered,’ we’ve got
- [San Francisco “Parish Manager” and his pro-gay posts.](https://josephsciambra.com/san-francisco-parish-manager-and-his-pro-gay-posts/) - [Updated on June 10, 2020] The “Parish Manager” of the gay-affirmative parish of Most Holy Redeemer (MHR) in San Francisco is Michael Poma. On his Facebook Timeline, he has posted several messages concerning “gay-marriage,” but also about contraception, abortion, and articles dealing with so called gay “Daddy” relationships. Furthermore, according to his Facebook “Life Events”
- [LA REC speaker compares Church’s treatment of homosexuals to the crucifixion of Jesus](https://josephsciambra.com/la-rec-speaker-compares-churchs-treatment-of-homosexuals-to-the-crucifixion-of-jesus/) - 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 LGBT Students.” The workshop focused on helping “educators discern a merciful balance between teaching doctrine and offering pastoral care as
- [Continued pro-gay madness in the Archdiocese of San Francisco](https://josephsciambra.com/continued-pro-gay-madness-in-the-archdiocese-of-san-francisco/) - The long history of dissent at Most Holy Redeemer (MHR) Catholic Parish in the Castro District of San Francisco has been widely documented and periodically reported upon by both the secular and the Catholic media. James Dewan is a Deacon candidate at Most Holy Redeemer; he created a gofundme.com page on March 10, 2016 in
- [Anatomy of a Runaway Parish](https://josephsciambra.com/anatomy-of-a-runaway-parish/) - The Catholic parish of Most Holy Redeemer (MHR) in the Castro District of San Francisco has a long history of dissent. Fr. Donal Godfrey. S.J., who wrote the definitive history of MHR described the parishioners stand in relation to the institutional Church as a “defecting in place.” The transformation of MHR from neighborhood church to
- [Movie Recommendation: Ostrov](https://josephsciambra.com/movie-recommendation-ostrov/) - “Ostrov” (Russian: Остров, The Island) was a 2006 Russian biographical film about a fictional 20th century Eastern Orthodox monk; although the story bears a striking resemblance to the life of Orthodox mystic St. Theophilus (Feofil) the Fool-for-Christ of the Kiev Caves. The movie begins in 1942, as the protagonist, then a teenager working on a Russian
- [Gay Ex-Monk Heads Archdiocese of Portland Dissident LGBT Ministry](https://josephsciambra.com/gay-ex-monk-heads-archdiocese-of-portland-dissident-lgbt-ministry/) - 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 2000, Saint Andrew’s began to outreach at Portland gay “Pride” and at the 2001 event, marched in the Parade. But
- [A Time of Crisis, a Lack of Leadership, and the Fall of the Post-Conciliar Church](https://josephsciambra.com/a-time-of-crisis-a-lack-of-leadership-and-the-fall-of-the-post-conciliar-church/) - “Those who go beneath the surface, do so at their peril.” ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray We are entering into a time of crisis that has little to do with the virulence of COVID-19; it’s actually due to the massive failures of leadership in both the ecclesiastical and secular realms. The recent
- [Young Adult Ministry at SF Parish Linked to Dissident Priests, Call To Action and Pro-Gay Advocates](https://josephsciambra.com/young-adult-ministry-at-sf-parish-linked-to-dissident-priests-call-to-action-and-pro-gay-advocates/) - According to a March 11, 2017 post to the Young Adults of Most Holy Redeemer (MHR) Facebook Timeline: “…let's all take a moment tomorrow to thank Ish Ruiz for the great work he has done and will continue to do representing us in his testimony after each of the masses this weekend, but also in
- [Joe Biden, James Martin, and The Human Rights Campaign](https://josephsciambra.com/joe-biden-james-martin-and-the-human-rights-campaign/) - The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is the largest LGBT advocacy group in the US. Founded in 1980 by Steve Endean; a self-described "Midwestern Catholic boy” who once considered the priesthood, Endean found some initial support in the Catholic Church when he held LGBT advocacy meetings (a group later organized into the Gay Rights Legislative Committee)
- [The Priests I Admire the Most – Are Probably Not Those You Would Expect](https://josephsciambra.com/the-priests-i-admire-the-most-are-probably-not-those-you-would-expect/) - Above: "Blessing in the Village" by Hans Bachmann, late-19th century. “No one is ever holy without suffering.” ― Evelyn Waugh, “Brideshead Revisited” I have been around the world of traditional (trad) Catholicism for over 20 years; strangely I shipwrecked onto the shores of this strange land almost immediately after I was cast adrift from a
- [St. Monica Catholic Community – LA’s Gayest Parish](https://josephsciambra.com/st-monica-catholic-community-las-gayest-parish/) - On March 1, 2016, The Catholic Ministry for Lesbian and Gay Ministries (CMLGP), the official outreach to the LGBT community for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, posted a video (for an edited version watch here) to their Facebook account from the closing liturgy at the 2016 Religious Education Congress; they included the following statement: Progress for
- [Pro-Gay Ministry to Hold Retreat at Chancery of the AD of Atlanta](https://josephsciambra.com/pro-gay-ministry-to-hold-retreat-at-chancery-of-the-ad-of-atlanta/) - On November 18, 2018, the LGBT advocacy group Fortunate & Faithful Families will hold it's annual "Retreat" at the Chancery of the Archdiocese of Atlanta located in Smyrna, Georgia. Composed primarily of Catholic parents with self-proclaimed "gay" children, in 2014 Archbishop Wilton Gregory first addressed Fortunate & Faithful Families. After the meeting, Gregory said: Their parents
- [Gay marriage apologist priest to speak at San Francisco parish – and more pro-gay Catholic madness across America](https://josephsciambra.com/gay-marriage-apologist-priest-to-speak-at-san-francisco-parish-and-more-pro-gay-catholic-madness-across-america/) - On July 10 and August 7, 2016, Tom Reese, S.J. will be giving two talks at Saint Ignatius Catholic Church in San Francisco; the topic will be: “The Joy of the Family by Francis” and “Religion and Politics.” Reese has a long history of opposition to some of the fundamental teachings of the Church. Reese
- [The Child Stars of Disney: A Tale of Perversity, Tragedy, and Death](https://josephsciambra.com/the-child-stars-of-disney-a-tale-of-perversity-tragedy-and-death/) - I first became interested in the fate of Disney child stars when I unintentionally discovered that Bobby Driscoll, the first bonafide live Disney star, who was featured in “Song of the South” and “Treasure Island,” met an untimely end as a transient mentally disturbed drug addict in New York City: dying at the age of
- [My Conversion Through Orthodoxy](https://josephsciambra.com/my-conversion-through-orthodoxy/) - The icon I bought in 1992. “This world deceives even the wise with its appearance, for at times it appears desirable. It even offers benefits and treasures for loan, but in the day of death it will take them back and give in return torment incomparably greater than our sins. for a short while will
- [COVID-19, the Black Plague, and the Fall of the American Catholic Hierarchy](https://josephsciambra.com/covid-19-the-black-plague-and-the-fall-of-the-american-catholic-hierarchy/) - Above: "Study for a Head," by Francis Bacon, 1952. “When I was in sin, the sight of lepers nauseated me beyond measure; but then God himself led me into their company, and I had pity on them.” – St. Francis of Assisi I have lived during two epidemics: AIDS and COVID-19. Since the AIDS epidemic
- [Where the Boys Are: A Reevaluation](https://josephsciambra.com/where-the-boys-are-a-reevaluation/) - I have been interested in the life and career of actress Dolores Hart ever since I saw her in the 1961 film “Francis of Assisi.” I thought her performance as Saint Clare was exquisitely sensitive and that she looked simply luminous. I became all the more intrigued about Hart when I later learned that shortly
- [NYC Jesuit Parish to Host Fundraiser for Pro-LGBT Youth Group](https://josephsciambra.com/nyc-jesuit-parish-to-host-fundraiser-for-pro-lgbt-youth-group/) - Above: From the St. Ignatius Parish published e-book, "Our Stories: Being LGBT and Catholic." On March 11, 2020, St. Ignatius Catholic Church in New York City will host a benefit concert for The Ali Forney Center. Carl Siciliano, the Executive Director of The Ali Forney Center, is an outspoken LGBT advocate who has publicly criticized the
- [James Martin argues that the Catechism contributes to LGBT youth suicide](https://josephsciambra.com/james-martin-argues-that-the-catechism-contributes-to-lgbt-youth-suicide/) - In a recent interview, James Martin, S.J., clearly implied (by repeating gay-advocacy talking-points) that language in “The Catechism of the Catholic Church” directly contributes to the high level of teen suicides among LGBT young people. [Interviewer] Well the people who’ve seen your book or know something about you are complaining that you want to rewrite some of
- [AD of LA Recommends the Orans Position and Communion in the Hand in Response to the Coronavirus](https://josephsciambra.com/ad-of-la-recommends-the-orans-position-and-communion-in-the-hand-in-response-to-the-coronavirus/) - Above: From one of the many featured "Liturgies" offered at the 2020 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress. On February 27, 2020, the Office of Worship in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the largest archdiocese in the United States, released a “Memorandum” to “Active Clergy and Parish Life Directors.” Because of concerns due to the coronavirus,
- [Archdiocese NY Parish Mardi Gras Celebration Hosted by Gay Drag Performer](https://josephsciambra.com/archdiocese-ny-parish-mardi-gras-celebration-hosted-by-gay-drag-performer/) - 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 of the “Gay Straight Catholic Alliance” with Malsky serving as its “contact” person. Malsky is a well-known New York City
- [Archdiocese of NY LGBT Leader: “Being a drag performer, that’s me being as godly as I can…”](https://josephsciambra.com/archdiocese-of-ny-lgbt-leader-being-a-drag-performer-thats-me-being-as-godly-as-i-can/) - 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-line platform “them.” Malsky has been in charge of the parish’s Gay Straight Catholic Alliance for the past five years.
- [AD of NY LGBT Ministry: “GBTQ relationships embody love and witness God’s presence in our world today.”](https://josephsciambra.com/ad-of-ny-lgbt-ministry-gbtq-relationships-embody-love-and-witness-gods-presence-in-our-world-today/) - Above: Dave Dwyer of the Paulist Fathers hosts Cardinal Timothy Dolan's radio show: "Conversation with Cardinal Dolan." On Ash Wednesday 2020, the LGBT ministry of Out at St. Paul announced that they will post a series of Lent Reflections on their official Facebook page. In their first posting, Out at St. Paul wrote: As LGBTQ
- [Jesuit Gonzaga U. Opens America’s First Catholic LGBTQ+ Rights Center](https://josephsciambra.com/jesuit-gonzaga-u-opens-americas-first-catholic-lgbtq-rights-center/) - On February 14, 2020, Gonzaga University opened its new Lincoln LGBTQ+ Rights Clinic on their Spokane, WA, campus. According Jacob Rooksby, dean at Gonzaga’s School of Law: “Gonzaga Law School is one of only a handful of institutions of higher education across the nation to launch this kind of initiative.” From a press release announcing
- [Lesbian Judge Keynote Speaker at Georgetown’s Lavender Graduation](https://josephsciambra.com/lesbian-judge-keynote-speaker-at-georgetowns-lavender-graduation/) - 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. Nominated by President Barack Obama in 2012, Judge Chen is the first LGBT identified Asian-American federal judge. During her hearing
- [Drag Shows, Twerking, and Transgender Student Housing at the Jesuit’s Seattle U.](https://josephsciambra.com/drag-shows-twerking-and-transgender-student-housing-at-the-jesuits-seattle-u/) - According to Seattle University’s “Transgender, Gender Non-Conforming and Non Binary Inclusive Housing Policy,” eligibility for student housing is determined not by biological sex but gender identity. In addition, students have the opportunity to: “Correct their gender identity, name, and pronouns…” Jesuit-run colleges, including Seattle University, have a history of affirming transgender students as well as
- [Organizer of LGBT Pilgrimage to Newark Cathedral is Gay Married Man](https://josephsciambra.com/organizer-of-lgbt-pilgrimage-to-newark-cathedral-is-gay-married-man/) - David Harvie (first on left) and Fr. John Alvarado at an "In God's Image" barbeque. On May 21, 2017, two Catholic parishes in New Jersey cosponsored an LGBT Pilgrimage and Mass to the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, New Jersey. According to a flyer for the event, the Pilgrimage and Mass took
- [Spokesman at James Martin Recommended Catholic LGBT Ministry: “I love di*k…”](https://josephsciambra.com/spokesman-at-james-martin-recommended-catholic-lgbt-ministry-i-love-dik/) - On July 16, 2017, James Martin, S.J., addressed the LGBT Ministry, Out at St. Paul, located at St. Paul the Apostle Parish in New York City. He had previously spoken to the group on March 2, 2017. In the past, Out at St. Paul sponsored and promoted a Mass at the site of the Stonewall
- [Archdiocese NY LGBT Ministry Recommends: Avoid the Confessionals! …and other gay Catholic news](https://josephsciambra.com/archdiocese-ny-lgbt-ministry-recommends-avoid-the-confessionals-and-other-gay-catholic-news/) - On December 11, 2017, the official LGBT ministry of St. Paul the Apostle Church in the Archdiocese of New York, promoted via its authorized Facebook page, a “reflection” by Craig A. Ford, Jr., a doctoral candidate in Theological Ethics at Jesuit-run Boston College. These “reflections” are part of a series from New Ways Ministry “by
- [The Global Catholic Effort to Indoctrinate Children into the LGBT Identity](https://josephsciambra.com/the-global-catholic-effort-to-indoctrinate-children-into-the-lgbt-identity/) - At St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School in the Archdiocese of Liverpool, the school’s “inclusive curriculum” includes reading several pro-LGBT children’s literature books. Here are a few of the titles and a short description of each:
- [Grade-School Teachers and the Pre-Homosexual Boy](https://josephsciambra.com/grade-school-teachers-and-the-pre-homosexual-boy/) - Above: Hamlet Bannerman, "His First Day at Work" (1890). I never knew a male teacher until I entered middle-school. Before that, all of my instructors were female, predominantly middle-aged, and generally caring, compassionate, and even-tempered. The only contact I had with other men and boys was limited. And early on, they largely rejected me. More
- [Dissident Pro-Gay Marriage Ministry to Offer LGBT Retreat in the Diocese of San Diego](https://josephsciambra.com/dissident-pro-gay-marriage-ministry-to-offer-lgbt-retreat-in-the-diocese-of-san-diego/) - Pictured above: An "Episcopal Advisor" to Fortunate Families is Bishop Thomas Gumbleton. On April 25 – 26, 2020, the Catholic parishes of St. Thomas More and St. Francis of Assisi, both in the Diocese of San Diego, will host an LGBT retreat: “NOTHING CAN SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD. A Catholic LGBTQ+ RETREAT
- [Religious Order That Supports Dissident LGBT Ministries Has Ties to Cardinal McCarrick](https://josephsciambra.com/religious-order-that-supports-dissident-lgbt-ministries-has-ties-to-cardinal-mccarrick/) - Cardinal Theodore McCarrick (pictured above in a Franciscan habit with Provincial Minister John O'Connor of the Holy Name Province) after he was made an Affiliate of the Province in 2006; also, McCarrick celebrated mass at the Holy Name parish in Raleigh with O'Connor,) The Church of St. Francis of Assisi and St. Francis of Assisi LGBT
- [Diocese of Oakland Priest: Church’s stance on “LGBTQ issues, the role of women in the Church and the ordination of women deacons…fragile and reversible.”](https://josephsciambra.com/diocese-of-oakland-priest-churchs-stance-on-lgbtq-issues-the-role-of-women-in-the-church-and-the-ordination-of-women-deaconsfragile-and-reversible/) - Above: Current Bishop (Since 2013) of the Diocese of Oakland - Michael C. Barber, SJ. In a “Letter” posted on the January 2, 2020 issue of the online edition of “The Catholic Voice,” the official news-source for the Diocese of Oakland, the Rev. Ronald G. Schmit responded to a series of two articles written by
- [The Family, Fatherhood, and Masculinity in the Rebooted Series “Lost in Space.”](https://josephsciambra.com/the-family-fatherhood-and-masculinity-in-the-rebooted-series-lost-in-space/) - When I was a boy, I adored male television characters who were strong and assertive: James West in “The Wild, Wild West,” Steve Austin in “The Six Million Dollar Man,” and Lieutenant Starbuck in “Battlestar Galactica.” In my mind, they were everything I was not. If men combined these attributes with fatherhood – I found
- [On His Way to Dublin – James Martin Praises Dissident Pro-Gay Marriage Nun](https://josephsciambra.com/on-his-way-to-dublin-james-martin-praises-dissident-pro-gay-marriage-nun/) - (Above: Jeannine Gramick marching in the 2015 Prague Gay "Pride" Parade.) On August 21, 2018, before his scheduled talk at the World Meeting of Families in Dublin, Ireland, James Martin posted a message on the Facebook timeline of Jeannine Gramick, he wrote: "I'm taking you to Dublin with me in my heart!" Gramick responded with:
- [James Martin prefers not to make public his own sexuality](https://josephsciambra.com/james-martin-prefers-not-to-make-public-his-own-sexuality/) - On September 5, 2017, Fordham University will host “a conversation” between James Martin, S.J., and Dr. Patrick Hornbeck. A similar event with Martin and Hornbeck took place at Fordham in 2014. Hornbeck is currently Associate Professor and Chair of Fordham’s Department of Theology. In 2015, he married his same-sex partner at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
- [LGBT Advocacy Group Supported by James Martin Barred From WMOF](https://josephsciambra.com/lgbt-advocacy-group-supported-by-james-martin-barred-from-wmof/) - A "Catholic" LGBT advocacy group, Global Network of Rainbow Catholics (GNRC), supported by American Jesuit priest James Martin, S.J., has been denied an exhibition space at the World Meeting of Families (WMF) in Dublin. In 2017, for the GNRC "Second Assembly" held in Munich, Germany, Martin recorded a greeting for the group. During their "Assembly," GNRC celebrated a “Eucharistic
- [LGBT Activist Deacon Assists Cardinal Kevin Farrell at WMOF Mass](https://josephsciambra.com/lgbt-activist-deacon-assists-cardinal-kevin-farrell-at-wmof-mass/) - On August 24, 2018, Deacon Ray Dever of Tampa, Florida, assisted Cardinal Kevin Farrell at the closing Mass of the Pastoral Congress portion of the World Meeting of Families in Dublin. As reported by the gay website “The Advocate:” Deacon Ray Dever of Tampa, Fla., and his 25-year-old bi daughter, Emily Dever, plan to be
- [“Call Me by Your Name” and the perpetuation of boy-love in gay male culture](https://josephsciambra.com/call-me-by-your-name-and-the-perpetuation-of-boy-love-in-gay-male-culture/) - [Warning: Some graphic descriptions and links.] Upon it’s release, the film “Call Me by Your Name” was almost instantaneously heralded by the majority of movie critics as “an erotic triumph,” and “a beguiling tale of first love” and “another ravishment of the senses.” “Call Me by Your Name” is based on the 2007 novel by
- [Lies and Perversion – In & Out of the Roman Catholic Church](https://josephsciambra.com/lies-and-perversion-in-out-of-the-roman-catholic-church/) - (Pictured above: Which is more perverse? – I’d much rather hang out with two guys wearing black rubber body suits than step inside that church.) Over the past thirty-something years, I have attended the Gay “Pride” Parade in San Francisco (the largest such gathering of the LGBT community in the world) several times – first,
- [The Archdiocese of Atlanta Goes Gay…Again](https://josephsciambra.com/the-archdiocese-of-atlanta-goes-gayagain/) - 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 contingent of parishioners who march in the annual Atlanta “Pride” Parade. This year the “Pride” festival will take place from
- [The Cult: gay as religious fanaticism](https://josephsciambra.com/the-cult-gay-as-religious-fanaticism/) - (Pictured above: the gay god Antinous.) The gay god: “When he first came to New York he used to stay for days, and wanted to live there; the Baths were a kind of paradise. But as the years went on, he would go and stay no more than forty-five minutes, since he either knew everyone
- [The “gay” church within the Church: Catholicism and the Open Acceptance of Homosexuality](https://josephsciambra.com/the-gay-church-within-the-church-catholicism-and-the-open-acceptance-of-homosexuality/) - (Pictured above: Fr. Michael Holleran of the Archdiocese of New York) In his landmark 1987 book “The Homosexual Person,” Fr. John Harvey wrote: “I believe I have provided sufficient evidence…to state that Dignity has established itself within the Church with the support of clergy, religious, and laity, but against the teaching of the Church. It
- [The Confusion About Saint Joseph’s “Doubt”](https://josephsciambra.com/the-confusion-about-saint-josephs-doubt/) - An often-repeated mischaracterization about St. Joseph, especially in films depicting the Holy Family, is that he initially thought that the Virgin Mary had committed adultery before their betrothal. According to St. Matthew: “When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child, of the Holy Ghost.” The
- [Gay Priest Says Same-Sex Partnered Officials in the Vatican](https://josephsciambra.com/gay-priest-says-same-sex-partnered-officials-in-the-vatican/) - In a post dated August 8, 2018, on the website of the dissident Association of Catholic Priests, (originally published in "The Tablet" on 1 Aug. 18) pro-gay priest James Alison describes, what he calls the "clerical closet" in the Roman Catholic Church which he maintains facilitated the current sex scandal in the Church. He argues,
- [James Martin says there is “not currently” a Catholic ritual that recognizes same-sex relationships](https://josephsciambra.com/james-martin-says-there-is-not-currently-a-catholic-ritual-that-recognizes-same-sex-relationships/) - On October 20, 2018, Jesuit priest James Martin spoke about “showing respect and welcome to LGBT people and their families” at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Decatur, Georgia. Almost from the very beginning Martin said: Sadly, many people still believe that people choose their sexual orientation. Despite the testimony of almost every psychiatrist, psychologist,
- [Born to Bottom; or God didn’t make me gay.](https://josephsciambra.com/born-to-bottom-or-god-didnt-make-me-gay/) - (Above: Scene from the 2016 film "The Lost City of Z.") “Surely I was made for some other purpose than this?” – Evelyn Waugh, “Brideshead Revisited” I was the last one born into my family. I grew up mainly surrounded by my mother and two sisters. My older brother justifiably regarded me as an utter
- [2019 LA Religious Education Congress Will Again Feature James Martin and LGBT Activists](https://josephsciambra.com/2019-la-religious-education-congress-will-again-feature-james-martin-and-lgbt-activists/) - From March 21-24, 2019, the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress (LA REC) at the Anaheim Convention Center will feature several well-known Catholic LGBT activists and dissenters. They include: Jesuit priest James Martin, Fordham University Professor Fr. Bryan Massingale, LA Archdiocese priest Fr. Chris Ponnet, Professor María Teresa Dávila, Yunuen Trujillo, and Arthur Fitzmaurice. All of
- [James Martin says anyone who disagrees with him is on the “far far right” – I guess that includes me](https://josephsciambra.com/james-martin-says-anyone-who-disagrees-with-him-is-on-the-far-far-right-i-guess-that-includes-me/) - In a recent interview, James Martin said: I’m trying to start some dialogue. The reactions been really interesting - I mean the majority has been overwhelming positive - people hugging me, literally, crying…not a day goes by that I don’t get really nice letters and emails and stuff. But then from the far far right,
- [The Return of Sodom and the Power of God’s Forgiveness](https://josephsciambra.com/the-return-of-sodom-and-the-power-of-gods-forgiveness/) - One day, somebody made the following quip to me: “If God doesn’t destroy San Francisco, then He has to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah.” At the time, I didn’t think it was particularly funny. It did make me think back to an odd childhood memory - when I was a kid, I was raised on
- [Notre Dame Serves Up “Bi Breakfast” For LGBTQ History Month](https://josephsciambra.com/notre-dame-serves-up-bi-breakfast-for-lgbtq-history-month/) - During the month of October, NDPrism, the officially recognized LGBT outreach at University of Notre Dame, will sponsor several events commemorating LGBTQ History Month; in the United States, LGBTQ History Month is celebrated in October to coincide with National Coming Out Day on October 11. At Notre Dame, on October 5, 2018 there will be
- [Pro-Gay Diocese of Lexington: Jesus “was here to teach us how to love not who to love.”](https://josephsciambra.com/pro-gay-diocese-of-lexington-jesus-was-here-to-teach-us-how-to-love-not-who-to-love/) - (Above: Picture posted, June 23, 2018, to the official Facebook page of Fortunate Families.) On November 3, 2018, the Catholic pro-gay marriage advocacy group Fortunate Families posted a link on their official Facebook page to Deacon Steve Hester’s homily for the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time. Hester is a Deacon for the Diocese of Lexington
- [Roger Mahony to Speak at 2019 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress](https://josephsciambra.com/roger-mahony-to-speak-at-2019-los-angeles-religious-education-congress/) - (Above: Roger Mahony addressing the USCCB on November 13, 2018.) Despite a 2013 statement from Archbishop Jose Gomez, the current head of the largest archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States, Cardinal Roger Mahony will speak at the 2019 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress (LA REC). The topic of his March 23rd
- [James Martin to Receive LGBT Award at Notre Dame](https://josephsciambra.com/james-martin-to-receive-lgbt-award-at-notre-dame/) - On March 30, 2019, Catholic priest James Martin will receive the Thomas A. Dooley Award from the Gay and Lesbian Alumni of the University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s College (GALA-ND/SMC). The GALA-ND/SMC is a “national organization which unites LGBTQ alumni/ae, faculty and staff from Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s College, together with their
- [AD of Newark Gay Pride Mass: “Theology Has to Catch Up with Where the World Is…"](https://josephsciambra.com/ad-of-newark-gay-pride-mass-theology-has-to-catch-up-with-where-the-world-is/) - 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, Santora announced that he would offer a “special blessing” for those marching in the New York City gay “Pride” parade
- [The Gay Diocese of Bishop "P.J." McGrath](https://josephsciambra.com/the-gay-diocese-of-bishop-p-j-mcgrath/) - (Above: Bishop "P.J." McGrath of San Jose with Fr. Jon Pedigo (left) in the background.) Bishop Patrick Joseph McGrath, during his tenure as Bishop in the fifth-largest Diocese in California, the Diocese of San Jose (home to over 600,000 Catholics) has become one of the most gay-affirmative dioceses in the United States. Installed in 1999,
- [The Deep Gay State: Catholic LGBT Ministries Join Forces with Human Rights Campaign to Lobby Synod on Young People](https://josephsciambra.com/the-deep-gay-state-catholic-lgbt-ministries-join-forces-with-human-rights-campaign-to-lobby-synod-on-young-people/) - Several “Catholic” LGBT ministries, including New Ways Ministry, The Global Networks of Rainbow Catholics, and Quest have formed an alliance with the Human Rights Campaign in order to lobby Catholic prelates during the upcoming Synod on Young People to be held in Rome this October. Jesuit priest James Martin has publicly supported all three of
- [AD of NY: Saying same-sex attracted is “insulting and ridiculous.”](https://josephsciambra.com/ad-of-ny-saying-same-sex-attracted-is-insulting-and-ridiculous/) - On August 26, 2018, Fr. Michael K. Holleran, of the Archdiocese of New York, recorded his homily ("Crisis in the Church: Backwards or Forwards?") at the Church of Notre Dame in Manhattan. Referring to the Second Reading (Ephesians 5:21-32) at Mass, he said : So much Scripture in culture-based. He then praised Jesuit priest James Martin “for welcoming the
- [Silenced Priest Who Denies the Virginity of Mary to Offer LGBT Retreat at Jesuit Center in PA](https://josephsciambra.com/silenced-priest-who-denies-the-virginity-of-mary-to-offer-lgbt-retreat-at-jesuit-center-in-pa/) - From November 9-11, 2018, New Ways Ministry will offer a “retreat for LGBT Catholics, families, pastoral ministers, and allies - facilitated by Fr. Tony Flannery, CSsR.” The retreat is titled: "New Language for Old Truths." The retreat will be held at the Jesuit Center for Spiritual Growth located in Wernersville, Pennsylvania. The Jesuit Center is
- [Archdiocese of LA Promotes “Born Gay” Documentary](https://josephsciambra.com/archdiocese-of-la-promotes-born-gay-documentary/) - 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” for the evening is Frank McKown. McKown serves as co-chair for the Catholic Ministry for Lesbian and Gay Persons, (CMLGP)
- [Elton John and the wounded boy origin of homosexuality…](https://josephsciambra.com/elton-john-becomes-spokesman-for-the-wounded-boy-origin-of-homosexuality/) - Elton John recently had this to say about the very troubled relationship with his now deceased father: “He never told me he loved me, he didn’t hold me, and he didn’t come to see me perform.” He continued: “He was taught that love had limits. You don’t show it in public. You don’t even show
- [Controversial Priest to Lead Retreat for Gay Priests, Brothers, and Deacons](https://josephsciambra.com/controversial-priest-to-lead-retreat-for-gay-priests-brothers-and-deacons/) - 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 by the Racine Dominican Sisters. The retreat is sponsored by the dissident pro-gay marriage group New Ways Ministry. Later this
- [The Deadly Deception of James Martin](https://josephsciambra.com/the-deadly-deception-of-james-martin/) - Before I briefly met Fr. James Martin at the 2018 LA REC, I had spent so much time beforehand – listening, critiquing, and getting angry at what he had already publicly stated and written concerning homosexuality, that I was prepared to really dislike, even hate him once we finally met face to face. I had
- [In Their Own Words: Homosexuality, the Catholic Church, and the Society of Jesus](https://josephsciambra.com/in-their-own-words-homosexuality-the-catholic-church-and-the-society-of-jesus/) - Fred Daley – Pastor in the Diocese of Syracuse; he publicly “came out” as “gay” in 2004. “While on a retreat, I shared the truth about my sexuality for the first time with the Jesuit priest assigned as my spiritual director. I prayed that he would help me get back on track. I wanted to
- [The Easy and Ugly Labeling of Abuse Victims at the Vatican’s Synod on Young People](https://josephsciambra.com/the-easy-and-ugly-labeling-of-abuse-victims-at-the-vaticans-synod-on-young-people/) - In the midst of a worldwide sex abuse scandal, at the 2018 “Vatican Synod on Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment” there is an effort by some within the Catholic Church to include for the first time the LGBT acronym within an official Church document. Those who advocate for full inclusion of LGBT Catholics
- [Suffering, Salvation, and the Saints](https://josephsciambra.com/suffering-salvation-and-the-saints/) - If you seek patience, you will find no better example than the cross. – St. Thomas Aquinas Apart from the cross there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven. – St. Rose of Lima Suffering passes; to have suffered willingly remains eternally. – St. Therese of Lisieux There is no evil
- [Archdiocese of Seattle Jesuit Parish Promotes LGBT Pride](https://josephsciambra.com/archdiocese-of-seattle-jesuit-parish-promotes-lgbt-pride/) - The Jesuit-run parish of St. Joseph Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Seattle hosts an LGBTQ Ministry which openly promotes dissent and same-sex marriage. The Coordinator of the Ministry is Theresa Lukasik, a graduate of Loyola University in Chicago. In 2013, along with other “Queer Catholics,” she wrote a response to the election of Pope
- [Seeing My Father Pray the Rosary – Saved Me From Homosexuality](https://josephsciambra.com/seeing-my-father-pray-the-rosary-saved-me-from-homosexuality/) - Day after day I was able to observe the austere way in which he lived. By profession he was a soldier and, after my mother’s death, his life became one of constant prayer. Sometimes I would wake up during the night and find my father on his knees, just as I would always see him
- [A Holy Family, the lost child, and salvation from homosexuality](https://josephsciambra.com/a-holy-family-the-lost-child-and-salvation-from-homosexuality/) - Above: John Dickson Batten, “The Family” (1886) I have no recollection of seeing my parents pray when I was a child. We never prayed the Rosary together as a family. I probably knew one prayer well: Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, If I should die
- [What being an altar boy – once meant to a former gay man](https://josephsciambra.com/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 typical games other boys would play during recess. Of my earliest memories, I recall being alone a lot; occupying myself
- [The Gay Well - A Big Empty Hole in the Ground](https://josephsciambra.com/the-gay-well-a-big-empty-hole-in-the-ground/) - In the first place, man, the image of God, was created “male and female” (Gen 1:27). Men and women are equal as persons and complementary as male and female. Sexuality is something that pertains to the physical-biological realm and has also been raised to a new level – the personal level – where nature and
- [I Was The Other Man: An Insiders Look At Why Gay Marriage Will Never Work](https://josephsciambra.com/i-was-the-other-man-an-insiders-look-at-why-gay-marriage-will-never-work/) - During the 10-plus years I spent in the homosexual lifestyle, twice I became the “other man” in the midst of a so-called gay marriage. At the time, since same-sex marriage was not recognized in the United States, both couples were “married” in private ceremonies by an obliging minister; one of the couples was in their
- [The Curious Rise of Transgender Stage Parents](https://josephsciambra.com/the-curious-rise-of-transgender-stage-parents/) - Some very misguided parents are attempting to carve-out a career for themselves as the ambitious trail-blazing stage-mothers and fathers of so-called transgender children. It appears to be an odd mixture of Munchausen by proxy syndrome (MBPS) and the personality of “Mama” Rose from “Gypsy.” A parent, for whatever reason, gleans a certain amount of admiration, sympathy,
- [The Rise of the Catholic Layman, Husband, and Father in 2018](https://josephsciambra.com/the-rise-of-the-catholic-layman-husband-and-father-in-2018/) - (Norman Rockwell, "Blacksmith's Boy." 1940) In her examination of feminist theory concerning the upbringing and education of young men, especially those espoused by Carol Gilligan, Christina Hoff Summers challenged their assertion that men are civilized by “diminishing their masculinity.” Sommers wrote: It is obvious that a boy wants his father to help him become a
- [James Martin promotes the rainbow-color Queer-Christ](https://josephsciambra.com/james-martin-promotes-the-rainbow-color-queer-christ/) - (Warning: Some links contain graphic material.) On October 7, 2017, James Martin, SJ, posted an article by University of San Diego Professor Emily Reimer-Barry to his official Facebook timeline. Reimer-Barry is a graduate of Loyola University Chicago and is currently an Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at USD, where she is also the Chair of
- [A Defense of “Pray the Gay Away.”](https://josephsciambra.com/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 problem of same-sex attraction. This reproach against prayer in general, and, specifically with regards to healing from homosexuality goes part
- [Archdiocese of Chicago parish promotes anti-Catholic group that blames the Catechism for “gay” teen suicides](https://josephsciambra.com/archdiocese-of-chicago-parish-promotes-anti-catholic-group-that-blames-the-catechism-for-gay-teen-suicides/) - A Catholic parish in the Archdiocese of Chicago is promoting a “workshop” in “queer” theory organized by activists who vehemently disagree with the Church’s teachings on homosexuality; in addition, they advocate for the ordination of women, and blame the suicide of LGBT teens on “The Catechism of the Catholic Church.” On the Old St. Patrick’s
- [Diocese of Lexington goes gay: Bishop serves as adviser to pro-same-sex marriage ministry](https://josephsciambra.com/diocese-of-lexington-goes-gay-bishop-serves-as-adviser-to-pro-same-sex-marriage-ministry/) - (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 Paul Catholic Church in Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky, which featured the First Sunday of Lent homily from Deacon Steve Hester.
- [Catholic “rigidity,” the Latin Mass, and the traumas of modern life](https://josephsciambra.com/catholic-rigidity-the-latin-mass-and-the-traumas-of-modern-life/) - “And I ask myself: Why so much rigidity? Dig, dig, this rigidity always hides something, insecurity or even something else. Rigidity is defensive. True love is not rigid.” –Pope Francis When I curiously returned to the religion of my youth, after spending over a decade as an out and proud “gay” man, I came back
- [With Chaos and Confusion in the Catholic Church, the Gay Male Community Offers Discipline and Dogma](https://josephsciambra.com/with-chaos-and-confusion-in-the-catholic-church-the-gay-male-community-offers-disciple-and-dogma/) - Be careful around those who are rigid. Be careful around Christians – be they laity, priests, bishops – who present themselves as so “perfect,” rigid. Be careful. There’s no Spirit of God there. – Pope Francis I was born into a turbulent time. In 1968, with the publication of "Humanae Vitae," the condemnation of artificial
- [In remembrance of my father...](https://josephsciambra.com/in-remembrance-of-my-father/) - Above: John Byam Liston Shaw, The Prodigal’s Return (late-19th Century) Hail, holy queen, mother of mercy! Our life, our sweetness, and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve, to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley, of tears. Turn, then, most [precious] advocate, thine
- [Drag Queen in Charge of Archdiocese of NY LGBT Ministry Puts on Wig in Front of Tabernacle](https://josephsciambra.com/drag-queen-in-charge-of-archdiocese-of-ny-lgbt-ministry-puts-on-wig-in-front-of-tabernacle/) - On March 3, 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-line platform “them.” Malsky has been in charge of the parish’s Gay Straight Catholic Alliance for the past five years. The article accompanies a video, also from them., entitled "Can You
- [James Martin praises gay priest-artist who once created a “sodomite” Christ](https://josephsciambra.com/james-martin-praises-gay-priest-artist-who-once-created-a-sodomite-christ/) - [Warning: Graphic links.] In a Facebook post dated January 23, 2018, James Martin praised and recommended the work of “gay” priest and artist William Hart McNichols. According to Martin, an upcoming book will feature the work of McNichols who paints in a style reminiscent of Byzantine icons. Martin wrote: Dear friends: I thought I might
- [Waving Rainbow Flags at Pride Mass in NYC](https://josephsciambra.com/waving-rainbow-flags-at-pride-mass-in-nyc/) - 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 to the Parish: Identifying as LGBT+ and Catholic can sometimes be a challenge, however, we affirm you...We're here for you in returning
- [Jesuit Priest that said "imagine Jesus as gay" to offer LGBT retreat](https://josephsciambra.com/jesuit-priest-that-said-imagine-jesus-as-gay-to-offer-lgbt-retreat/) - (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 recent book “Building a Bridge Retreat: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter Into a Relationship Of
- [The "gay" church within the Church: LA Archdiocese parish promotes a radical pro-gay agenda](https://josephsciambra.com/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 “gay” approving ministry, Comunidad hosts a regular schedule of speakers and other community outreach events such as a presence at
- [Dead Friends, Bishops, and Homosexuality in the Catholic Church](https://josephsciambra.com/dead-friends-bishops-and-homosexuality-in-the-catholic-church/) - I have a friend – very different from me, but like all “gay” men we had a lot in common: we both were damaged little boys –and both of us jumped into the “gay” lifestyle looking for some way to fix what happened to us as kids. In being “gay” – we thought we found
- [NY Archdiocese Priest: Jesus Did Not Understand Homosexuality](https://josephsciambra.com/ny-archdiocese-priest-jesus-did-not-understand-homosexuality/) - 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 former Carthusian Monk, is Parochial Vicar at the Church of Notre Dame in New York City. According to his biography
- [Cardinal Tobin: "No one…has ever spoken to me about a ‘gay sub-culture’ in the Archdiocese of Newark."](https://josephsciambra.com/cardinal-tobin-no-onehas-ever-spoken-to-me-about-a-gay-sub-culture-in-the-archdiocese-of-newark/) - On August 17, 2018, the Catholic News Agency (CNA), published an article about several priests from the Archdiocese of Newark who observed an active “gay subculture” in the Archdiocese. Also on the 17th of August, the National Catholic Register reported on the CNA story. Here is an excerpt from the CNA article. One recalled that he attended
- [Thomas Rosica to Address Dissident Pro-Gay Ministry in Toronto](https://josephsciambra.com/thomas-rosica-to-address-dissident-pro-gay-ministry-in-toronto/) - 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 Catholic Media Foundation and serves as English language media attaché of the Holy See Press Office. According to an announcement
- [The Wound That Wouldn’t Heal](https://josephsciambra.com/the-wound-that-wouldnt-heal/) - Above: Edvard Munch, "Melancholy" (1892.) As a child, I think I was a bit of a dreamer. My father and mother worked to exhaustion, trying to give their children a better life. And my siblings, all older, always seemed to be preoccupied with their own daily lives. I played alone a lot, endlessly drew pictures,
- [It’s Lonely in Hell – Fear, Isolation, and Male Homosexuality](https://josephsciambra.com/its-lonely-in-hell-fear-isolation-and-male-homosexuality/) - Above: Edvard Munch. "The Absinthe Drinkers" (1890). “I’m only here to make a friend; to find someone who I can talk with; a nice guy that will understand me.” I kept saying that in my head over and over again as I drove towards San Francisco one dark night. It was 1989, and I was
- [Dead Gay Porn Stars: 2016-2018](https://josephsciambra.com/dead-gay-porn-stars-2016-2018/) - MAY THEY REST IN PEACE: Alexander Gustavo Age 31 Cause of Death: Suicide Max Schutler Age 35 Cause of Death: Unknown Tyler Sky Age 26 Cause of Death: Cardiac Arrest Billy Herrington Age 48 Cause of Death: Auto Accident Dave Slick Age 26 Cause of Death: Unknown Tyler White Age 25 Cause of Death: Unknown
- [James Martin Promotes Jesuit Published Pro-Gay Marriage Book](https://josephsciambra.com/james-martin-promotes-jesuit-published-pro-gay-marriage-book/) - 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 ministry: LGBT Catholics & Friends. In “A Letter From the Pastor,” Yesalonia wrote: I believe that the strength of our faith,
- [Archdiocese of NY LGBT Ministry: “We can be Catholic and eat our gay cake, too.”](https://josephsciambra.com/archdiocese-of-ny-lgbt-ministry-we-can-be-catholic-and-eat-our-gay-cake-too/) - [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 an image created by dissident former Presbyterian minsiter, now "Independent," David Hayward, who goes by his blogger name - NakedPastor.
- [Coming to Terms with My Own Disordered Gay Brokenness and Realizing that Jesus Was the Only Man Who Could Fix Me](https://josephsciambra.com/coming-to-terms-with-my-own-disordered-gay-brokenness-and-realizing-that-jesus-was-the-only-man-who-could-fix-me/) - Above: Carl Larrson, "In the Carpenter Shop" (1905). “God created us to love and to be loved, so it is our test from God to choose one path or the other. Any negligence in loving can lead someone to say Yes to evil, and when that happens we have no idea how far it can
- [Who am I to choose? – Catholics cannot agree if same-sex desires are chosen.](https://josephsciambra.com/who-am-i-to-choose-catholics-cannot-agree-if-same-sex-desires-are-chosen/) - Several well-known Catholic priests, speakers, and writers have recently talked about the issue of homosexuality and purposefully emphasized the point: that a homosexual attraction, desire, or inclination is not a choice. Here are some examples: “But same-sex attractions are not chosen…We can’t choose who we’re attracted to…” – from a blog entry titled “Why I’m
- [Cardinal Ratzinger, the Catechism and Homosexuality: How the Future Pope Saved Millions From Confusion and Death](https://josephsciambra.com/cardinal-ratzinger-the-catechism-and-homosexuality-how-the-future-pope-saved-millions-from-confusion-and-death/) - The decision to publish a Catechism was taken at the Extraordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops that was convened by Pope John Paul II on January 25, 1985 for the 20th Anniversary of the close of the Second Vatican Council, and in 1986, the Pope put a commission composed of 12 bishops and cardinals
- [James Martin: Pope Francis told sex abuse victim, “God made you gay.”](https://josephsciambra.com/james-martin-pope-francis-told-sex-abuse-victim-god-made-you-gay/) - According to an article appearing in El Pais, the largest newspaper in Spain, Pope Francis said to a male sex abuse victim that: “God made you gay.” The comments were allegedly made during a meeting between Pope Francis and the victims of Chilean Catholic sex-offender priest Fernando Karadima. One of the men abused by the
- [Archdiocese NY Ministry: “anti-LGBTQ theology is violent"](https://josephsciambra.com/archdiocese-ny-ministry-anti-lgbtq-theology-is-violent/) - 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 anti-LGBTQ theology is violent, it's not an exaggeration. Actual LGBTQ people actually die as a direct result of those beliefs.
- [Jesuit Patrick Conroy: The Pro-Gay Catholic Dissident in the US House of Representatives](https://josephsciambra.com/jesuit-patrick-conroy-the-pro-gay-catholic-dissident-in-the-us-house-of-representatives/) - 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 of his earlier decision, on May 3, 2018, Ryan agreed to keep Conroy as House chaplain. In 2015, Conroy participated
- [Diocese of San Diego Promotes LGBT Retreat Headed by Protestant Dissidents to Catholic Parents](https://josephsciambra.com/diocese-of-san-diego-promotes-lgbt-retreat-headed-by-protestant-dissidents-to-catholic-parents/) - In the April 22, 2018, Sunday bulletin at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, in the Diocese of San Diego, there appeared an advertisement for a “Q Christian Parents Retreat.” The current “Pastoral Administrator” at St. John’s is Kevin Casey, S.J. The parish also has its own “LGBT Outreach.” In 2017, the parish, located in
- [“Intrinsically Fabulous” – Influential Archdiocese of NY LGBT Ministry Once Again to Hold Meeting at Notorious Gay Bar](https://josephsciambra.com/intrinsically-fabulous-influential-archdiocese-of-ny-lgbt-ministry-once-again-to-hold-meeting-at-notorious-gay-bar/) - [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 gay sports bar Boxers in Hell’s Kitchen. According to Out at St. Paul: Please join us for an OSP social
- [Love the sinner and ignore the sin: the disconnect in Catholic/gay pastoral practices](https://josephsciambra.com/love-the-sinner-and-ignore-the-sin-the-disconnect-in-catholicgay-pastoral-practices/) - Recently, Austrian Cardinal, Christoph Schönborn met with and praised Vienna “Life Ball” founder and organizer Gery Keszler. The event was a charity concert called the “Red Ribbon Celebration,” held at Vienna’s prestigious Burgtheater. Cardinal Schönborn, said he was not concerned with where he and the Church stood on homosexuality but with “our shared humanity.” “I
- [Jesuit USF Offers Advice on Genital “Tucking” to Drag Queens](https://josephsciambra.com/jesuit-usf-offers-advice-on-genital-tucking-to-drag-queens/) - 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 the GalPalaxy, we will be situated on planet McLaren…Guys, gals, and non-binary pals from all over the Queersar are all
- [Surviving the AIDS Massacre and a Warning to Catholics Who Somehow Find Good in Gay](https://josephsciambra.com/surviving-the-aids-massacre-and-a-warning-to-catholics-who-somehow-find-good-in-gay/) - Prologue: When I got to San Francisco in 1988, I expected an endless funeral procession to be moving down Castro Street – there wasn’t. Instead, I saw hundreds of boys, just like me: rather wide-eyed, somewhat stupid, and new enough on the scene to still be untouched by AIDS. I was scared, but I believed
- [Movie Recommendation for Lent: "The Robe"](https://josephsciambra.com/movie-recommendation-for-lent-the-robe/) - The somewhat forgotten masterpiece “The Robe is my movie recommendation for Lent this year. Released in 1953, “The Robe” is the story of the Roman tribune Marcellus and his quest for personal sanity that eventually leads to spiritual magnificence. Marcellus is a spoiled son of a Senator who spends his days in Rome drinking, carousing
- [A defiant James Martin takes the stage at the LA REC…and gets a standing ovation](https://josephsciambra.com/a-defiant-james-martin-takes-the-stage-at-the-la-recand-gets-a-standing-ovation/) - 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 a gay man.” [Followed by thunderous applause.] Naughton is a master catechist for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and founded
- [New James Martin promo video features gay Catholic dissidents and same-sex married couple holding hands at Mass](https://josephsciambra.com/new-james-martin-promo-video-features-gay-catholic-dissidents-and-same-sex-married-couple-holding-hands-at-mass/) - 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 into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity.” He states that the new edition contains “more stories…stories from LGBT Catholics
- [Archdiocese of NY Catholic Parish Comes-Out in Support of Gay Marriage](https://josephsciambra.com/archdiocese-of-ny-catholic-parish-comes-out-in-support-of-gay-marriage/) - On August 18, 2017, 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, featured a link to an article by Australian Baptist Minster Simon Carey Holt; in addition, “Out at St. Paul” included the following statement and quotation
- [Fordham Theology Professor Proposes “Countertraditions” to Adam and Eve](https://josephsciambra.com/fordham-theology-professor-proposes-countertraditions-to-adam-and-eve/) - 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 the O.T.” From Out at St. Paul: Join us after the 5:15 pm Mass for a lively conversation with Karina
- [Gay theologian who writes about “Christ’s Queer Body” to moderate discussion with James Martin and dissident Jeannine Gramick](https://josephsciambra.com/gay-theologian-who-writes-about-christs-queer-body-to-moderate-discussion-with-james-martin-and-dissident-jeannine-gramick/) - 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 University of Cincinnati. Besides Martin, those participating include dissident pro-gay marriage advocate Jeanine Gramick, LGBT activist and women’s ordination supporter
- [Same-sex married theologian to speak at 2018 LA Religious Education Congress](https://josephsciambra.com/same-sex-married-theologian-to-speak-at-2018-la-religious-education-congress/) - 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 founded the Center for the Study of Latino Catholicism and in 2016, he received the John Courtney Murray Award, their
- [Archdiocese of NY LGBT ministry holds meeting in gay drag bar](https://josephsciambra.com/archdiocese-of-ny-lgbt-ministry-holds-meeting-in-gay-drag-bar/) - [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 City, will host their “Winter Social” at the Rise gay bar in Hell’s Kitchen. The Rise bar is a well-known
- [Catholic LGBT Ministry in New York is into “Queering” Mary](https://josephsciambra.com/catholic-lgbt-ministry-in-new-york-is-into-queering-mary/) - On December 21, 2016, just in time for Christmas, Out At St Paul, the LGBT ministry at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of New York, posted a link to an article on their Facebook page by lesbian feminist artist and author Angela Yarber. Yarber is the pastor for Preaching and Worship
- [Gerald Murray vs James Martin: One man offers hope and truth to those with same-sex attraction, and the other – an “evil” Church](https://josephsciambra.com/gerald-murray-vs-james-martin-one-man-offers-hope-and-truth-to-those-with-same-sex-attraction-and-the-other-an-evil-church/) - During a January 11, 2018 interview with Fr. Gerald Murray, Raymond Arroyo of EWTN’s “The World Over Live,” discussed with the Catholic priest from the Archdiocese of New York the various issues relating to Pope Francis’ controversial apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia, but at the end of their discussion, Arroyo asked Fr. Murray about a recent
- [Professor at Jesuit Creighton University claims Amoris Laetitia proves gay sex is not a sin](https://josephsciambra.com/professor-at-jesuit-creighton-university-claims-amoris-laetitia-proves-gay-sex-is-not-a-sin/) - 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 by certain US Bishops to possibly deny a Catholic funeral for someone who died while in a same-sex “married” relationship.
- [James Martin "salutes" the radical gay activist group – Global Network of Rainbow Catholics](https://josephsciambra.com/james-martin-salutes-the-radical-gay-activist-group-global-network-of-rainbow-catholics/) - On December 4, 2017, during the group’s “Second Assembly,” members of the radical pro-gay marriage LGBT ministry, Global Network of Rainbow Catholics, celebrated a “Eucharistic liturgy” at the historic Bürgersaalkirche Church in Munich, Germany. The Church is the resting-place of Blessed Rupert Mayer; a Catholic priest who heroically spoke out against the rise of National
- [New Zealand Bishop describes changing Church attitudes about homosexuality as a “Galileo moment”](https://josephsciambra.com/new-zealand-bishop-describes-changing-church-attitudes-about-homosexuality-as-a-galileo-moment/) - 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 in Ponsonby, New Zealand. According to an article appearing in NZCatholic, many of the questions dealt with the issue of
- [James Martin promotes iconographer of “gay saints”](https://josephsciambra.com/james-martin-promotes-iconographer-of-gay-saints/) - On January 7, 2018, James Martin posted to his official Facebook page, an “icon” by Franciscan artist Br. Robert Lentz depicting Philip Berrigan and Daniel Berrigan; biological brother priests; neither of whom has a cause open for sainthood. The Berrigan brothers became famous in the 1960s as anti-Vietnam War peace activists who sometimes resorted to
- [LGBT Ministry at James Martin’s “home parish:” “Buoyed by their hope that the church’s teaching will change.”](https://josephsciambra.com/lgbt-ministry-at-james-martins-home-parish-buoyed-by-their-hope-that-the-churchs-teaching-will-change/) - On June 11, 2017, Dennis J. Yesalonia, S.J., the Pastor at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York City, announced the establishment of the parish’s new LGBT ministry: LGBT Catholics & Friends. In “A Letter From the Pastor,” Yesalonia wrote: I believe that the strength of our faith, the pervasiveness of the desire
- [The Vatican Nativity, Homoeroticism, and the Difference Between Art and Porn](https://josephsciambra.com/the-vatican-nativity-homoeroticism-and-the-difference-between-art-and-porn/) - The 2017 Vatican Nativity, located at the center of Saint Peter’s Square in Rome, recently incited controversy primarily because of a figure depicting a nude man. The theme for the Nativity is the “Seven Corporal Works of Mercy,” which includes: clothe the naked. The nude man, with his genitals covered only by a cloth, reclines
- [The Return of the Prodigal: Surviving Homosexuality and Pornography and Finding Peace in Jesus Christ](https://josephsciambra.com/the-return-of-the-prodigal-surviving-homosexuality-and-pornography-and-finding-peace-in-jesus-christ/) - Pictured above: Max Slevogt, “The Return of the Prodigal Son” (1898–1899.)
- [Gay Marriage: It’s Not About Being Gay, or About Marriage - It’s About Fathers and Sons](https://josephsciambra.com/gay-marriage-its-not-about-being-gay-or-about-marriage-its-about-fathers-and-sons/) - Upon entering the gay lifestyle, I was immediately struck by the often large age discrepancy between many male couples. In fact, my first boyfriend was nearly 20 years older than I. But this was something I had been partially groomed for - mainly through my constant addiction to pornography. For, “Daddy” porn is a mainstay
- [James Martin in LA: 2018 Religious Ed Congress will again feature dissent on the LGBT issue](https://josephsciambra.com/james-martin-in-la-2018-religious-ed-congress-will-again-feature-dissent-on-the-lgbt-issue/) - (Above: I personally attended the 2017 LA Religious Education Congress where Massingale, Trujillo, and Fitzmaurice spoke; there were no speakers from Courage and no one who unequivocally upholds Catholic teachings with regards to homosexual activity and chastity. I met Archbishop Gomez and handed him a flyer which contained much of the information that is listed
- [LA Religious Ed Speaker says language in The Catechism “gravely evil”](https://josephsciambra.com/la-religious-ed-speaker-says-language-in-the-catechism-gravely-evil/) - At the upcoming 2017 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, one of the speakers will be Arthur Fitzmaurice, the former Chair of the Los Angeles Archdiocese Catholic Ministry with Lesbian and Persons (CMLGP). At the 2015 Congress, Fitzmaurice openly criticized “The Catechism of the Catholic Church:” “The paragraph [in the Catechism] on homosexuality — which describes
- [LA Archdiocese: The Church’s stance on homosexuality is “in transition.”](https://josephsciambra.com/la-archdiocese-the-churchs-stance-on-homosexuality-is-in-transition/) - On June 11, 2016, at the LA “Pride” festivities, a reporter from the homosexual web-site “Gay in LA,” interviewed David Kennedy – a representative and “secretary” for the official “ministry” to the “gay” community in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles: Catholic Ministry with Lesbian and Gay Persons (CMLGP). Every year, the CMLGP outreaches to gay
- [James Martin recommends dissident pro-same sex marriage ministry to parents with “gay” children](https://josephsciambra.com/james-martin-recommends-dissident-pro-same-sex-marriage-ministry-to-parents-with-gay-children/) - (Above: James Martin with the founders of Fortunate Families, Mary Ellen and Casey Lopata, at a New Ways Ministry event in 2016.) On September 22, 2017, James Martin via his official Facebook page recommended the dissident group Fortunate Families to Catholic parents with children who experience same-sex attraction. The recommendation followed a Skype talk he held
- [Kiss of Peace and Topless Women - How They Outreach to the LGBT Community in the Archdiocese of NY](https://josephsciambra.com/kiss-of-peace-and-topless-women-how-they-outreach-to-the-lgbt-community-in-the-archdiocese-of-ny/) - The Church of St. Francis of Assisi and St. Francis of Assisi LGBT Ministry hosted a “weekend of inclusion and prayer” culminating with the "United in Love" Mass on June 24, 2017. An advertisement for the event was posted on the Parish Facebook page with the pro-gay marriage hashtag #lovewins. The following day was the official Gay
- [Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Princess Diana - Tragic Gay Icons](https://josephsciambra.com/judy-garland-marilyn-monroe-princess-diana-tragic-gay-icons/) - Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, and Princess Diana are arguably the three most famous and celebrated women of the 20th Century; they are also three of the greatest of the gay icons; for, gay men have a penchant towards idolizing the so-called diva: usually entertainers with larger than life personas that lend themselves to be caricatured
- [The Next Target for Gay Rights: A Warning from Bishop Thomas Paprocki](https://josephsciambra.com/the-next-target-for-gay-rights-a-warning-from-bishop-thomas-paprocki/) - In terms of the pressure being put on the Church as mentioned in that CDF* document, I think is really what we are seeing happening very forcefully right now. Because the push for gay rights has always been incremental steps. It started for example with domestic partnerships. Even the terminology domestic partnerships and the argument:
- [San Francisco Out Gay Deacon and the Jesuits Offer Catholic LGBTQ Workshop](https://josephsciambra.com/san-francisco-out-gay-deacon-and-the-jesuits-offer-catholic-lgbtq-workshop/) - (Warning: Some links contain graphic descriptions and images.) Through their Ignatian Spiritual Life Center, the Jesuit-run parish of St. Agnes Church, located in the Haight-Ashbury District of San Francisco, will host a workshop (on May 20, 2017) entitled: LGBTQ Gifts for the Institution Church. The “facilitator” for the workshop will be Brian Bromberger, a Deacon of
- [The Accepted Centrality of the Father-Son Conflict in Star Wars and Star Trek; and, its negation in male homosexuality.](https://josephsciambra.com/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 are no longer accepted within psychiatry and psychology.” - Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) In the
- [Drag Performer is contact person for Archdiocese of New York LGBT Outreach](https://josephsciambra.com/drag-performer-is-contact-person-for-archdiocese-of-new-york-lgbt-outreach/) - (Warning: This blog post contains graphic images and language.) At St. Francis de Sales Parish in New York City, on June 26, 2015, the LGBTQS Gay Straight Catholic Alliance posted this statement after the announcement of the SCOTUS decision legalizing same-sex marriage: “How PHENOMENAL! A day filled with love to more days filled with love.”
- [Diocese of San Jose LGBT Ministry Leader is married to same-sex partner](https://josephsciambra.com/diocese-of-san-jose-lgbt-ministry-leader-is-married-to-same-sex-partner/) - (Pictured above: the former Pastor of St. Julie Billiart Catholic Parish in San Jose, CA - Fr. Jon Pedigo.) According to his Linkedin.com page, John Huân Vũ is currently: LGBT Ministry Leader, Young Adult Ministry Leader, Mass Coordinator, Eucharistic Minister, Lector Saint Julie Billiart Catholic Church [in San Jose, California] November 2009 – Present (6
- [In the Midst of Sorrow and Squalor – There is Still a Human Being](https://josephsciambra.com/in-the-midst-of-sorrow-and-squalor-there-is-still-a-human-being/) - In my mid-to-late-twenties, I looked pretty extreme. I think almost everyone who knew me before had given up on me: an aunt I rarely saw, a close friend of my fathers, even some of my “gay” bar buddies from San Francisco. They were polite when they saw me, we would shake hands or even hug,
- [Archdiocese of Los Angeles Prominent Deacon Speaks Out for Gay Marriage](https://josephsciambra.com/archdiocese-of-los-angeles-prominent-deacon-speaks-out-for-gay-marriage/) - On June 21, 2017, Deacon Guillermo Rodriguez (pictured above in "Star Wars" costume) of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles posted several comments on Facebook in response to a post from Catholic author and blogger Leila Miller concerning the pastoral practices of James Martin, S.J. Rodriguez is currently serving “in the Hispanic ministry at St. Paschal Baylon. Ordained in 2011, he has
- [Marianist LGBT Ministry Ties with Dissident Pro-Gay Marriage Fortunate Families and Call to Action](https://josephsciambra.com/marianist-lgbt-ministry-ties-with-dissident-pro-gay-marriage-fortunate-families-and-call-to-action/) - The Society of Mary, or the Marianists, in the United States sponsor an LGBT ministry through their Marianist Social Justice Collaborative headquartered in Covington, Kentucky. Simply titled The LGBT Initiative, according to the Marianist, their ministry “responds to the Church’s call to be welcoming and compassionate by offering effective pastoral care and spiritual support for
- [The continuing reality of untreated mental illness in the gay community](https://josephsciambra.com/the-continuing-reality-of-untreated-mental-illness-in-the-gay-community/) - For the first time in its long history, the 2013 and 2014 National Health Interview Survey included a question on sexual orientation, providing health information on sexual minorities from one of the nation’s leading health surveys. A study which examined those results, published in The Journal of the American Medical Association, found that gay, lesbian
- [Spokesperson for Diocese of Memphis Gay Ministry is Radical Pro-Same-Sex Marriage Advocate](https://josephsciambra.com/spokesperson-for-diocese-of-memphis-gay-ministry-is-radical-pro-same-sex-marriage-advocate/) - Above: Deb Word and her husband Steve with Fortunate Families. One of the current contact persons for the “Ministry with Gay and Lesbian Persons” in the Diocese of Memphis in Tennessee is Deb Word and her husband Steve, she is the former President, now Communications Coordinator for the dissident group Fortunate Families. According to the Archdiocese of
- [CDC: High rates of STDs among gay men](https://josephsciambra.com/cdc-high-rates-of-stds-among-gay-men/) - Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (collectively referred to as MSM) are at increased risk for STDs, including antimicrobial resistant gonorrhea, when compared to women and exclusively heterosexual men. Because STDs, and the behaviors associated with acquiring them, increase the likelihood of acquiring and transmitting HIV infection, STD incidence among MSM
- [LGBT Ministry at Archdiocese of Portland Parish Headed by Married Gay Man](https://josephsciambra.com/lgbt-ministry-at-archdiocese-of-portland-parish-headed-by-married-gay-man/) - 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 2000, Saint Andrew’s began to outreach at Portland gay “Pride” and at the 2001 event, marched in the
- [Jesuit Pastor Says the Bible Does Not Prohibit “Loving” Gay Relationships](https://josephsciambra.com/jesuit-pastor-says-the-bible-does-not-prohibit-loving-gay-relationships/) - On July 7, 2017, James Martin S.J. posted on his Facebook page a response from John D. Whitney, S.J., Pastor at St. Joseph Catholic Parish in Seattle, to Archbishop Chaput’s review of Martin’s book “Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity.”
- [Trouble Ahead: Ambiguity in AMORIS LÆTITIA with regards to the “gay” question.](https://josephsciambra.com/trouble-ahead-ambiguity-in-amoris-laetitia-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 Church was a group of sometimes well-intentioned, but incredibly inconsistent priests whose advice ranged from the solidly orthodox to the
- [Archdiocese of San Jose instructs priests – tell Catholics they are born gay!](https://josephsciambra.com/archdiocese-of-san-jose-instructs-priests-tell-catholics-they-are-born-gay/) - In the official “guidelines” from the Archdiocese of San Jose, California, with regards to “pastoral” considerations when counseling someone with same-sex attraction, priests are instructed to inform the person that they were born gay. According to the document, “Diocese of San Jose Guidelines for The Catholic LGBT Ministry Council,” Catholics priests within the Archdiocese should
- [Archdiocese Chicago LGBT Ministry to Attend Play Featuring Full Frontal Male Nudity](https://josephsciambra.com/archdiocese-chicago-lgbt-ministry-to-attend-play-featuring-full-frontal-male-nudity/) - On July 8, 2017, AGLO (Archdiocesan Gay and Lesbian Outreach of Chicago) is hosting a “Night at the Theater.” At the Pride Arts Center, the official LGBT Ministry of the Chicago Archdiocese will attend a performance of the play “The Nance.” The play, about the tumultuous romantic and sexual relationships of a “gay” burlesque performer
- [James Martin or Bishop Thomas Paprocki: Who is Truly Compassionate and Sensitive?](https://josephsciambra.com/james-martin-or-bishop-thomas-paprocki-who-is-truly-compassionate-and-sensitive/) - Above: Jean Louis Forain, "Return of the Prodigal Son" (late-19th Century). On June 12, 2017, Bishop Thomas John Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield, Illinois, issued an official decree “Regarding Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ and Related Pastoral Issues.” Immediately, James Martin, S.J., took to his Facebook account in order to criticize the decree. In Martin’s judgment, referencing
- [The Way God Created You: James Martin to Speak Via Skype to San Francisco’s Gay Parish](https://josephsciambra.com/the-way-god-created-you-james-martin-to-speak-via-skype-to-san-franciscos-gay-parish/) - On June 22, 2017, James Martin, S.J., will speak via Skype to the predominantly “gay” parish of Most Holy Redeemer in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. On the topic of Catholicism and homosexuality, Martin has stated: “The idea that someone can come-out and be honest and transparent and open about the way that God created
- [James Martin Blasts Bishop Thomas Paprocki](https://josephsciambra.com/james-martin-blasts-bishop-thomas-paprocki/) - On June 12, 2017, Bishop Thomas John Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield, Illinois, issued a Decree “Regarding Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ and Related Pastoral Issues." The Decree reaffirmed Catholic teaching that a marital union is only possible “between one man and one woman.” The Decree included the following directives: No member of the clergy or representative
- [Silenced Pro-Gay Marriage Nun to Speak at Archdiocese of Atlanta Catholic Shrine](https://josephsciambra.com/silenced-pro-gay-marriage-nun-to-speak-at-archdiocese-of-atlanta-catholic-shrine/) - On Tuesday, June 20, 2017, from 7:00-8:30 pm, Sister Jeannine Gramick and Francis DeBernardo of New Ways Ministry will speak at the Catholic Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Atlanta, Georgia. Along with Fr. Robert Nugent, Jeanine Gramick founded the gay affirmative Catholic outreach, New Ways Ministry in 1977. Almost immediately the group’s wide divergence
- [Contra Mundum Comes Home: Brideshead Revisited, Your Gay Relative, and a Twitch Upon the Thread](https://josephsciambra.com/contra-mundum-comes-home-brideshead-revisited-your-gay-relative-and-a-twitch-upon-the-thread/) - (Pictured above: Jeremy Irons as Charles, Anthony Andrews as Sebastian, and Jonathan Coy as Kurt in the 1981 UK miniseries “Brideshead Revisited.”) The 1945 novel “Brideshead Revisited” by English Catholic-convert Evelyn Waugh maintains an odd cult-status within the gay male community. At first glance, this distinction is peculiar since the book ultimately details one man’s
- [Another Gay Pride Mass in the Archdiocese of New York](https://josephsciambra.com/another-gay-pride-mass-in-the-archdiocese-of-new-york/) - (Pictured above: the sanctuary at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in New York City.) The Church of St. Francis of Assisi and St. Francis of Assisi LGBT Ministry will host a “weekend of inclusion and prayer” on June 24, 2017. The following day is the official Gay Pride Parade in New York City. The event
- [San Francisco’s “gay” parish tells Archbishop – we are not intrinsically disordered!](https://josephsciambra.com/san-franciscos-gay-parish-tells-archbishop-we-are-not-intrinsically-disordered/) - Although the particular inclination of the homosexual person is not a sin, it is a more or less strong tendency ordered toward an intrinsic moral evil; and thus the inclination itself must be seen as an objective disorder. – Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons They
- [Archdiocese of New York Parish Plans Gay Pride Mass at Stonewall](https://josephsciambra.com/archdiocese-of-new-york-parish-plans-gay-pride-mass-at-stonewall/) - On June 22, 2017, the gay-affirmative Catholic ministry of Out at St. Paul is planning to hold an outdoor "Pride" Mass at Sheridan Square (Christopher Park) in Manhattan; the location is across Christopher Street from the historic Stonewall Inn. The neighborhood was the site of the June, 28, 1969, Stonewall Riots which ushered in the
- [Gay Dad to Speak on Father’s Day at Minneapolis Catholic Church](https://josephsciambra.com/gay-dad-to-speak-on-fathers-day-at-minneapolis-catholic-church/) - On June 18, 2017, according to the official website for St. Joan of Arc Catholic Community in the Archdiocese of Minneapolis: “Musician, actor, composer and dad, Peter Vitale will share his journey of fatherhood for Father's Day and the beginning of Pride week.” This talk is a part of the parish’s “Lay Pre-Mass Speakers” series. The
- [James Martin: Jesus says nothing about homosexuality](https://josephsciambra.com/james-martin-jesus-says-nothing-about-homosexuality/)
- [Disco: The Gay Pursuit of the Celestial](https://josephsciambra.com/disco-the-gay-pursuit-of-the-celestial/) - Ever since I walked into my first San Francisco “gay” piano bar and heard an impromptu chorus of men singing Wayne Newton’s “Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast,” I have been fascinated by songs which resonate with “gay” men; for example, George Michael and Aretha Franklin’s “I Knew You Were Waiting for Me:” “I know
- [Another Pro-Gay Ministry in the Archdiocese of Baltimore with ties to James Martin](https://josephsciambra.com/another-pro-gay-ministry-in-the-archdiocese-of-baltimore-with-ties-to-james-martin/) - On June 8, 2017, Embracing God’s Gifts, the LGBT ministry at St. Ignatius Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, will hold their “Annual Pride Prayer Service.” According to the Parish website: “We will give thanks to God for the gift of our LGBT brothers and sisters in a Prayer Service. Through music, readings, prayer
- [Archdiocese of New York Parish to Offer Gay Pride Week Vogue Dance Class](https://josephsciambra.com/archdiocese-of-new-york-parish-to-offer-gay-pride-week-vogue-dance-class/) - The LGBT ministry, Out At St. Paul (OSP), located at St. Paul the Apostle Church in the Archdiocese of New York will offer a Vogue dance class. According to Out At St. Paul: You're not going to want to miss this! On Monday, June 19th from 7-9 PM OSP will host a Vogue dance class
- [The LGBT Philosophy of James Martin Will Cause Catholics to Embrace Gay and Reject the Catechism](https://josephsciambra.com/the-lgbt-philosophy-of-james-martin-will-cause-catholics-to-embrace-gay-and-reject-the-catechism/) - “We gay and lesbian Catholics, who know that we were created homosexual by God, see this statement as a blasphemy against God by claiming that God created something that is intrinsically ordered to evil.” – Spoken by John J. McNeill, S.J., at an Address to Dignity in 2009; following McNeill’s death in 2015, the fellow
- [Gay Man Announces His Same-Sex Wedding in Radical LGBT-Affirmative Parish Bulletin](https://josephsciambra.com/gay-man-announces-his-same-sex-wedding-in-radical-lgbt-affirmative-parish-bulletin/) - A man who is a nominee for the Pastoral Council at St. Matthew Roman Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Baltimore announced in the Church bulletin that he is going to marry his same-sex partner. Within the May 28, 2017, bulletin is a “Pastoral Council Election Ballot.” This includes a short biography of each nominee.
- [U.S. House of Representatives Jesuit Chaplain: Catholic Teaching on Homosexuality a "Dead End"](https://josephsciambra.com/u-s-house-of-representatives-jesuit-chaplain-catholic-teaching-on-homosexuality-a-dead-end/)
- [Building a Bridge...to nowhere: The LGBT Musings of James Martin](https://josephsciambra.com/building-a-bridge-to-nowhere-the-lgbt-musings-of-james-martin/)
- [Queering Catholicism: Archdiocese of New York LGBT Ministry Celebrates Pro-Gay Marriage Poet, Same-Sex Kissing in Church and Gay Jesus](https://josephsciambra.com/queering-catholicism-archdiocese-of-new-york-lgbt-ministry-celebrates-pro-gay-marriage-poet-same-sex-kissing-in-church-and-gay-jesus/) - On April 23, 2017, the LGBT outreach Out at St Paul, located in the Archdiocese of New York at St. Paul the Apostle Church, will “celebrate and remember the work of former OSP [Out at St Paul] member and poet, Ned O'Gorman. In 2012, O’Gorman formed the Out at St Paul Book Club. But O’Gorman
- [Archdiocese of San Francisco Parish Retreat Headed by Pro-Gay Marriage Priest](https://josephsciambra.com/archdiocese-of-san-francisco-parish-retreat-headed-by-pro-gay-marriage-priest/) - The Rev. Joe Nassal, CPPS, is the current provincial director of the Kansas City Province of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood. From May 19 – 21, 2017, Nassal will offer a Retreat for the predominantly "gay" Most Holy Redeemer Parish in San Francisco. The name of the Parish Retreat is “A Place at the Table.”
- [Archdiocese of NY LGBT Ministry Plans to Hold Celebration at Notorious Gay Sex Bar](https://josephsciambra.com/archdiocese-of-ny-lgbt-ministry-plans-to-hold-celebration-at-notorious-gay-sex-bar/) - (Pictured above: Therapy NYC in New York City.) The St. Francis of Assisi Gay and Lesbian Ministry, located at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Parish in the Archdiocese of New York, on May 5, 2017, will host a Cinco de Mayo Celebration at the notorious gay bar Therapy NYC (see pictures below) in Hell’s Kitchen:
- [Fordham Hosts Screening of Pro-Gay Marriage Film](https://josephsciambra.com/fordham-hosts-screening-of-pro-gay-marriage-film/) - The gay-affirmative Catholic Ministry of Out at St Paul, located at St Paul the Apostle Church in the Archdiocese of New York, recently announced that Fordham University, on April 26, 2017, would host: [a] screening of the documentary Edie and Thea: A Very Long Engagement, about the relationship and eventual marriage of Edie Windsor and
- [Oklahoma! The 1950s Hollywood Musical That’s All About Porn](https://josephsciambra.com/oklahoma-the-1950s-hollywood-musical-thats-all-about-porn/) - I loved 1950s Hollywood musicals as a kid: “Calamity Jane,” “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,” “Singin’ in the Rain.” When I grew-up, I learned that this proclivity was not unusual among boys who later entered the gay lifestyle. For the most part, I think it had to do with the escapist quality of these films:
- [Pro-Gay Boston Parish to Host New Vatican Appointee James Martin](https://josephsciambra.com/pro-gay-boston-parish-to-host-new-vatican-appointee-james-martin/) - On April 24, 2017, St. Cecilia Church in Boston will host a talk by James Martin S.J. The Parish is home to St. Cecelia’s Rainbow Ministry. The gay-affirmative Ministry at St. Cecilia's has been contentious since at least 2011 when the Archdiocese apparently made some effort to curtail the group’s activities only to later relent.
- [Archbishop Tobin Gives Blessing to Dissident Gay Pilgrimage and Mass at Newark Cathedral](https://josephsciambra.com/archbishop-tobin-gives-blessing-to-dissident-gay-pilgrimage-and-mass-at-newark-cathedral/) - Two Catholic parishes in New Jersey are cosponsoring a May 21, 2017 LGBT Pilgrimage and Mass to the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, New Jersey. According to a flyer for the event, the Pilgrimage and Mass are taking place: “With the blessings and best wishes of His Eminence Joseph Cardinal Tobin, C.Ss.R.,
- [Pope Francis, the confessional as “torture chamber,” and “irregular situations.”](https://josephsciambra.com/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 the closed heart of one used to hiding behind the Church’s teachings, “sitting on the chair of Moses and judging
- [Gays More Suicidal…and so are gay married couples](https://josephsciambra.com/gays-more-suicidaland-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 different-sex married. This holds true also after adjustment for HIV status. Even in a country with a comparatively tolerant climate
- [Archdiocese of San Francisco parish promotes LGBTQ retreat with radical pro-gay marriage priest](https://josephsciambra.com/archdiocese-of-san-francisco-parish-promotes-lgbtq-retreat-with-radical-pro-gay-marriage-priest/) - The Jesuit-run St. Agnes Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, like Most Holy Redeemer in the Castro, has a long history of pro-gay dissent. The former pastor of St. Agnes was Fr. Cameron Ayers, SJ. Ayers personally marched in the San Francisco Gay Pride Parade and in 2006 he sponsored a conference at
- [Transsexual documentary film to be shown at Sacramento Diocese Catholic Church](https://josephsciambra.com/transsexual-documentary-film-to-be-shown-at-sacramento-diocese-catholic-church/) - The documentary film “Call Me Malcolm,” about a young woman, who is transitioning to a transman while studying to be a minister with the United Church of Christ, will be shown at Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Sacramento, California on June 22, 2016. Throughout the film, “Malcolm” meets and talks with various friends,
- [“Silenced” pro-gay nun hired by religious order to teach about homosexuality](https://josephsciambra.com/silenced-pro-gay-nun-hired-by-religious-order-to-teach-about-homosexuality/) - (Pictured above: Link and Archbishop Cordileone in June 2016; later that month, the MHR sanctuary would include the rainbow flag.) In the April 2016 issue of “The New Wine Press,” the official newsletter of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood - Kansas City Province, were featured two prominent articles: one by Matthew Link, C.PP.S., Pastor
- [“Holy” same-sex unions priest to speak at San Francisco Catholic parish](https://josephsciambra.com/holy-same-sex-unions-priest-to-speak-at-san-francisco-catholic-parish/) - Fr. Terry Ryan C.S.P. will speak at Most Holy Redeemer (MHR) Catholic Church in San Francisco on October 22, 2016. The talk is being sponsored by the parish’s “Centering Prayer” group. Earlier this year, “Celtic” priest Vincent Pizzuto spoke to the same group. A longtime advocate for a “gay” affirmative Christian theology, in 2006, Pizzuto
- [Co-Chair LA Archdiocese LGBT Ministry wants to change Catechism](https://josephsciambra.com/co-chair-la-archdiocese-lgbt-ministry-wants-to-change-catechism/) - (Pictured above: Frank McKown, center, at the 2016 LA Religious Education Congress.) Frank McKown is the Co-Chair of the Los Angeles Archdiocese Catholic Ministry with Lesbian and Gay Persons (CMLGP). In a June 25, 2016 Facebook post, McKown recommended that Catholics sign a petition, originating with the dissident group Call To Action, requesting that certain
- [Catholic dissenters on homosexuality take center stage at 2017 LA Congress](https://josephsciambra.com/catholic-dissenters-on-homosexuality-take-center-stage-at-2017-la-congress/) - (Pictured above: Archbishop Jose Gomez with Fr. Chris Ponnet, Arthur Fitzmaurice, and the Plasencias.) At the 2017 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress a number of speakers are scheduled to talk about the LGBT issue. For the most part, the majority of them have publicly expressed views which diverge widely from official Catholic teachings on homosexuality.
- [US Catholic Bishop to speak at dissident pro-gay marriage symposium](https://josephsciambra.com/us-catholic-bishop-to-speak-at-dissident-pro-gay-marriage-symposium/) - On April 28, 2017, Bishop John Stowe of the Diocese of Lexington in Kentucky will open New Way’s Ministry’s Eighth National Symposium to be held in Chicago, Illinois. Appointed Bishop in 2015 by Pope Francis, Stowe is one of the youngest Bishops in the United States. Born in 1966, Stowe completed his seminary studies at
- [A Response to Bishop Stowe from a former “gay” man](https://josephsciambra.com/a-response-to-bishop-stowe-from-a-former-gay-man/) - Recently, Bishop John Stowe gave an interview in which he defended his decision to attend a symposium organized by New Way Ministry. He compared those who dare to even question that decision to the pharisees: "…the pharisees and the scribes that Jesus is frequently arguing with in the gospel who are quick to point their
- [Saint Joseph as Universal Foster-Father of All Men With Same-Sex Attraction](https://josephsciambra.com/saint-joseph-as-universal-foster-father-of-all-men-with-same-sex-attraction/) - “And seeing him, they wondered. And his mother said to him: Son, why hast thou done so to us? Behold thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.” (Luke 2:48) In his book “The Fatherhood of St. Joseph,” Joseph Mueller, S.J. described how St. Joseph, as head of the Holy Family, was “thus endowed with
- [5 “gay” male celebrities – 5 stories of heartache and loss…](https://josephsciambra.com/5-gay-male-celebrities-5-stories-of-heartache-and-loss/) - The common denominator among all “gay” men is a childhood usually filled with some sort of alienation, inadequacy, pain, neglect, and or abuse. A number of them have experienced all of these emotions, others just one – but many, who are particularly sensitive, take things the hardest and are the most deeply affected. Only, this
- [David Bowie: Another Broken Boy](https://josephsciambra.com/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 interest in the arts. Part and parcel with this feeling of loneliness and alienation from the father goes a marked
- [The father-son dynamic, “gay” porn, and the dark wounded heart of male homosexuality…](https://josephsciambra.com/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 a light and fun and spontaneous nature to the interaction.” - Dr. Ralph Mayer When I initially entered the “gay”
- [Radical pro-gay Priest who teaches of a “gay” Jesus to speak at Catholic San Francisco Parish](https://josephsciambra.com/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, 2016. Most recognized for his book “Gays and Grays” (2008) which narrates the integration of the LGBTQ community at Most
- [Why Catholics Should Never Attend a Gay Wedding](https://josephsciambra.com/why-catholics-should-never-attend-a-gay-wedding/) - “In those situations where homosexual unions have been legally recognized or have been given the legal status and rights belonging to marriage, clear and emphatic opposition is a duty. One must refrain from any kind of formal cooperation in the enactment or application of such gravely unjust laws and, as far as possible, from material
- [7 Facts About the Gay Lifestyle They Don’t Want You to Know](https://josephsciambra.com/7-facts-about-the-gay-lifestyle-they-dont-want-you-to-know/) - “Over half (51.4%) reported an experience of sexual abuse.”1. “Compared with heterosexual respondents, gay/lesbian and bisexual individuals experienced increased odds of six of eight and seven of eight adverse childhood experiences, respectively [e.g., physical, sexual and emotional abuse, neglect, exposure to domestic violence, parental discord, familial mental illness, incarceration and substance abuse]. Sexual minority persons
- [What do “gays” want from the Catholic Church: Mercy or Acceptance?](https://josephsciambra.com/what-do-gays-want-from-the-catholic-church-mercy-or-acceptance/) - Cardinal Robert Sarah, head of the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship, said: “If there’s no repentance, there’s no mercy.” Famed “gay” essayist and novelist Andrew Holleran wrote this about the uneasy relationship between homosexual men and their fathers: “Our fathers remain the family Zeus; a creature on Mount Olympus who’s capable of throwing lightning bolts.
- [“Full Disclosure:” What the Church should tell “gays…”](https://josephsciambra.com/full-disclosure-what-the-church-should-tell-gays/) - Father Thomas Rosica, the Vatican spokesman for the Synod, has stated publicly with regard to homosexuality at a press conference: “There must be an end to exclusionary language and a strong emphasis on embracing reality as it is. We should not be afraid of new and complex situations...The language of inclusion must be our language,
- [Three “gay” insiders reveal the truth about homosexuality…](https://josephsciambra.com/three-gay-insiders-reveal-the-truth-about-homosexuality/) - Porn director Mr. Pam had this to say about the men she works with in the gay pornography industry: “A lot of the guys had a sh***y childhood, or were dealt a bad deck of cards in life…” Former child star Danny Pintauro, who became HIV+ at age 27, explained how he contracted the virus:
- [Family Lies: Why some parents would rather embrace “gay” than face the truth…](https://josephsciambra.com/family-lies-why-some-parents-would-rather-embrace-gay-than-face-the-truth/) - The Catholic mother of a “gay” son, after finding out about his homosexuality, said: “I felt a great sigh of relief since I had imagined many worse things like: drugs, terrible sickness, trouble with police, getting someone pregnant etc;” and another Catholic mother of a “gay” son commented: “When my son told my husband and
- [Oops!... I Did it Again: Why the US Government Misled Gay Men About AIDS…and, why they are still doing it.](https://josephsciambra.com/oops-i-did-it-again-why-the-us-government-misled-gay-men-about-aidsand-why-they-are-still-doing-it/) - Back in the 1980s, the gay political-power pushers and their accomplices in the US Government and the media endlessly proselytized that the use of condoms (specifically in conjunction with Nonoxynol-9 [N-9]: a spermicide that attacks the acrosomal membranes of the sperm, causing the sperm to be immobilized. Nonoxynol-9 is the active ingredient in most spermicidal
- [First Gay Porn Suicide of 2015](https://josephsciambra.com/first-gay-porn-suicide-of-2015/) - “Clay” 1996-2015 RIP From an obituary provided by his family: “In remembering [Clay’s] life, we ask that you remember his happy times and his truly good heart. No one can judge the depth of a pain they have never felt themselves. [Clay] lived courageously as long as he could, but in the end his last
- [Embracing the Cross is the Only Route to Salvation](https://josephsciambra.com/embracing-the-cross-is-the-only-route-to-salvation/) - "Christ on the Cross," (above) Pietro da Cortona: 1661 and "St. Francis of Assisi embracing the crucified Christ," (left) Bartolome Murillo: 1668-69. “Our Lord proclaimed through St. Matthew: ‘My yoke is sweet and my burden light’ [Mt. 11:30], the burden being the cross. If individuals resolutely submit to the carrying of the cross, if they
- [OFM Parish Promotes “Queer Christ”](https://josephsciambra.com/ofm-parish-promotes-queer-christ/) - (Pictured above: Fr. Thomas M. Gallagher, OFM, Pastor at St. Patrick - St. Anthony Church.) “The LGBT Book Group,” which is part of “The Open Hearts LGBT Ministry” at St. Patrick – St. Anthony Church in Hartford Connecticut, is currently reading "From Sin to Amazing Grace: Discovering the Queer Christ" by Patrick Cheng. The Parish is
- [Jesuit Priest Says God is Transgender](https://josephsciambra.com/jesuit-priest-says-god-is-transgender/) - In the March 26, 2017 Church Bulletin from St. Agnes Parish in San Francisco there appeared a blub about an upcoming lecture at the University of San Francisco (USF) concerning “Transgender Health in California.” The lecture is being presented by the University of San Francisco School of Nursing and Health Professions. In 2015, a “dialogue”
- [Bottoms Up: Another Archdiocese of NY LGBT Ministry Hosts Gay Bar Outing](https://josephsciambra.com/bottoms-up-another-archdiocese-of-ny-lgbt-ministry-hosts-gay-bar-outing/)
- [New Catholic high school will provide only gender-neutral restrooms](https://josephsciambra.com/new-catholic-high-school-will-provide-only-gender-neutral-restrooms/)
- [Mike Rowe: The Return to American Masculinity](https://josephsciambra.com/mike-rowe-the-return-to-american-masculinity/) - Thomas Hart Benton Lewis Hine Grant Wood Mike Rowe, the guy from the television show Dirty Jobs, wrote a letter to Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney, in which he rather eloquently shared his views on the American work ethic. The current job-less rate and under-appreciation in the US populous for labor intensive work or menial jobs
- [Hitchcock's Vertigo: The First Post-Porn Film](https://josephsciambra.com/hitchcocks-vertigo-the-first-post-porn-film/) - On my way back to Napa, from a Marian Conference, October 20, 2012, I stopped at Mission San Juan Bautista. I have always loved this Mission for its somewhat remote location, and the original rustic splendor of the large Church. There is a very solid masculinity about the place that reflects the hardened, but still
- [The 5 Best Portrayals of Jesus on Film](https://josephsciambra.com/christmas-countdown-the-5-best-portrayals-of-jesus-on-film/) - 1. James Caviezel in "The Passion of the Christ" Although he was backed up with an incredible director and script, this could have gone so wrong. But Caviezel gives a restrained performance that is nevertheless powerful and unforgettable. The actor disappears, and all that remains is the image of whom he represents. Incredible. 2. Jeffrey
- [Who Prays for Us? The Gay Male Porn Stars Who Died in 2012](https://josephsciambra.com/who-prays-for-us-the-gay-male-porn-stars-who-died-in-2012/) - Damon Audigier 1991-2012 Suicide Adam Faust 1974-2012 Heart attack Tanner Hayes 1972-2012 Lymphoma Nathan Price 1978-2012 Cause of death: ? Roman Ragazzi 1974-2012 Suicide Sergio Real 1970-2012 Liver cancer Erik Rhodes 1982-2012 Heart attack Sean 1990-2012 Cause of death: ? Nelson Troy 1983-2012 Heart failure Josh Weston 1976-2012 AIDS
- [Which is Worse: Drug or Porn Addiction?](https://josephsciambra.com/which-is-worse-drug-or-porn-addiction/) - On this question, I am admittedly biased. I have never had a drug or alcohol addiction, although I did occasionally try different illegal substances when I was in my 20s; but it was always to increase the power of the sexual experience. Therefore, from my own life: I would state that porn addiction is the
- [The Virgin Mary Assists Those Who Struggle With Sexual Sins and Addictions](https://josephsciambra.com/the-virgin-mary-assists-those-who-struggle-with-sexual-sins-and-addictions/) - Our Lord Jesus Christ has given us a powerful advocate in heaven: His Mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the Catholic Church, we honor the Mother of God who is the highest of all mortal beings ever created; “…all generations shall call me blessed.” But, what is often misunderstood, Catholics do not pray to Our
- [Fighting Filth and Corruption: Saint Francis of Assisi as Porn-Warrior](https://josephsciambra.com/fighting-filth-and-corruption-saint-francis-of-assisi-as-porn-warrior/) - There are certain Saints in the Catholic Church who have been so thoroughly misconstrued, maligned, and mockingly absorbed into pop-culture, that the real person beyond the myth and misinformation is often difficult to excavate. One of the worst examples is the defilement of St. Mary Magdalene. Mainly due to the popularity of the hideous novel
- [Madame Bovary as the World’s First Female Porn-Addict](https://josephsciambra.com/madame-bovary-as-the-worlds-first-female-porn-addict/) - Jennifer Jones does the first modern "selfie" in "Madame Bovary." One of my favorite books, and films, of all time is ‘Madame Bovary” by Gustave Flaubert and the 1949 film version starring Jennifer Jones. At first glance, the book and film are lush and romantic, but with a gritty and ugly twist. For, the heroine
- [Former Satanic Possessed Priest on Way to Sainthood](https://josephsciambra.com/former-satanic-possessed-priest-on-way-to-sainthood/) - The Catholic Church, after over 2,000 years, continues to astound. Just yesterday, while attending a parish mission given by the extraordinary Fr. Christopher Crotty, I learned that an ex-satanic priest is on his way to becoming a Saint in the Church. At first, I couldn’t believe it; I am still having trouble absorbing the enormity
- [The Most Simple and Powerful Prayer for Sinners](https://josephsciambra.com/the-most-simple-and-powerful-prayer-for-sinners/) - One of the dearest people in the world to me, a Catholic priest who literally helped save my life, came up with this prayer at a recent spiritual conference: “Oh God, I give you myself as I am right now.” So simple, but incredibly awesome and profound. Because, as I have found, even through my
- [The Use of Holy Water in Times of Sexual Temptation](https://josephsciambra.com/the-use-of-holy-water-in-times-of-sexual-temptation/) - Today is the feast day of Saint Theresa of Avila. I was rereading a few of her works when I came across something very interesting that she wrote: “I often experience that there is nothing the devils flee from more-without returning-than holy water…The power of holy water must be great. For me there is a
- ["There is nothing so strong as gentleness and there is nothing so gentle as real strength."](https://josephsciambra.com/there-is-nothing-so-strong-as-gentleness-and-there-is-nothing-so-gentle-as-real-strength/) - When I read this quote, the first person I think of is my dear protector Saint Joseph: "There is nothing so strong as gentleness and there is nothing so gentle as real strength." ~ Saint Francis de Sales
- [More of My Favorite Heavenly Heroes](https://josephsciambra.com/happy-all-saints-day-more-of-my-favorite-heavenly-heroes/) - 11. Saint Charles Lwanga: Burned alive in Africa for defending the Faith and the holiness of purity. A great intercessor for those with same-sex attraction. 12. Saint Padre Pio: Usually regarded as rather stern, but he has afforded me much comfort: My most cherished quote of his: “My past, O Lord, to your mercy; my
- [St. Aloysius Gonzaga: A Saint for the Promiscuous and the Unchaste](https://josephsciambra.com/st-aloysius-gonzaga-a-saint-for-the-promiscuous-and-the-unchaste/) - A wonderful old book about the battle for chastity in an increasingly unchaste world is the timeless “The Difficult Commandment” (1925) by C.C. Martindale, S.J. This section is one of my favorites: “Catholics have, besides Our Lady, a great patron for all that concerns purity: St. Aloysius Gonzaga. One of the most remarkable facts about
- [Modern Religious Artist Who Is Both Traditional and Innovative](https://josephsciambra.com/modern-religious-artist-who-is-both-traditional-and-innovative/) - It’s always been my contention that all truly great artists: learn from the past, study it, absorb it, and then move on. A new favorite is Silvio Consadori (1909–1994). This Italian painter encapsulates the best of Renaissance, Mannerist, and Baroque traditions and reformed them into something entirely new and different; they have an incredible sense
- [“A Christmas Carol” As a Lesson in Gay Outreach](https://josephsciambra.com/a-christmas-carol-as-a-lesson-in-gay-outreach/) - “There are many things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited, I dare say,” returned the nephew. “Christmas among the rest. But I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round -- apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin,
- [Go West, Young Man; And Die! The Continuing Horror of AIDS](https://josephsciambra.com/go-west-young-man-and-die-the-continuing-horror-of-aids/) - FIGURE 1. Estimated percentage of persons diagnosed with HIV with infection attributed to male-to-male contact or male-to-male contact and injection drug use, by area of residence — National HIV Surveillance System, United States, 2011. In 2011, MSM accounted for at least half of persons diagnosed with HIV in all but two states. The percentage of
- [The Gay Conscious and The Island of Misfit Toys](https://josephsciambra.com/the-gay-conscious-and-the-island-of-misfit-toys/) - Lately, coincidentally as Christmas draws near, I have been receiving a number of e-mails from men: lamenting their oftentimes horrendous childhoods – filled with stories about taunting, bullying, and even physical abuse by classmates, their siblings, and unfortunately, sometimes, their own parents. It’s gut-wrenching to read. Once again, it reminds me how blessed I have
- [The Death Toll: The Gay Porn Stars Who Died in 2013](https://josephsciambra.com/the-death-toll-the-gay-porn-stars-who-died-in-2013/) - Scott Sewperman (heart failure) Raphael (?) Bobby Williams (auto accident) Alex Stone (AIDS) David Thompson (liver failure) Koh Masaki (surgery complications) Boris Mateho (accidental shooting) Arpad Miklos (suicide) Wilfried Knight (suicide) Karim (heart failure) All of their lives ended so tragically early because of pornography. Let their deaths not be vain. Don’t watch porn!
- [The Main-Stream as Porn: The Reshifting Classifications of Soft and Hard-Core from Hayley Mills to Rihanna](https://josephsciambra.com/the-main-stream-as-porn-the-reshifting-classifications-of-soft-and-hard-core-from-hayley-mills-to-rihanna/) - Recently, international sensation Rihanna posted home-made pornographic images of herself on Instagram. Never shy about going topless, or bottomless for that matter, Rihanna has successfully redefined what is main-stream pop-culture and what is porn. The difference? In the 1960’s, Rihanna’s actions would have been perceived as desperate, for example: when Marilyn Monroe, trying to revive
- [Childhood Trauma, Homosexuality, and the Reworking of Society in Disney Animated Films From Snow White to The Lion King](https://josephsciambra.com/childhood-trauma-homosexuality-and-the-reworking-of-society-in-disney-animated-films-from-snow-white-to-the-lion-king/) - Looking back upon my childhood, some of the most cherished memories often revolved around jumping into my parent’s station-wagon and heading to the drive-in to see the rereleased Disney animated “classic” films. Yet, also, one of the severest frights I ever got as a kid was being scared to death when the evil and maniacal
- [Best On-Screen Portrayals of Saint Joseph](https://josephsciambra.com/best-on-screen-portrayals-of-saint-joseph/) - After seeing the dismally bad Ignatius Press re-edit of “Mary of Nazareth,” in which we are inflicted with a St. Joseph who violently screams at the Virgin Mary, angrily rips down a house with his bloody hands, and later quips to the Mother of God that the townspeople of Nazareth thinks she has illicitly been
- [Hell Is For Real](https://josephsciambra.com/hell-is-for-real/) - Yesterday, I saw the very sweet film “Heaven Is For Real;” a movie about what happens when a precious, innocent, and untouched little boy has a near-death experience. I could immediately relate, as I too had a close brush with death. Only, when it happened to me – I was far from innocent. It was
- [Hitchcock’s “The Birds:” A Freudian Examination of Homosexuality](https://josephsciambra.com/hitchcocks-the-birds-a-freudian-examination-of-homosexuality/) - With little exception, every Alfred Hitchcock film, especially “Psycho,” “Rear Window,” and “Vertigo,” are usually rather explicit examinations of the sexual psyche. The aforementioned titles all delved into voyeurism, while “Psycho” gets into homosexuality and transvestitism, and “Vertigo” deals with pornography obsession. The other Hitchcock work to seriously consider homosexuality was “The Birds.” Released in
- [Marilyn Monroe on the Myth of Porn](https://josephsciambra.com/marilyn-monroe-on-the-myth-of-porn/) - Marilyn Monroe once said: “I’m a failure as a woman. My men expect so much of me, because of the image they’ve made of me—and that I’ve made of myself—as a sex symbol. They expect bells to ring and whistles to whistle, but my anatomy is the same as any other woman’s and I can’t
- [Father’s Day Exposes a Family Tragedy in Gay Culture](https://josephsciambra.com/fathers-day-exposes-a-family-tragedy-in-gay-culture/) - (Above picture: From the below mentioned article.) In an ironic turn of truthfulness, that invariably reveals much about homosexuality and its root causes, a famous gay web-site heralded: “This Father’s Day there’s no shortage of events happening for gay daddies and their admirers all around the country: ‘Daddy’s Day Pool Party’ in Fort Lauderdale, ‘Come
- [Over the Rainbow: The Gay Male Obsession with The Wizard of Oz](https://josephsciambra.com/over-the-rainbow-the-gay-male-obsession-with-the-wizard-of-oz/) - Early on, during my first initial days within the gay culture of San Francisco, I was bemused by the near reverential treatment paid to the film “The Wizard of Oz.” Yet, thinking back to my own oftentimes lonely and confusing childhood, I did remember the movie as a welcoming respite from the anxiety of growing
- [How the Famous Sell Their Soul to Satan](https://josephsciambra.com/how-the-famous-sell-their-soul-to-satan/) - The then relatively unknown model Emily Ratajkowski, got worldwide attention when she appeared topless in the tasteless video for the equally crass song “Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke. Before that pivotal moment, Ratajkowski had been a child model since age 14 when she signed with the prestigious Ford Modeling Agency. Now, in a meteoric rise,
- [For Gay Men: There is Always Desolation Before Being in the Midst of Rejoicing](https://josephsciambra.com/for-gay-men-there-is-always-desolation-before-being-in-the-midst-of-rejoicing/) - One of my favorite films of all time is the 1959 version of “Ben Hur.” Through the superb performance of Charlton Heston, one of the finest in screen history, the picture becomes about extreme levels of cruelty and how they affect the human person, the injustice of loss, and the resulting deep woundedness that can
- [According to CDC: AIDS is a Disease Primarily Among Young Gay Men](https://josephsciambra.com/according-to-cdc-aids-is-a-disease-primarily-among-young-gay-men/)
- [What Homosexuals Want From God](https://josephsciambra.com/what-homosexuals-want-from-god/) - (Above: Lancelot at the Chapel of the Holy Grail, Edward Burne-Jones: 1896.) When I entered the gay lifestyle, I was not only looking for camaraderie, a community to call my own, and ultimately love, but also a religion. The Catholicism that I had grown up alongside: flower-power Jesus with touches of social justice, the human
- [Why Is There So Much Porn in Gay Culture?](https://josephsciambra.com/why-is-there-so-much-porn-in-gay-culture/) - (Above: One of the many porn-plastered store fronts in the Castro.) Everything nowadays seems to be saturated in a new form of porn-chic: from Abercrombie and Fitch advertisements to Kim Kardashian and a daily slew of music videos. Pornography is no longer something relegated to the sleazy red light district or the dirty book shop.
- [Despite the Current HIV Epidemic, Gay Men Do Not Use Condoms](https://josephsciambra.com/despite-the-current-hiv-epidemic-gay-men-do-not-use-condoms/) - “Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM)a represent approximately 2% of the United States population, yet are the population most severely affected by HIV. In 2010, young gay and bisexual men (aged 13-24 years) accounted for 72% of new HIV infections among all persons aged 13 to 24, and 30% of
- [The Satanic Porn Connection: The Pact Made in Hell](https://josephsciambra.com/the-satanic-porn-connection-the-pact-made-in-hell/) - “The depraved imagination is the house furnished by the devil, which he makes a place for imprinting things so that everything these people do comes out of the mold of the devil’s work.” ~ Francisco de Osuna I will never forget the first time I saw a “Playboy” magazine, though, strangely enough other certain “milestones’
- [Modern Science is the Only Thing Preventing the Gay Community From Disappearing](https://josephsciambra.com/modern-science-is-the-only-thing-preventing-the-gay-community-from-disappearing/) - At the beginning of the AIDS crisis, the mortality rate neared 100%; by 1994, AIDS had become the leading cause of death in the US among adults 25-44 years of age. In 1996, the year after the first protease inhibitor (PI) was introduced; AIDS deaths began to decrease dramatically: in 1997, the number of HIV/AIDS
- [20 Years Ago Today: Remembering Joey Stefano](https://josephsciambra.com/20-years-ago-today-remembering-joey-stefano/) - Nicholas Iacona (aka Joey Stefano) 1/1/68 - 11/26/94 May you rest in peace.
- [The Gay Porn Stars Who Died in 2014](https://josephsciambra.com/the-gay-porn-stars-who-died-in-2014/) - Evan James (20) Seduction (27) Leo Cooper (29) Chris Miklos (40) Cameron Fox (36) Ryan Morrison (20) Quentin Elias (39)
- [The Orthodox Fool for Christ: A Tradition Sadly Lacking in Roman Catholicism](https://josephsciambra.com/the-orthodox-fool-for-christ-a-tradition-sadly-lacking-in-roman-catholicism/) - In the Orthodox faith, especially in Russia, there is a long tradition of “fools for Christ;” these holy men and women, according to Orthodox sources: “…battling within himself the root of all sin, pride. In order to accomplish this he took on an unusual style of life, appearing as someone bereft of his mental faculties,
- [The Conflicted and Sad Gay World of Keith Haring](https://josephsciambra.com/the-conflicted-and-sad-gay-world-of-keith-haring/) - I recently attended the Keith Haring respective show in San Francisco. Besides the tragedy of his death at age 31 from AIDS, the entire exhibition was overlaid with an unavoidable air of sadness. Although his figures have no faces, therefore no facial expression, Haring’s line drawn characters are often crouching, cowering, and weeping. They reminded
- [First Gay Porn Death of 2015](https://josephsciambra.com/first-gay-porn-death-of-2015/) - Dirk Shafer 1962-2015 RIP
- [CDC Warns of Syphilis Explosion in Gay Men](https://josephsciambra.com/cdc-warns-of-syphilis-explosion-in-gay-men/) - The CDC recently posted the following warning: “Clinical Advisory: Ocular Syphilis in the United States/Since December 2014, at least 15 cases of ocular syphilis from California and Washington have been reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At least five other states have suspected cases under investigation. The majority of cases have
- [The Missing Gay Piece to the Puzzle](https://josephsciambra.com/the-missing-gay-piece-to-the-puzzle/) - Inside every heart of a gay man or woman is a missing piece to the puzzle. Even though, we were all born intact – something along the way: an unloving parent, a vicious bully at school, a pornographic image on the computer screen, robbed us of our God-given wholeness. Yet, we are oblivious to this;
- [Second Gay Porn Suicide of 2015](https://josephsciambra.com/second-gay-porn-suicide-of-2015/) - Rylan Knox (19?? - 2015) RIP
- [Relax: The Use of Pop-Music in Gay Recruitment](https://josephsciambra.com/relax-the-use-of-pop-music-in-gay-recruitment/) - In the history of popular music, there are several songs which have become gay anthems; usually in the disco or dance genre; this does not include the numerous ballads such as “Over the Rainbow” or “Send in the Clowns” that have garnered a gay cult following. Without exception their lyrics typically involve the ecstasy of
- [Healing the Gay Family Tree](https://josephsciambra.com/healing-the-gay-family-tree/) - “The Gospels clearly describe the fatherly responsibility of Joseph toward Jesus. For salvation-which comes through the humanity of Jesus-is realized in actions which are an everyday part of family life, in keeping with that ‘condescension’ which is inherent in the economy of the Incarnation. The gospel writers carefully show how in the life of Jesus
- [The Helpers of the Hopeless: The Good and the Bad Priests in the Lives of Gay Men](https://josephsciambra.com/the-helpers-of-the-hopeless-the-good-and-the-bad-priests-in-the-lives-of-gay-men/) - Growing up as a marginal Catholic in the already marginal Catholic world of 1970s and 80s America, I had a dualistic view of priests: as either old and stodgy or as somewhat young and iconoclastic. During my childhood in parochial school, the senior priests were always Irish, grey-haired, distant, rather mysterious, and wholly unapproachable. The
- [Gay Porn Star Dies of AIDS](https://josephsciambra.com/gay-porn-star-dies-of-aids/) - Rick Karp (aka Cole Tucker) 1953-2015 RIP
- [Fifth Gay Porn Death of 2015](https://josephsciambra.com/fifth-gay-porn-death-of-2015/) - Mateo Stanford 1980-2015 RIP
- [Former Seminarian Turned Gay Porn Star Dies](https://josephsciambra.com/former-seminarian-turned-gay-porn-star-dies/) - Bruno Bordas* 19??-2015 RIP *According to an interview conducted in 2008, Bordas revealed that he spent time at an Argentine seminary studying for the priesthood before leaving to enter the gay lifestyle and the porn industry. Asked about the sin he confessed most often, Bordas said: “…there was a time, especially in adolescence, in which
- [Pain Killers: Why Gay Men Are Bent on Self-Destruction; and How Healing is Always Possible](https://josephsciambra.com/pain-killers-why-gay-men-are-bent-on-self-destruction-and-how-healing-is-always-possible/) - The photos above – I took at the recent 2015 Dore Alley Street Fair in San Francisco. Along with Gay Pride in June, the Folsom Street Fair in September, and the Castro Street Fair in October, Dore Alley is one of the major highlights on the San Francisco gay calendar. The first time I attended
- [Band-Aids on Bullet Wounds: Where Faith Based Approaches to Homosexuality Have Failed](https://josephsciambra.com/band-aids-on-bullet-wounds-where-faith-based-approaches-to-homosexuality-have-failed/) - When the Lord first Saved me from the sad and lonely world of homosexuality – I quickly realized that my problems, past, present and future, would go way beyond just the struggle for any enduring form of chastity. Actually, in the beginning, chastity was rather easy for me; it was like this: when I was
- [Catholicism, Clarity, and the Gay Problem: An Answer to Dr. Janet Smith and the Current Courage Confusion](https://josephsciambra.com/catholicism-clarity-and-the-gay-problem-an-answer-to-dr-janet-smith-and-the-current-courage-confusion/) - “We must search for the laws of its simplicity and clarity, for its power and authority, so as to overcome our natural lack of skill in the use of the great and mysterious spiritual instrument of speech and to enable us worthily to compete with those who today exert so much influence through their word
- [“It’s an improvement...” Why Cardinal Schönborn is Dead Wrong!](https://josephsciambra.com/its-an-improvement-why-cardinal-schonborn-is-dead-wrong/) - In a recent interview with Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna, he had this to say about a homosexual friend who recently entered into a so-called “stable” gay relationship: “It’s an improvement,” he said. They share “a life, they share their joys and sufferings, they help one another. It must be recognised that this person took
- [Embracing “intrinsically disordered” - Why “less condemnatory” language hides the Truth of homosexuality](https://josephsciambra.com/embracing-intrinsically-disordered-why-less-condemnatory-language-hides-the-truth-of-homosexuality/) - One of the Synod Bishops remarked that a new approach to the Church’s outreach to homosexuals should include a revision in terminology: “There’s very strong support for a less condemnatory approach and language is at the heart of that.” For years, there has been controversy centered around the term “intrinsically disordered.” In the 1970s, Dignity,
- [Synod Fathers: “gays” do not need you to “accompany” them, but to be there when they return...](https://josephsciambra.com/synod-fathers-gays-do-not-need-you-to-accompany-them-but-to-be-there-when-they-return/) - Archbishop Blase Cupich of Chicago said: “In Chicago I visit regularly with people who feel marginalized: the elderly, the divorced and remarried, gay and lesbian individuals and also couples. I think that we really need to get to know what their life is like if we’re going to accompany them…” The word that intensely bothered
- [Respected, Welcomed, and Accompanied – The new Catholic “gay” guide for families](https://josephsciambra.com/respected-welcomed-and-accompanied-the-new-catholic-gay-guide-for-families/) - “The Church has modeled her attitude to the Lord Jesus that in the boundless love he offered to every person without exception (MV, 12). To the families who live the experience to have within them the homosexual person, the Church reaffirms that every person, regardless of their sexual orientation, must be respected in their dignity
- [Last exit to “gay” – How to get out of homosexuality](https://josephsciambra.com/last-exit-to-gay-how-to-get-out-of-homosexuality/) - In 1999, I took my last drive out of San Francisco as a “gay” man. After a particularly hard night of sex and partying, I was vomiting up blood and thought I was near death. Somehow, I got into my car and headed North over the Golden Gate Bridge – towards home; more precisely, my
- [2015: 3 more dead gay porn stars](https://josephsciambra.com/2015-3-more-dead-gay-porn-stars/) - "King B" (1990-2015) Blue Blake (1966-2015) Zac Stevens (1990-2015)
- [Gay Porn Star Dead at 20](https://josephsciambra.com/gay-porn-star-dead-at-20/) - Dimitri Kane 1995-2015 RIP
- [“Couples that play together stay together:” My moments of “monogamy” as a gay man and the impossibility of a world without women.](https://josephsciambra.com/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, scared, and desperately needy, I would have gone home with anyone who gave me the slightest bit of attention. When
- [AIDS Memorial: Famous Gay Victims](https://josephsciambra.com/aids-memorial-famous-gay-victims/)
- [Gay Porn Actor Dead at 21](https://josephsciambra.com/gay-porn-actor-dead-at-21/) - Jasper Robinson 1994-2015 RIP
- [AIDS MEMORIAL: DEAD GAY PORN STARS](https://josephsciambra.com/aids-memorial-dead-gay-porn-stars/)
- [AIDS Memorial: Expanded Edition with Gay Porn Stars [HD]](https://josephsciambra.com/aids-memorial-expanded-edition-with-gay-porn-stars-hd/)
- [Anti-Catholic Schismatic Priest Who Performs “Gay” Weddings to Speak at San Francisco Catholic Church](https://josephsciambra.com/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 Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in the Castro District of San Francisco. Pizzuto, who is openly “gay,” was raised a Roman
- [7 Scary Facts About “gay”- that no one ever told you…](https://josephsciambra.com/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 times as high, and for P&S syphilis, rates were 63 to 109 as high. Data in the U.S. show that
- [Anti-Catholic Schismatic Priest Who Performs “Gay” Weddings to Speak at San Francisco Catholic Church [A Follow-up Report]](https://josephsciambra.com/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 talk was “centering prayer,” but he also rather systematically summed up his broader theory and methodology concerning Scriptural Hermeneutics and
- [The Bush and Trump Dynasties: Two Similar Tales of Fatherly Ambition and Cruelty and their often Tragic Sons](https://josephsciambra.com/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, or an inability to maintain lasting relationships with women; most significantly, one particular study found that not only does, of
- [86% of new HIV infections in gay men occur within a steady partnership.](https://josephsciambra.com/86-of-new-hiv-infections-in-gay-men-occur-within-a-steady-partnership/)
- [St. Joseph the Worker as the Model of Healing for the Sons of St. Joseph](https://josephsciambra.com/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 we are all called to participate it is not the man who plays the leading role who is necessarily the
- [Gay Porn Star Dead from Overdose at Age 30](https://josephsciambra.com/gay-porn-star-dead-from-overdose-at-age-30/) - Xander Scott 1986-2016 RIP
- [The End of the Rainbow: When sex, porn, and “gay” become increasingly pointless and shallow…](https://josephsciambra.com/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 crucial break within humanity into two highly contrary camps: those who have been freed of earthy attachments and those who
- [20 “gay” and trans moments in animated television and comic-books – you never even knew happened.](https://josephsciambra.com/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 marriage in 2015, according to Pew’s study. Millennials’ support for same-sex marriage has steadily climbed in the last decade, growing
- [What those leaving “gay” – really need from the Church](https://josephsciambra.com/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 me, but I was outside, and it was there that I searched for you. In my unloveliness I plunged into
- [More celebrities come-out as “gay” – more stories about dad and dysfunctional childhoods](https://josephsciambra.com/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 several states throughout his childhood, including Arkansas, New Mexico, Florida and Texas. He described his parents “as free-spirited hippies;” he
- [Diocese of Oakland parish hosts discussion moderated by gay priest](https://josephsciambra.com/diocese-of-oakland-parish-hosts-discussion-moderated-by-gay-priest/) - "We must not let our homophobic society confine our homosexuality to the bedroom...Our homosexuality must burst forth from the bedroom and leaven all of society." -Father James Schexnayder Father James Schexnayder is a retired priest in the Archdiocese of Oakland, California. On June 16, 2016, he will moderate a discussion on homosexuality at Our Lady
- [Where do we belong? An ex-gay Catholic view of the Orlando Massacre](https://josephsciambra.com/where-do-we-belong-an-ex-gay-catholic-view-of-the-orlando-massacre/) - When I walked into the Castro District of San Francisco in 1988, I could not have picked a worse time in history to come-out as a “gay” man. It was the height of the AIDS crisis. That year alone, over 4,800, mostly “gay” men, died of AIDS in the US. The following year, the number
- [A Response to James Martin S.J.](https://josephsciambra.com/a-response-to-james-martin-s-j/) - First of all, I think it is wonderful and noble for any Catholic to honor and pray for those who died so needlessly in the Orlando massacre, but a Catholic can do this without adopting the vocabulary or the symbols of the modern gay rights movement. As then Cardinal Ratzinger wrote in the 1986 Letter
- [Should the Catholic Church apologize to gays?](https://josephsciambra.com/should-the-catholic-church-apologize-to-gays/) - When I was a conflicted and scared boy growing up within the confusing confines of the post-Conciliar Church of the 1970s, I needed someone, anyone, to teach me and to tell me that Jesus wanted to be more than just my friend, that He wanted to be my Savior – that He wanted to save
- [The Tears of a Mother – The tragedy of pro-gay Catholic ministries in the Archdiocese of LA](https://josephsciambra.com/the-tears-of-a-mother-the-tragedy-of-pro-gay-catholic-ministries-in-the-archdiocese-of-la/) - The real-life experiences of a Catholic mother with a “gay” daughter: When my oldest daughter was a teenager she had her first same sex relationship. As a Catholic mother, finding out was very upsetting. Several years afterwards seeing an ad in the Assumption Blessed Virgin parish bulletin for a “Catholic ministry” “for parents of gay
- [Same-Sex Attraction, Porn Recovery, and St. Joseph: Keeping calm in the midst of chaos.](https://josephsciambra.com/same-sex-attraction-porn-recovery-and-st-joseph-keeping-calm-in-the-midst-of-chaos/) - A good Catholic priest, who was very instrumental in my recovery from both same-sex attraction and an addiction to pornography, always had the same recommendation for me whenever I talked with him about my great agitation and seemingly endless struggles with impure thoughts, he would simply say: “Stay calm and pray.” At first, I thought
- [Epidemic of STIs and drug use among happy “gay” men in San Francisco](https://josephsciambra.com/epidemic-of-stis-and-drug-use-among-happy-gay-men-in-san-francisco/) - Although the number of HIV infections among “gay” men in San Francisco have decreased, there are also disturbing and dramatic increases in sexual transmitted infections including rectal gonorrhea and syphilis. The drop in HIV infections is attributed to an uptake in PrEP use among “gay” men, only this has breed complacency and a majority of
- [NYC Catholic parish to commemorate same-sex marriage with pro-gay honorees](https://josephsciambra.com/nyc-catholic-parish-to-commemorate-same-sex-marriage-with-pro-gay-honorees/) - On September 23, 2016, at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in New York City, the official LGBT ministry of the parish (Out at St Paul) will commemorate the Obergefell vs. Hodges Supreme Court decision with two featured "guests:" Lisbeth Melendez Rivera, the Director of Latina/o and Catholic Initiatives for the Human Rights Campaign, and
- [Archdiocese of LA Youth Leader: being chaste and having a gay partner - “equally holy”](https://josephsciambra.com/archdiocese-of-la-youth-leader-being-chaste-and-having-a-gay-partner-equally-holy/)
- [The Raw Reality of Locker-Room Talk: An ex-gay perspective](https://josephsciambra.com/the-raw-reality-of-locker-room-talk-an-ex-gay-perspective/) - (Above: Detail from "The Shower After the Battle" by Alexandre Alexandrovitch Deineka, 1944.) For some “gay” men, one of the most traumatic memories of high-school is the embarrassing and uncomfortable experience of gym class and the inevitable locker-room. The constant specter of that reality is repeatedly enshrined in gay porn which keeps the locker-room trope
- [The greatest prayer I ever offered up to God happened when I didn’t even know any prayers](https://josephsciambra.com/the-greatest-prayer-i-ever-offered-up-to-god-happened-when-i-didnt-even-know-any-prayers/) - (Pictured above: detail from “Saint Francis in Meditation” by Francisco de Zurbarán, 1635-9) “…many individuals think they are not praying when, indeed, their prayer is deep.” – St. John of the Cross After years of searching for happiness in the gay bars, in the bathhouses, among the sweaty throngs of near-naked dancing men in the
- [Mass Exit: Why gay men find more sanctity in homosexuality than in Catholicism](https://josephsciambra.com/mass-exit-why-gay-men-find-more-sanctity-in-homosexuality-than-in-catholicism/) - (Pictured above: The opening segment from Madonna's MDNA Tour.) Recently, I attended Sunday Mass at a Southern California Catholic parish that also advertises an active LGBT ministry. The church was located in a rather well-to-do beach community and the congregation that day was a mix of locals and tourists. I noticed that most of those
- [Dead Gay Porn Stars Memorial](https://josephsciambra.com/dead-gay-porn-stars-memorial/)
- [Dissident gay priest to speak at NYC Catholic Parish](https://josephsciambra.com/dissident-gay-priest-to-speak-at-nyc-catholic-parish/) - (Pictured above: James Alison in an advertising campaign with Brazilian gay publication Arrasa Bi.) On December 15, 2016, “gay” priest James Alison will speak at St. Paul the Apostle Church in the Archdiocese of New York City. Ordained with the Dominicans in 1978, Alison now describes himself “as a Catholic priest and theologian who is
- [Even though I abandoned God, He never deserted me…](https://josephsciambra.com/even-though-i-abandoned-god-he-never-deserted-me/) - (Pictured above: “Wandering in a Field” by Vasily Perov, 1879.) In 1988, as a young, confused, and rather naïve teenage boy, I made a pilgrimage of sorts to the Castro District of San Francisco. In reality, this was just the beginning of my wanderings. For the next decade, I would stumble in and out of
- [San Francisco Parish Promotes LGBT Retreat Headed by Gay Dissidents](https://josephsciambra.com/san-francisco-parish-promotes-lgbt-retreat-headed-by-gay-dissidents/) - St. Agnes Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of San Francisco promoted, in their weekly bulletins, an LGBT Retreat that will be headed by two members of a“gay” dissident group: Fr. Michael Zampelli, S.J., and Dr. Sheila Nelson; the same "retreat" was offered previously this year - see picture above. Since 2010, Michael A. Zampelli, S.J.,
- [The Missionaries of the Precious Blood and their open “gay” rebellion against the Catholic Church](https://josephsciambra.com/the-missionaries-of-the-precious-blood-and-their-open-gay-rebellion-against-the-catholic-church/) - In 2016, the Missionaries of the Precious Blood came out publicly against a proposed Bill in the State of Missouri which would have allowed certain protections for clergy and religious institutions with regards to same-sex unions; part of the Bill read as follows: “That the state shall not impose a penalty on any clergy or
- [“To be gay or lesbian is to have received a special blessing from God.” – Homosexuality, the Missionaries of the Precious Blood, and the Archdiocese of San Francisco](https://josephsciambra.com/to-be-gay-or-lesbian-is-to-have-received-a-special-blessing-from-god-homosexuality-the-missionaries-of-the-precious-blood-and-the-archdiocese-of-san-francisco/) - The Rev. Joe Nassal (pictured above) is provincial director of the Kansas City Province of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood. In the August 2012 issue of “Communion: The Monthly Newsletter of Catholics for Marriage Equality in California,” a periodical published by Dignity, Nassal wrote: From a spiritual/theological viewpoint, it all depends on where we
- [As I stood on the edge of hell, God was only one step away](https://josephsciambra.com/as-i-stood-on-the-edge-of-hell-god-was-only-one-step-away/) - Once I looked into the hole of hell. It was opened wide as if by a massive speculum. And what I saw inside was beautiful. Then, only for a mere second, I could see everything. It was like the unexpected and intermittently flashing face of the demonic spirit in the movie version of “The Exorcist.”
- [1994: The Faces of AIDS](https://josephsciambra.com/1994-the-faces-of-aids/)
- [Has the Church set the bar too high for those with same-sex attraction?](https://josephsciambra.com/has-the-church-set-the-bar-too-high-for-those-with-same-sex-attraction/) - In his interview with Dave Rubin, Bishop Robert Barron said the following about homosexuality: In a certain way I wouldn’t want to press it further than that. That’s the Church’s job to say no to what it perceives to be an inadequate – incomplete integration of the sexual act. So, not just “gay” marriage, but
- [Archdiocese of Los Angeles Church Screens Pro-Gay Marriage Film](https://josephsciambra.com/archdiocese-of-los-angeles-church-screens-pro-gay-marriage-film/) - (Above: Scene from the film.) On February 7, 2017, St. Matthew Catholic Parish (Long Beach) in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles will host a screening of the pro-gay marriage film “Inspired: The Voices Behind Prop 8.” According to an announcement from the Parish’s gay-affirmative LGBT outreach - Comunidad: “Arresting live footage follows average people from
- [The Father is the only one who can carry his son…](https://josephsciambra.com/the-father-is-the-only-one-who-can-carry-his-son/) - On the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge, just north of San Francisco, is one of my favorite places to spend a quiet and sunny day walking and hiking. The area, part of the Marin Headlands, features numerous roads and trails, some of which happen to be partially paved while the rest are well
- [Catholic LGBT Ministry in NYC Hosts Mardi Gras Party at Gay Bar](https://josephsciambra.com/catholic-lgbt-ministry-in-nyc-hosts-mardi-gras-party-at-gay-bar/) - (Pictured above: scene from Rise Bar; also pictured below - the bar's shirtless bartenders.) On February 28, 2017, the LGBT Ministry at St. Francis of Assisi Church in the Archdiocese of New York hosted a Mardi Gras party at the Rise “gay” bar. In 2015, the Rise Bar was featured in a New York Times
- [NYC Parish Promotes Kinky Gay Sex as a Way To God](https://josephsciambra.com/nyc-parish-promotes-kinky-gay-sex-as-a-way-to-god/) - The LGBT outreach at St. Paul the Apostle Church in NYC, Out at St. Paul, posted a link on their Facebook timeline to an article about Queer Theology, here are a couple of excerpts: “The blessing—and the challenge—of being LGBTQ is that we get to create our own sexual ethics. The script we’ve been given—one
- [“gay” men more likely to catch STI if on PrEP](https://josephsciambra.com/gay-men-more-likely-to-catch-sti-if-on-prep/) - “We conducted a meta-analysis to summarize rates of sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men (MSM) on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV versus MSM not using PrEP. Incidence rate ratios showed that MSM using PrEP were 25.3 times more likely to acquire a Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection, 11.2 times more likely to acquire
- [The Lost Boys: The Quest for Manhood in Three American Films - Rebel Without A Cause, Chubasco, and The Eagle.](https://josephsciambra.com/the-lost-boys-the-quest-for-manhood-in-three-american-films-rebel-without-a-cause-chubasco-and-the-eagle/) - A bizarre story I recently read about finally inspired me to write this article that has been bouncing around in my brain for years. The story: in Berkeley, the town of my Alma-mater, a lesbian couple who adopted a baby boy are now giving the child hormone blockers to delay the onset of puberty because
- [Jesus Through Saint Joseph as the Healer of the Homosexual Mind](https://josephsciambra.com/jesus-through-saint-joseph-as-the-healer-of-the-homosexual-mind/) - Meditation is something I came to rather late in life. Until I was in my late-twenties and early-thirties, I never gave it any thought at all. When I entered a religious community, I began to practice meditation as a daily exercise. At first, sitting in the rather cold chapel, my mind always wandered to the
- [Saint John Bosco on Porn and the Devil](https://josephsciambra.com/saint-john-bosco-on-porn-and-the-devil/) - The following quotation is from Saint John Bosco (1815-1888,) a Catholic priest who worked with wayward boys and juvenile delinquents in the industrial Northern Italian city of Turin. Although, his life ended near the beginning of the technological age, John Bosco was already seeing the early effects of mass-produced porn upon the youth. This growing
- [Devotion to Saint Joseph: Guardian of Christ and First Teacher to the Savior](https://josephsciambra.com/devotion-to-saint-joseph-guardian-of-christ-and-first-teacher-to-the-savior/) - I am often asked: “Why the devotion to St. Joseph?” Without going into a lengthy explanation, which I do in my book, I usually say that everyone, especially males, young or old, should have a special love for St. Joseph - as he is the model for all men, single or married, all those who
- [Top 10 Holy Helpers](https://josephsciambra.com/blessed-eve-of-all-saints-top-10-holy-helpers/) - Here are my Top 10 favorite Saints (besides Our Lady; who is in a category all her own,) and why I love them: 1. Saint Joseph: He literally saved me; the male part of my psyche was so damaged that I needed the supremely masculine influence and Love from the foster-father, who cradled God in
- [One of the Shortest, But Greatest Prayers I Have Ever Seen…](https://josephsciambra.com/one-of-the-shortest-but-greatest-prayers-i-have-ever-seen/) - St. John of the Cross once wrote, to one of his many correspondents, who were constantly asking him for spiritual advice: “God deliver from ourselves.” Truer words were never put down on paper by a Saint who was so earnestly trying to address the human condition. For, although we often focus on how others cause
- [Remembering the Classic Film “Rebecca”](https://josephsciambra.com/remembering-the-classic-film-rebecca/) - With the recent death of actress Joan Fontaine, I am reminded of a favorite film: Rebecca (1940.) The movie is remarkable, aside from the extraordinary performances from the three main leads: Laurence Olivier, Fontaine, and Judith Anderson, for its exploration of physiological alienation and human obsession. At its heart, Rebecca is about broken people, their
- [CDC Reports: 90% of All HIV Infections In Young Men Is From Gay Sex](https://josephsciambra.com/cdc-reports-90-of-all-hiv-infections-in-young-men-is-from-gay-sex/)
- [Catholic University of San Diego ignores the truth and celebrates all things transgender](https://josephsciambra.com/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: “‘edu-tainment’ event for the campus community, speakers teach about the experiences of trans- and gender-fluid communities…” Author’s note: “Catholic” supported
- [To Live & Die in LA: Meningitis Found in Southern California Gay Men](https://josephsciambra.com/to-live-die-in-la-meningitis-found-in-southern-california-gay-men/)
- [Artist Keith Haring on Fathers and Homosexuality](https://josephsciambra.com/artist-keith-haring-on-fathers-and-homosexuality/) - “…in a lot of cases homosexual men don’t have a particularly good relationship with their parents, especially their father. Maybe their fathers had totally rejected them.” ~ Keith Haring* * Keith Haring died of AIDS in 1990; he was 31 years old.
- [X-Men Gay Actor Describes “Monster” Father](https://josephsciambra.com/x-men-gay-actor-describes-monster-father/) - Scottish born actor Alan Cumming, probably most famous for appearing as Nighcrawler in “X-Men 2,” has revealed in his memoir, “Not My Father’s Son,” that his dad physically and verbally abused him as a child: “My father was a monster…When he was abusing me, it was the only time he really noticed me. So there’s
- [85% of Young Catholics in the US Think Homosexuality is Okay!](https://josephsciambra.com/85-of-young-catholics-in-the-us-think-homosexuality-is-okay/) - Fully 85% of self-identified Catholics ages 18-29 said in a 2014 Pew Research Center survey that homosexuality should be accepted by society, compared with just 13% who said it should be discouraged. Older age groups are less likely to favor acceptance. But even among Catholics ages 65 and older, 57% say that homosexuality should be
- [7 Steps to Freedom from Porn](https://josephsciambra.com/7-steps-to-freedom-from-porn/) - “And he cried out, saying: Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me. And they that went before, rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried out much more: Son of David, have mercy on me.” (Luke 18:38-9) 1. Admit to Our Lord Jesus Christ and to yourself that you have a
- [Gay in the 1980s: Growing Up Under the Shadow of AIDS and How Generation X Condemned the Future to Death](https://josephsciambra.com/gay-in-the-1980s-growing-up-under-the-shadow-of-aids-and-how-generation-x-condemned-the-future-to-death/) - Growing up in the 1980s, as a boy thinking that you are gay, was often a day to day struggle with a vision of homosexuality that went from humorous and carefree, a flourishing in the 1970s Disco culture materialized in the well-muscled and tan boys of The Village People, that seemingly overnight went through a
- [St. Seraphim of Sarov](https://josephsciambra.com/st-seraphim-of-sarov/)
- [Within 30 years: over 50% of gay men will be HIV+](https://josephsciambra.com/within-30-years-over-50-of-gay-men-will-be-hiv/) - “…within a cohort of young men now 20 years of age, the total burden of HIV disease would be estimated to be 25.4% by the time that they reach the age of 30, 41.4% at age 40 and 54.0% at age 50…Among African American MSM the model predicts that 7.8% of African American MSM will
- [New Pope Francis appointee “respects” gay sex…](https://josephsciambra.com/new-pope-francis-appointee-respects-gay-sex/) - Pope Francis has replaced Archbishop André-Joseph Léonard with liberal Jozef De Kesel for the archdiocese of Brussels, Belgium. During a news conference announcing his appointment, when asked about homosexuals, he answered, “I have much respect for gays,” including “their way of living their sexuality.” Is this what you “respect?” “It is not uncommon for MSM
- [Only 14% of gay men are “monogamous.”](https://josephsciambra.com/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 bisexual men, conducted through gay dating sites and Facebook in Australia, has found that previous surveys may have overestimated the
- [HIV Diagnoses Drop Among Every Segment of the Population – EXCEPT “gay” males…](https://josephsciambra.com/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 people who inject drugs (PWID) (63%). Among women, diagnoses declined 40%; African American women have achieved the largest decreases, with
- [Archbishop Cupich and the “gay” male conscience…and, my own experience with two vastly different spiritual directors.](https://josephsciambra.com/archbishop-cupich-and-the-gay-male-conscienceand-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 in a system who need to be reconciled to the Church…might have another opportunity to have their case considered through

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- [Moss-Green Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/moss-green-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are moss-green round glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
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- [Gold Luster Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/gold-luster-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are gold luster oval-shaped glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
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- [St. Joseph Black Czech Glass/Black Onyx Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-black-czech-glass-black-onyx-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are black glass and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are genuine onyx; glass beads made in the Czech Republic; onyx from the USA; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the
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- [Bronze/Sapphire Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/bronze-sapphire-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are bronze/sapphire round glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Gold Swirl Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/gold-swirl-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” or Chotki, these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and the Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are gold swirl (with brown highlights) Czech glass from the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in
- [Carnelian Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/carnelian-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” or Chotki, these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The Cross centerpiece and the Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are genuine carnelian from Russia; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Green Multi-Color Green Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/green-multi-color-green-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” or Chotki, these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The Cross centerpiece and the Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are green multi-color Czech glass from the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Olive-Green Czech Glass/Green Swarovski Crystal Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-olive-green-czech-glass-green-swarovski-crystal-rosary-2/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are olive-green Czech glass and the 8mm “Our Father” beads are Swarovski green crystal; glass beads made in the Czech Republic; Swarovski crystal made in Austria; all other materials are antique-bronze and
- [St. Joseph Carnelian Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-carnelian-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm beads are genuine carnelian from Russia; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Bronze Czech Glass/Speckled Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-bronze-czech-glass-speckled-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are bronze glass and the 8mm “Our Father” beads are speckled glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Multi-Color Czech Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-multi-color-czech-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are light yellow and golden yellow glass and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are orange glass beads made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Metallic Aqua-Blue/Sky-Blue Czech Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-metallic-aqua-blue-sky-blue-czech-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are metallic aqua-blue glass and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are sky-blue glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Multi-Green Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/multi-green-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are multi-green round glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Pearl Czech Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-pearl-czech-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are pearl glass and the “Our Father” beads are gold speckled milk glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Verdigris Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/verdigris-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 10mm beads are verdigris round glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Ice-Blue Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/ice-blue-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” or Chotki, these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The Cross centerpiece and the Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are ice-blue Czech glass from the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph and Blessed Mother Bronze Keychain/Medal](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-and-blessed-mother-bronze-medal/) - 1.25” bronze round medal on a bronze-colored keychain; can also be worn as a pendant. Front image: St. Joseph holding the Christ-Child. Back inscription: “B.V. Maria Immacolata” – “Immaculate Blessed Virgin Mary.” Made in the USA. Exclusive to Sons of St. Joseph.
- [St. Joseph Siberian Moonstone Heavy-Duty Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-siberian-moonstone-heavy-duty-rosary-2/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; made with extra-strong wire links; the 8mm beads are genuine Siberian Moonstone from Russia; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Blue Czech Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-blue-czech-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are blue Czech glass and the “Our Father” beads are cathedral-window-cut blue glass; beads made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Holy Family Icon](https://josephsciambra.com/product/holy-family-icon/) - Wooden oval icon of the Holy Family. Gold stamped and silver foil over wood. Made in Italy. 4.75 X 7.”
- [St. Joseph Blue-Gray Czech Glass/Blue-Steel Flower Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-blue-gray-czech-glass-blue-steel-flower-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are blue-gray glass and the 12mm “Our Father” beads are blue-steel flower glass beads made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [40-Bead Jesus Prayer Topaz Czech Glass Chotki](https://josephsciambra.com/product/40-bead-jesus-prayer-topaz-czech-glass-chotki/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 40 beads – which are the number of knots found on the Russian “chotki.” The Christ centerpiece and crucifix are bronze; the 6mm beads are topaz Czech glass; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Aqua Glass/Blue Pearl Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-aqua-glass-blue-pearl-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are aqua Czech glass and the “Our Father” beads are blue glass pearl glass beads made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Bronze/Yellow Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/bronze-yellow-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 40 beads – which are the number of knots found on the Russian “chotki.” The Christ centerpiece and crucifix are bronze; the 6mm beads are bronze/yellow Czech glass; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Champagne Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/champagne-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” or Chotki, these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The Cross centerpiece and the Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are champagne Czech glass from the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Fire-Polished Glass/Aquamarine Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-fire-polished-glass-aquamarine-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are fire-polished glass and the 8mm “Our Father” beads are genuine Aquamarine; glass beads made in the Czech Republic; Aquamarine from the USA; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the
- [St. Joseph Fire-Polished Clear Czech Glass/Blue-Gold Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-fire-polished-clear-czech-glass-blue-gold-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are fire-polished clear glass and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are blue-gold glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Blue-Gray Czech Glass/Multi-Color Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-blue-gray-czech-glass-multi-color-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are blue-gray glass and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are multi-color glass beads made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Holy Family in Egypt Stretched Canvas](https://josephsciambra.com/product/holy-family-in-egypt-stretched-canvas/) - Reproduction of a painting by French artist Eugene Deully (1860-1933) depicting the "Flight to Egypt.” (Canvas will NOT include watermark.) Made in the USA. Exclusive to Sons of St. Joseph. 18 X 14”
- [Pink Swirl Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/pink-swirl-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” or Chotki, these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and the Crucifix are bronze; the 10mm beads are pink swirl Czech glass from the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Blue-Star Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/blue-star-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 10mm beads are blue-star bicone glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [40-Bead Jesus Prayer Ivory-Brown Czech Glass Chotki](https://josephsciambra.com/product/40-bead-jesus-prayer-ivory-brown-czech-glass-chotki/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 40 beads – which are the number of knots found on the Russian “chotki.” The Christ centerpiece and crucifix are bronze; the 6mm beads are ivory-brown barrel Czech glass; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Emerald-Green Czech Glass/Swarovski Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-emerald-green-czech-glass-swarovski-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are emerald-green glass and the 8mm “Our Father” beads are Swarovski cube vitriol crystal; glass beads made in the Czech Republic; Swarovski crystal made in Austria; all other materials are antique-bronze and
- [Antique Gold Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/antique-gold-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are antiqued gold glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Orange Czech Glass/Cathedral Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-orange-czech-glass-cathedral-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are orange glass and the “Our Father” beads are clear “cathedral” glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [40-Bead Jesus Prayer Gold-Amber Czech Glass Chotki](https://josephsciambra.com/product/40-bead-jesus-prayer-gold-amber-czech-glass-chotki/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 40 beads – which are the number of knots found on the Russian “chotki.” The Christ centerpiece and crucifix are bronze; the 6mm beads are gold-amber Czech glass; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Tortoise-Shell Czech Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-tortoise-shell-czech-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 10mm beads are tortoise-shell glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Pink Czech Glass/Pink-Gold Flower Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-pink-czech-glass-pink-gold-flower-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are pink Czech glass and the 8mm “Our Father” flower-beads are Czech pink-gold glass; glass beads made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Green Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/green-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads-2/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are green glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Pink Czech Glass/ Fuchsia Swarovski Crystal Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-pink-czech-glass-fuchsia-swarovski-crystal-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are pink Czech glass and the 8mm “Our Father” beads are Swarovski fuchsia crystal; glass beads made in the Czech Republic; Swarovski crystal made in Austria; all other materials are antique-bronze and
- [St. Joseph Embracing the Christ Child Bronze Medal](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-embracing-the-christ-child-bronze-medal/) - .75” bronze round medal. Front image: St. Joseph holding the Christ-Child. Made in the USA. Exclusive to Sons of St. Joseph.
- [St. Joseph Wood Bracelet](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-wood-bracelet/) - 8” wood bracelet on elastic band with different image of St. Joseph. Large size – will fit most men. Made in Brazil. Exclusive to Sons of St. Joseph.
- [St. Joseph Turquoise Milk Czech Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-turquoise-milk-czech-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are turquoise milk glass and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are light-topaz church-window glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Red Czech Glass/Fuchsia Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-red-czech-glass-fuchsia-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are red glass and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are fuchsia glass; red beads made in the Czech Republic; fuchsia beads made in Germany; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in
- [St. Joseph Hematite/Prehnite Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-hematite-prehnite-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are genuine hematite and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are genuine prehnite; hematite and prehnite from USA; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Holy Family Greek Icon (Small)](https://josephsciambra.com/product/holy-family-greek-icon-small/) - Wood icon of the Holy Family. Hand painted with traditional colors and gold-leaf. Certificate of authenticity is affixed to the back. Made in Greece. Approximate size: 4 X 5.”
- [St. Joseph Fire-Polished Topaz Czech Glass/Carnelian Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-fire-polished-topaz-czech-glass-carnelian-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are topaz glass and the “Our Father” beads are genuine carnelian; glass beads made in the Czech Republic; carnelian from Russia; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph and Christ Child Carved Greek Icon](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-and-christ-child-carved-greek-icon/) - Wood icon of the St. Joseph and the Child Jesus. Carved and hand painted with traditional colors and gold-leaf. Certificate of authenticity is affixed to the back. Made in Greece. Approximate size: 4 X 5.25.”
- [Holy Family Icon Keychain](https://josephsciambra.com/product/holy-family-icon-keychain/) - 2” silver-tone round medal of the Holy Family on a keychain. Made in the Russia.
- [St. Joseph and Christ Child Greek Icon (Small)](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-and-christ-child-greek-icon-small/) - Wood icon of the St. Joseph and the Child Jesus. Hand painted with traditional colors and gold-leaf. Certificate of authenticity is affixed to the back. Made in Greece. Approximate size: 4.25 X 5.75.”
- [Brown Leaf Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/brown-leaf-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are brown leaf-shaped glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Brown Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/brown-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads-3/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are brown round pearl glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Blue/Topaz Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/blue-topaz-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 40 beads – which are the number of knots found on the Russian “chotki.” The 6mm beads are blue Czech glass and the 6mm “spacer” beads are topaz glass from the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [100-Bead Jesus Prayer Topaz Czech Glass Chotki](https://josephsciambra.com/product/100-bead-jesus-prayer-topaz-czech-glass-chotki/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 100 beads – which are the number of knots found on the Russian “chotki.” The 8mm beads are topaz Czech glass and the 8mm “spacer” beads are topaz cathedral-cut glass from the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Purple-Iris Czech Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-purple-iris-czech-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm beads are purple-iris (with some greenish highlights) glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Labradorite Heavy-Duty Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-labradorite-heavy-duty-rosary-2/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; made with extra-strong wire links; the 8mm beads are genuine Labradorite from Canada; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Ice-Blue Czech Glass/Blue-Silver Snowflake Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-ice-blue-czech-glass-blue-silver-snowflake-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are ice-blue glass and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are blue-silver snowflake-shaped glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Jadeite-Green Czech Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-jadeite-green-czech-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are jadeite-green glass and the “Our Father” cathedral beads are lavender made in Austria; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Champagne Czech Glass/Topaz Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-champagne-czech-glass-topaz-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are champagne glass and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are topaz crystal made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Copper Swarovski Crystal Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-copper-swarovski-crystal-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm beads are copper crystal made in Austria; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Gray Swarovski Crystal Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-gray-swarovski-crystal-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm beads are gray crystal made in Austria; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Brown Swarovski Crystal Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-brown-swarovski-crystal-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are brown crystal and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are light brown crystal made in Austria; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Hematite Heavy-Duty Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-hematite-heavy-duty-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; made with extra-strong wire links; the 8mm beads are hematite from the USA; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Hematite/Onyx Heavy-Duty Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-hematite-onyx-heavy-duty-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; made with extra-strong wire links; the 8mm "Hail Mary" beads are hematite and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are genuine onyx from the USA; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Bloodstone Heavy-Duty Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-bloodstone-heavy-duty-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; made with extra-strong wire links; the 8mm beads are genuine bloodstone from Brazil; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Siberian Moonstone/Carnelian Heavy-Duty Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-siberian-moonstone-labradorite-heavy-duty-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; made with extra-strong wire links; the 8mm beads are genuine Siberian moonstone and carnelian from Russia and Canada; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Multi-Earth-tone Czech Glass](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-multi-earth-tone-czech-glass/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm beads are multi-colored earth-tone glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Tiger’s Eye/Rustic Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-tigers-eye-rustic-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are genuine tiger’s eye and the 10mm “Our Father” bicone beads are rustic glass; tiger’s eye from Australia; rustic beads made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made
- [St. Joseph Opal Czech Glass/Siberian Moonstone Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-opal-czech-glass-siberian-moonstone-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are opal glass and the 8mm “Our Father” beads are genuine Siberian moonstone; glass beads made in the Czech Republic; Siberian moonstone from Russia; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in
- [St. Joseph Brown Czech Glass/Antiqued Green Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-brown-czech-glass-antiqued-green-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are brown Czech glass and the 10mm “Our Father” antiqued beads are Czech green glass; glass beads made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Ice-Blue Czech Glass/Gray Swarovski Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-ice-blue-czech-glass-gray-swarovski-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are ice-blue glass and the 8mm “Our Father” beads are bicone Swarovski gray crystal; glass beads are made in the Czech republic; glass beads made in the Czech Republic; Swarovski crystal made
- [St. Joseph Blue, Green, and Teal Czech Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-blue-green-and-teal-czech-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm beads are blue, green, teal glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Smoky-Topaz Czech Glass/Bloodstone Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-smoky-topaz-czech-glass-bloodstone-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are smoky-topaz glass and the 8mm “Our Father” beads are Bloodstone; glass beads made in the Czech Republic; Bloodstone from Brazil; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Pink Fire-Polished Czech Glass/Pink Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-pink-fire-polished-czech-glass-pink-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are light-pink fire-polished glass and the 8mm “Our Father” beads are pink glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Pink Czech Crystal/Pink-Bronze Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-pink-czech-crystal-pink-bronze-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are pink crystal and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are rondelle pink-bronze glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Pink Czech Glass/Lilac Flower Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-pink-czech-glass-lilac-flower-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are pink glass and the 14mm “Our Father” beads are lilac flower glass beads made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Red Czech Crystal/Scarlet-Red Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-red-czech-crystal-scarlet-red-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are red crystal and the “Our Father” beads are bicone scarlet-red glass beads made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Fire-Polished Pink Czech Glass/Opal Swarovski Crystal Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-fire-polished-pink-czech-glass-opal-swarovski-crystal-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are fire-polished pink Czech glass and the “Our Father” beads are Swarovski opal crystal; glass beads made in the Czech Republic; Swarovski crystal made in Austria; all other materials are antique-bronze and
- [St. Joseph Fire-Polished Blue Czech Glass/Blue Pearl Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-fire-polished-blue-czech-glass-blue-pearl-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are fire-polished blue glass and the “Our Father” beads are blue pearl glass beads made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Pink Czech Glass/Aqua-Gold Swirl Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-pink-czech-glass-aqua-gold-swirl-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are pink glass and the 13mm “Our Father” beads are blue-gold swirl glass beads made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Multi-Color Czech Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-multi-color-czech-glass-rosary-2/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm beads are multi-color glass (gray, pink, clear) made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Pink Czech Glass/Fuchsia Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-pink-czech-glass-fuchsia-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are pink glass and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are fuchsia bicone glass beads made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Pink Czech Glass/Pink-Gold Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-pink-czech-glass-pink-gold-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are pink glass and the “Our Father” beads are pink-gold bicone glass beads made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Purple Czech Glass/Purple-Gold Speckled Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-purple-czech-glass-purple-gold-speckled-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are purple glass and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are purple-gold speckled cylinder glass beads made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA
- [St. Joseph Topaz Czech Glass/Aqua Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-topaz-czech-glass-aqua-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are topaz glass and the “Our Father” beads are aqua bicone glass beads made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA
- [St. Joseph Topaz Czech Crystal/Carnelian Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-topaz-czech-crystal-carnelian-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are topaz Czech crystal and the “Our Father” beads are genuine carnelian; crystal beads made in the Czech Republic; carnelian from Russia; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Yellow Czech Glass/Fuchsia Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-yellow-czech-glass-fuchsia-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are yellow Czech glass and the “Our Father” beads are bicone fuchsia beads made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Pink Czech Glass/Purple Speckled Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-pink-czech-glass-purple-speckled-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are pink glass and the “Our Father” beads are purple speckled glass beads made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Blue Czech Crystal/Blue Pearl Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-blue-czech-crystal-blue-pearl-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are blue Czech crystal and the “Our Father” beads are blue pearl glass beads made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Topaz Czech Glass/Llanolite Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-topaz-czech-glass-llanolite-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are topaz glass and the “Our Father” beads are genuine Llanolite; glass beads made in the Czech Republic; and Llanolite from Texas; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Purple Czech Glass/Purple-Gold Speckled Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-purple-czech-glass-purple-gold-speckled-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are purple Czech glass and the “Our Father” beads are purple-gold and white speckled glass; beads made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Sunstone Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-sunstone-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm beads are genuine Sunstone; beads from Oregon; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Blue-Silver Czech Glass/Hematite Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-blue-silver-czech-glass-hematite-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are blue-silver glass and the “Our Father” beads are genuine hematite; glass beads made in the Czech Republic; hematite from the USA; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Topaz Czech Glass/Moonstone Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-topaz-czech-glass-moonstone-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are topaz glass and the “Our Father” beads are genuine moonstone; glass beads made in the Czech Republic; moonstone from Russia; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph “Many Colors” Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-many-colors-rosary/) - Oftentimes, there are many people who have asked me to pray for them; therefore, when I pray the Rosary – I dedicate one bead for each of their intentions. Like the various beads that make up this Rosary, those who ask for our prayers – are all uniquely beautiful. Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph
- [St. Joseph Topaz Czech Glass/Cathedral Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-topaz-czech-glass-cathedral-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are topaz glass and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are topaz “cathedral” glass beads made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Fire-Polished Rose Czech Glass/Alexandrite Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-fire-polished-rose-czech-glass-alexandrite-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are fire-polished rose glass and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are “alexandrite” glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Petrified Wood/Czech Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-petrified-wood-czech-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are genuine petrified wood and the 8mm “Our Father” beads are antiqued bronze glass; petrified wood from the USA; glass beads made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and
- [St. Joseph Fire-Polished Pink Czech Glass/Clear Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-fire-polished-pink-czech-glass-clear-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are fire-polished pink glass and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are fire-polished clear glass beads made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Pink Czech Glass/Swirl Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-pink-czech-glass-swirl-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are pink glass and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are pink-swirl glass beads made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Rose-Green Czech/Fire-Polished Green Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-rose-green-czech-fire-polished-green-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are rose-green glass and the 8mm “Our Father” beads are fire-polished green glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Yellow Czech Glass/Aqua Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-yellow-czech-glass-aqua-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are yellow glass and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are aqua glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Yellow Czech Glass/Aqua Cathedral Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-yellow-czech-glass-aqua-cathedral-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are yellow glass and the 8mm “Our Father” beads are “cathedral” aqua glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Blue-Green-Red Czech Glass/Red Crystal Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-blue-green-red-czech-glass-red-crystal-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are blue, green, and red glass and the 8mm “Our Father” beads are red crystal made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Speckled Purple Czech Glass/Lilac-Gold Flower Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-speckled-purple-czech-glass-lilac-gold-flower-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are speckled purple Czech glass and the 8mm “Our Father” flower-beads are Czech lilac-gold glass; glass beads made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Indigo Czech Glass/Speckled Blue-Gold Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-indigo-czech-glass-speckled-blue-gold-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are indigo glass and the 10mm “Our Father” oval beads are speckled blue-gold glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Blue-Rose Czech Glass/Rose Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-blue-rose-czech-glass-rose-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are blue and rose glass and the 10mm “Our Father” bicone beads are antiqued rose and blue glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the
- [St. Joseph Topaz Czech Glass/Lilac Cathedral Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-topaz-czech-glass-lilac-cathedral-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are topaz glass and the 8mm “Our Father” beads are “cathedral” lilac glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA
- [St. Joseph Yellow and Orange Czech Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-yellow-and-orange-czech-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm beads are yellow and orange glass and the 8mm “Our Father” beads are antiqued bronze glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Labradorite, Gray Czech Glass/Black Onyx Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-labradorite-gray-czech-glass-black-onyx-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are genuine labradorite and gray glass and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are genuine onyx; labradorite from Canada; glass beads made in the Czech Republic; onyx from the USA; all other materials
- [St. Joseph Brown Czech Glass/Tortious-Shell Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-brown-czech-glass-tortious-shell-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are brown glass and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are tortious-shell glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Petrified Wood and Brown Czech Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-petrified-wood-and-brown-czech-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm beads are genuine petrified wood and brown glass; petrified wood from the USA; glass beads made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Brown and Fire-Polished Red Czech Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-brown-and-fire-polished-red-czech-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are brown and fire-polished red glass and the “Our Father” beads are antiqued bronze glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Yellow Czech Glass/Fire-Polished Copper Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-yellow-czech-glass-fire-polished-copper-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are yellow glass and the “Our Father” beads are fire-polished copper glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Blue-Green Czech Glass/Blue Pearl Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-blue-green-czech-glass-blue-pearl-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are blue-green glass and the “Our Father” beads are blue pearl glass beads made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Pink-Opal Czech Glass/Clear Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-pink-opal-czech-glass-clear-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are pink-opal glass and the “Our Father” beads are clear cathedral glass beads made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Fire-Polished Green Czech Glass/Aqua Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-fire-polished-green-czech-glass-aqua-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are fire-polished green glass and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are aqua glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Pearl Czech Glass/Light Pink Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-pearl-czech-glass-light-pink-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are pearl glass and the “Our Father” beads are fire-polished light pink glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Fire-Polished Green Czech Glass/Speckled Pink Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-fire-polished-green-czech-glass-speckled-pink-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are fire-polished green glass and the “Our Father” beads are speckled pink glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Olive-Green and Peridot Czech Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-olive-green-and-peridot-czech-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are olive-green and peridot glass and the “Our Father” beads are light green bicone glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Lilac and Peridot Czech Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-lilac-and-peridot-czech-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are lilac and green glass and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are peridot glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Speckled Green Czech Glass/Bloodstone "Camo" Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-speckled-green-czech-glass-bloodstone-camo-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are speckled green glass and the “Our Father” beads are genuine Bloodstone; glass beads made in the Czech Republic; Bloodstone from Brazil; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Olive-Green and Navy-Blue Czech Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-olive-green-and-navy-blue-czech-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are olive-green glass and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are navy-blue glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Fire-Polished Sky-Blue Czech Glass/Blue-Gold Dahlia Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-fire-polished-sky-blue-czech-glass-blue-gold-dahlia-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are sky-blue glass and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are blue-gold dahlia glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Golden Yellow Czech Glass/Yellow-Gold Flower Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-golden-yellow-czech-glass-yellow-gold-flower-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are golden yellow glass and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are yellow-gold flower glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Cobalt Blue Czech Glass/Emerald Green Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-cobalt-blue-czech-glass-emerald-green-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are cobalt blue glass and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are emerald green glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Ice-Blue Czech Glass/Pink Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-ice-blue-czech-glass-pink-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are ice-blue glass and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are pink-blue glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Autumn-Gold Czech Glass/Green Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-autumn-gold-czech-glass-green-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are autumn-gold glass and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are green-yellow gold glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Aqua Czech Glass/Blue-Opal Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-aqua-czech-glass-blue-opal-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are aqua glass and the “Our Father” beads are oval blue-opal glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Metallic Blue/Sky-Blue Czech Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-metallic-blue-sky-blue-czech-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are metallic blue glass and the 10mm “Our Father” beads are sky-blue glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Antiqued Bronze Czech Glass/ Gold Swarovski Crystal Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-antiqued-bronze-czech-glass-gold-swarovski-crystal-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are antiqued bronze glass and the 8mm “Our Father” beads are Swarovski gold crystal; glass beads made in the Czech Republic; Swarovski crystal made in Austria; all other materials are antique-bronze and
- [St. Joseph Teal Czech Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-teal-czech-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm beads are teal cathedral glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Amethyst Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-amethyst-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm beads are genuine Amethyst; beads from the USA; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Multi-Color Swirl Czech Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-multi-color-swirl-czech-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are multi-color swirl glass and the “Our Father” beads are blue glass made in Austria; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Blue Glass/Multi-Color Swirl Czech Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-blue-glass-multi-color-swirl-czech-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are blue glass and the “Our Father” beads are multi-color swirl glass made in Austria; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Blue Czech Glass/Multi-Color Glass Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-blue-czech-glass-multi-color-glass-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are blue glass and the 8mm “Our Father” oval beads are multi-color glass; beads made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Silver-Gold Czech Glass/Hematite Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-silver-gold-czech-glass-hematite-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are fire-polished silver-gold glass from the Czech Republic and the “Our Father” beads are hematite from the USA; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Fire-Polished Purple Czech Glass/Amethyst Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-fire-polished-purple-czech-glass-amethyst-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm “Hail Mary” beads are fire-polished purple glass and the “Our Father” beads are genuine Amethyst; beads are from the Czech Republic and the USA; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph Opalite Rosary](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-opalite-rosary/) - Rosary with solid bronze St. Joseph centerpiece (St. Joseph Pray For Us – on back) and bronze Crucifix; the 8mm beads are genuine Opalite from the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Nativity Plaque](https://josephsciambra.com/product/nativity-plaque/) - Terracotta plaque of the Holy Family. Can be hung on the wall. Made in Italy. 6 X 4.5”
- [“Ite Ad Joseph” Bronze Medal](https://josephsciambra.com/product/ite-ad-joseph-bronze-medal/) - 1.25” bronze oval medal. Front inscription: “Ite Ad Joseph” – “Go To Joseph.” Back inscription: “Angelis Suis Mandavit De Te” – “Angels Watch Over Me.” Made in the USA. Exclusive to Sons of St. Joseph.
- [Holy Family Greek Icon with Silver Riza](https://josephsciambra.com/product/holy-family-greek-icon-with-silver-riza/) - Wood icon of the Holy Family. Hand painted with traditional colors and gold-leaf. Overlayed with silver riza. Certificate of authenticity is affixed to the back. Brass easel included. Made in Greece. 4.25 X 5.5.”
- [Brown Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/brown-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” or Chotki, these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and the Crucifix are bronze; the 10mm beads are brown Czech glass from the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Czech Crystal Topaz Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/czech-crystal-topaz-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” or Chotki, these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The Cross centerpiece and the Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are genuine Czech crystal from the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Champagne Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/champagne-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads-2/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are champagne colored cathedral glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Green/Topaz Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/green-topaz-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 40 beads – which are the number of knots found on the Russian “chotki.” The 8mm beads are fire-polished green/gold Czech glass and the “spacer” beads are topaz glass from the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [St. Joseph and Christ Child Framed Picture](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-and-christ-child-framed-picture/) - Framed print (under glass) of St. Joseph and the Christ Child by Charles Bosseron Chambers. Gold and brown wood frame with easel back. Made in Italy and the USA. Including frame: 4.5 X 6.75”
- [Multi-Color Pearl Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/multi-color-pearl-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are multi-color round pearl glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Bronze/Multi-color Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/14639/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 40 beads – which are the number of knots found on the Russian “chotki.” The 8mm beads are bronze Czech glass and the 10mm “spacer” beads are bronzed multi-color glass from the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Holy Family Icon Wooden Box](https://josephsciambra.com/product/holy-family-icon-wooden-box/) - Wooden hinged box with a screen-printed image of the Holy Family on the lid. Velvet-lined interior. Made in Russia. Approximately 4 X 5.25”
- [Red/Blue Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/red-blue-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 40 beads – which are the number of knots found on the Russian “chotki.” The Christ centerpiece and crucifix are bronze; the 6mm beads are red/blue Czech glass; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Brown Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/brown-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads-2/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 40 beads – which are the number of knots found on the Russian “chotki.” The Christ centerpiece and crucifix are bronze; the 6mm beads are brown Czech glass; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Golden Topaz Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/golden-topaz-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 40 beads – which are the number of knots found on the Russian “chotki.” The Christ centerpiece and crucifix are bronze; the 6mm beads are golden topaz Czech glass; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Metallic Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/metallic-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are metallic round glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Antiqued-Green Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/antiqued-green-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 40 beads – which are the number of knots found on the Russian “chotki.” The Christ centerpiece and crucifix are bronze; the 6mm beads are antiqued-green Czech glass; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Bronze/Red Oval Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/bronze-red-oval-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are bronze/red oval glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Antique Golden Topaz Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/antique-golden-topaz-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 10mm beads are antiqued golden topaz glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [100-Bead Jesus Prayer Tiger's Eye Chotki](https://josephsciambra.com/product/100-bead-jesus-prayer-tigers-eye-chotki/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 100 beads – which are the number of knots found on the Russian “chotki.” The 8mm beads are genuine tiger's eye and the 10mm “spacer” beads are genuine black onyx; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Desert-Sky Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/desert-sky-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” or Chotki, these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and the Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are oval desert-sky (with brown, blue, and gray highlights) Czech glass from the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze
- [Tiger’s Eye Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/tigers-eye-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are genuine tiger’s eye from Australia; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [The Life of St. Joseph Bronze Medal](https://josephsciambra.com/product/the-life-of-st-joseph-bronze-medal/) - 1.15 X 2” bronze oval medal; can also be a keychain. Front inscription: “S JOSEPH CUSTOS I VIRGINIS” – “St. Joseph Guardian of the Virgin;” “PROTECTOR ECCLESIAE ORA PRO NOBIS” – “Protector of the Church, Pray for Us".” On back, counterclockwise, are images from the Life of St. Joseph: The Dream of St. Joseph, The
- [Medieval Style Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/medieval-style-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 6mm beads are Medieval style multi-color glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [100-Bead Jesus Prayer Bronze Czech Glass Chotki](https://josephsciambra.com/product/100-bead-jesus-prayer-bronze-czech-glass-chotki/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 100 beads – which are the number of knots found on the Russian “chotki.” The 8mm beads are bronze Czech glass and the 10mm “spacer” beads are fire-polished olive-green glass from the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [40-Bead Jesus Prayer Bronzed Metallic Czech Glass Chotki](https://josephsciambra.com/product/40-bead-jesus-prayer-bronzed-metallic-czech-glass-chotki/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 40 beads – which are the number of knots found on the Russian “chotki.” The Christ centerpiece and crucifix are bronze; the 6mm beads are bronzed metallic Czech glass; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [40-Bead Jesus Prayer Black and Bronze Czech Glass Chotki](https://josephsciambra.com/product/40-bead-jesus-prayer-black-and-bronze-czech-glass-chotki/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 40 beads – which are the number of knots found on the Russian “chotki.” The Christ centerpiece and crucifix are bronze; the 6mm beads are black and bronze Czech glass; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [40-Bead Jesus Prayer Black Czech Glass Chotki](https://josephsciambra.com/product/40-bead-jesus-prayer-black-czech-glass-chotki/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 40 beads – which are the number of knots found on the Russian “chotki.” The Christ centerpiece and crucifix are bronze; the 6mm beads are black Czech glass; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [40-Bead Jesus Prayer Ice-Blue Czech Glass Chotki](https://josephsciambra.com/product/40-bead-jesus-prayer-ice-blue-czech-glass-chotki/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 40 beads – which are the number of knots found on the Russian “chotki.” The Christ centerpiece and crucifix are bronze; the 6mm beads are ice-blue Czech glass; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Tortoise-Shell Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/tortoise-shell-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Our Lord Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 10mm beads are tortoise-shell glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Fire-Polished Topaz Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/fire-polished-topaz-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Our Lord Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are fire-polished topaz glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Bronze Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/bronze-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are bronze glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Purple-Iris Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/purple-iris-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are purple-iris glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Smokey-Topaz Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/smokey-topaz-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are smokey-topaz glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Fire-Polished Olive-Green Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/fire-polished-olive-green-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are fire-polished olive-green glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Green Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/green-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 10mm beads are green glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Bloodstone Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/bloodstone-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are genuine bloodstone from Brazil; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Lime-Green Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/lime-green-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are lime-green round glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Bronze/Blue Round Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/bronze-blue-round-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are bronze/blue round glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Bronze/Blue Oval Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/bronze-blue-oval-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are bronze/blue oval glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Bronze Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/bronze-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads-2/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are bronze glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Holy Family Greek Triptych Icon](https://josephsciambra.com/product/holy-family-greek-triptych-icon/) - Standing wood icon of the Holy Family (center), with large adoring angels (inside side-panels), and small adoring angels (outside side-panels). Certificate of authenticity is affixed to the back. Made in Greece. Closed: 6.25 X 9.” Open: 10.25 X 9.”
- [Carnelian and Sunstone Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/carnelian-and-sunstone-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are genuine Carnelian and Sunstone from the USA; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Yellow Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/yellow-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are yellow glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Lilac and Blue Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/lilac-and-blue-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are lilac and blue glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Brown and Black Obsidian Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/brown-and-black-obsidian-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm oval beads are genuine obsidian from the USA; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Blue-Gray Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/gray-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are gray glass made in the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Gold Opalite Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/gold-opalite-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” or Chotki, these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and the Crucifix are bronze; the 10mm beads are gold opalite Czech glass from the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Bronze Orthodox Crucifix](https://josephsciambra.com/product/bronze-orthodox-crucifix/) - 1.5” bronze Orthodox crucifix. Includes 24” bronze ball chain. Made in the USA. Exclusive to Sons of St. Joseph.
- [Sea Blue-Green Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/sea-blue-green-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” or Chotki, these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and the Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are sea blue-green Czech glass from the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Siberian Moonstone Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/siberian-moonstone-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” or Chotki, these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and the Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are genuine Siberian Moonstone from Russia; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Purple Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/purple-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” or Chotki, these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and the Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are fire-polished purple Czech glass from the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Red Rosebud Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/red-rosebud-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” or Chotki, these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and the Crucifix are bronze; the 10mm beads are red Czech glass from the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [100-Bead Jesus Prayer Copper-Colored Czech Glass Chotki](https://josephsciambra.com/product/100-bead-jesus-prayer-copper-colored-czech-glass-chotki/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 100 beads – which are the number of knots found on the Russian “chotki.” The 8mm beads are copper-colored Czech glass and the 8mm “spacer” beads are round copper fire-polished glass from the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Orange Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/orange-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” or Chotki, these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The Cross centerpiece and the Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are orange Czech glass from the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Royal Blue Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/royal-blue-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” or Chotki, these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and the Crucifix are bronze; the 10mm beads are royal blue Czech glass from the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Fuchsia/Blue Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/fuchsia-blue-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” or Chotki, these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and the Crucifix are bronze; the 10mm beads are fuchsia/blue Czech glass from the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Ivory/Bronze Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/ivory-bronze-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” or Chotki, these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and the Crucifix are bronze; the 10mm beads are Ivory (with bronze highlights) glass from the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Light-Blue Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/light-blue-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” or Chotki, these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and the Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are light-blue Czech glass from the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Byzantine Style Orthodox Crucifix](https://josephsciambra.com/product/byzantine-style-orthodox-crucifix/) - Byzantine Crucifix in antiqued brass. On the verso (in Italian) is engraved: "This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:12-13." Made in Italy. 5 X 10”
- [100-Bead Jesus Prayer Blue-Gray Czech Glass Chotki](https://josephsciambra.com/product/100-bead-jesus-prayer-chotki/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 100 beads – which are the number of knots found on the Russian "chotki." The 8mm beads are blue-gray Czech glass and the 10mm "spacer" beads are genuine black Jasper; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Opalite Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/opalite-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” or Chotki, these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and the Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are genuine Opalite from the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Labradorite Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/labradorite-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” or Chotki, these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and the Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are genuine Labradorite from Canada; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Blue Rosebud Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/blue-rosebud-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” or Chotki, these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The centerpiece and the Crucifix are bronze; the 10mm beads are blue Czech glass from the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Nativity Tapestry Wall Hanging](https://josephsciambra.com/product/nativity-tapestry-wall-hanging/) - Wall hanging depicting the Nativity with the Baby Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. Real tapestry will metal accents and crosses. Made in Russia. Approximately: 2 X 7.5"
- [Hematite Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/hematite-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” or Chotki, these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The Cross centerpiece and the Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are genuine hematite from the USA; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Turquoise Milk Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/turquoise-milk-czech-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” or Chotki, these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The Cross centerpiece and the Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm turquoise milk Czech glass from the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [100-Bead Jesus Prayer Gray Czech Glass Chotki](https://josephsciambra.com/product/100-bead-jesus-prayer-gray-czech-glass-chotki/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 100 beads – which are the number of knots found on the Russian “chotki.” The 8mm beads are gray marbelized Czech glass and the 10mm “spacer” beads are genuine Jasper; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [100-Bead Jesus Prayer Blue Czech Glass Chotki](https://josephsciambra.com/product/100-bead-jesus-prayer-blue-czech-glass-chotki/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” these feature 100 beads – which are the number of knots found on the Russian “chotki.” The 8mm beads are blue Czech glass and the 8mm “spacer” beads are clear cathedral-cut glass from the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Ball Chain for Bronze Medals](https://josephsciambra.com/product/ball-chain-for-bronze-medals/) - 24” ball chain (medieval brass finish). Made in the USA.
- [“St. Joseph Ora Pro Nobis” Bronze Medal](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-ora-pro-nobis-medal/) - .75” bronze oval medal. Front inscription: "St. Joseph Ora Pro Nobis" – "St. Joseph Pray for Us." Back inscription: “Fili Praebe Mihi Cor Tuum” – “My Son, Give Me Your Heart.” Made in the USA. Exclusive to Sons of St. Joseph.
- [Holy Family Wood Box](https://josephsciambra.com/product/holy-family-wood-box/) - Painted wood box with a decoupage image of the Holy Family on the lid. (Does not include medal.) Made in Russia. 1.75 X 2.25”
- [10 Sons of Saint Joseph Prayer Cards](https://josephsciambra.com/product/10-sons-of-saint-joseph-prayer-cards/) - 10 Prayer Cards with the image of St. Joseph on the front and the Sons of Saint Joseph Prayer on the back. (Prayer Cards will NOT include watermark.) Made in the USA. Exclusive to Sons of St. Joseph. 4.2 X 5.5".
- [Holy Family Greek Wood Carved Icon](https://josephsciambra.com/product/holy-family-greek-wood-carved-icon/) - Wood icon of the Holy Family with detailed frame. Hand painted with traditional colors and gold-leaf. Certificate of authenticity is affixed to the back. Made in Greece. 8.5 X 10.25.”
- [Russian Triptych Icon of the Nativity/Annunciation](https://josephsciambra.com/product/russian-triptych-icon-of-the-nativity-annunciation/) - Wood icon of the Holy Family (center), the Annunciation (upper side-panels), and the Four Evangelists (lower side-panels). Russian gold script on the closed front and on the back. Made in Russia. Closed: 5 X 7.” Open: 10 X 7.”
- [Nativity Icon](https://josephsciambra.com/product/nativity-icon/) - Wooden oval icon of the Birth of Christ. Gold stamped and silver foil over wood. Made in Italy. 4.25 X 6.”
- [St. Joseph and Christ Child Greek Icon](https://josephsciambra.com/product/st-joseph-and-christ-child-greek-icon/) - Wood icon of the St. Joseph and the Child Jesus. Hand painted with traditional colors and gold-leaf. Certificate of authenticity is affixed to the back. Made in Greece. Approximate size: 5.75 X 7.25.”
- [Aquamarine Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/aquamarine-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” or Chotki, these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The Cross centerpiece and the Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are genuine aquamarine; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Blue-Iris Czech Glass Jesus Prayer Beads](https://josephsciambra.com/product/blue-iris-glass-jesus-prayer-beads/) - Based upon the traditional Orthodox “Prayer Rope,” or Chotki, these feature 33 beads – which symbolize the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The Cross centerpiece and the Crucifix are bronze; the 8mm beads are blue-iris Czech glass from the Czech Republic; all other materials are antique-bronze and made in the USA.
- [Byzantine Style Russian Nativity Icon](https://josephsciambra.com/product/byzantine-style-russian-nativity-icon/) - Wooden icon of the Birth of Christ. Gold stamped and silver foil over wood. Made in Russia. 7 X 8.50.”

## Portfolio

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## Product categories

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