Resources

 

The following resources have been developed by our coalition partners.  Information regarding these partners can be found on their websites.  Please support their efforts by acknowledging their work and providing financial support.

 

GENERAL RESOURCES

Questions and Answers about Homosexuality from a Catholic Perspective

• New Ways Ministries: http://newwaysministry.org/questions7-9.html

Frequently Asked Questions Concerning Homosexuality and the Roman Catholic Church:

• Fortunate Families: http://www.fortunatefamilies.com/faq.htm

Church Statements Regarding the LGBT Community:

• New Ways Ministries: http://newwaysministry.org/churchscalltoministry.html

 

LGBT & CATHOLIC ISSUES READING LIBRARY

Books:

• http://www.fortunatefamilies.com/readingList.htm
• http://www.dignityusa.org/reading

Articles & Pamphlets

• Fortunate Families: http://www.fortunatefamilies.com/articles.htm

LGBT Friendly Catholic Parishes in the United States

• New Ways Ministries: http://newwaysministry.org/GFP.html

 

FOR PARENTS OF LGBT CHILDREN

• Contacts to discuss your personal situation in confidence (Fortunate Families’ Listening Parents Network): http://www.fortunatefamilies.com/listen.htm
• Stories and Testimonies of Parents of LGBT Children: http://www.fortunatefamilies.com/stories.htm
• Always Our Children: A Pastoral Message to Parents of Homosexual Children and Suggestions for Pastoral Ministers, United States Catholic Conference (1997): http://www.usccb.org/laity/always.shtml

 

FOR COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

• Listing of LGBT Friendly Catholic Colleges and Universities: http://newwaysministry.org/GFC.html
• Mission Statement, Georgetown University, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Resource Center http://lgbtq.georgetown.edu/about/mission.html

 

MARRIAGE EQUALITY RESOURCES

• Talking with Friends, Families, and Colleagues about Marriage for Gay and Lesbian Couples, Dignity USA and GLAAD (2008): http://www.dignityusa.org/talking.html
• The Call to Wed: Why Catholics Should Celebrate Same Sex Marriage, Patricia Beattie Jung, Dignity USA (2004): http://www.dignityusa.org/talking.html
• Stephen J. Pope, "Same-Sex Marriage: Threat or Aspiration." Dec. 6, 2004, America Magazine: http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=3909
• "Marriage Equality's False Divides" by Dennis W. Wiley and Robert M. Hardies: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/local-opinions/2009/10/marriage_equalitys_false_divid.html