Edmundite Center for Peace and Justice Lecture: "Catholicism and LGBTQ+ Issues: A Work in Progress"

Edmundite Center for Peace and Justice Lecture: "Catholicism and LGBTQ+ Issues: A Work in Progress"

Edmundite Center for Peace and Justice Lecture: “Catholicism and LGBTQ+ Issues: A Work in Progress”

Wednesday, April 10 at 5 p.m.
Pomerleau Alumni Center

Francis DeBernardo, the executive director of New Ways Ministry, will make a presentation at Saint Michael’s College on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. in the Pomerleau Conference Room in the Pomerleau Alumni Center, across Route 15 and a part of the Institutional Advancement complex.  The tile of the talk is “Catholicism and LGBTQ+ Issues: A Work in Progress.”  The presentation is open to Saint Michael’s College students, faculty, and staff.

New Ways Ministry is a Catholic outreach that educates and advocates for equity, inclusion, and justice for LGBTQ+ persons, equipping leaders to build bridges of dialogue within the Church and civil society.

New Ways Ministry’s core commitments include:

• Promoting dialogue and reconciliation grounded in the unity and diversity of the Body of Christ (I Cor 12:12)
• Becoming anti-racist in our programming, publications, and internal operations
• Supporting research and resources that empower pastoral ministers and educators to advance an intersectional understanding of gender identity and sexuality
• Fostering holiness and wholeness within the Catholic LGBTQ+ community and allies through spiritual programs and resources

Pope Francis has recognized the work of New Ways Ministry in letters written to Sr. Jeanine Gramik, a co-founder of New Ways Ministry, and to Francis DeBernardo. For information about Pope Francis and New Ways  Ministry, Robert Shine from New Ways Ministry published an article entitle “Pope Francis Writes to New Ways Ministry: “Thank You for Your Neighborly Work”: https://www.newwaysministry.org/2021/12/09/pope-francis-writes-to-new-ways-ministry-thank-you-for-your-neighborly-work/.  The website for New Ways Ministry can be located at https://www.newwaysministry.org/ .