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Our final afternoon presentation for #OUTREACH2021, the LGBTQ Catholic Ministry Conference, is "Ministering to Families with LGBTQ Families," with J.R. Zerkowski of Fortunate Families and Kathy Farrell of Fortunate & Faithful Families of Atlanta. @FortunateFamily 
How did you get involved in this ministry?
For JR, it was, in part, the transformative effect of the Pulse Nightclub Massacre.
For Kathy it was about asking "How to love your child as you know that they should be loved?" "Do we have to choose between my child and the church?"
For JR, it was, in part, the transformative effect of the Pulse Nightclub Massacre.
For Kathy it was about asking "How to love your child as you know that they should be loved?" "Do we have to choose between my child and the church?"
Kathy talks about the "fabulous" support of Wilton Gregory, the former Archbishop of Atlanta and now Cardinal Gregory @WashArchbishop
Our first afternoon presenter at #Outreach2021 is Fr. Bryan Massingale of @Fordham University speaking on "Intersectionality and LGBTQ Catholic Ministry," addressing the challenges of LGBTQ people of color. "How do experiences of race and ethnic identity influence LGBTQ people?"
Fr. Bryan is now sharing with participants his coming out as a "Black gay man of faith."
Fr. Bryan talking about a tearful realization during a retreat, which challenged him deeply and angered him: "I realized that I didn't really believe that God could be imaged as Black and gay. And certainly not both simultaneously."
The second presentation at #Outreach2021 is "LGBTQ Ministry in Catholic High Schools and Colleges," with two experienced educators: Shiva Subbaraman, founding director of @Georgetown's LGBTQ Center, and Ish Ruiz, a doctoral candidate and high school educator in San Francisco.
Ish Ruiz: LGBTQ students can be considered "at risk."
Ish Ruiz: 86% of LGBTQ students feel harassed in schools.
Sister Jeannine Gramick, SL, co-founder of @NewWaysMinistry is now describing her decades-long ministry in the first #Outreach2021 lecture, "50 Years of LGBTQ Catholic Ministry."
"Today there are hundreds and hundreds of LGBTQ-friendly parishes in our country."
"Today there are hundreds and hundreds of LGBTQ-friendly parishes in our country."
"All real and good changes happen slowly. Think of the drips of water on the rocks in the Grand Canyon. That's how change occurs."
"Change comes about when we speak up."
Bishop John Stowe, OFM Conv.'s beautiful prayer for this morning's #Outreach2021 LGBTQ Catholic Ministry Conference. @BpStowe
"All loving Creator, Who reveal your power in mercy and compassion, look upon us as we gather from many places united in our desire to serve....
"All loving Creator, Who reveal your power in mercy and compassion, look upon us as we gather from many places united in our desire to serve....
...learn from and lift up your LGBTQ+ children.
Help us to form true bonds in this time together to bridge more than our geographical distances, so as to truly reflect and be the Body of Christ, your Love incarnate.
Help us to form true bonds in this time together to bridge more than our geographical distances, so as to truly reflect and be the Body of Christ, your Love incarnate.
May your Spirit be upon all of us as we celebrate and uphold with Pride- the dignity of all your children- diverse and wonderful.
