[Sundaycommunity] An interesting article from NCR . . .

[Mr. Gillis]

Thank you Pat, an excellent article.  Hopefully, many more in leadership
positions will have the humility to listen.  Perhaps the coming Synod will
be a watershed moment for the Church on some of these issues.

Peace

Greg


On Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 8:49 PM Patricia Smiley via Sundaycommunity <
sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:

> Hi, everyone,
>
> This article was posted on twitter by a woman here in Hamilton, whom I
> haven't yet met but hope to one day.  Her name is Deirdre Pike and she is a
> devout Catholic who is also a married lesbian.  She works on a part-time
> basis for the Anglican archdiocese of Hamilton coordinating social justice
> activities, also works for the Social Planning Council and is an
> anti-poverty activist who occasionally writes for the Spec, usually on
> issues about homelessness.   Anyway, she has made it openly clear that she
> is upset with the Church and Francis for its refusal to accept members of
> the LBGTQ community with open arms.
>
> So, I think there is an important message in this article, no matter where
> we find ourselves on the issue of gender.  (An important mentor, still a
> close friend and my children's godfather is transgendered.)
>
> Here is the link:
> https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/what-one-priest-learned-listening-transgender-catholics?utm_source=PANTHEON_STRIPPED&utm_campaign=PANTHEON_STRIPPED&utm_medium=PANTHEON_STRIPPED&utm_term=PANTHEON_STRIPPED
>
> Peace, Pat
>
>
> *Patricia Smiley*
>
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