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Gay Friendly Parishes


Below is a partial list of known "gay friendly" Roman Catholic parishes and faith communities. The parishes are known as welcoming to membership and participation by lesbian and gay Catholics because of pastoral outreach or simply because the staff and parishioners are open and welcoming.

If a parish or faith community should be added to or removed from this list, please send an e-mail with the state, parish name, city and web address if they have one.


Alabama

St. Bebe - Montgomery

Arizona

Christ the King - Mesa

Franciscan Renewal Center - Scotsdale

All Saints Catholic Newman Center at Arizona State University - Tempe

Our Mother of Sorrows - Tucson
St. Cyril of Alexandria - Tucson
St. Odilia - Tucson
Sts. Peter and Paul - Tucson
St. Pius X - Tucson

California

Holy Spirit Parish - Berkeley

St. Francis of Assisi - Burney

St. Patrick - Carlesbad

Our Lady of the Assumption - Claremont

St. Luke - El Cajon

St. Timothy - Escondido

St. Joseph - Mission San Jose - Fremont

St. Joseph's (Spanish) - Hawthorne

All Saints - Hayward

St. Martha - La Puente

St. John of the Cross - Lemon Grove

St. Matthew's - Long Beach

Blessed Sacrament - Los Angeles
Christ the King - Los Angeles
Mother of Good Counsel - Los Angeles
St. Camillus Center LA USC Medical Center (Spanish) - Los Angeles
St. Paul the Apostle - Los Angeles

Blessed Sacrament - North Hollywood
St. Jane Frances de Chantal - North Hollywood
St. Patrick's - North Hollywood

Our Lady of Lourdes - Oakland

St. Thomas More - Oceanside

Holy Family Cathedral - Orange
Koinoia

Catholic Communikty of Pleasanton - Pleasanton

St. Francis of Assisi - Sacramento

St. Charles - San Carlos

Ascension - San Diego
Christ the King - San Diego
San Rafael - San Diego
St. Jude Shrine - San Diego

Most Holy Redeemer - San Francisco
Old St. Mary's Cathedral - San Francisco
St. Agnes - San Francisco
St. Dominic - San Francisco

Old Mission of San Luis Obispo - San Luis Obispo

Church of San Rafael & Mission of San Rafael Archangel - San Rafael

GALA - Santa Clara

Holy Cross - Santa Cruz

St. Monica - Santa Monica

Santa Sophia - Spring Valley

St. John Vianney - Walnut Creek

St. Ambrose - West Hollywood
St. Victor's - West Hollywood

St. Mary of the Assumption - Whittier

Colorado

Spirit of Christ - Arvada

Our Lady of Guadalupe - Colorado Springs
Sacred Heart - Colorado Springs

St. Dominic's - Denver

Blessed John XXIII - Fort Collins

St. Francis Cabrini Shrine - Genessee

Pax Cristi - Highlands Ranch

St. Frances Cabrini - Littleton

Connecticut

St. Patrick-St. Anthony - Hartford

District of Columbia

Holy Trinity
St. Aloysius
St. Matthew Cathedral

Florida

St. Anthony - Ft. Lauderdale
St. Maurice - Ft. Lauderdale

St. John the Evangelist - Naples

Holy Cross - St. Petersburg

St. Matthew - Winter Haven

Georgia

Shrine of the Immaculate Conception - Atlanta

Illinois

St. Mary of the Celle - Berwyn

Immaculate Conception - Chicago
St. Clement - Chicago
St. Gertrude - Chicago
St. Gregory - Chicago
St. Peter - Chicago
St. Sylvester - Chicago
St. Teresa of Avila - Chicago
St. Thomas the Apostle - Chicago

Notre Dame Parish - Clarendon Hills

St. Emeric - Country Club Hills

St. Nicholas - Evanston

St. Martha - Morton Grove

Ascension - Oak Park
St. Catherine of Sienna-St. Lucy - Oak Park

St. Marcelline - Schaumburg

Indiana

St. Mary - Evansville

St. Thomas Aquinas - Indianapolis

Iowa

St. Thomas More, Iowa City

Kentucky

Cathedral of the Assumption - Louisville
Epiphany - Louisville
St. William's - Louisville

Maine

Sacred Heart/St. Dominic - Portland

Most Holy Trinity - Saco

Maryland

Corpus Christi - Baltimore
St. Francis of Assisi - Baltimore
St. Matthew - Baltimore
Ss. Philip and James - Baltimore
St. Vincent de Paul - Baltimore

St. John the Evangelist - Columbia

St. Rose of Lima - Gaithersburg

St. Ann - Hagerstown

St. Bernadette - Severn

Massachusetts

Paulist Center - Boston
St. Anthony's Shrine - Boston
St. Cecilia - Boston

St. Ignatius - Newton

Our Lady of Sorrows - Sharon

Sacred Heart - Springfield

Holy Cross College - Worcester

Michigan

St. Leo - Detroit

St. Ignatius Loyola - St. Ignace

Minnesota

St. Francis Cabrini - Minneapolis
St. Joan of Arc - Minneapolis
St. Stephen - Minneapolis

Missouri

Guardian Angels - Kansas City
St. Francis Xavier - Kansas City
St. James

St. Cronan - St. Louis
St. Margaret of Scotland - St. Louis
St. Pius V - St. Louis

Montana

Holy Rosary - Billings

Nebraska

Holy Family - Omaha
Sacred Heart - Omaha

Nevada

Christ the King - Las Vegas
Guardian Angel Cathedral - Las Vegas

New Hampshire

Parish of the Transfiguration

St. John Newman - Merrimack

New Jersey

St. Brendan - Clifton

St. Ann - Lawrenceville

St. Francis of Assisi - Long Beach Island

St. Anselm - Wayside

St. Anselm - Trenton Falls

New Mexico

Holy Family - Albuquerque
Shrine of St. Bernadette - Albuquerque

Sacred Heart of Jesus - Espanola

New York

St. Augustine - Baldwinsville

St. Barnabas the Apostle- Bellmore

St. Andrew the Apostle - Brooklyn
St. Athanasius - Brooklyn
St. Boniface - Brooklyn

Ss. Cyril and Methodius - Deer Park

St. Mary - East Islip

St. Mary's - Elmira

Church of the Assumption - Fairport

Good Shepherd - Henrietta

Sacred Heart - Long Island

Holy Name of Jesus - Manhattan
St. Paul the Apostle - Manhattan
St. Francis Xavier - Manhattan

St. Elizabeth - Melville

Sacred Heart - Merrick

Blessed Sacrament - Rochester
St. John the Evangelist (Humbolt St.) - Rochester
St. Mary - Rochester
St. Monica - Rochester

St. Andrew the Apostle - Syracuse
St. Lucy - Syracuse

St. Francis DeSales - Utica

St. Francis de Chantal - Wantaugh

St. Bridget's - Westbury

North Carolina

St. Peter - Charlotte

Immaculate Conception - Durham

St. Patrick - Fayetteville

St. Francis of Assisi - Raleigh

Ohio

St. Bernard - Akron

St. George - St. Monica - Cincinnati

Ascension of Our Lord - Cleveland
St. Malachi - Cleveland
St. Martha

St. Thomas More Newman Center - Columbus

St. John Vianney - Mentor

Churcu of the Gesu - University Heights

St. Ladislas - Westlake

St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception - Wooster

Oregon

Shepherd of the Valley - Central Point

Journey and Koinonia Catholic Community - Portland
St. Andrew's - Portland
St. Philip Neri - Portland
St. Vincent de Paul - Portland

Pennsylvania

Old St. Joseph's - Philadelphia
Old St. Mary's - Philadelphia
St. John the Evangelist - Philadelphia
St. Vincent de Paul - Philadelphia

St. Joseph - York

Rhode Island

St Francis Chapel - Providence

St. Bernard - Wickford

Tennessee

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception - Memphis

Texas

Good Shepherd - Colleyville

Holy Trinity Church - Dallas

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton - Plano

Virginia

Our Lady Queen of Peace - Arlington

Cathedral of the Sacred Heart - Richmond
Sacred Heart Parish - Richmond

St. Gerard's - Roanoke

St. Nicholas - Virginia Beach

Washington

Sacred Heart - Central Point

St. Benedict - Seattle

St. Leo - Tacoma

West Virginia

St. Agnes - Shepherdstown

Wisconsin

Our Lady Queen of Peace - Madison
St. Benedict Center Sunday Assembly - Madison

Good Shepherd Parish - Menomonee Falls

Good Shepherd - Milwaukee
Prince of Peace - Milwaukee
Trinity-Guadalupe - Milwaukee


Last Updated October 13, 2008