Gay and Lesbian Ministry
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
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