"God ...calls the church to minister to every man, woman and child with the pastoral solicitude of our compassionate Lord." (Vatican CDF Letter, 1986)

As a parish committed to an attitude of welcome and firmly opposed to discrimination in all its forms, we declare our support for gay and lesbian Catholics, their families and friends. We welcome sexual minorities, their families and friends into our community. We wish to ease the pain of alienation and rejection and to promote reconciliation between church and gay and lesbian people. We intend to educate ourselves, the church community, to the existence of unexamined prejudice and to the consequences of injustice. We will work to end discrimination toward gay and lesbian people within and outside of the church community.

Reclaim A program that will provide a welcoming and accepting place for you to share your journey as a gay and lesbian Catholic.

Beginnings is a program for parents of gay and lesbian people. Beginnings offers outreach, pastoral care and opportunities for networking in a supportive and accepting atmosphere. For further information contact Ann McDonald at 410-969-2785.

Teen Haven is a program for gay and lesbian high school age youth. Individual pastoral support and structured mentoring opportunities are available to encourage gay and lesbian teens age 14-18 to grow in their faith and share their gifts. For more information contact our Pastoral Life Director, Ann McDonald.

Always Our Children - A Pastoral Message to Parents of Homosexual Children and Suggestions for Pastoral Ministers
A Statement of the Bishops' Committee on Marriage and Family
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' - September 10, 1997

"Mom, Dad, I'm Gay"
By Kathy Saunders, US Catholic, August 2004

Church leaves no one behind
By Paul Wilson, Staff Writer, The Capital, Annapolis, Md., November 30, 2003

Congregations Reach Out to Welcome Gays to the Fold
By Mary Otto, Washington Post Staff Writer, Sunday, February 2, 2003

• NACDLGM's Guidelines for Implementing Always Our Children in parishes. - June 2003 (In Word Format)

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