The Association for the Rights of Catholics in the Church (ARCC)
MISSION STATEMENT
To bring about substantive structural change in the Catholic Church, ARCC seeks to institutionalize a collegial understanding of Church in which decision-making is shared and accountability is realized among Catholics of every kind and condition. It affirms that there are fundamental rights which are rooted in the humanity and baptism of all Catholics. To this end ARCC developed and works to implement a Charter of the Rights of Catholics in the Church and a Proposed Catholic Constitution.
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Call to Action (CTA) is a Catholic movement working for equality and justice in the Church and society. An independent national organization of over 25,000 people and 40 local organizations, CTA believes that the Spirit of God is at work in the whole church, not just in its appointed leaders. The entire Catholic Church has the obligation of responding to the needs of the world and taking initiative in programs of peace and justice. CTA acts as a nexus where the full panoply of Church renewal issues come into focus, intersecting and interacting to produce a vision of the Catholic Church as it can and should be. CTA promotes its vision of a progressive, engaged Catholicism through its acclaimed annual conferences, award-winning publications, extensive network of regional groups and joint programs with other Catholic renewal organizations. |
 
Don’t lock yourself or your faith in a closet. About UsCCLonline.org is an online support and spiritual community for women who seek to integrate their lesbian and Catholic identity in their lives. We also offer information and resources of particular interest to Catholic lesbians. |
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COR - Catholic Organizations for Renewal -- is a coalition of Catholic groups, inspired by Vatican II, to further the reform and renewal of the Catholic Church, and to bring about a world of justice and peace, reflecting the sacredness of all creation.
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Who We Are CFFC shapes and advances sexual and reproductive ethics that are based on justice, reflect a commitment to women's well being and respect and affirm the moral capacity of women and men to make sound decisions about their lives. Through discourse, education and advocacy, CFFC works in the US and internationally to infuse these values into public policy, community life and Catholic social thinking and teaching. What We Do Seminars, workshops, technical assistance, publishing and collaboration with collegial groups are all components of CFFC's work. At the core of our efforts is an education and communications program that carries out the research, development, production and distribution of publications on reproductive health, ethics, theology and other topics. Much of this work is produced in Spanish and Portuguese as well as English. CFFC educates opinion leaders, policy makers, the press and the public about the theological, ethical and political initiatives of the Roman Catholic church—as well as prochoice perspectives—along with their implications for the broader community, public policy and the lives of women. |
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Catholics Speak Out (CSO), a program of the Quixote Center, encourages reform in the Roman Catholic Church and adult responsibility for faith. In particular, the project works towards equality and justice within the Church and dialogue between the laity and hierarchy on issues of sexuality, sexual orientation and reproduction.
Since 1987, when the project was founded, CSO has sponsored several full-page signature ads in major publications such as The New York Times and The National Catholic Reporter; commissioned a Gallup poll; defended theologians such as William Callahan and Matthew Fox under attack by the Vatican; and has published a book, Rome Has Spoken, a compendium of papal and conciliar statements that reveal changes in church teaching over the centuries. |
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 Dignity Chapters
DignityUSA envisions and works for a time when Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Catholics are affirmed and experience dignity through the integration of their spirituality with their sexuality, and as beloved persons of God participate fully in all aspects of life within the Church and Society. |
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Fortunate Families
Catholic Families with Lesbian Daughters and Gay Sons Catholic parents who love and affirm their lesbian daughters and gay sons are Fortunate Families. This website will help Catholic parents of gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender children find support and resources and a place to share their story with other Fortunate Families. Grounded in Catholic tradition, Fortunate Families ministers primarily with Catholic parents of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender daughters and sons—but welcomes families of all faiths. |
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A theological library of articles and resources that address gay and lesbian issues in the context of the Catholic Church. |
 GAY CATHOLIC FORUM
A Gifted People Sharing Their Faith
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Gay Catholic FORUM exists to encourage and support gay and lesbian Catholics to become all we were created to be. We know that we are loved by God. We believe that sexuality is a fundamental element of every human being and that our homosexuality is a special gift God has given us. We thank God for this wonderful gift! As baptized members of the Church, the People of God, we recognize our responsibility to use our gifts in the service of God. We strive to be faithful followers of Jesus, our Redeemer. We believe that the Holy Spirit will guide us in living our vocation. We are sorry that some in the Church do not understand or appreciate our gift. While we are saddened and hurt by the mis-information these people promote, we pray with hope for a time when the Church is more attuned to the working of the Holy Spirit. We trust in the Lord. We will not allow anyone to come between us and the love of God. For us, now, it is clear that God loves diversity! Gay Catholic FORUM intends to celebrate that diversity within our own gay/lesbian community. We thank God for each other. We journey together in Faith. |
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The international movement We are Church, founded in Rome in 1996, is committed to the renewal of the Roman Catholic Church on the basis of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) and the theological spirit developed from it. We are Church evolved from the Church Referendum in Austria in 1995 that was started after the paedophilia scandal around Vienna's Cardinal Groer. We are Church is represented in more than twenty countries on all continents and is networking world-wide with similar-minded reform groups. As international studies of renowned religion sociologists confirm, We are Church as a reform movement within the Church represents the "voice of the people in the pews" and has demonstrated this in several Shadow Synods in Rome. |
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Resources and support for women religious (Catholic Sisters and Nuns)who are lesbian or discovering their sexual orientation as lesbian. |
 
A Network Encouraging Pastoral Care
With Lesbian And Gay Catholics
And Their Families
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| Increasing numbers of lesbian and gay people are taking another look at the Catholic Church. Many are beginning to reclaim their membership in the Body of Christ and the Church. Many are discovering in the Church a new spirit of openness. “Baptism makes us members of the Body of Christ. ‘Therefore... we are members of one another.’ (Ephesians 4:25) Baptism incorporates us into the Church. From the baptismal fonts is born the one People of God of the New Covenant, which transcends all the natural or human limits of nations, cultures, races, and sexes: ‘For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body.’ (I Corinthians 12:13)” (Catechism of the Catholic Church #1267) Inspired by the Gospel of Jesus Christ and grounded in the Catholic moral and social justice tradition, the National Association of Catholic Diocesan Lesbian and Gay Ministries, as a resource and network, encourages pastoral care with lesbian and gay persons and their families. |
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" ...we pledge our willingness to help you ...to try to find NEW WAYS to communicate the truth of Christ because we believe it will make you free." --Bishop Francis J. Mugavero
Bishop of Brooklyn
"Sexuality: God's Gift"
February 11, 1976
New Ways Ministry provides a gay-positive ministry of advocacy and justice for lesbian and gay Catholics and reconciliation within the larger Christian and civil communities. |
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 The Rainbow Sash Movement is an organization of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender Catholics, with their families and friends, who are publicly calling the Catholic Church to conversion of heart around issues of human sexuality.
Members of the movement are committed to bringing the gifts, the witness and the challenge of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people into the heart of the church. Through our public, prayerful, visible presence at the Eucharist and in the ongoing life of God's People, through our work for justice, through speaking the truth of our lives and our loving, we call the whole church to build with us a future of liberation, reconciliation and joy for all people.
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We Are Church/USA
An Introduction We Are Church/USA is a coalition of Catholic groups in the United States united with our sisters and brothers around the world to call for fundamental reforms in the Roman Catholic Church. We seek to build a church that more closely incorporates the values of the gospel. |
