Founded in 2022, The Catholic Roundtable brings together leaders (lay and ordained), scholars, artists, educators, and activists to engage in strategic thinking with the goal of creating culturally-appropriate programs and coalitions that affirm the dignity and human worth of LGBTQ Catholics and our allies. Rooted in a variety of Catholic traditions, the Catholic Roundtable promotes LGBTQ Catholic leadership; develops educational, spiritual, and liturgical resources for Catholic individuals and communities; and fosters the exchange of best pastoral care practices with Catholic and allied faith communities.

Living Cornerstones: Sacred Stories of LGBTQ+ Employees in Catholic Institutions – A Conversation with the Authors | A CLGS Lavender Lunch

08 June 2025 by Breanna Sinclairé, Ish Ruiz, Shelly Fitzgerald

Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS Lavender Lunch! At this CLGS Lavender Lunch we explored the recently-published book Cornerstones: Sacred Stories of LGBTQ+ Employees in Catholic Institutions. Published by our colleagues at New Ways Ministry, this book offers a new anthology of 12 stories of faith, sacrifice, joy, and pain by LGBTQ+ people who […]

Queer and Catholic: Making Sense of Recent (and Confusing) Catholic Statements on LGBTQ Issues

04 June 2024 by Bernard Schlager, Ish Ruiz, Marianne Duddy-Burke

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Click above video link to view a recording of this webinar! LGBTQ-RAN, DignityUSA, and the CLGS Catholic Roundtable co-sponsored this webinar which features an exploration of recent (and confusing!) statements by Roman Catholic leaders on homosexuality, Transgender persons, and same-sex relationships.  While, on the one hand, Pope Francis has made some positive statements regarding queer […]

A Queer and Catholic Oral History Interview with Stephanie Battaglino. A Project of the CLGS Catholic Roundtable

16 February 2024 by Stephanie Battaglino

Queer and Catholic: An Oral History Interview with Stephanie Battaglino Click here  to view a video recording of Part 1 of this CLGS Queer and Catholic Oral History Interview! Click here to view a video recording of Part 2 of this CLGS Queer and Catholic Oral History Interview! Stephanie Battaglino (she/her) is a trans woman, […]

A Queer and Catholic Oral History Interview with Sister Jeannine Gramick, SL. A Project of the CLGS Catholic Roundtable

01 December 2022 by Sister Jeannine Gramick

Queer and Catholic: An Oral History Interview with Sister Jeannine Gramick, SL Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS Queer and Catholic Oral History Interview! Sister Jeannine Gramick, SL (she/her) is a Sister of Loretto and a pioneer in ministry and outreach to and with LGBTQ+ Catholics. She was born in Philadelphia […]

A Queer and Catholic Oral History Interview with Xorje Olivares. A Project of the CLGS Catholic Roundtable

03 November 2022 by Xorje Olivares

Queer and Catholic: An Oral History Interview with Xorje Olivares Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS Queer and Catholic Oral History Interview! Xorje Olivares (he/him) is a gay Catholic man of Mexican and Tejano descent. He was born to two schoolteachers in Eagle Pass, Texas, where he grew up and where […]

A Queer and Catholic Oral History Interview with Eve Tushnet. A Project of the CLGS Catholic Roundtable

16 October 2022 by Eve Tushnet

Queer and Catholic: An Oral History Interview with Eve Tushnet Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS Queer and Catholic Oral History Interview! Eve Tushnet (she/her)is a lesbian Roman Catholic writer, speaker, blogger, and educator. She was born in Washington, D.C. to a Unitarian mother and secular Jewish father, and has remained […]