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.
Click here for a video recording of CLGS Lavender Lunch! What does it mean to be Transgender and Catholic in a Church still learning to grasp the full dignity of trans persons? Sponsored by the CLGS Catholic Roundtable, this Lavender Lunch panel brought together Trans Catholic leaders whose lives, faith, and courage are at the […]
Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS Lavender Lunch! This CLGS Lavender Lunch featured a distinguished panel of leaders from various LGBTQ+ ministry organizations, including Outreach, New Ways Ministry, Dignity USA, and the Marianist Social Justice Collaborative LGBT Initiative. Panelists offered reflections on their respective ministries, highlighting the unique challenges they have […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]