2006 Newsletters

The Fortunate Families newsletter is published 8 to 10 times yearly. It includes up-to-date news concerning lesbian and gay Catholics and their parents, thought-provoking articles, stories from parents and others, and a calendar of events.

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December 2006

• Letters to bishops offering dialogue
• Stay the Course? – Commonweal editorial
• Parents Voice Project Survey News – data summary
• Epiphany on Brokeback Mountain – time for an Epiphany?
• Emmaus Retreat presentation – a father’s reflection
• Open letter to Bishop Morlino – from people in his Madison (WI) Diocese
• Milwaukee Priests Alliance statement – concerning ballot initiatives
• Vatican Considers the “Lesser of Two Evils” – from Michael Bayly’s Blog
• Tolerance at schools may help stem the ‘brain drain’ – impact of gay teachers as role models

November 2006

• Dear Bishop…Letters…edited
• Message to Fortunate Families readers
• Feedback–excerpts
• NACDLGM statement

October 2006

• Parents: Questions for your Bishop
• Press release from the USCCB: ‘Guidelines for Ministry to Persons with Homosexual Inclination on Catholic Bishops’
• Letter to a bishop
• A special note to parents
• Parents Voice Project Note # 1

September 2006

• Parents Voice Project Survey Update
• Kidnapped in Iraq: The Closet or Death
• Extending family
• New Ways Ministry Symposium

August 2006

• Parents Voice Project Survey News
• NACDLGM Conference – 2006
• Emmaus: 2006
• Out and Proud
• A Reality Check
• Editorial Note to press: Being Christian is not anti-gay
• Pity the Bigots

July 2006

• Group challenges ban on gay men as priests
• To Welcome a Child: Gay Couples and Adoption
• Open letter to Cardinal O’Malley and MA Bishops
• Detroit project puts a face on gay Catholics
• Seeing with Heart—Toronto 2006

June 2006

• Parents Voice Project
• Always Our Children: Hope amongst the mixed messages
• Gay Clergy: Brothers, Display Those Candles!
• The Good Shepherd of Brokeback Mountain
• Catholics can “firmly agitate” within the church

April 2006

• Gay adoption – reader feedback excerpts
• Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute report
• Women 1, Boys 0
• In the Dark about Gays
• NACDLGM Conference

March 2006

• Gay adoption – your thoughts? / Background
• MA bishops on adoption
• Vatican CDF on gay adoption
• Curran on public policy and gay, lesbian unions
• Info in support of gay adoption
• Adopting ‘gravely immoral’ ideologies
• It’s about public policy
• Quebec priests open letter
• NACDLGM Conference

February 2006

• Why this gay Roman Catholic stays in church
• Comments on Papal encyclical on love
• Pope comes out in favor of gay marriage — almost
• Celibate gay priest resigns as chaplain
• Fish pin ministry
• Mama
• Acceptance of gay son
• We’re 501(c)(3)!