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December 2005

  • The “Instruction”

  • Your Comments on the “Instruction”

  • Musings

  • Is there any good news?

  • Prayer service

  • Parents and allies reflecting God’s love

  • My twin lesbian daughters

November 2005

  • How do you feel about gay priests?

  • Bishop Thomas Gumbleton homily excerpt

  • Along the Way: Rumors can be misleading

  • Publications

  • Proud to be celibate, gay priest

  • Len Szumiloski Memorial Resource Fund

  • Wheaton Franciscans grant

  • Update 2 -- Minnesota Catholic Parents’ Declaration

  • Welcome: 2005 NACDLGM Conference

October 2005

  • Feedback on legalizing same-sex marriage

  • NACDLGM press release on gay seminarians

  • 2005 NACDLGM Conference

  • Publications

  • Catholic parents set hierarchy straight on gay children

  • Update on Minnesota Catholic Parents’ Declaration

  • In Memoriam - Len Szumiloski

  • Sapphic swans: Now that’s intelligent design!

August 2005

  • Should same-sex marriage be legal?

  • Minnesota Catholic Parents Declaration

  • Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops on the approval of Bill C-38 (same-sex marriage)

  • Changing public policy about marriage benefits

  • Discrimination is immoral. Enough said.

  • Ann Frank and Me

July 2005

  • Fortunate Families web site makeover

  • “Church is home to all people of God” by Bp. Terry Steib

  • “How dangerous is Benedict?”

  • Responses to Spain’s legalization of same-sex marriage

  • A pitcher and his two moms

May 2005

  • Fears, Hopes, Strategies

  • A Story of Trust

  • Words compared to actions

  • New Ways Ministry Bridge Building Award

  • New Ways Ministry Conference Day

  • Northwest Catholic Women’s Convocation

March 2005

  • Answer the question!

  • Should homosexuals remain in the Catholic Church?

  • New Ways Ministry Conference Day and Bridge Building Award

  • Time for parents to come out, too

  • Catholic Church can overcome fear of GLBT people

  • The light has been passed

  • Resources - written

  • Comings and goings

January 2005

  • “Where can I go for support?”

  • Bishop Gene Robinson Concerning Gay Civil Rights in New England

  • Fortunate Families Can Change the World!

  • New Ways Ministry Conference Day and Bridge Building award

  • Resource groups

  • Resources - written

December 2004

  • “Moral Values”

  • Day of Reflection for Parents of Gay Sons and Lesbian Daughters

  • Fortunate Families – the organization

  • Catholic parents as “secret weapons”

  • Advent Reflection

  • New Ways Ministry Conference Day and Bridge Building award

  • Letter to the Editor – Syracuse

  • Letter to the Editor – Detroit

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