My ministry is . . .
"This has been a ministry of acknowledging reality, educating parents about what the Church actually teaches about LGBT people, and including the important use of Conscience."...
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Aug
John Montague earned his Master of Divinity from Regis College, University of Toronto. He is an active member of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish. He has a Master of Social Work, and, until his retirement, provided counselling to individuals, couples, and families. For seventeen years he organized a Day of Reflection for Catholic parents of lesbian daughters, gay sons, and transgendered children.
37 posts
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Jul
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May
DIES IRAE, DIES ILLA. (DAY OF WRATH AND DOOM IMPENDING)
"In the beginning I was nervous being close to a dead person. The most dramatic part of the funeral mass for me was the singing of the “Dies Irae.” I had no idea what it meant, but the tone of dread was palpable."...
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Apr
No Time to Say Goodbye
"But I also remembered the words a priest friend said years ago: “When someone we love dies, sometimes the symbols of faith are the only thing that seems meaningful.”"...
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Mar
Sometimes It Makes Me Tremble
" I’m not looking for signs of God’s presence, but that day in unexpected circumstances, I knew that I was a loved."...
14
Jan
Loving the Church
" What I realized over the following days was how much my instinctive love of Holy Mother Church is almost visceral. I have a reflex instinct to defend her"...
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Dec
Contemplating the Nativity Narrative as a Gay Catholic
"The first ten days went well until my spiritual director Father John Govan asked me to pray over the Nativity story in Luke"...
19
Dec
Believing in love, goodness and hope
It makes my heart beat faster to think that there is mystery that we don’t fully understand. Now I think of Santa as a comforting father figure, kindly, friendly, caring: like God."...
07
Dec
The Two Popes
"Pope Benedict is presented as a sympathetic figure who deserves forgiveness. Pope Francis is portrayed for what he is, a man in touch with ordinary people on their pilgrim journey." ...
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Jul