Eden Invitation - strives to create a space for Catholic LGBT young adults to be received as a whole person, grow systems of mutual support, and empower creative discipleship.
Eden Invitation | Welcome
Is there a place in the Church for people with LGBTQ+ feelings & experiences?Listen to a heartfelt conversation with Shannon Ochoa about faith & flourishing for LGBTQ+ Catholics. Listen Here |
Courage Homepage – contains a variety of links for those who experience same-sex attraction, relatives and friends affected by same-sex attraction, and those involved SSA ministry. http://couragerc.org/
Online Support Groups https://couragerc.org/chat-groups-overview/
There are two main chat groups one can join: Courage Online or EnCourage Online
Each of the two main chat groups has public and private channels. Once someone has already been approved and added to their main chat group, they may request participation in those private channels which they may also be eligible to join, within the chat group itself. Moderators will be on hand within each chat group, to screen and approve these additional requests.
These are some of the public and private channels currently within each main chat groups:
Public channels:
• Courage Online
• Courage Live-chat
• Community Encouragement
• Blessings & Successes
• Courage Men 30 – 40
• Prayer Intentions
• And more…
Private channels:
• Ladies of Courage
• Courage Young Adults
Public channels:
• EnCourage Online
• Share Your Story
• Community Encouragement
• Prayer Intentions
• Technical Questions
• And more…
Private channels:
• EnCourage Spouses
• Parents of those who experience gender identity discordance
Local Support Groups
Courage – Support group for individuals experiencing same-sex attraction
Meets monthly currently via Zoom
Contacts: Fr. Thom Hennen (Diocese of Davenport)
office: (Fr. Thom) 563-324-3257
email: (Fr. Thom) [email protected];
EnCourage – Support group for families with members experiencing same-sex attraction
Marianne Agnoli - Diocese of Davenport Chancery Office 563-888-4242
[email protected]
Designated Diocese of Davenport Courage/Encourage Chaplains
Fr. Thom Hennen - Diocese of Davenport Chancery Office, Davenport 563-888-4363
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport 563-324-3257
[email protected]
Deacon Andrew Reif - St. Mary, Church, Dodgeville - [email protected]
319-572-1486
Fr. Joseph Sia (Spanish and English) - St. Patrick Church, Iowa City - [email protected] 319-337-2856
Publications
Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons (CDF, 1986)
"Always Our Children: A Pastoral Message to Parents of Homosexual Children & Suggestions for Pastoral Ministers" (USCCB, 1997)
"Ministry to Persons with a Homosexual Inclination"(USCCB, 2006) [ PDF version]
DVD’s available for check out from the Diocese of Davenport Media Library
Desire of the Everlasting Hills – 2014 – English with Spanish subtitles – 63 minutes
The DVD includes three intimate and candid portraits of Catholics who try to navigate the waters of self-understanding, faith, and homosexuality. https://everlastinghills.orgLif
The Third Way: Homosexuality and the Catholic Church- 2014 - English with Spanish subtitles – 38 minutes – Blackstone Films http://www.blackstonefilms.org/thethirdway/
Invited to Courageous Love: The Catholic Church and Homosexuality – Courage International – 2015 – Includes five DVD’s and Study Guide