Tag: 2007
Navigating uncharted waters: the gift of faith and growing up LGBT
Sixth National Symposium on Catholicism and Homosexuality (Minneapolis, USA, March 2007) Listen to on SoundCloud Please note that in this transcription, ‘…’ indicates a pause, not a cut or an edit The first point which I’d like to make, in a sense, is a big sigh of relief. And the sigh of relief is as…
On helping the Faithful negotiate confusion
A very slightly edited version of James Alison’s contribution to a debate about the Westminster Mass, a pastoral care initiative for LGBT Catholics. The Tablet, 3 March 2007. In February 2006 Pope Benedict addressed the Congregation of the Doctrine of Faith [1]. Setting out the vision which should inspire their work and the permissions necessary to do that work,…
Taking the Plunge: Immersed in Theology
The article was published by The Christian Century and is available for a small fee. One of the privileges of studying theology within the clerical formation programs of the Catholic Church is that you get to study philosophy first. For at least three years. This can seem interesting and exciting when you’re immersed in it—it certainly…
“Like children sitting in the market place”: a teaching on Wisdom, vanity and desire
Third William H. Shannon Lecture delivered under the title “Don’t run away from desire: holiness starting where you are”. Nazareth College, Rochester, NY, 8 February 2007 Imagine yourselves, please, in a dusty market square in the Middle East. Children are playing. They are involved in a traditional game of “Weddings and Funerals”. In this game the boys…