34th Anniversary
"We Are God's People"
Dinner/Dance
Saturday, May 17th,
at
Park Place in
Dearborn
Cocktails begin at 6:30 with dinner
being served at 7pm.
Anniversary Liturgy
Sunday,
May 18th, 6pm, at Marygrove College
Guest Speaker Sr. Jeannine Gramick, founder of New Ways
Ministry
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Sister
Jeanine Gramick is a Catholic nun who has been silenced by the Vatican for
her work over many years with Lesbian and Gay Catholics. Sister Gramick
joined the School Sisters of Notre Dame at the age of 18. She has lived 40
years of religious life, but in her later years has fallen afoul of
conservative Vatican officials who have attempted to stop her ministry.
Together with Fr Robert Nugent she was the founding director of New Ways
Ministry. In 1998 the Vatican ordered they cease this ministry to the gay
community, and on direction from Rome in 2000 she was silenced by her order.
Sister Gramick has declined - as she puts it - "to co-operate in my own
oppression."
She still speaks publicly about the place of gays and
lesbians in the church. Janine Gramick declined to stay quiet, joined
another order, and has just released a documentary about her work, called
"In Good Conscience".
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National Catholic Reporter articles on Sr
Gramick
http://www.natcath.com/NCR_Online/documents/gramdesc.htm" |
In Good Conscience"- a documentary on Sr
Jeannine
http://www.outofthebluefilms.com/igc_syn.html |
Details on the Vatican case against Sr
Jeannine
http://astro.temple.edu/~arcc/newways1.htm |
New Ways Ministry
Lesbian and Gay Catholic ministry Founded by Sr Jeannine
http://www.newwaysministry.org/ |
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Park Place
Banquet Facility and
Catering
23400 Park Street
Dearborn, Michigan 48124
Telephone: (313) 274-4499 |
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