Quest LGBT+ Catholics

Join us on Sunday the 21st of December for our annual carol service with the fabulous Liverpool Rainbow Chorus! After the service, they'll be a cozy meal of soup, mince pies, and mulled wine.

📍 St Brides, Percy Street
📆 21st of Decemebr
🕧 6pm

A conference room discussion focused on the needs of LGBT+ Christian leaders in the UK, featuring a presentation and participants around a table.

A meeting in a modern conference room with several people engaged in discussion, surrounded by papers and snacks on the table.

A POWERFUL new report from OneBodyOneFaith highlights how many #LGBT+ #Christian leaders feel unsupported or harmed. OTN remains committed to communities where people can serve freely and authentically. READ MORE: onebodyonefaith.org.uk/news/unmet-needs-lgbt

Sexual Ethics Reading Group: Burbach on the history of “gender ideology” rhetoric A monthly reading group discussing key questions in sexual ethics. In partnership with LGBT+ Catholics Westminster.

Our next Sexual Ethics Reading Group offers a relaxed space to think together

📅 27 Nov
💻 In-person & Online

Topic: Burbach on the history of Catholic “gender ideology” rhetoric.

Join us in the room to keep the in-person group alive!

🔗 Register here: buff.ly/RkzuIy0

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On this Transgender Day of Remembrance we remember our trans and non-binary siblings we’ve lost this year through murder and suicide. May they know God’s peace. #TDOR

Sexual Ethics Reading Group: Burbach on the history of “gender ideology” rhetoric A monthly reading group discussing key questions in sexual ethics. In partnership with LGBT+ Catholics Westminster.

📖 This month our Sexual Ethics Reading Group meets on 27 Nov to discuss Nicky’s work on the history of “gender ideology” rhetoric in Catholic life.

Hybrid event, and we’d love to see you in person if possible!

🔗 Sign up: buff.ly/RkzuIy0

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A priest’s reflection on confession and LGBTQ Catholics - Outreach For one priest, the perseverance and courage of LGBTQ people who come to confession is a model for the whole church.

A priest’s reflection on confession and LGBTQ Catholics

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Tomorrow, we will remember those who have been killed as a result of transphobia at our Communion Service for Transgender Day of Remembrance, led by the interim Bishop of Liverpool, Rt Revd Ruth Worsley.

📆 16th of November

🕧6:00pm

📍St Brides

🔗 stbridesliverpool.org.uk/our-events/t...

Catholic bishop comes out swinging in support of LGBTQ+ community in new interview An Italian Catholic bishop, Francesco Savino, has come out strongly in support of the LGBTQ+ community in a new interview

Catholic bishop says that it is 'wrong' to deny LGBTQ+ people the right to love and sexual intimacy
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/07/catholic-bishop-says-that-it-is-wrong-to-deny-lgbtq-people-the-right-to-love/?utm_content=1762716000&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

A pair of hands clasped together with rainbow light streaming down, featuring Psalm 46:1 text about divine refuge and strength.

RETREAT! We are off to St Beuno's Jesuit Spirituality Centre in north Wales to cofaciliate a retreat for #LGBT+ #Christians along with friends from Quest for LGBT+ Catholics in the UK. The Jesuits in Britain began this ministry in 1991. #Grateful for their hospitality.

Italian synodal assembly embraces openness to LGBTQ people - Outreach Synodal representatives in Italy voted overwhelmingly to accept documents calling for greater openness to LGBTQ people. Italian bishops will weigh in next.

Hopeful news from Italy! outreach.faith/2025/11/ital...

Q&A with Fr. Andrea Conocchia, priest for Rome's transgender community "I really don't understand why the focus has to be only on identity, affection, orientation and sexuality, instead of recognizing the person as a whole," he said.

"I really don't understand why the focus has to be only on identity, affection, orientation and sexuality, instead of recognizing the person as a whole," he said.

A German bishop chastised an international quartet of bishops who held a prayer service of 'atonement' in Philadelphia for the LGBTQ+ Jubilee Pilgrimage. Bishop Ludger Schepers said that 'atoning' for the mere presence of Queer Catholics "betrays the Gospel."

Newcastle Cathedral and OneBodyOneFaith present an afternoon with author pastor and theologian Rev Brandan Robertson. Saturday 15th November at 3pm.
www.onebodyonefaith.org.uk/news/queer-c...

IT'S #HateCrimeAwarenessWeek
Trans people are more likely to experience threats of physical or sexual harassment or violence compared with LGB people, yet most do not report #HateCrime they experience. StopHateUK wants to change that - READ MORE: stophateuk.org/about-hate-crime/transgender-hate

The next monthly Mass welcoming LGBT+ Catholics in the Diocese of Clifton is this Sunday 19th October, 3pm, at the church of St Nicholas of Tolentino, Easton, Bristol.
All Are Welcome!

Catholics in England lead the way on LGBTQ+ inclusion, research finds - The Tablet Inclusive theology that affirms the dignity of all, as well as robust and organised grassroots pastoral care, helped to boost its ranking within a

Martin Pendergast, co-researcher for the Catholic Church in England and Wales, said: “This shows the impact that the officially recognised, seven diocesan LGBT+ Catholic diocesan ministries have had in England and Wales. www.thetablet.co.uk/news/catholi...

Safeguarding LGBT+ people in the Church flyer

SAFEGUARDING LGBT+ People in the Church: 2 day conference in Oxford AND ONLINE 6th-7th October with talks, forums and workshops focusing on protecting and supporting LGBT+ people in church communities: bit.ly/SafeguardingLGBT1025

On the blog: In a two-part comprehensive critique, theologian Gael Pardoen, PhD examines Pope Leo’s conception of unity as it pertains to LGBTQ+ Catholics.

The LGBTQ+ Group from the Coventry Deanery warmly invite everyone to the second of the Masses offering a special welcome to the LGBTQ+ Community, their family and friends.

Sunday 19th October 2025 at 12:45pm, Church of St Joseph the Worker, close to the University of Warwick.

Everyone welcome!

New Ways Ministry Executive Director Francis DeBernardo reports from Rome on the LGBTQ+ Jubilee events of Sept. 5-7. After a lifetime of LGBTQ+ ministry, DeBernardo reflects on the progress made between 2000's World Pride and the events of the past weekend 25 years later.

Bishop Francesco Savino: Pope Leo urged me to celebrate Mass with LGBTQ Catholics - Outreach At a special Mass for LGBTQ Catholic pilgrims, Bishop Savino preached that a Jubilee Year serves as a reminder "to restore dignity to all."

New: Bishop Francesco Savino: "Pope Leo urged me to celebrate Mass with LGBTQ Catholics." Outreach is honored to publish this historic homily, from the recent Mass at the Church of the Gesu in Rome. outreach.faith/2025/09/bish...

Sexual Ethics Reading Group is starting next Thursday!

You'll be reading a preview of Gael Pardoen's paper on 'Holy Irreverence'.

🤫 Gael has kindly agreed to take part in the session via Zoom!

In partnership with LGBT+ Catholics Westminster.

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Quest Pilgrims in Rome | Quest members joined over 1200 other LGBTQ Catholics, their families and friend in Rome over the 5th and 6th September for a very special pilgrimage as part of the year of Jubilee - Pilgrims of Hope. ...

Quest members were with the LGBTQ Jubilee pilgrims in Rome last weekend.

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🏳️‍🌈LGBTQ+ Retreat: Refuge and Strength🏳️‍⚧️

In November, Folks from The Open Table Network and Quest are leading a retreat weekend at St Beuno's, offering folk an opotunity to 'explore their true selves in their relationship with God'.

🔗 www.beunos.com/retreat/lgbt...

In case you missed it this is coverage from ITV News of the global participation of LGBT Catholics in the Jubilee as Pilgrims of Hope. Keep an eye out for the final shot of a Quest T-shirt (unfortunately with our old web address! Find our new one via Linktree in our bio)
www.itv.com/watch/news/h...

A wonderful picture of the Chiesa Del Gesù filled on Friday evening by LGBTQ Catholics from around the world including members of Quest and LGBT Catholics Westminster.

Quest amongst the 1000+ LGBTQ Catholics their families and friends going through the Holy Door at St Peter’s for this special Jubilee Pilgrimage of Hope.

Over a thousand pilgrims, LGBTQ people, their families and friends, from all over the world, packed into the beautiful Jesuit Church, Chiesa del Gesù, last night for a joyous and moving prayer vigil.
It was organised by La Tenda di Gionata in partnership with GNRC.

Quest is part of a worldwide family of LGBT Catholic groups meeting this weekend in Madrid at the 5th Assembly of the Global Network of Rainbow Catholics.

“Cualquier creyente debería defender los derechos del colectivo”: cristianos LGTBI+ de todo el mundo alzan la voz en Madrid España acoge la Asamblea Mundial de la Red Global de Católicos ArcoIris, que abrirá sus puertas a los fieles LGTBI+ de todo el cristianismo; está previsto que el cardenal Cobo se dirija al colectivo, ...

Quest is part of a worldwide family of LGBT Catholic groups meeting this weekend in Madrid. The Spanish newspaper El Diario reports on the 5th Assembly of the Global Network of Rainbow Catholics.

www.eldiario.es/sociedad/cre...