LGBT CATHOLICS

BOSTON COLLEGE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY WEBINAR WITH YUNUEN TRUJILLO– LGBTQ Catholics: Inclusive Ministry 101

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What will you find here?

This webpage was created during the Year of Mercy (2015–2016) with two main purposes in mind. The first was to gather, in one place, a variety of resources for LGBTQ+ Catholics and for parents of LGBTQ+ Catholics who wish to start a parish ministry. The second was to build bridges with Catholics of good will, recognizing the great need for resources that help us understand how to minister to and with LGBTQ+ Catholics.

Our main goal is to help all Catholics understand how each of us—as youth ministers, Eucharistic ministers, choir directors, prayer group leaders, parents, priests, nuns, or LGBTQ+ Catholics—can engage in respectful dialogue with others; discern how we can all respond to Pope Francis’s call for pastoral care for LGBTQ+ Catholics and their families; and discover ways to engage with the LGBTQ+ Catholics who are already sitting in our pews every Sunday—those who serve in our ministries, those we minister to, and those who minister to us.

The efforts to offer resources for ministry culminated in the publication of LGBTQ Catholics: A Guide to Inclusive Ministry, published by Paulist Press in 2022, and its Spanish version, Católicos LGBTQ: Una Guía para Pastoral Inclusiva, in 2025. This groundbreaking book can be purchased on PaulistPress.com and Amazon.

To get an introduction to LGBTQ ministry, watch the video above: Boston College School of Theology Webinar with Yunuen Trujillo.

LET US PRAY…

Dear God,
Help us place all our thoughts and doubts, our biases and viewpoints, into your hands, so that we may take what we learn today and place it in our hearts. Please help us discern the best way to minister with and to LGBTQ+ Catholics.

AMEN