I DON’T WANT ANOTHER DRINK OR FIGHT, I WANT A TREMENDOUS LOVER: One of the things I do when I’m not here is Always Our Children, St. Matthew’s Cathedral’s ministry for lgbt Catholics and our friends and families. We’re doing confidential support groups every month (the second Sunday, 3:30 in the West Conference Room) and trying to line up discussion groups. If you know anyone in the area who a) is really struggling with gay-Catholic stuff in their own life or their family’s, or b) would be interested in a group like this for other reasons, why not let them know?

(FWIW my opinion of Catholic teaching on this stuff is a minority opinion in this group, but we do work hard to make sure that controversy around orthodoxy doesn’t distract from the point of our ministry. I would recommend this group to anyone, although I’d also suggest that you email me if you have questions or concerns.)

If you’re in the DC area and this is “relevant to your interests,” as they say, why not email Adam Kline at adamzenyverizonnet except with an at sign and a dot in the obvious places, and ask to be added to our newsletter list? We’ll have the next newsletter out very soon, since it’s almost done.

The group is named after the US Catholic bishops’ surprisingly non-awful letter. It has some ecclesiastical bafflegab (especially in the brief, waffly discussion of chastity), and is clearly directed more to gay Catholics’ families than toward actual queer Catholics, but I’d still recommend it. Oh hey, I did recommend it, in the sidebar! It’s always good when bishops fail less.