The Welcome Table
Catholic LGBTQ Community.
You Are God's Beloved Child
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The Welcome Table Catholic LGBTQ Community includes LGBTQ people who are active, struggling, and former Catholics, as well as families and allies, committed to bringing our whole selves to God and each other as gifts to share in love.
Catholic teaching on our common human dignity, the unconditional, limitless, and intimate love of Jesus found in the Gospels, and the primacy of the individual conscience as formed in relationship with our Creator, the Word of God, and tradition, are the foundations on which our community stands.
Those interested in cultivating their relationship with the Divine in a safe space will find information about spiritual accompaniment with Vicki Sheridan, MDiv, founder and certified spiritual director, here.
A newsletter with online events and resources is published monthly for those interested in exploring the intersection of Catholic faith and sexual orientation or gender identity. Sign up here.
Featured LGBTQ Events and News
'Why should I listen to Trump … and reject the words of Jesus?' asks actor and comedian John Fugelsang
By John Dear / September 29, 2025
National Catholic Reporter
Article excerpt: "‘I wrote this book as a guide for everybody who was raised Christian in America, for all the Christians who are tired of their religion being hijacked,..This book is a guide for any believer who has to deal with a Christian nationalist. I've learned that we don't have to hate or fight them; we just share the words of God and Jesus with them. Let them argue with God, with the Gospel.’”
Empty Chairs at the Jubilee for African Queer Catholics
By Elisa Belotti, New Ways Ministry, September 22, 2025
Article excerpt: "the Church is failing to provide a place to exist or a refuge where you can seek authenticity and inner serenity. The silence of the Church in those countries is very loud. It communicates that LGBTQ+ people are considered less human and less worthy of dignity, and that therefore they deserve a legal punishment or even the death penalty. The local Churches do not condemn this criminalization.’"
U.S. Bishops’ Conference and Lay Catholics On Opposite Sides of Conversion Therapy Case
By Jeromiah Taylor, September 29, 2025 New Ways Ministry
Article excerpt: "The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has endorsed the right of mental health professionals to provide conversion therapy to LGBTQ+ people in the run-up to a high-profile U.S. Supreme Court case on the practice. Other Christian groups, among them a group of lay Catholics, and a group of Catholic educators, have filed amicus briefs against conversion therapy.”
AMERICA MEDIA LAUNCHES NEW PODCAST:
THE SPIRITUAL LIFE WITH
FR. JAMES MARTIN, S.J.
What is prayer and how can we pray? How do I know if God is responding to my prayers? What does it mean to live a spiritual life? “The Spiritual Life with Fr. James Martin, S.J.,” focuses on how people experience God in their prayer and their daily lives. The show combines practical wisdom with deep reflections from spiritual masters like Joyce Rupp and Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe, and well-known seekers such as Stephen Colbert and Whoopi Goldberg–all tracing the mystery of God’s activity in their own lives. Current episode with Pete Buttigieg.
Documentary
“Wonderfully Made - LGBTQ+R(eligion)"
Description:
Have you ever experienced a queer image of God or queer icon of a holy person? LGBTQ Catholics are constantly surrounded by messaging that we and our relationships can't be holy and we absorb this from birth through our families, parishes, and schools. It permeates Catholic culture both in what we hear and see, and in what we do NOT hear or see.
But there are theologians, ministers, artists, and others who are working hard to put out a very different message: thatALL creation is holy, made purposely and lovingly by God, each creature incarnating a piece of the incomprehensible Mystery that is the Eternal. People like director Yuval David and executive producer Mark McDermott, a married couple (the latter a Catholic) who worked for five years to produce thedocumentary "Wonderfully Made: LGBTQ+R(eligion),"recently shown by the Sisters of St. Joseph in Baden, PA. To the left you will find the trailer for this incredible film, as well as links to the full movie and queer depictions of Jesus that resulted from the project.