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Sunday Liturgy
A regular weekly liturgy takes place each Sunday, at 5 pm, at St. Paul in the Desert Church; click
here
for map.
Council Mtgs
Chapter Council meets monthly, on the 2nd Sunday at 3 pm.
Check cal-
endar
to be sure. None in August.
Announcements
Click to read the
Announcements.
Hans Kung Letter
Renowned Swiss theologian writes an
Open
Letter
to all bishops, to seek a new Ecumenical Council.
Picking Bishops
VOTF petitions to
reform
the process
of picking bishops.
Catholic or R.C.?
Dilemma Rome poses for Catholics analyzed by priest in QV
article.
Accountability
Read the VOTF
demand
that R.C. bishops be more accountable.
KOA Fund
Ten percent of the collection each Sunday goes to the KOA Fund
(former-
ly the AIDS Fund). It helps members in need, regardless of cause.
Anointing
In odd-numbered months, a healing Anointing is held at the Mass on the 1st Sunday.
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WELCOME TO DIGNITY
Dignity/Palm Springs is an independent lay organization that seeks
to reform both the Catholic Church and society in general, mainly on
issues regarding the sexuality of gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, and
transgender (GLBT) persons, and to minister to the spiritual
(and other) needs of GLBT persons. We are an affiliate of
Dignity/USA,
which is a nationwide organization with scores of chapters
(including several
chapters in California,
four of them located in southern California) and thousands of members.
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In 1969, a group of Catholics began meeting to discuss
GLBT issues and to celebrate Mass. We took a statement of the then only
recently completed Second Vatican Council (the quote is in the box
at the right) as our inspiration in the choice of a name for our
organization. In only a very few years, the organization had
developed into the high-profile nationwide advocate for all GLBT
persons that Dignity is today.
During most of the pontificate of Pope John Paul II (1978-2005), Cardinal Joseph
Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) was the chief enforcer of orthodox doctrine. Ironically,
however, he had long ago vigorously defended (see the quote in the box to the right) the
primacy of conscience, even in the face of contrary demands from the pope or other church
authorities.
In late 2008, there was a United Nations resolution pressing for the
de-criminalization of homosexuality worldwide. The Vatican did not support the whole
resolution, but it did explain (see the box at the right) that it does support
de-criminalizing sex between consenting adults.
We urge you to get to know Dignity/Palm Springs better.
We cordially invite you (and bring a friend also, if you can) to attend one of the chapter's
regular Sunday liturgies, at 5 pm. In the wake of a fire in the building where the chap-
ter
had been meeting, Mass starting March 14, is at St. Paul of the Desert Episcopal Church at
125 W. Alameda, in Palm Springs (click
here for a map), and fellowship (i.e. a social)
follows the liturgy.
Meanwhile, please explore this website further to learn more
About Us.
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Anything that is underlined (in the text of any page of this website or in the two rows
that are just below the banner at the top of each page of this website) is a link to more
info, on this website (or elsewhere); so just click on it to go there.
We echo a saintly Philadelphia pastor who posted this welcoming message on his parish
website: "Come into this house and bring all you are. No need to check your failures
at the door. There are no perfect people here. You are invited, so come.
Come in seeking, come in wandering, come in hurting. Come into this house of
companionship and compassion. Come in. You are welcome here."
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