Dignity/Denver
Dignity/Denver a community of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Catholics, or Families and Friends, was founded in 1974 and is an affiliate of Dignity/USA. Our purpose is to create a supportive and affirming atmosphere for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Catholics to share in the Mystical Body of Christ, the Church, and to become more active participants in the Catholic Church and society.
Dignity/Denver provides its members with religious, social, educational and political activities aimed at spiritual growth. Most importantly, the center and heart of our chapter activities is our celebration of the Eucharistic Liturgy each Sunday.
As a community of faith, we believe that Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Catholics in our diversity are members of Christ’s Mystical Body, numbered among the People of God. We have an inherent dignity because God created us, Christ died for us, and the Holy spirit sanctified us in Baptism, making us temples of the Spirit and channels through which God’s love becomes visible. Because of this, it is our right, our privilege, and our duty to live the sacramental life of the Church, so that we might become more powerful instruments of God’s loving work among all people.
We believe that Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender persons can express their sexuality in a manner that is consonant with Christ’s teaching. We belive that we can express our sexuality physically,, in a unitive manner that is loving, life-giving, and life-affirming. We belive that all sexuality should be expressed in an ethically responsible and unselfish way.
Dignity/Denver is organized to unite Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Catholics, as well as our families, friends and loved ones, in order to develop leadership and be an instrument through which we may be heard by and promote reform in the Church.
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