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NEWS
FLASHES
Easter Brunch
The Brunch will be 11 am at the Center.
To see the menu, get a Brunch flyer at the Center at any time.
Pope Oks Blessing of Gay Unions
To read more, go to the About Us page of
this website to link to DignityUSA webpage
Pope at Synod
DignityUSA met the Pope at the recent Synod
meeting in the Vatican. He urged it to continue its work.
Same-Sex Unions
In “unexpected and welcome sign,” the
Pope has written of ways that might per-mit blessing of same-sex unions. To
read more (& the Dignity- USA reaction), click on “News” in Banner atop
any page of this website.
Pope to EU Leader-ship on Migrants:
“A prosperous fu-ture (must be based) on
human dignity, the most needy first.”
Taking Communion
Pope declares that access to Eucharist is a pastoral issue. Any
bishop or priest who makes it into political one creates "problem for
the church."
ZOOM Services
Watch for more re Zoom services (and other events) here
& on monthly calendar.
Sunday
Liturgy
Mass is celebrated each Sunday, at Dig-
nity Center &/or also on Zoom; but consult calendars for added info. For
map to Dig-nity Ctr, click on Map in the banner at top of each page of
website for detail on reaching Dignity Center.
Board Meetings
Generally, chapter Board meets at 4 pm on the first Sunday of
each month (&/or by Zoom if so specified). Check calendar of the month to
be sure.
Membership
To join Dignity or to renew a membership, see Dignity/LA sector
in the column at left edge of Contact Us page of
this website.
Records for the IRS
For tax deductibility of contributions, click here to read rules (at pp
17-20); & here for a summary.
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WELCOME
TO
DIGNITY
DIGNITY Los Angeles is an independent lay organization that seeks to
reform Catholicism and society in general as well.
We seek reforms mainly on issues
regarding the sexuality of gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgendered, and
questioning (GLBTQ) persons. We minister to their spiritual (and other)
needs as well.
We are an
affiliate of Dignity/USA,
a nationwide organization with scores of local chapters and with thousands of
members. Several chapters are in California, three in southern California.
Click for a full nation-wide list of chapters.
Dignity/LA has the unique distinction of being
the founding chapter. In 1969, a very small group of Catholics began to
meet to discuss GLBTQ issues and to celebrate Mass. We took a state-ment of
the recently completed Vatican Council II (quote is in the box at the
right) as inspiration in the choice of a name for our organization. In a
few years, the organization had developed into the high-profile nationwide
advocate for all GLBTQ persons that Dignity is today
During most of the
pontificate of Pope John Paul II (1978-2005), Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger
(later Pope Benedict XVI) was the principal enforcer of all orthodox
doctrine. Ironically, however, he had years earlier most vigorously
defended (see quote in the box to the right) the primacy of conscience,
even in the face of contrary demands of a Pope or any other church
authority.
We urge you to get to know Dignity/LA better. We invite you (and bring
a friend, if you can) to attend a regular chapter liturgy any Sunday at
5:30 pm (click for an index to
some photos) at Dignity Center and fellowship
(i.e. a social) after liturgy. Click for a map
(with zoom-in/out features) and for directions.
Meanwhile, please explore
further on this website to learn more About Us.
Anything that is underlined (in the text of any page of this website or in
either of the two rows of links found below the banner at the top of each
page of this website) links to still more information, on this website (or
elsewhere): so click on a link to go there.
We echo a saintly
Philadelphia pastor who posted this welcome on the 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. Do come
in seeking, do come in wandering, do come in hurting. Do come in this house
of companionship and house of compassion.
"Do come in. You are welcome
here."
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