Abuse of Power
A former bishop from Australia will speak in San Diego (June 10) and
Los Angeles (June 12) on abuse of power by the hierarchy. Click for
more info.
Art Exhibit
Chapter's second annual
Art Exhibit
will be held at the Center June 21-22. Exhibitors are to
apply
by June 1.
Lay
Convocation
A Convocation of the Laity met in Orange County on March 29 on the Catholic Church's
future.
New IRS Rule
Click
here
for info.
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WELCOME TO DIGNITY
Dignity/LA is an independent lay organization that seeks
to reform the Catholic Church and society in general, mainly on
issues regarding the sexuality of gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, and
transgender (GLBT) persons, and also 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 such
chapters in California,
four of them located in
southern California)
and thousands of members.
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Dignity/LA has the unique distinction of being the founding
chapter of
Dignity/USA.
In 1969, a group of Catholics began to meet to discuss
GLBT issues and to celebrate Mass. We took a statement of the then only
recently completed Second Vatican Council (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) served as enforcer of orthodox doctrine. Ironically,
however, he had long ago vigorously defended (see quote in the box to the right) the
primacy of conscience, even in the face of the contrary demands of church authority.
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We urge you to get to know Dignity/LA better. We
invite you (and bring a friend also, if you can) to attend
one of the chapter's regular Sunday liturgies at 5:30 pm (click for an
index
to photos) at
Dignity Center
and the fellowship (i.e. a social) that follows the liturgy.
Click for a
map
(with a zoom-in/out feature) and for
directions.
In the meantime, please do 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 the two rows
just below the banner at the top of each page of this website) links to more information,
on this website (or elsewhere): just click on it to go there.
Bienvenidos: Para una introdución a Dignity en español, click
aquí; y para mas,
aquí.
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