All Saints parishioners at Pride Parade

All Saints parishioners at Pride Parade

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Frank DeBernardo's Blog

See Frank DeBernado’s blog about the Sept 10 & 11 weekend event here and the Daily Orange article.

LGBTQIA+ TASK FORCE

Mission: As part of our commitment to be an open and affirming community, All Saints created the LGBTQIA+ Task Force to work in support of our LGBTQIA+ Parish Community by developing and facilitating initiatives which address concerns, raise consciousness, build community and hold up role models for LGBTQIA+ youth.

Past Activities:

  • A parish-wide initiative to create and adopt the Statement of Welcome and Affirmation of LGBTQ persons.-

  • Lecture series "Gay and Catholic"

  • Annual Fr. Mychal Judge Award and Lecture

  • A Statue of the Martyred Mychal carried away by NYC Firemen

  • Annual Participant in the CNY Pride Parade

  • Fundraisers for Break Margins Africa which rescues gay Kenyan youth and gives them job training so they can quit their street lives and live in dignity

Links to Resources:

Break Margins, Africa

Q Center

SAGE Upstate

CNY Pride

Fortunate Families

PFLAG