Outreach

Outreach is a resource dedicated to LGBTQ Catholics. We provide news, essays, resources, and a supportive community for LGBTQ individuals and those who serve them within the Catholic Church globally. We also showcase inclusive parishes, schools, and various Catholic organizations. Our website includes unique articles written by theologians, scholars, church leaders, and family members, encompassing both laypeople and clergy. Additionally, we offer details about our conferences and events. Outreach is part of America Media, a Jesuit ministry, and is grounded in the love of Jesus, who embraced everyone, especially those who felt marginalized.

LGBTQ+

English

Online/Digital

Outlet metrics

Domain Authority

Ranking

Global

#620663

United States

#209042

Community and Society/Faith and Beliefs

#3533

Traffic sources

Monthly visitors

Articles

Pope Francis never stopped being a Jesuit

3 days ago | outreach.faith | James Martin
A true leader helps the poor and marginalized

2 months ago | outreach.faith | James Martin

Views James Martin, S.J. / January 25, 2025Print this: This essay first appeared in our weekly Scripture reflection newsletter on January 25, 2025. In today’s Gospel, in a story recounted in all the Synoptic Gospels, Jesus stands in the synagogue in Nazareth, before all those who know him, and proclaims his identity.
Announcing Outreach’s new Jesuit Board of Advisors

Jan 23, 2025 | outreach.faith | James Martin

Views James Martin, S.J. / January 23, 2025Print this: Outreach is delighted to announce the appointment of four gifted Jesuits to serve on our first Jesuit Board of Advisors.
Jesus’ family weren’t always in agreement-just like yours

Jan 18, 2025 | outreach.faith | James Martin

Views James Martin, S.J. / January 18, 2025Print this: This essay first appeared in our weekly Scripture reflection newsletter on January 18, 2025. There is so much in today’s beautiful Gospel passage that we might focus on. Like the superabundance of wine made by Jesus, there is a superabundance of themes in the story of the Wedding Feast of Cana.
Pope Francis repeats calls for LGBTQ inclusion in new book

Jan 14, 2025 | outreach.faith | Michael J. O’Loughlin

Views Michael J. O’Loughlin / January 14, 2025Print this: “Everyone in the Church is invited, including people who are divorced, including people who are homosexual, including people who are transgender,” Pope Francis writes in his new book, Hope: The Autobiography.
You don’t have to do anything to earn God’s love

Jan 11, 2025 | outreach.faith | James Martin

This essay first appeared in our weekly Scripture reflection newsletter on January 10, 2025. A few years ago, on an eight-day retreat at Linwood Spiritual Retreat Center in Rhinebeck, N.Y., a beautiful spot situated on a picturesque bend in the Hudson River, I had a surprising experience. One evening, the retreat directors gathered the retreatants for a prayer service focused on healing, which included a practice that was novel for me.
Cardinal McElroy, named DC archbishop, has record of support for LGBTQ Catholics

Jan 6, 2025 | outreach.faith | Michael J. O’Loughlin

Views Michael J. O’Loughlin / January 6, 2025Print this: Cardinal Robert W. McElroy will become the next archbishop of Washington, D.C., the Vatican announced Monday morning. The cardinal is a passionate defender of migrants, speaks out often against polarization in the church and society and is a champion of Pope Francis’s vision for a synodal church.
Our journey to Jesus may be long-but it’s worth it.

Jan 4, 2025 | outreach.faith | James Martin

Views James Martin, S.J. / January 4, 2025Print this: This essay first appeared in our weekly Scripture reflection newsletter on January 4, 2025. It wasn’t until after I entered the Jesuit novitiate that I learned about the Christmas custom of placing the figures of the three Wise Men far from the crèche, or manger scene, until the Solemnity of the Epiphany.
Synod stories, essays from LGBTQ Catholics, among most-read for 2024

Dec 30, 2024 | outreach.faith | Michael J. O’Loughlin

News Michael J. O’Loughlin / December 30, 2024Print this: Looking back at the most-read articles published by Outreach in 2024 reveals that our community remains interested in what church leaders are saying and doing about issues important to LGBTQ Catholics and their families and that personal essays and reflections continue to edify and inspire.
Loving your not-so-holy family

Dec 28, 2024 | outreach.faith | James Martin

We are smack dab in the middle of the holiday season, with most of us recovering from Christmas and preparing for the New Year’s celebrations. That means that many of us are either spending, have spent or will be spending time with members of our families. Most of us have the same reactions during the holidays: Why is my family so maddening? Why is this person so difficult? Why does this person always make me feel like I’m a child? Why can’t these two people just get along and stop sniping?