Who we are
Becoming a More Welcoming Community - a ministry
We are Maine Catholics who love the Church AND love our LGBTQ+ family and friends.
We seek to welcome all with respect, compassion and sensitivity.
Our Mission
We affirm that LGBTQ+ persons are endowed with dignity as beloved children of God.
We are inspired by the Churches’ charge that they ‘must be accepted with respect, compassion and sensitivity’ and the call of the US Bishops for parishes to ‘reach out in love and service’ to them and their loved ones, so as to become a more welcoming community.’
We desire to do this in our parishes and across our Diocese.
Please join us.
3rd Mondays @ 6:30 pm
People throughout the Diocese of Maine meet via Zoom
4th Wednesdays @ 6:30 pm
Bangor, Maine gathering at St. Mary’s Catholic Church Hall
(Zoom option available)
2nd Tuesdays @ 7:00 pm
Portland, Maine gathering of the Welcoming Ministry meets at Our Lady of Hope Parish Hall
(Zoom option available)
For more information and zoom links
please email BecomingAWelcomingCommunity@gmail.com
Please join us.
All are welcome.
“A Church without chains and walls,
in which everyone can feel welcomed and accompanied, one where listening, dialogue and participation are cultivated under the sole authority of the Holy Spirit.
A Church that does not linger in its sacred precincts but is driven by enthusiasm for the preaching of the Gospel and the desire to encounter and accept everyone.
Let us not forget that word: everyone. Everyone!
Go to crossroads and bring everyone,
the blind, the deaf, the lame, the sick, the righteous and the sinner: everyone!
This word of the Lord should continue to echo in our hearts and minds: In the Church there is a place for everyone.”
Pope Francis, Homily, June 29, 2022
Contact us
Interested in learning more? Would you like join us in our ministry?
Send us an email and a member of the ministry will respond. . We can’t wait to hear from you!