October 10, 2000 Most Reverend Joseph A. Fiorenza, D.D.Bishop of Galveston-HoustonPresident, National Conference of Catholic Bishops3211 Fourth Street NEWashington, DC 20017-1194 Dear Bishop Fiorenza, Thank you for answering our letter of September 20, 2000. We are glad that you have been assured by other religious bodies that our Soulforce acts of spiritual resistance to injustice […]
Archives for October 2000
Rev. Jimmy Creech Joins Soulforce as Chairperson of the Board of Directors
Defrocked Minister Endorses Soulforce Methods of Civil Disobedience to End Spiritual Violence Against Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals PRESS RELEASE October 9, 2000FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Laura Montgomery Rutt, Media CoordinatorCell: 717-951-7712 Email: freedom4@voicenet.com Laguna Beach – Rev. Jimmy Creech, the minister who was defrocked from the United Methodist Church a year ago for performing […]
Fr. Richard Rohr’s Letter of Endorsement
October 8, 2000 Brothers and Sisters of the Church: What is more important than to follow Jesus? Is that not our final and fundamental authority for everything that we do, either as leadership or membership in the church? Apart from understandable disagreements on specifics, details, how, when, and where, we all the know the WHAT. […]
An Urgent Invitation to Our Dignity Friends
SOULFORCE, INC. An Urgent Invitation to Our Dignity Friends, The OPEN LETTER (link here) was received by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Friday, September 22, 2000. The letter describes why Soulforce volunteers from across the nation are conducting a vigil and an act of nonviolent spiritual resistance at the NCCB meeting in Washington, DC, […]
Michael Harank’s Letter of Endorsement
October 4, 2000 Dear sisters and brothers in the Catholic Worker movement: I recently learned that the Soulforce movement, founded by Mel White author of Stranger at the Gate; Gay and Christian, will be gathering at the annual National Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington DC from November 12-14th. The purpose of their gathering in […]