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New Ways Ministry was founded in 1977 by Sr. Jeannine Gramick, a Catholic religious sister, and Fr. Robert Nugent, a Catholic priest.The ministry expanded their existing work of writing and speaking on homosexuality in the years following 1971, with the aim of creating acceptance for gay and lesbian Catholics within the Roman Catholic Church.
John Stowe was born in Amherst, Ohio, on April 15, 1966, to John and Lucy Stowe and grew up in Lorain, Ohio.After graduating from Lorain Catholic High School in 1984, he was admitted as a candidate to the Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Minorites). [1]
He resigned as bishop of Lexington in July 2002. [6] [7] To replace Williams, John Paul II named Reverend Ronald William Gainer of the Diocese of Allentown. [8] In 2014, Pope Francis named Gainer as bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg. As of 2023, the bishop of the Diocese of Lexington is John Stowe, named by Francis in 2015. [9]
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Outreach was founded in 2022 by James Martin, S.J. after he published his 2017 book Building a Bridge, in which he called for the Catholic hierarchy to treat LGBTQ Catholics with "respect, compassion and sensitivity" in the wake of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando.
He spoke with permission from his diocesan leader, Lexington Bishop John Stowe, who accepted him as a hermit in the diocese three years ago. Matson had some other reasons, too. He’s about to ...
Stowe said Fischer had been on sabbatical but was helping with Catholic Heart Work Camp in Wilmington, Del. when he died. Stowe said other details, such as a cause of death, were unknown at this time.