1. Donna Bess Myers & Lisa Reiter Saint Louis University

2.  Personal reflections  Climate of fear ◦ Due to unfamiliarity with Church teaching  Survey

3.  Institutional  Individual  Administrators/Staff

4.  Scripture  Tradition (Natural Law)  Moral Teaching of the Church  Human Experience

5. Purpose: The “All of Us” Campaign seeks to recruit allies and support from students, faculty, and staff to create a safer and more welcoming environment for lesbian and gay students and their allies on campus.  Three Stages ◦ Posters ◦ Stake Signs ◦ Bring speaker, Mary Lou Wallner

7.  Purpose: The “All of Us” Campaign seeks to recruit allies and support from students, faculty, and staff to create a safer and more welcoming environment for lesbian and gay students and their allies on campus.  Three Stages ◦ Posters ◦ Stake Signs ◦ Bring speaker, Mary Lou Wallner

8. ◦ Church emphasizes the dignity of all people, including those with a homosexual orientation.  A homosexual orientation is not considered immoral in itself. ◦ Church: “all of us must strive to eliminate any forms of injustice, oppression, or violence” against homosexual persons ◦ The Church community should be a place where homosexual persons are welcomed.

9.  Always Our Children, (1997), United States Catholic Conference  http://www.usccb.org/laity/always.shtml http://www.usccb.org/laity/always.shtml  This letter was written by the U.S. Bishops to the parents of LGBT persons and to those who minister to and with them.  Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church  http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt3sect2chpt2art6.htm http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt3sect2chpt2art6.htm  See sections 2357-2359  Ministry to Persons with a Homosexual Inclination: Guidelines for Pastoral Care (USCC, 2006)  http://www.usccb.org/dpp/Ministry.pdf http://www.usccb.org/dpp/Ministry.pdf  This pastoral letter was issued by the USCCB on November 14, 2006. This letter re-affirms earlier Church documents, respecting the fundamental dignity of each human person, including those who are homosexual.

10.  The Pledge  Banner in the Quad  Google Site & Facebook  Stake Signs approved without approval of the campaign

11.  Communication with ◦ Students ◦ Upper Administration ◦ Each other  Revised pledge ◦ https://sites.google.com/site/slurainbowalliance/al lofuscampaign https://sites.google.com/site/slurainbowalliance/al lofuscampaign

12.  Most of the Jesuit Universities have an LGBT group  Other Catholic universities ◦ University of Dayton (Marianist) ◦ Catholic university ◦ Notre Dame university  Time to share your experiences  Answer Questions

13.  Read Documents  Consult a moral theologian  Frequent dialogue with Student Life & Mission & Ministry  Be aware of position of local bishop