New Jerusalem Support Group
There is no fear in
love........perfect love drives out fear." (1John 4:18)
The New Jerusalem Support Group is for people and
family/friends of people with same-sex orientation. The ministry
recognizes that persons with same-sex orientation are capable of having a full
Catholic life in union with all members of the Church.
- OUR GOAL at St. Peter's Catholic Community through the
ministry of the New Jerusalem Support Group is to provide a non-judgmental
atmosphere where persons with homosexual orientation and families of
homosexual persons can offer and receive mutual Christian support in living
out their lives of faith within the church.
- WE STRIVE to help Catholics who discover that they have a
homosexual orientation understand that the orientation is not in itself
sinful, that they remain full members of the Catholic Church,
and are encouraged to participate in parish life like any other
Catholic. We strive to help family members , particularly
parents, to come to appreciate and love their child as they are and
realize that their child is a child of God, gifted and called for a
purpose in God's design.
- New Jerusalem is committed to condemning
discrimination or acts of violence against homosexual persons and to healing
misunderstanding or indifference that may have caused our homosexual
brothers and sisters to feel alienated by and from the Church.
- New Jerusalem has an educational component and a
twelve-step confidential group-sharing component.
