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Hey Boston area folks! Check out this awesome opportunity to celebrate Pride with Catholic parishes around the city. TONIGHT at the Paulist Center!

Join us tomorrow at 6:30pm for the Greater Boston LGBTQIA Catholic Collective's All Are Welcome Mass at the Paulist Center 🌈 ✨ Light refreshments to follow!

Come celebrate Pride with us 🏳️‍🌈 ❤️

Happy Pride y'all! Join us Tuesday evening for a special Pride Month conversation on what it means to live authentically within and alongside a faith tradition that has not always made room for the fullness of who you are.

Featuring voices from the Catholic(ish) q***r community, this panel will explore the courage, resilience, and spiritual wisdom that emerge at the intersection of faith, identity, and belonging. Through personal stories and theological reflection, panelists will share their experiences of claiming their voices in the Church and beyond.

Register here: https://futurechurch.org/event/?id=568

If you're in the Cleveland area this weekend, you can visit FutureChurch in two different places. We'll be at Cleveland Pride on Saturday sharing a booth with The Community of Saint Peter on Mall C. You can check out the Cleveland Pride website for a map.

On Sunday, June 7th at 7:00 pm you can join us at The Community of Saint Peter for a joint program with CSP and Dignity/NE OH : LGBTQ+ Catholics and Allies This beautiful evening will include readings from Scripture and LGBTQ+ activists, inclusive music, shared Eucharist, and an opportunity for all of us to affirm and celebrate the gifts that the LGBTQ+ community brings to the church and the world. Join us as we dream an inclusive Church in the Catholic tradition into a reality. All are welcome (and all means all!). Community of St. Peter is located at 7100 Euclid Avenue. There is free parking in a lot behind the building, and the space is handicap accessible. Hope to see you there!

Cleveland area folks — show up for our immigrant neighbors! 📣

Join the Congregation of St. Joseph for a powerful conversation on how Catholics across the Cleveland area can put Catholic Social Teaching into action in support of immigrant communities.

📍 In person at the St. Joseph Center
📅 June 13, 2026
⏰ 10 AM–12 PM

Come connect, learn, and be part of building a more just and welcoming community.

Register using the QR code or here: http://tinyurl.com/csjneighbor

Happy Pride Month from FutureChurch! Our board member, Leslye Colvin, shared this beautiful image by Whitney Marie with us along with this prayer:

As we celebrate the Sacred Heart of Jesus this month, may we remember that the Sacred Heart overflows with love for LGBTQ+ people—not only during Pride Month, but throughout the year. May that love guide us toward greater compassion, dignity, and belonging for all.

These days, it can be difficult to feel joy — let alone practice joy as an act of resistance.

But when Mary Magdalene encountered Jesus outside the tomb and ran to share the good news with her community, her joy was resistance. In that moment, Mary chose courage over despair. Hope over fear. Resurrection over resignation.

This July, as we celebrate Mary Magdalene, we’re inviting you to embrace the joy of resurrection as resistance. ✨ To get us started, our team is sharing some of the people, practices, moments, and memories that bring us enough joy to keep resisting. 💛

What’s bringing you joy these days? To share Easter Joy as Resistance with your community, download our resource by clicking here: https://futurechurch.org/women-in-church-leadership/mary-of-magdala/mary-of-magdala-celebration-packs/

What does the future of women in ordained ministry look like in the Catholic Church?

Join Robert Ellsberg of Orbis Books in a compelling One-on-One interview with Phyllis Zagano discussing her newest book, "The Vatican and Women Deacons."

Drawing on decades of scholarship and her service on Pope Francis’ 2016 Commission for the Study of the Diaconate of Women, Dr. Zagano explores the history of women deacons in the early Church, the Vatican’s ongoing discernment, and what restoring the female diaconate could mean for the future of Catholic ministry and leadership.

Then join FutureChurch as we welcome Dr. Zagano for a special conversation on this urgent and timely topic on June 18th at 7 pm on Zoom. As the Church continues its synodal journey, this event offers an opportunity for thoughtful dialogue about history, theology, ministry, and the evolving role of women in the life of the Church.

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