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Jeannine Gramick SL

Jeannine taught high school and college mathematics before she advocated for lesbian, gay and transgender persons. She transferred to the Sisters of Loretto from the School Sisters of Notre Dame in 2001 and continues to learn from her LGBT friends in the ministry.
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Confronting Homophobia and Transphobia

By Jeannine Gramick SL / May 13, 2026 /

Before I entered the Community, Loretto was already engaged in the hard work of confronting homophobia and transphobia that threatens the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ)…

The Legacy of Pope Francis, in Part

By Jeannine Gramick SL / May 1, 2025 /

During the five weeks that Pope Francis was treated for complications of respiratory infection, journalists were preparing articles about his legacy in anticipation of his death. In his autobiography, “Hope,”…

Pope Francis meets with transgender, intersex and ally Catholics

By Jeannine Gramick SL / December 12, 2024 /

During the last two years, New Ways Ministry, the organization I co-founded to reconcile LGBTQ+ Catholics and the institutional Church, sponsored meetings for some U.S. bishops to discuss LGBTQ+ topics…

Meeting a pen pal: Pope Francis

By Jeannine Gramick SL / December 1, 2023 /

This story began in early 2021, when Frank DeBernardo, the executive director of New Ways Ministry, wrote to Pope Francis, describing the ministry Fr. Robert Nugent and I began in…

The Pope and New Ways Ministry

By Jeannine Gramick SL / September 1, 2021 /

This past April, Frank DeBernardo and I wrote to Pope Francis. I am the Executive Director and the co-founder of New Ways Ministry (NWM). We told Pope Francis about the…

Maureen Fiedler: Loretto Values in Action

By Jeannine Gramick SL / October 1, 2018 /

“Oh, honey, I listen to you all the time! Madeleine Albright With these words Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State under President Bill Clinton, greeted Maureen Fiedler before air-time on…

LGBT Catholics Are Hopeful in the Age of Pope Francis

By Jeannine Gramick SL / June 1, 2017 /

By Jeannine Gramick Although the rain came down in a deluge all weekend, the 300 Catholics gathered at a Chicago hotel April 28-30 didn’t seem to be bothered. Inside it…

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