Dignity/Washington Sunday Mass

It never ceases to amaze me that Unilocal has everything!
I’ve been attending Dignity mass and other spiritual events for over 9 months now. The Dignity Community has a definite parish feel, which is quite remarkable and comforting. You will find members who have been around for years, as well as new members and even visitors.
I have absolutely fallen in love with this community, and have been made to feel welcome, and included. Dignity/​Washington pastorally ministers to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender Catholics — as well as family, friends, etc. A true and new feeling of inclusion, and one at the table. A perfect community for LGBT Catholics who have left the church, as well as those who struggle in the Church currently. Dignity/​Washington offers a spiritual home to all.

I’ve been attending Dignity/Washington’s Sunday Masses at St. Margaret’s since 1995. I found the group before I moved to DC permanently, and it was, in fact, one of the major factors I considered when I decided to move here from Cleveland. D/​W has become my spiritual home.
D/​W offers a Roman Catholic Mass every Sunday at 6pm for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people, as well our other family and friends. The local group is a member of the larger Dignity USA organization; there are chapters across the country.
Going to the Sunday Mass you’ll find that the priest from week to week will be different. They’re on a rotating schedule. The choir is amateur, but committed and can occasionally really inspire. The liturgy strives to use inclusive language, and lay people act as acolytes, lectors, and eucharistic ministers.
It’s really a community formed and kept together by the people who love it. For me, that really speaks of its spiritualitiy.