In humility,

I want to reach out to the members of our community who are bi, non-binary, trans, and who generally don’t fall under the G and L of the 2SGLBTQIAP+ community.

In a sermon I made this past week, I spoke passionately about how an individual was treated in a board setting. In doing so, I made the statement that I was not in full possession of the facts of that situation.

I want to to assert in the strongest possible way that our faith community believes that every individual in the 2SLGBTQIAP+ community is created in the image and likeness of God, that every individual in that community is deserving of respect, love, and the right to be protected and advocated for. Our Lady of Guadalupe Worship Community, and the Eucharistic Catholic Church firmly believes that those who have been turned away, shunned, or their identity questioned are among those who should be the first to be served at Christ’s table.

I humble ask for your forgiveness. It has never been my motive to cause more harm or trauma–the ministry of OLOGWC has been and always will be directed towards healing, not harming.

Members of our community should know that if their beliefs are in conflict with what our catechetical teaching believes on this statement, they should reconsider membership in our community.

Unworthy, but desirous of service,

Peter