I was born in Manhattan, which makes me a native New Yorker, and have lived in the New York / New Jersey area for most of my life, save a six year séjour à Paris. I was raised Roman Catholic but left in my late teens. I wandered about Christianity for several years, including being chrismated into the Western Orthodox Eglise Catholique Orthodoxe de France. I found the Episcopal Church about 10 years ago. I attend a mid-sized, progressive / inclusive, Anglo-Catholic, Episcopal church in the West Village. Four years ago I was asked by our rector to chair the LGBT Committee and two years ago was named to the diocesen LGBT Concerns Commission. I continue to serve in both of these capacties and have recently been named the Diocesan Organizer for the Diocese of New York for Integrity USA. A friend joked that I was becoming an Ueber Gay, hence the name of the blog.
"We appreciate the welcome the pope extended to those in the Anglican Communion who are disaffected. We for our part continue to welcome our Roman Catholic brothers and sisters, both lay and ordained, conservative and liberal, who wish to belong to a church that treasures diversity of thought." The Rt. Rev. Catherine Roskam, Bishop Suffragan, Episcopal Diocese of New York on Benedict XVI's invitation to disaffected Anglicans.
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