by Jason Steidl | Feb 4, 2022 | Featured, Stories
Andy Buechel, December 2017 For Catholics who disagree with the magisterium on matters pertaining to LGBTQ persons, an important question will inevitably arise from time to time: “Why am I still Catholic, then?” This is a question that is addressed to us by others,...
by team@eighthats.com | Mar 7, 2023 | News & Events
Today Fortunate Families launches a two-track formation program that includes fifteen educational/pastoral formation videos to equip pastoral ministers to accompany transgender and non-binary persons. Ministry Formation Track is designed to form pastoral ministers to...
by Jason Steidl | Nov 23, 2022 | News & Events
WITH THE INCREDIBLE TRAGEDY OF THE MASS SHOOTING AT CLUB Q IN COLORADO SPRINGS LAST NIGHT, FORTUNATE FAMILIES EXPRESSES SOLIDARITY WITH ALL WHO MOURN. WE PRAY FOR THE DEAD, THE WOUNDED, AND ALL WHOSE HEARTS BREAK BECAUSE OF THIS TRAGEDY. FORTUNATE FAMILIES ASKS...
by Jason Steidl | Feb 9, 2022 | News & Events
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by Jason Steidl | Feb 7, 2022 | Stories
If anyone had told me that I would have the privilege of spending the last years of my ministerial life with transgender people I would never have believed it! God’s middle name is truly Surprise! I have a gay brother and a lesbian sister and have had gay and lesbian...
by Jason Steidl | Feb 7, 2022 | Stories
I am a practicing Catholic, a frequent confessor and daily Mass attendee. I begin each morning in quiet prayer, seeking direction from the Holy Spirit to live out my mission in life. I attended grade school with Dominican sisters, and high school and college with...
by Jason Steidl | Feb 7, 2022 | Stories
I grew up in a tough, lower middle class, blue collar neighborhood. I went to an all boys’ public elementary school (and CCD classes) until 6th grade and then transferred to Catholic schools for the 7th through 12th grades. I had very good parents, even from a...
by Jason Steidl | Feb 7, 2022 | Stories
Pronouns: she/her/hers I have been very blessed and fortunate. For as long as I could remember, since about the age of 3 or 4, I felt different. As a child, I would go to bed every night praying I would wake up a girl (a story commonly echoed by many transgender...
by Jason Steidl | Feb 7, 2022 | Stories
I am a Catholic Christian, 61 years old, transgender male-to-female, divorced by my wife who also succeeded in procuring an annulment. My ex-wife and 4 children now live a distance away. As a child, we were a nominally Catholic Christian household, my parents and 5...
by Jason Steidl | Feb 7, 2022 | Stories
My Catholic family quit going to Church when I was in early grade school. In high school, some follow Catholic students invited me to their Church, and when I went on a retreat, my spirit was reawakened. I saw the Holy Spirit work at that retreat, I felt the love of...
by Jason Steidl | Feb 7, 2022 | Stories
My music and religion are deeply intertwined within my soul. My life would have no meaning without music and without God, without spirit, without a daily soulful prayer to the Creator. As a young child I played piano, Mozart symphonies and other classics, with lessons...
