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...