Trans Woman’s Case Against a Catholic School Goes to State Supreme Court

By Phoebe Carstens,‍ ‍New Ways Ministry, September 14, 2026

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Gender Fluid Nun Describes A Most Graced Moment

“One special moment solidified my experience of belonging. I sensed God’s amazing presence. It was the most unexpected moment of joy.

“Four years ago, I attended a retreat for lesbian/queer religious sisters sponsored by New Ways Ministry. Issues of gender were presented and discussed. This first experience opened my eyes and heart.

“The following year, walking down the hallway toward the retreat group, a sense of lightness suddenly filled my being. I felt young and happy. I had found my people and they had found me. These sisters expressed the same questions and fears that I had. They were finding the same joy with one another as I had begun to feel with them. We knew who we were and we could be ourselves.

“The experience of belonging and becoming more myself began simply, yet it was the most significant moment in my life. Not only did I know myself and feel accepted by others, but most importantly, I felt loved and accepted by our Creator.”

Cast Into the Depths, But Then Dredged Back Up

By Fr. Gregory Greiten, New Ways Ministry, September 13, 2026

Excerpt: “Many LGBTQ+ Catholics know exactly what it is to have something cast into the depths, only to watch it dredged back up. A person comes out, finds the courage to live honestly before God and their community, and is met not with the completeness of mercy but with old language resurrected yet again: “intrinsically disordered.”. A policy invoked as though grace had never touched the matter at all. The debt was supposed to have been cast into the depths. Instead, it keeps surfacing, hauled back up by hands that have been forgiven an unpayable amount.

 In October 2022 at St. Bernadette Parish, we celebrated a Mass of Inclusion  for the LGBTQ+ community, their families, and allies. Afterward I was summoned to a meeting at the archdiocesan office where the plain message was that no such Mass should happen again (this occurred under an archbishop now retired, not the present archbishop). I do not say this bitterly, but if God is willing to forgive an unpayable debt of an institution, including the church, that institution cannot refuse its own members over perceived debts as small as who they love or how they were made.”

Fr. Gregory Greiten is a priest of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and pastor of Queen of Apostles Parish in Pewaukee, Wisconsin. He came out publicly as a gay Catholic priest in December 2017.

I'm queer, Catholic, and beloved by God

by Madalyn Goff, Advocate, May 5, 2026

Excerpt: “Catholic guilt isn’t loud or dramatic. It’s subtle, almost tender. It hums beneath everything, a reminder that there is always something to confess, always ways to fall short. I learned early that there were two things people said not to speak about — religion and sexuality. The first was too sacred to question. The second, too scandalous to name…”

“I don’t know if the Church will ever fully embrace people like me. But I do know this: My faith doesn’t depend on the Church’s acceptance. It depends on the quiet, unshakable belief that God is bigger than any doctrine, more merciful than any judgment, and more loving than we can imagine.”

Article Excerpt: "The Minnesota Supreme Court is considering whether transgender employees are protected from discrimination by Catholic and other religious employers. 

The question stems from a discrimination lawsuit filed in 2024 by Reyzl Grace MoChridhe, a transgender woman asuing the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and her former employer, the Academy of Holy Angels,a Catholic high school in Richfield. MoChridhe worked as a librarian at the Academy of Holy Angels for a year, after which school administrators informed her that they would not renew her contract if she pursued her gender transition,MPRNews reported. 

MoChridhe’s suit asserts that ending her employment violated the Minnesota Human Rights Act. While this law does include certain religious exemptions, MoChridhe argued that her job was secular and did not require her to be Catholic or follow the Church’s beliefs. Before being hired, she informed the school that she was Jewish, and the school did not consider this a hindrance to her employment. ”

by Francis DeBernardo, Editor, New Ways Ministry, September 22, 2026,