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"Catholic parish’s ‘LGBT ministry’ to hold meeting in gay drag bar"
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On January 31, 2018, the Catholic LGBT ministry, Out at St. Paul (OSP), located at the Paulist Fathers motherhouse of St. Paul the Apostle Parish in New York City, will host their 'Winter Social' at the Rise gay bar in Hell’s Kitchen. The Rise bar is a well-known gay bar in Manhattan which is often included on lists ranking the best gay bars in New York City. The bar is particularly known for its elaborate weekly drag shows and the bartenders who wear nothing except a jock-strap. According to Out at St. Paul:
Please join us for the OSP Winter Social on Wednesday, January 31st, at Rise Bar, which is located at 9th Avenue at 56th Street in (you guessed it!) Hell’s Kitchen. This is a great opportunity to catch up with your old friends in the OSP community and to meet new friends as well. Please join us, especially if you are a newcomer to the OSP community! All are welcome.
But this is not the first time that OSP hosted an official gathering at a local gay bar. On March 22, 2017, OSP held their 'Spring Social' at another notorious gay bar: 'Bottoms Up.' Coincidently, a separate gay-affirmative Catholic LGBT outreach, also in the Archdiocese of New York, from St. Francis of Assisi Church, hosted their annual 'Mardi Gras' party at Rise bar on February 28, 2017.
St. Paul the Apostle Parish and OSP are favorites of Jesuit author James Martin; he often mentions OSP as an example of a 'vibrant' Catholic LGBT outreach; during a 2017 interview, Martin was specifically asked to recommend Catholic LGBT ministries:
Interviewer: You mentioned the different ways that LGBT people have been mistreated by the Church, but I assume that there are parishes or individuals who are making or do outreach to LGBT people. Are there any examples that come to mind that have been especially good?
Martin: Yeah. Absolutely. I mean the one that comes to mind that’s nearby is the Church of St. Paul the Apostle that has a group called Out at St. Paul, there’s Most Holy Redeemer Parish in California, St. Francis Xavier in New York. Yeah, as I say in the book, not every bishop needs to be castigated; not every parish needs to be scolded. Because you are right there is a lot of great outreach going on…"
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