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Seminarians of the Church of the Beloved Disciple

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Title

Seminarians of the Church of the Beloved Disciple

Description

This photograph shows members of the Church of the Beloved Disciple's seminary gathered around the altar during a liturgical service in New York City in the late 1970s. The community developed a formal program of ministerial formation to prepare openly gay and lesbian members of the church for ordained ministry within the Eucharistic Catholic tradition at a time when most Roman Catholic and Orthodox seminaries excluded homosexual candidates.

Source

Church of the Beloved Disciple Archive, https://beloved-disciple.com

Identifier

CBD_069

Citation

“Seminarians of the Church of the Beloved Disciple”, Queer Sacramentality: The Church of the Beloved Disciple, LGBTQ Religious Archives Network, accessed September 13, 2026, https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/cbd/item/2732.