May Toronto Fundraising began to […]
When
1979-05
Description
May Toronto Fundraising began to establish a Centre of Affirmation and Dialogue to house the Toronto chapter of Dignity. The centre was to offer retreats, seminars, and counselling to gays, lesbians, and their families. Dignity had been meeting at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, but was forced to move in June 1979 due to renovations. After a brief interim at the 519 Community Centre, the next month Dignity began meeting for weekly masses at St. Paul's Catholic Church on Power Street, but this was discontinued in November 1979 due to complaints from the parish council. Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter, Archbishop of Toronto, banned Dignity from using the church. Dignity moved temporarily to the gay-supportive Bloor Street United Church. (See also September 1979 and January 1980.)
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September Toronto The Centre of […]All Places
Bloor Street United Church/Trinity-St. Paul's United ChurchSt. Paul’s Catholic Church519 Community CentreOur Lady of Lourdes ChurchCentre of Affirmation and
DialogueTorontoAll People
Gerald Emmett Cardinal CarterAll Organizations
DignityAll Citations
"St. Paul's Crisis," Dignity/Toronto, November 1979, p. (3).Bill Houston, "Congregation Opens Doors to Homosexuals," Toronto Sun, final ed., 26 November 1979, p. 20"House of Affirmation," Dignity/Toronto, October 1979, p. 3Denys Horgan, "R.C. Congregation Forces Out Gay Group: Masses Now in United Church," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 24 November 1979, p. 14"A Home for Affirmation & Dialogue," Dignity/Toronto, May 1979, p. 3"Dignity Update," Dignity/Toronto, February 1980, pp. 1–3"Dignity rabroué par Mgr. Carter," Le Berdache, no. 6 (1979–80), p. 16"Growing," Body Politic, no. 54 (1979), p. 13"Dignity Asked to Move," Metro Community News 7 (7 December 1979): 14"Church Ousts Gays," 7 News (Toronto), 30 November 1979, p. 8"Christians in Dialogue with the Gay Community" (advertisement), Body Politic, no. 58 (1979), p. 22
