May Toronto Fundraising began to […]

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1979-05

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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 […]

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Bloor Street United Church/Trinity-St. Paul's United Church St. Paul’s Catholic Church 519 Community Centre Our Lady of Lourdes Church Centre of Affirmation and Dialogue Toronto

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Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter

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Dignity

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"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. 3 Denys 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

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Our Lady of Lourdes Church

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