A Great Gay Hero of 9/11
Facebook friend, Kate O'Donnell, brought this to my attention today. What a wonderful, wonderful way to not only pay a little respect to the memory of 9/11, but also to learn about the greatness of "one of us". You know how important I feel it is for us to continue to learn about our history as a culture, this man is a hero - and he is gay. These are the pieces of our history we need to pass amongst one another, of all ages - and enrich ourselves and our community with the pride of who we are and what we have the potential to be made of.
Here is what Kate's note said about this film:
"Cathy you would love this video. Please, please, please watch it. Especially while your recovering from surgery and have time. Father Mychal Judge was a Franciscan priest who died heroically on 9/11 while administering last rights to firefighters. Father Judge was an openly gay priest who ministered to NYC's Homeless, Alcoholics, HIV/AIDS patients, and Gay and Lesbian Catholics. Please watch Father Judge's movie the Saint of 9/11 I guarantee it will change your life both as gay person and as a psychologist."
Watch it today... invite your friends to watch with you... take our history in, and pass it on.
(it might be a fun thing to go pop out the CDB Chat Room Box from the CDB Channel Page and bring it with you so you can chat in real time with others while you watch together.... just an idea).
posted by cathy@cathydebuono.com at
10:01 AM
1 Comments:
Excellent idea, and thank you for sharing with us Cathy (and thanks to Kate for sharing with Cathy...) I was trying to say before in the room that I didn't know this priest was openly gay, or perhaps I didn't remember. The days/weeks after that day got to be so much, that I started to zone out on certain stories, and then time went by. now it's 8 years later and i'm finding myself more emotional than I thought I'd be, but that's okay, because I'm letting myself be emotional, but I let it come and go, that's just how I roll.
But you are right, this man is a hero, and was gay. But overall, he was a great human being, and that is the biggest point of all, that no matter what label we call ourselves or others tack onto us, the greater thing above all, is that we are humans and should strive to be there for each other however we feel we can.
I'm gonna watch this at some point today, perhaps with the room if we can coordinate that.
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