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One of them, Sister Jeannine Gramick, has ministered to LGBTQ+ Catholics for more than 50 years and is a co-founder of New Ways Ministry, which advocates on their behalf.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2023

Luisa Derouen, the retired nun, who has ministered to more than 250 transgender people since she began in 1999, received permission from her superiors in 2014 to write about that work.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2022

Although he has seen fellow religious leaders become ill or even die, Coles said he has ministered in person throughout the pandemic and has never had any symptoms or any reason to get tested.

From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2021

From its ramshackle beginnings, Bellevue has ministered to penniless immigrants, and it still does today.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2016

It is because he has ministered with such marvellous vigour, and variety, and fine skill to this interest, that he is the most modern, to modern people the most important, of poets.

From Essays from 'The Guardian' by Pater, Walter