[Dignity, Inc. newsletters] 1979-1989.

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[Dignity, Inc. newsletters] 1979-1989.

Miscellaneous newsletters by various chapters of Dignity, Inc.

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Administrative History Early in 1969, Father Patrick X. Nidorf, an Augustinian priest and psychologist in San Diego, began a ministry for gay and lesbian Roman Catholics as an extension of his professional work. He chose the name "Dignity" to stress his basic goal: to bring dignity into the spiritual and social lives of gay and lesbian Catholics. Word of Nidorf's ministry spread, first by word of mouth, then through advertisements Nidorf plac...