End Priest Abuse
We are shaken to the core by Covid-19 and the centuries long, ongoing pandemic of racism in the United States. Coupled with incompetence and insensitivity from our leaders in regards to both, it becomes hard to imagine that core could hold together. What leader gloats about the fact that his house is saved from citizens angry … Read more
Mary Dispenza and SNAP leaders are heading back to Rome on the anniversary of the Vatican Sexual Abuse Summit to remind Pope Francis of his promise to end sexual abuse by priests.
Book groups are everywhere. You can hardly throw a Kindle these days without hitting one. And some of those book groups are amazing.
Did you know happiness and success are your decision? For many who have been abused – by a priest, or any other authority figure – feelings of happiness and success can be hard to come by. Abuse can take the foundation out from under you, leaving powerlessness and helplessness as the norm. I struggled for … Read more
A confession: I never thought I would see this day Though I’ve worked hard for the acceptance of same-sex couples, I never really believed I would see the day when I could marry the person I loved. I never thought I would see the day that my transgender friends would be granted their rightful place … Read more
Sunday June, 28th I was at Island Books, in the beautiful village of Mercer Island, Washington, to read some selections from my memoir, SPLIT: A child, a priest and the Catholic Church. At my readings, I always spend some time talking about the issues survivors face. The last few months gave us lots to talk … Read more
It’s time for all the Best of 2014 lists And I’m on one of them! I’m so blessed. My coming out story was chosen as one of the best of 2014. And I was invited to tell it again on December 2nd at A Guide To Visitors, Seattle’s longest running personal storytelling event. The evening … Read more
Tooting the horn for SPLIT I’m very happy to announce that my memoir, SPLIT : A child, a priest, and the Catholic Church is now available. The ebook is available from most online booksellers. The triumphant cherub on the cover is blowing her horn just in time for the holiday season. Though SPLIT deals with … Read more
If you think about it, the veterans we honor this Veterans Day are actually survivors. They have come through terrific conflicts, hardships, pain, injury, devastating losses of comrades. Theirs is a vast sacrifice and they deserve every ounce of honor and support we can give them, on this day and any other. But as we … Read more
I, Mary Dispenza, want to fix the systems that break people I was once a broken person. Now, through this blog, I look at broken systems and ideas for making them whole again. This blog is about finding ways to help broken people, ideas for overcoming personal breakage and how to live unabashed. As an … Read more