Dear Editor: Will the bishop’s new commission on racism take on the legacy of Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger?
Month: September 2017
Reality of the Absolute
Dear Editor: Congratulations to Father Lauder on his recent column, “Temptation to Relativism.”
Guatemala, Oklahoma Await Beatification This Weekend
The beatification of Padre Francisco, better known as Father Stanley Rother, is a gift to the universal Church and especially to the Churches of Guatemala and the United States.
Coverage of Vital Issues
Dear Editor: This evening, I read two issues of The Tablet.
The Sept. 2nd issue: “US Bishops Address ‘Sin of Racism’”; “Diocese Establishes New Commission on Racism”; Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio’s weekly column, “Combatting the Sin of Racism” (Some may complain, “Too little, too late,” but I applaud the effort and wish that other archdioceses and dioceses would follow suit with such prominent placement and prioritization of resources).
Film Had Wrong Message
Dear Editor: On Sept. 8 at Father Robert Lauder’s Friday Film Festival, I viewed for the first time the movie “Silence,” directed by Martin Scorsese and based on the novel of the same name by Shisaku Endo. By reputation, this was a film masterpiece, and so it proved to be.
The Catholic Presence?
Dear Editor: I was appalled to read the article on the back cover (Does Church Have an Ear in the White House?, Sept. 2) mentioning the departure of Stephen Bannon, as, “..the loss of the most visible Catholic in the White House.”
The Pope Is an Inspiration
Dear Editor: I do not understand how you could print the ridiculous diatribe (Readers’ Forum, Sept. 9) of Father Marik Kaczmarski of Clearwater, Fla.
Stealing Signs Is Part of the Game, But…
What happened with the Red Sox and Yankees takes sign stealing a step further by implementing technology. This wouldn’t even be a story if the Red Sox attempted to steal signs the old-fashioned way.
Sister Rosalie Kaseta, O.S.F.
Sister Rosalie Kaseta, O.S.F, a Sister of St. Francis of the Providence of God, Pittsburgh, Pa., for 75 years, died at Presbyterian Senior Care in Oakmont, Pa., on Sept. 11. She was 91.
Patrick Tracy
A Mass of Christian Burial for Patrick Tracy, 64, former director of campus ministry at St. Joseph’s College, Patchogue, L.I., was celebrated Sept. 20 at Holy Family Church, Hicksville, L.I. Born in Brooklyn, he attended Nazareth H.S., East Flatbush, and received his master’s in theology and divinity from St. John’s University. He recently retired to […]