Dear Editor: I think having the listening sessions (on racism) are wonderful and long overdue (Diocese Begins Listening Sessions; Inclusion Is a Concern at Listening Session). Speaking with one another is the only way we can bring healing to ourselves, one another and the wider community.

God bless Bishop DiMarzio for forming the Commission on Racism and Social Justice and Father Alonzo Cox for providing the leadership for this dialogue.

CATHERINE FURLANI

Suffern, N.Y.