That’s All Folks!
Dear Editor: I just wanted to write a letter to say how very, very much we enjoy your comic cartoons in the middle page of your fine publication.
They are always so topical, tied to current events of the day. I especially enjoyed the giant mosquito summer one. Thank you for being there for all of us.
We look forward to seeing your paper in church.
I also enjoy seeing the old movie classic titles in the “This week on NETTV” insert. I just located it now on my cable dial. Wow! Archbishop Sheen in black and white is on at the moment.
My parents loved him.
George Shalvoy
Harrison, N.J
A Cheer for Vocations
Dear Editor: What a great editorial for promoting vocations (“ ‘Called By Name,’ a Beacon Of Hope for Vocations,” Aug. 30).
How I would welcome a page (or more) of weekly news in The Tablet dedicated to the awesome work Father Chris Bethge is doing in the diocese’s Vocations Office.
The many retreats and programs that are going on for the many who are interested and pursuing vocations are all steered by Father Bethge and his team.
Let’s hear more about: Fraternitas, Jeremiah Project, Project Andrew. There is plenty to learn at www.brooklynpriests.org.
Many of us are the product of caring, dedicated vocation directors.
Let’s shine a light in our own backyard.
Father Michael Lynch
Pastor, St. Athanasius-St. Dominic, Bensonhurst
Honoring Father Flynn
Dear Editor: Thanks so much for your Tablet article (“The Story of a Cross: A Symbol of Mercy,” May 17) and Currents News presentation on the Crucifix at Immaculate Conception Monastery, a gift of the German bishops after the Second World War, to Father Fabian Flynn.
The crucifix, now in the public chapel of the Passionist Monastery, was given in recognition of Father Flynn’s work with immigrants, as head of Catholic Relief Services in Germany and Austria after the war.
The Tablet and Currents News presentation captured a lesson from history that crucifix tells us not to forget. The human family is God’s family, called to care for one another, especially when times divide us rather than bring us together.
We are still dealing with millions of God’s people driven from their homes by wars and a changing environment.
What Catholic Relief Services and people like Father Flynn did then, should challenge us to do now. They followed Jesus’ command: feed the hungry, take in the stranger, love your enemies. Jesus preaches that message from his cross.
I want to thank especially Katie Vasquez for telling the story so well.
One thing I’d add, Father Flynn regularly contributed articles to The Tablet after World War II on conditions in Germany and Eastern Europe.
He wanted the story known, and he knew where to go for it to be heard.
Father Victor Hoagland, CP
Jamaica