Dear Editor: Your recent editorial “setting the record straight” concerning President Trump’s meeting with Pope Francis was interesting for what it said, but more so for what is being overlooked.
Author: settinger
We Belong to Christ
We cannot fall into the concept of just giving ourselves to Jesus on Sunday mornings. Our Lord wants an undivided heart.
Burrow Into the Bible With Paul and John
by David H. Powell
IN THE PREFACE to her new book “Poetic Flotsam,” Magdalen Radovich (Mater Christi H.S. ’80) says that books of poetry are confessions of a literary mudlark: the poet, like the mudlark, burrows through old stuff “in the hopes of finding something of value on which to subsist.”
Synod 2018: Really Listen to Hispanic Youth
THE WHEELS HAVE been in motion for more than a year in preparation for the October 2018 synod. Bishops, observers and other voices from around the world will gather to reflect about “Young people, faith and vocational discernment.” This is definitely a most timely conversation.
50 Years Later, Summer Of Love Is Still Relevant
by Rita Piro
Fifty years ago this month, America was in the midst of the Summer of Love, a morally repugnant source of anxiety for most adults, but a new and exciting concept of freedom for most young people.
Catholic and American
The solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, June 29, is a curious one. In many countries, it is a holy day of obligation. It is not one in the United States. In the Vatican, it is the day when the Holy Father presents the pallium, the symbol of service and authority, to metropolitan archbishops.
Correction
Dear Editor: Permit to make two corrections to the caption that recently accompanied a picture of me in The Tablet. I have never achieved a doctorate degree so to refer to me as “Dr.” was incorrect, though I appreciate the designation.
Well Done, Father Willy!
Dear Editor: There is an adage that says that a priest’s first parish is his first love. I witnessed confirmation of this saying recently at Father Willy Kingsley Ndi’s First Mass at Brooklyn’s historic Our Lady of Victory Church, now part of St. Martin de Porres parish.
Congrats, Father Szymon!
Dear Editor:
Congratulations to newly-ordained, Father Szymon! St. Anselm has been lucky to have him serving there as deacon!
Coping with Child’s Death
Dear Editor: I didn’t want the Easter season to end without commenting on Carol Powell’s reflection (May 13) on the death of her granddaughter. She wrote of the human pain (which I too have experienced) of not being able to hold her granddaughter or watch her grow and participate in her life.