Dear Editor: The Tablet should reconsider its protestations of evenhandedness given its repetitive publication of letters containing false slanders without rejoinders (Readers’ Forum, February 8).
Author: settinger
The Coronavirus Pandemic Expands
Over the past several weeks, this editorial piece for The Tablet has covered COVID-19, the novel Coronavirus. Almost every news article in this edition is somehow related to the present pandemic.
‘I Am He, the One Speaking With You’
Are you an extrovert or an introvert? I proudly admit that I’m an introvert to my very core. Isn’t a priest supposed to be a people person? Yes, and the seminary did what it could to unleash my inner extrovert with classes on public speaking and homiletics.
Carmela Vassalotti
Carmela Vassalotti, mother of Father Thomas F. Vassalotti, a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn who is now pastor of Divine Mercy Parish, Williamsburg, died on Feb. 26. Her funeral Mass was offered on March 2 at Divine Mercy, and her burial was at St. John Cemetery, Middle Village.
Stella Muller
Stella Muller, sister of Father Robert Czok, a retired priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, died on Feb. 26. Her funeral Mass was held on March 3 at St. Matthias Church, Ridgewood, and her burial was at Calverton National Cemetery in Wading River, L.I.
Alice Joan Bertolotti
Alice Joan Bertolotti, mother of Father David P. Bertolotti, a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn who is now serving as parochial vicar at St. Mary Star of the Sea – St. Gertrude Parish, Far Rockaway, died on Feb. 26. Her funeral Mass was held on March 3 at St. Athanasius Church, Bensonhurst. Her burial was at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.
Sister Patricia Tobin, S.C.
Sister Patricia Tobin, S.C., a Sister of Charity-Halifax for 65 years, died on Nov. 1 at New York University Langone Hospital in Sunset Park. She was 84.
Sister Miriam Christine McCullough, C.S.J.
Sister Miriam Christine McCullough, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 75 years, died on Feb. 3 at Maria Regina Residence in Brentwood, L.I.
Former General Electric CEO, Philanthropist, Dies at 84
Jack Welch, former General Electric CEO and prominent businessman, died March 1. He was 84.
Retired Diocesan Priest, Shared the Gospel Through His Music and Life
Father John J. Newell died on March 2 at NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola, L.I. He was 87.