Dear Editor: For at least the third time this past Saturday, I have had to “fill in” as a eucharistic minister … only to have one of the “assigned” ministers run up to our pew and say “I am here. I am on the schedule.”
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Where Is the Outcry?
Dear Editor: I read with a shade of sadness the exceptional and passionate letter titled “The Shame of Abortion” by “Name Withheld” (July 23). My sadness was not only at the necessity of the message, but also at the national degree of political cowardice…
The Choice for Life Is Clear
Dear Editor: Our Founders believed that the Right to Life precedes all other rights and understood such a right as foundational to personal freedom. … Your vote will make the difference in the direction of our country and in restoring a Culture of Life.
Never Forget Bishop Catanello
Dear Editor: The late Bishop Ignatius Catanello was a good friend of ours. He was a friend of the Augustinian recollects and would confer Confirmation every year here at St. John’s.
Inspired by Parish Priest
Dear Editor: I have been very blessed to be able to receive the sacrament of reconciliation from Father Evans Julce. He shows me how truly forgiving and loving God is. Father Evans listens quietly, and when you are done, in a whispering voice explains things for you to consider and perhaps do. You know he has taken in everything you have said and has given it much consideration before speaking.
Deacons’ Widows Pray
Dear Editor: Although I no longer live in the Brooklyn Diocese, I still enjoy reading The Tablet every week. One good friend who I still keep in touch with is Nancy Soto of Queens Village. I met Nancy a year or so after my husband, Deacon Jim Grace, passed away in 1999.
Thanks for Army Chaplains
Dear Editor: The article (July 3) about priests serving in the military has special meaning to me. The priest that was mentioned in the article, Father Lukasz J. Willenberg, is a priest I served with at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Community at Fort Bragg, N.C., from July, 2014 to July, 2015.
Prayer Is Apolitical
Dear Editor: Paragraph 15 of Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political Responsibility from the Catholic Bishops of the United States says:
We Are All in This Together
Dear Editor: I just feel that after the tragic events of the past few weeks that people of all colors and faiths need to sit down and discuss our feelings and ways we can promote peace and understanding. Our motto should be, “We are all in this together.”
The Shame of Abortion
Dear Editor: In the Readers’ Forum (July 2-9) a letter by Frances Ruocco expressed my sentiments also. Thank you, Frances! I want to express my feelings on the same subject –abortion!