Dear Editor: Enclosed please find a donation of $150 from my sixth, seventh, and eighth graders and me at Queen of All Saints Catholic Academy in Brooklyn. They donated a “Dime a Day” during Advent to help Bright Christmas.
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Life-Is-Cheap Culture
Dear Editor: Christians can grow weary witnessing the reasoning of Christians who unceasingly submit to the reasoning and prejudices of liberal secularists.
PP Doesn’t Deserve Funding
Dear Editor: For several months, there has been much discussion regarding Planned Parenthood’s practice of selling fetal tissue from aborted fetuses that came to light as a result of undercover videos. Currently, Congress is debating a bill which would defund Planned Parenthood. I urge all my fellow Catholics to contact their Congressman / woman and […]
Loves Coney Island Parish
Dear Editor: It was quite encouraging for me to read about the rededication of Our Lady of Solace Shrine Church in Coney Island (Dec. 26-Jan. 2). The early years of my 60-years of matrimony were spent in that parish. I was blessed with the sacraments in that church and both of my sons received the […]
Thank God for The Tribunal
Dear Editor: On my wedding day, I was thrilled. We had dated for about eight years. As I arrived at the altar, the man who told me, “Beautiful, just beautiful!” wasn’t my husband, it was the presider. My husband didn’t even acknowledge me. I couldn’t figure it out. I assumed it was nerves. Later during […]
Best Christmas Ever
Dear Editor: I am writing to you because I wanted to show my gratitude to God for giving me my best Christmas ever. It began on the nights of the 17th and 18th of December when I felt that my help was not needed anymore. The negative voice was trying to influence me and for […]
Act Against the Violence
Dear Editor: I commend The Tablet for its Dec. 12 editorial, “End the Violence.” Yes, we must pray, but as advocates, we also must act. Mass murder seems to occur in America every other week. Its frequency is frightening. Can anything be done? To quote from your editorial, “We recognize the Second Amendment right to […]
Bright Christmas Thanks
Dear Editor: Greetings from Trinity Human Service Corporation (THSC)! On behalf of our Executive Director, Father Pedro De Oliveira, O.F.M. Conv., and the staff and volunteers at THSC, I would like to express our heartfelt appreciation for the Bright Christmas Campaign grant. Your grant helped us provide Christmas gifts for many children in our neighborhood. […]
More About Sister Estelle
Sister Estelle ministered at Catherine McAuley High School in Brooklyn for 34 years. She was the epitome of the phrase “young at heart.”
Problems with Annulments – Msgr. Aguggia Responds
With all respect to Msgr. Steven Aguggia, allow me to share my two cents on his series about the Marriage Tribunal.