Dear Editor: Since you requested that readers share a memory of a Religious Brother, I offer you this one.
Forty-one years ago last spring, three Marist Brothers of the Province of Esopus met to talk about an idea and a hope.
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Uncle Howie Basler
Dear Editor: I write to thank you for your very kind and thoughtful Editor’s Space about my beloved uncle Howard B. Basler (Howie). My father, Joseph Basler, has taken great comfort in all the nice things that have been said, and now written, about his brother. They have been deeply appreciated at the difficult time.
Republicans Miss Opportunity
Dear Editor: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says defunding Planned Parenthood, the abortion industry giant, will have to wait until 2017. A delay of 18 months means more than one million abortions will be performed during that time.
Right of Conscience
Dear Editor: Kim Davis, in the eyes of most, including myself, is not a hero, but she still has the right to conscientious objection. Listen to what Pope Francis had to say on his flight back from New York to Rome, not commenting on Davis specifically, but on the subject of conscientious objection: Speaking with […]
Francis Offers Great Hope
Dear Editor: In reply to Bob Fallon’s Letter (Oct. 10) which you headline “Fix the Church of Jesus,” we agree with Fallon’s assertion that Pope Francis has embarked vigorously upon this mission and ministry.
Science v. Religion
Dear Editor: Two letters (Oct. 3) are wrongheaded. Mildred Burke supports her view of “infallible science” sanctioning homosexuality by citing science v. religion narratives that never really occurred historically except in mythologized forms encouraged by popular anti-religious hatred.
Living the Gospel Message
Dear Editor: I would like to thank Rita M. Murphy for those most kind words (Readers’ Forum, Sept. 26) to my letter to The Tablet (Sept. 9) concerning my experiences with homelessness. It is most heartwarming to hear from people like yourself with what you have done to help the homeless. I hope and pray […]
Best of Papal Scenes
Dear Editor: On the papal visit, for me one of the best parts was on his arrival in Washington, D.C., on the way to the White House, he stopped to greet children putting him 15 minutes behind schedule. One security man reminded the pope, tapping his watch to emphasize it. The pope just gestured with […]
UK Vetoes Assisted Suicide
Dear Editor: The recent vote by a plurality of over 100 votes in the British House of Commons against the legal authorization of assisted suicide in the United Kingdom is perhaps one of the few votes on a bill which would have opened the floodgates to greater evil procedures. The elected members of that body […]
Defund PP
Dear Editor: I agree with Michael Mullaney from Bayside (Readers’ Forum, Oct. 10) where is the outrage against Planned Parenthood (PP)? It can’t be that the Catholic Church does not want to get into politics. Cardinal Dolan told us Catholics to stop coming to “daddy” …go out into the public square. He told us that […]