Dear Editor: The recent death of Msgr. James Ryan filled me with an overflowing feeling of satisfaction at how he had lived his priesthood with profound kindness, gentleness and charitable love for everyone. Msgr. Ryan’s natural kindness was his most admired trait.
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No Supreme Justice
Dear Editor: If the U.S. Supreme Court had not interfered with true democracy, the citizens of the USA could have continued to democratically vote for or against same-sex marriage. Instead, a majority of one dictator ordered all Americans to accept their anti-scientific belief system. It does take a man and a woman to have a child; just as it takes a woman and a man to make a marriage.
Ordinations Offer Hope
Dear Editor: The recent ordinations to the priesthood lead us to reflect on how our entire Catholic community contributes to the formation of a priest. I was privileged to attend Father Daniel O. Kingsley’s First Mass and parish reception. His journey to the priesthood began with his strongly religious family. His late father and mother as well as his siblings nurtured his vocation. Their sacrifices enabled him to attend St. Vincent Ferrer school (its loss represents another obstacle to fostering vocations) where his teachers encouraged him to attend Cathedral Prep.
The History of CYO
Dear Editor: You had a letter (June 27) in The Tablet from a CYO volunteer who received the Bishop Mugavero CYO Award and was linking it to today’s CYO Hall of Fame. I agree. I’ve always considered the Bishop Mugavero CYO Award the predecessor to the current CYO Hall of Fame. Just done in earlier decades. Here are some of the interesting parts of the CYO history.
Schools Socked Again!
Dear Editor: Hope springs eternal, but frankly, I am not surprised that the school tax credit was again denied in Albany. This case is hopeless because we have a liberal government which legalized same-sex marriage and is more interested in forcing the acceptance of the homosexual lifestyle on everybody than the religious and moral education of our children.
Special Year, Special Thanks
Dear Editor: Thank you so much for the wonderful coverage in the Jubilee Issue for the Sisters and Brothers in the diocese. The ads, messages and good wishes of so many parishes, colleagues, friends and former students are reminders of the long history and legacy our religious have planted here in our midst. It’s always nice to be remembered!
Not a Great Day for the Irish
Dear Editor: Looking at the results of the May 22 referendum in Catholic Ireland, the question arises like a tidal wave – how did the homosexuals manage it? First, the gays had all the money they needed to command an already compliant media. Second, the European Union and the transnational corporations were solidly behind the […]
Two Votes for Prayer
Dear Editor: It is difficult to understand why someone could suggest that prayer “may be a wasted effort,” but Garrett Dempsey (Reader’s Forum, June 13) seems to echo some of the assumptions that secularists hold about Catholicism.
The ‘Other’ Woodside Parish
Dear Editor: “Corpus Christi in Woodside” read the headline (June 6). I was excited to read an article which I presumed would be about my parish, Corpus Christi in Woodside but, alas, the article was about the celebration of the Corpus Christi feast in St. Sebastian’s parish.
Recognizing CYO Volunteers
Dear Editor: Last year I read about the first inductees into the CYO Hall of Fame and my reaction was ‘I’m already there.’ I say that because there are many of us who received the Bishop Mugavero Medal from the Bishop way back in the day for helping out with our local parish sports programs.