Dear Editor: In reference to the recent listing of past auxiliary bishops (July 18), I wish to make mention of the late Bishop Ignatius Catanello’s comforting presence and spiritual enlightenment as he visited first responders at the NYC Medical Examiners Office after 9/11. He offered the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass under a tent, set up outside. His presence was most comforting as he reached out to comfort first responders deployed to a most challenging, but necessary assignment.
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The Amazing Msgr. Feldhaus!
Dear Editor: Thank you for your extensive coverage (July 18) of the 95th birthday of Msgr. Eugene Feldhaus. I was touched by the family inviting a few of his former students to the small party. If they had ever tried inviting all of his former students, they would have had to rent the Barclay Center to hold all of those who would have come from across the country to pay tribute to this amazing and, yes, really tough college English teacher and true model priest for us all… and by the way a great handball coach who led Cathedral to a number of city championships and a pretty good tennis player as well, who put up with my dad as they tried to beat me and a fellow seminarian several times!
Leave Trump Alone!
Dear Editor: Regarding the July 18th Tablet editorial. Seriously? Donald Trump should be congratulated for making the topic of illegal immigration open for discussion. The word here that so many people choose not to recognize is “illegal.” The media and now The Tablet is making it sound as though he accused all Mexicans of being thieves and rapists. He did not. Trump was making a strong point that when the border is not secure, criminals will also be let into the country.
Special Treatment for Religious
Dear Editor: Thank you for the good job you and your staff did in the special religious jubilees section of The Tablet. BROTHER CAMPION LALLY, O.S.F. Bay Ridge
Meaning of Encyclical
Dear Editor: As we know, an encyclical is one the highest forms of teaching from the pope. I was quite disappointed by your editorial (“Impacting the World,” June 27): watering down the extensive content of the message to a “care for each other,” which is the core message but without mentioning any local commitment to […]
Labor Vs. Students
Dear Editor: This is my reaction to Richard Trumka’s Up Front and Personal column (June 20) as to why the labor movement is against school vouchers.
Msgr. Ryan
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.
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.