Dear Editor: After just having viewed the movie “The Invisibles,” at my local Kew Gardens Cinema, I was inspired to write this brief memorial for my late beloved companion, Gloria Beutel Katz (1948-2018), of Briarwood.
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40 Days For Life
Thank you, Bishop DiMarzio (“In Response To New Abortion Law, Diocese Joins 40 Days For Life,” March 23). At St. Francis Xavier Parish in the Bronx, we are praying for the unborn in danger of abortion.
Keep Up the Good Work!
Dear Editor: I don’t know Peter Damour in person, but I’m so proud of him and the works God is accomplishing in him and through him (“Catholic Youth Minister Leads Teens Closer To Christ,” Feb. 23). May our Mom Mary bless him and always keep him clean and pure in heart and in mind.
Remembering Bishop Valero
Dear Editor: Bishop Valero ordained my dad in 1985. One day a few years later we were together at a Confirmation diner at St. Margaret’s.
Help to Write Our History
Dear Editor: I am the author of three books on the history of Catholic New York, and I am currently in the process of writing a new book on Catholic life in Brooklyn from the 1840’s through the 1960’s. I would like to reach out to Tablet readers with a Brooklyn background, in order to hear their stories so I can faithfully reconstruct our shared Catholic past.
Non Scholae Sed Vitae
Dear Editor: “Not for school, but for Life,” is the motto of my alma mater Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood. I graduated in 1973. Our state’s governor graduated in 1975. We both walked the same halls, but we must have heard different calls.
Making Sense of Bioethics
Dear Editor: I recently searched the Tablet website for columns by Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk and was surprised to see that none have been printed since 2016. Considering all that New York is dealing with, we need the kind of clear teaching Father Pacholczyk provides in his columns.
Praying for Politicians
Dear Editor: During my years in grammar and high school, under the tutelage of the Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth, we all prayed for the conversion of Russia.
Women Theologians
Dear Editor: I’m so happy to hear about this event (“Theologian Panelists Discuss Women’s Influence On Church,” March 16). I wish I had known about it beforehand so that I could have attended. I’m encouraged to hear about this event, especially because I always feel a special connection to Brooklyn. It was the place where I was born and lived for my formative years.
An Excellent Article
Dear Editor: I just finished reading Antonina Zielinska’s article (Feb. 9) in the Brooklyn Tablet entitled “Doctor Questions When a Life No Longer Matters.” What an excellent summary of a very complicated matter. Somehow the contents in the article need to be more widely circulated. Myself and another priest run two parishes in Kenosha, Wis., in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.