Dear Editor: At a time when “civilized discourse” seems to be a rarity, and many, even within families, avoid issues such as politics or religion, it is important to realize the values inscribed in the Constitution of the United States.
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Low Income Housing Needed
Dear Editor: I read (April 15) with interest of the new Bishop Thomas V. Daily Residence for formerly homeless people and the fact that the building has been named in the bishop’s honor because of his “commitment to serving the poor around the diocese.”
Views on Shaking Hands
Dear Editor: I am responding to Alysoun Roach’s letter (April 15) regarding the sign of peace. There should be no shaking hands since you are receiving Holy Communion immediately after.
Encouraged to Touch
Dear Editor: I have just returned from Mass and I am angry. Not at the priest, who gave an earnest, relevant homily, or at the cantor, who led us in lovely songs for the Lenten season.
Catholic School Visit
Dear Editor: I found it very interesting that the first and only school that our President has visited is a Catholic elementary school, St. Andrew’s in Florida.
Grateful for Father Wlad!
Dear Editor: I would like to acknowledge the one-year anniversary of Father Wlad Kubrak as a parish priest at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Astoria. I find his sermons and perspective on life very refreshing because he is open and honest.
Piece of Local Scholarship
Dear Editor: Msgr. Martin Geraghty wrote a nice article on the book by Eileen Markey about the life and death of Sister Maura Clarke, M.M. With his connections to the Rockaways and St. Francis de Sales parish, Msgr. Geraghty is the perfect person to review it.
News That’s Fit to Print
Dear Editor: This letter is prompted by the recent onslaught of anti-Tablet letters. Our new president is a benediction after 24 consecutive years of quixotic, when not immoral, leadership in Washington, D.C.
Hallowed Be His Name
Dear Editor: In movies and on cable television the name of God the Father and the name of Jesus are taken in vain so casually and often times very profanely. A good, and representative example of this on cable TV, is the award-winning “Homeland.”
Did He Say That?
Dear Editor: In response to Kenneth Farley (April 1), I will avoid remarking on many of the points he makes in his letter, presented with sophisticated rhetoric, but no researchable citations for the “facts” he puts forward.