Dear Editor: Simon Caldwell’s report (Nov. 18) of British Catholic schools’ reaction to government demands to replace, “mother” and “father” on school admission forms with, “parent 1” and “parent 2 “ is obviously short-sighted and biased. In our culture, “Parent 1” suggests some form of hierarchal supremacy over “Parent 2.” It would be much the […]
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Sunset Park Jubilee
Dear Editor: Congratulations to Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish on its 125th anniversary.
Fr. Flanagan of Dunwoodie
Dear Editor: It was good to read Effie Caldarola’s column (Nov. 4) in The Tablet.
Father Edward Flanagan studied at St. Joseph’s Seminary here in Dunwoodie before falling ill and eventually moving on to Omaha. I believe he studied under the great Father Duffy whose statue overlooks Times Square.
Maronite Memories
Dear Editor: You recently posted something from Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite church in Brooklyn Heights.
Questions Article’s Timing
Dear Editor: Can The Tablet tell us why Justin Brannan had a profile story in your paper four days before the election and nothing on John Quaglione?
Long-Range Assistance
Dear Editor: As a longtime parishioner of St. Agnes (now a worship site of St. Paul-St. Agnes parish), I was very buoyed by the response of the Diocese to the conditions faced by the citizens of Puerto Rico who were affected by Hurricane Maria. At our two houses of worship, we collected donations from parishioners and community residents for several weeks.
The Informed Conscience
Dear Editor: I am glad we are not living in the era of Pontius Pilate who said: what is truth? We Catholics believe in absolute moral truths; unfortunately the secular world around us keeps eroding it and I am afraid “the smoke of Satan has entered the temple of God” indeed (Pope Paul II).
Secretary Will be Missed
Dear Editor: She wasn’t a nun or a priest or a deacon but Valerie Balsamo, parish secretary of St. Luke’s, Whitestone will be missed by all religious and parishioners. Valerie was an integral part of the fabric that bonds the parish of St. Luke as one tight knit family. Valerie passed from this earth on Nov. 1, 2017. How appropriate that day was All Saints Day!
Part of Catholic Culture
Dear Editor: Reading Father Lauder’s column entitled “Conversations with My Favorite Authors,” I was reminded of a work by James Joyce, “A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man.”
Call to Limit Guns
Dear Editor: The President of the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, said, “A culture of life cannot tolerate, and must prevent, senseless gun violence in all it’s forms.” How true!