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.

Anyone wishing to reach me can do so at my email: pmcnamara2214@gmail.com. I look forward to hearing from Brooklynites past and present.

Sincerely,

PATRICK J. MCNAMARA, PH.D.

Via email

Editor’s Note: Dr. McNamara is a parishioner of St. Francis of Assisi Church, Astoria.