Dear Editor: The Feb. 11 edition of The Tablet had an excellent column by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio regarding the institution and sacrament of marriage. In the piece, the bishop even mentioned that National Marriage Week was held from Feb. 7-14.

I spoke with several fellow Catholics in other parishes and it seems that none of them had a homily or any other special events in their parishes to commemorate National Marriage Week.

While the bishop’s column was excellent, the Catholic Church needs to do more to promote this traditional institution since it appears that traditional marriage is losing in the Cultural War.

You see less and less Catholics (and others) opting to marry. They are making the choice to either stay single or living together with no commitment. The out-of-wedlock birth rate continues to rise. It seems that so-called same-sex marriage is gaining acceptance among many of the young Catholics and will continue to be accepted unless something is done.

We need our leadership to step up on this subject.

THOMAS MURAWSKI

Glendale