Dear Editor: Father Lauder’s insightful review of Marilynne Robinson’s essays (Feb. 17) criticizes scientism as the enemy of religion, but stops short of naming blind adherence to doctrine as its mirror opposite. We believers continue to confuse faith with religiosity, which requires hostile opposition to justify orthodoxy. Both scientism and inflexible dogmatism deny the fullness of God’s creation.

Dear Editor: The DACAns/Dreamers should get a long, crime free path to citizenship in exchange for all the things which will prevent the problem from re-occurring: the Wall, mandatory e-verify, stiffer penalties for overstaying visas, and elimination of birthright citizenship. Those here illegally, or on visitor, student, temporary worker, diplomatic, etc. visas should not be able to produce American citizens.

Dear Editor: A note of thanks to guest columnist, seminarian Michael Francis Falce for his simple and beautiful vocation story. I have made copies of it and will be sharing it with my Confirmation students for years to come. God bless him and all of our priests and future priests.

Dear Editor: Local Bay Ridge newspapers report residents and politicians still wish to control the future of the buildings that remain from the Angel Guardian Home, now closed. The senior citizens who once enjoyed meetings rooms in the home are dispossessed and not happy.

Dear Editor: Your recent Editor’s Space (Feb. 24) suggestion for a Lenten pilgrimage of churches echoed a personal tradition which I followed for many years when the energy and agility of youth permitted, visiting as many churches as I could manage on Good Fridays, morning to well after dark, rain or shine, and once even traveling during a light snowfall.

Dear Editor: I was reading the article “Bad State Budget News Taints Hopeful Events With Great Sadness” (Feb. 17) by Cardinal Timothy Dolan.

Dear Editor: My parish is just finishing their closing session of ARISE. From day one, I knew that I had made the right decision in joining ARISE. The experience is personal, intense, filled with prayers and questions about the Scriptures.

Dear Editor: Regarding the article “In-Flight Wedding on Papal Plane” (Feb. 3), I understand that the Chilean couple met the conditions required.

Dear Editor: As had Carol Powell (Feb. 10), I had been reflecting on the collision of Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day this year.

Dear Editor: In separate letters (Feb. 24) Joe Leahy and Paul Kreig criticize Mary Geraghty’s (Feb. 10) support for immigrants by claiming that our immigration system is dysfunctional.