Page 4, 2nd December 1977
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Celibate Question
Sister Marie Henrik's letter, "The celibate' choice" (November I I ) cries out for a reply. Not only is her approach confused; it comes very near being cruel. I am surprised you......
Liturgy As The Service Of God
The recent correspondence regardin g the shortcomin g s of our present Liturgy has reminded me of an article I wrote for the Catholic Herald five years ago (published on August......
Diocesan Boundary Changes
I write to ur g e that my diocese should not be j ud g ed only by the comment ( November 25) of a spokesman for its deans on proposed boundary changes. The meeting of deans must......
Community Ideals
As a third-year student of religious studies. I have taken various oppOrtunities to attend Mass at various churches in Lon'don. I am always g reatly irritated to find that there......
Adoption
It is good to read that children arc finding adoptive homes through the Crusade of Rescue — even, apparently, younger children of mixed race. However, there are still mixedrace......
Abortion And Elections
The Life Labour Group ask pro-life voters not to dismiss Labour candidates out of hand. It is true that the Labour Party's 1977 National Conference voted by an overwhelmin g......
Care For Homosexuals
As a fellow-priest, counsellor and "friend" of homosexuals, may I join in expressing my grief at the dismissal of Fr Neal from the Bangor chaplaincy by Bishop Langton Fox of......
The Peace Of Christ
We have read with sadness the letters in your columns recently from those who dislike the Sign of Peace in the Mass. One correspondent claimed it distracted him from "lifting......
The Piltdown Skull Controversy
I think it is time Tcilhard de Chardin himself was allowed his say on the Piltdown Skull q uestion. For, as Cuenot explains: "It is not surprisin g that Teilhard should have......
Success Through Reappraisal
It is understandable that Sister Mary Jerome (November 18) shouldreply to Mr Arthur Waine's article of November I 1 on St Bede's in the manner in which she did, but hardly......