We don't subscribe to any newspapers at our house besides one local paper. My husband reads newspapers online and most of the pieces I find out about are sent in to me by the readers of this site. That is to say, I know I'm missing most of the letters to the editor out there. Feel free to send them into me and I will post them here.
Well said, Mr. McGeary. Not that being a bishop is about how well-liked a man is, but sometimes I wonder if Bishop Galante isn't running for the "Least Popular Bishop EVER of the Camden Diocese Award." If he is, I think he may have won it by popular acclamation. And in this instance, for very good reason. Congratulations, Bishop.
To the Editor:
Bishop Joseph Galante's plan to merge 50 percent of the Catholic parishes in the Diocese of Camden is entirely wrong.
A Bishop is the equivalent of a shepherd guarding his sheep. His staff is used to gather together his flock. Unfortunately, the Shepherd of the Diocese of Camden, Bishop Galante, is using his staff to scatter his "sheep"--the Catholic population of South Jersey.
Once his plan to reconfigure or merge 50 percent ofour parishes is in full swing, our "stray sheep" will start to add up. Church attendance will dwindle as Catholics findit more difficult to find a church. This isn't God's plan. God sent His Apostles out to the four corners of the planet to spread the faith and establish places to worship Him, not eliminate them!
Why is the Church hierarchy permitting this to happen?
Thomas J. McGeary, Sr., Egg Harbor City
Well said, Mr. McGeary. Not that being a bishop is about how well-liked a man is, but sometimes I wonder if Bishop Galante isn't running for the "Least Popular Bishop EVER of the Camden Diocese Award." If he is, I think he may have won it by popular acclamation. And in this instance, for very good reason. Congratulations, Bishop.