Letters

From India

Fr. A. Alex Prabhu

Contents - Feb 2008 - Buy a copy now Editorial: Can Catholic schools recover their 'salt' - Michael Gilchrist Spe salvi: Benedict's second encyclical calls for a rediscovery of hope in Christ - Michael Gilchrist News: The Church Around the World Grace under fire: ordinations, and first Holy Communion in Iraq - Babette Francis Technical school: Salesians continue to help post-tsunami Sri Lanka - Michael Lynch SDB Paganism: 'New Age' activities continue in Brisbane Archdiocese - Tim Pemble-Smith A remarkable father remembered - Maria Rankin How to reform Catholic education: get the world view right - Chris Hilder The need for solitude and reflection amid today's cacophony - Andrew Kania What the social reign of Christ means today - Bishop Peter Elliott Letters: Dissent - Frank White Letters: Natural Law - Fr Bernard McGrath Letters: New look Mass - Jessie Roger Letters: Virgin Birth - Eamonn and Pat Keane Letters: True Church - John Frey Letters: 'Schoolies' - Fr. M. Durham Letters: Poor communication - Don Gaffney Letters: Vatican II - Anthony Bono Letters: From India - Fr. A. Alex Prabhu Books: NO PLACE FOR GOD: The Denial of the Transcendent in Modern Church Architecture - Tony Evans (reviewer) Books: WHEN MIGHT BECOMES HUMAN RIGHT:Essays on Democracy and the Crisis of Rationality - Tim Cannon (reviewer) Books: A YEARBOOK OF SEASONS AND CELEBRATIONS, by Joanna Bogle - Eric Hester (reviewer) Books: Books available from AD2000 and Freedom Publishing Reflection: Devotion to Our Lady: eclipse and revival - Br Barry Coldrey

I happened to come across your magazine and was very much impressed at the many practical things, especially for an Indian missionary like myself. I congratulate you and your contributors.

Continue your good work. I wish you all the best in your press apostolate. My prayerful support is always with you.

As a diocesan priest and now headmaster of a diocesan school at Karumandurai, I want to equip myself for the task of giving instruction to the staff and students. The school I am heading is situated in a backward area in a hilly region of India. I want to upgrade the condition of the school and its students.

Would any of your readers be kind enough to forward to me back issues of AD2000 and any other suitable magazines or newspapers. These will be useful for my ministry.

Prayerful wishes to you, a merry Christmas and a happy New Year 2008.

My address is: Rev Fr A. Alex Prabhu, Headmaster, Assisi Middle School, Karumandurai-636136, Kalrayan Hills, Salem Dt, Tamil Nadu.

FR A. ALEX PRABHU
Tamil Nadu, India

Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 21 No 1 (February 2008), p. 15