The Mail

As much as I hate to see Liguorian becoming bimonthly, I can understand why the change is needed. More and more publications are just closing down due to rising costs, etc.

I’ve been getting Liguorian for over thirty years now. I liked it when the format was smaller like Reader’s Digest, a good size to take along to doctor appointments, etc. It fit in your purse and was easy to carry.

I enjoy your fiction, and in the November-December edition, I very much enjoyed the meditation written by Lucille Cortese. It was my favorite in the magazine. Wonderful Christmas story. She is a great writer. Having been to Italy and having Italian relatives, I could relate to the story and enjoyed it very much. Jim Auer is also a favorite author of mine. I’m so sorry he got Covid and still has issues. Please keep the fiction in your magazine.

Carol C., Longmont, Colorado

For most of seven decades, I have read Liguorian, first at home, then school libraries, then while visiting my parents, and finally—after their passing—using my own subscription. Liguorian as a publication has never been better. As a Catholic with sixteen years of Catholic school education ending just after Vatican II, I found the [recent series] on alcoholism to be seriously defective, while you and readers thought it was an award-winning effort.

Anonymous

RE: “No one walks to church” (“Urban Plight” by Bishop Bruce Lewandowski, CSsR, in the January-February edition): I am blessed to live in an area where five Catholic churches are within walking distance for me. I love to walk (or sometimes bike) to and from Mass, even though I have a car. Please refrain from making general assumptions. 

Jeff N., Grand Rapids, Michigan

I really enjoyed the poem “Evergreen” (Fr. Byron Miller, CSsR, November-December 2022) and would love to share it in my Christmas letter to my parishioners who do not receive Liguorian.

Fr. R. J., Missouri