Dear Editor:
It’s always so hard to hear and read Bishop DiMarzio’s opinions on the views of President Trump regarding illegal immigrants.
My father came lawfully to America from Naples with his mother when he was eight year old. First his father had to provide residency with his brother and his wife and proof of work so that he could send for his wife and my father. This took two years and it was hard because my grandmother had to work in the wheat fields with my father at her side. They were very poor. My father loved being an American but unfortunately I never learned Italian because only English was spoken in our house. My father wanted to be American first.
I am very proud to say that I was a Catholic grammar and high school teacher for over 40 years. I’m so happy and proud of President Trump for issuing an executive order promoting parental choice in education. This didn’t happen with President Biden who is Catholic. Catholic schools have enriched America by offering an excellent academic education rooted in our Catholic faith.
As a teacher, wife, mother and grandmother I truly feel that it is very important to follow the laws of our country and of our Catholic faith: such as instilling the obligation of attending Mass on Sundays and holy days; and not taking marijuana because it was illegal and not good.
Being an active pro-life Catholic, I feel that President Trump needs to be respected for what he has done and what he will do for the pro-life movement and religious freedom in our country.
Mary and Joseph followed the laws of the land and left Nazareth while Mary was in the later stage of pregnancy. Joseph was ordered by the Roman emperor, Caesar Augustus, to be part of the census. They were required to travel to Bethlehem being it was Joseph’s father’s hometown.
Hoping all Catholics pray for President Trump even if they didn’t vote for him.
Respectfully,
Madeleine Santangelo Palumbo
Sea Cliff, NY
[A version of this letter was published in The Tablet, February 22, 2025.]
It’s always so hard to hear and read Bishop DiMarzio’s opinions on the views of President Trump regarding illegal immigrants.
My father came lawfully to America from Naples with his mother when he was eight year old. First his father had to provide residency with his brother and his wife and proof of work so that he could send for his wife and my father. This took two years and it was hard because my grandmother had to work in the wheat fields with my father at her side. They were very poor. My father loved being an American but unfortunately I never learned Italian because only English was spoken in our house. My father wanted to be American first.
I am very proud to say that I was a Catholic grammar and high school teacher for over 40 years. I’m so happy and proud of President Trump for issuing an executive order promoting parental choice in education. This didn’t happen with President Biden who is Catholic. Catholic schools have enriched America by offering an excellent academic education rooted in our Catholic faith.
As a teacher, wife, mother and grandmother I truly feel that it is very important to follow the laws of our country and of our Catholic faith: such as instilling the obligation of attending Mass on Sundays and holy days; and not taking marijuana because it was illegal and not good.
Being an active pro-life Catholic, I feel that President Trump needs to be respected for what he has done and what he will do for the pro-life movement and religious freedom in our country.
Mary and Joseph followed the laws of the land and left Nazareth while Mary was in the later stage of pregnancy. Joseph was ordered by the Roman emperor, Caesar Augustus, to be part of the census. They were required to travel to Bethlehem being it was Joseph’s father’s hometown.
Hoping all Catholics pray for President Trump even if they didn’t vote for him.
Respectfully,
Madeleine Santangelo Palumbo
Sea Cliff, NY
[A version of this letter was published in The Tablet, February 22, 2025.]
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