Letters to the Editor
The Boston Globe
P. O. Box 55819
Boston, MA 02205-5819

To the Editor:

    As an object of Jeff Jacoby's scorn, William Bulger is in honored company, (Political elite should shun Bill Bulger, 6/23/2013).

    Pope Pius XII, Jozef Cardinal Glemp, the Carmelite nuns of Auschwitz, Irish nationalists, the Spanish Crown, the Hapsburg government of Austria, and the Catholic Church itself have all been targets of denunciation by Jacoby. For orthodox Catholics, an attack by Jeff Jacoby has become a compliment.

    I believe it to be poor editorial judgment however, that a vindictive partisan obsession, relentlessly promoted by Jacoby at a tabloid newspaper, has now been permitted to resurrect itself on the op-ed page of The Boston Sunday Globe.

Sincerely,

C. J. Doyle
P. O. Box 112
Roslindale, MA 02131
617-524-6309

MEMBER ADVISORY

The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts today is mourning the death of one of its founding directors, John J. "Joe" MacIsaac, who entered into eternal life Sunday night, after a long struggle with prostate cancer. He was ninety-one.

One of ten children, Joe was born in Nova Scotia, the son of a Scots Gaelic speaker. The family traced its ancestry to the Isle of Eigg, in the Inner Hebrides, the part of Scotland which remained Catholic after the Protestant Revolution.

When Joe was an infant, his family emigrated to Massachusetts, and settled in the Jamaica Plain district of Boston, where Joe grew up, attending parochial schools. At the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Joe MacIsaac had a secure and draft-exempt position as a skilled defense worker at the United States Arsenal at Watertown. He gave it up to enlist in the U. S. Army.

A combat infantryman, Joe landed in Marseilles following Operation Anvil---the invasion of southern France---and took part in the fighting as Allied forces worked their way up the Rhone valley and across the Vosges mountains into Germany and later, Austria. His outfit, the 103rd Infantry Division, liberated the Kaufering concentration camp, a satellite facility of the infamous Dachau death camp. Conversant in French and fluent in German, Joe was often given the duty of communicating with French civilians and guarding Nazi prisoners.

At the end of the war, Joe entered Harvard on the G.I. Bill. A few weeks before graduation, Joe became one of two students to resign from the Harvard Class of 1948, (Robert F. Kennedy's class), to become a spiritual follower of Father Leonard Feeney, S.J. Joe would remain a supporter of the Saint Benedict Center for the rest of his life. Like Justice Joe Nolan, Joe MacIsaac was a friend and disciple of the late Brother Francis Maluf, M.I.C.M. Joe's sibling, Brother Hugh MacIsaac, M.I.C.M., was also a follower of Father Feeney, and would become Superior of the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary prior to his death in 1979.

Joe would go on to marry, raise a large family---to whom he was intensely and selflessly devoted---and embark on a 44 year career in the U. S. Post Office, and its successor, the U. S. Postal Service.

An admirer of James Michael Curley, Joe MacIsaac spent 37 years in the political organization of Massachusetts State Representative James J. Craven, Jr. For 18 years after that, he served on the Board of Directors of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts.

Catholic Action League Executive Director C. J. Doyle made the following statement: "A fervent, pious, prayerful and apostolic Catholic, Joe MacIsaac was a dedicated member of the Church Militant, who possessed an extraordinary capacity to be at once both resolute yet serene in the face of adversity, including the disease which ultimately ended his life. He was also a faithful husband, and a loving father, grandfather and great-grandfather. I shall always remember him as a brave man, a loyal friend and a Christian gentleman."

Joe MacIsaac is survived by wife Elena, six children (a daughter, Carol, pre-deceased him), thirteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his brother, Father Charles — Stanley MacIsaac of the Oblates of Wisdom.

Funeral arrangements will be with the Dolan Funeral Home in Milton. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Saint Agatha's Church in Milton. Dates and times are pending.

CATHOLIC ACTION LEAGUE WILL JOIN OPERATION RESCUE AND STUDENTS FOR LIFE IN PROTEST AT BOSTON COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT

LEAGUE CALLS UPON CATHOLICS TO PROTEST AWARD TO ENDA KENNY

MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013

CONTACT: C. J. DOYLE (781) 251-9739
               Catholicactionleague@gmail.com

CATHOLIC ACTION LEAGUE CONDEMNS BOSTON COLLEGE FOR HONORING IRISH PRIME MINISTER ENDA KENNY

The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts today condemned Jesuit administered Boston College for selecting Republic of Ireland Taoiseach Enda Kenny as its 2013 Commencement Speaker. The university will also confer an honorary Doctor of Laws degree on Kenny during commencement exercises on May 20th.

On April 30th, Kenny's coalition government introduced legislation with the Orwellian title "The Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013," which would legalize abortion in Ireland under the guise of preventing the suicide of pregnant women. As there is no gestational age limit to the measure, it would mean abortion on demand, under threat of suicide, through all nine months of pregnancy.

Catholic hospitals would be forced to comply with the proposed law. Moreover, the bill contains no conscience clause protections for physicians, nurses, and other health care workers.

The Catholic Church has denounced the measure and called upon the Irish people to lobby their elected representatives to oppose it. Cardinal Sean Brady, the Primate of Ireland, said the bill, if approved would "make the direct and intentional killing of unborn children lawful in Ireland." Brady went on to say that: "It is a tragic moment for Irish society when we regard the the deliberate destruction of a completely innocent person as an acceptable response to the threat of the preventable death of another person."

Kenny has threatened to expel pro-life Catholic TDs (members of parliament) from his Fine Gael parliamentary party if they refuse to vote for the measure, which is expected to be acted upon in July.

Last year, Kenny's government published legislation---The Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill---which would impose criminal penalties, including imprisonment up to five years, on priests who refuse to violate the seal of the confessional in cases of sexual abuse.

In a July, 2011 speech, Kenny misrepresented the words of Pope Benedict XVI to imply that the Pontiff approved the cover up of sexual abuse and castigated what he called the "dysfunction, disconnection, elitism" and "narcissism" of the Vatican. Following that attack, Kenny closed the Irish Embassy to the Holy See.

Boston College said Kenny represents the "progressive center" and is committed to "social justice."

The Catholic Action League called Kenny's selection "an astonishing, appalling, disgraceful and deplorable act of betrayal."

Catholic Action League Executive Director C. J. Doyle stated: "Even for a university whose Catholic identity is as compromised as that of BC, this decision is shameful and dishonorable. Boston College has gone beyond promoting dissent against Catholic teaching to giving aid and comfort to the enemies of the Church. Every faithful Catholic in this country ought to protest against this odious perfidy."

Catholic Action League Executive Director C. J. Doyle is an alumnus of Boston College.

I. THE U.S. SENATE SPECIAL ELECTION DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY

The two Democratic candidates, Stephen F. Lynch and Edward J. Markey are both baptized Catholics, are both products of Catholic education, and both entered politics as supporters of Catholic moral teaching. Both have also sold their birthright for political advantage.

A) Ed Markey --- Markey is a graduate of Malden Catholic High School, Boston College, and Boston College Law School. Elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1972, he served as a Representative in the General Court from January 1973 to November 1976. As a state legislator, Markey supported the right to life and school prayer, and opposed forced busing. Markey ran for Congress in 1976 to fill the vacancy created by the death of U.S. Representative Torbert MacDonald (JFK's former Harvard roommate). At that time, Markey supported the Human Life Amendment.

Markey won the Democratic Primary after he was endorsed by The Boston Globe. Suspiciously, the Globe editorial said the paper was supporting him "despite his anti-abortion and anti-busing views," which suggests that Markey had met with the paper's editorial board and indicated that those views were negotiable. Seated immediately after the election, he has served in Congress since November, 1976.

When contemplating a run for the U. S. Senate in 1984, Markey announced that he now supported legal abortion. He has been moving leftward ever since. Just before the fall of the Soviet Union, Pravda identified him as one of three members of Congress (the others being Claiborne Pell and Edward Kennedy) who were truly committed to "peace."

Markey has a 100% rating from Planned Parenthood and has been endorsed by Planned Parenthood. In his television commercials, Markey states he supports "a woman's right to choose," and says he is proud to be endorsed by Planned Parenthood and NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts.

B) Stephen Lynch --- A graduate of South Boston High School, Wentworth Institute and Boston College Law School, Lynch was elected to the Massachusetts House in November 1994, serving a little over a year before being elected to the State Senate in a special election in 1996. He was elected to Congress in October, 2001, to fill the vacancy created by the death of U. S. Representative Joe Moakley.

As a legislative candidate, a state representative and a state senator, and as a candidate for Congress, Lynch had a 100% pro-life voting record. He opposed same sex marriage, domestic partner legislation, and condom distribution programs in the public schools. Lynch attended meetings in Attorney Con Chapman's office organized to repeal the anti-aid Know-Nothing Amendment, and told Tom McDonough on the Southie Radio Hour that he was a "Second Amendment man."

Lynch's collapse on moral issues began as soon as he went to Washington. In his first term, he received a 100% rating from the homosexualist Human Rights Campaign. Lynch supported Barney Frank's federal gay rights proposal, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), endorsed same sex marriage, and voted to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

His pro-life record also began to deteriorate. Then, after announcing his decision to seek the U. S. Senate seat vacated by John Kerry's appointment as Secretary of State, Lynch, who still refers to himself as "pro-life," said he supports Roe v. Wade, and would oppose any Supreme Court nominee who would seek to overturn it. In other words, Lynch now believes that a jurist would be unqualified to serve on the Supreme Court if he held the same views which Lynch himself espoused for most of his political career.

The calculated betrayals by Edward Markey and Stephen Lynch are not difficult to comprehend. After arriving in Congress, they discovered that the campaign contributors, the interests groups, the party activists and officials, the legislative leaders, the media institutions, and the core primary voters who made possible their political careers, supported abortion and homosexuality. Therefore, they made "philosophical" conversions which exactly coincided with the advancement of their political interests.

It would be tedious to dwell on what loathsome traitors to their religion and their heritage Markey and Lynch have become. It might be more useful to reflect on how it is that our Catholic parishes, Catholic schools, Catholic fraternal organizations, and our Catholic community produces such an inordinate number of political prostitutes.

II. THE U.S. SENATE SPECIAL ELECTION REPUBLICAN PRIMARY

As usual in Massachusetts, the Republican candidates, two of whom are Catholic, offer little as alternatives to the Democrats.

A) Gabriel Gomez --- A businessman and former U. S. Navy SEAL officer with an MBA from Harvard, Gomez supported Barack Obama for President, and recently wrote to Governor Deval Patrick seeking temporary appointment to the U. S. Senate. Insulting the intelligence of pro-lifers, Gomez has stated that "he is proud to be Catholic, and proud to be pro-life," but believes Roe v. Wade is "settled law." Gomez, who supports same gender marriage and the repeal of DOMA, is reportedly being promoted by Republican National Committeeman Ron Kaufman, who has spent the last thirty years advising Republicans to avoid the abortion issue.

B) Daniel Winslow --- A graduate of Boston College Law School, Winslow was a Weld appointee to the Massachusetts District Court bench, served as Legal Counsel to Governor Mitt Romney and is currently a Representative in the General Court. He is an extreme social liberal.

Interestingly, he has been commended by homosexual groups for his promotion of same sex marriage while working for Romney, who spent much of 2012 trying to convince Republican primary voters that he opposed same gender marriage as governor. In 2003, shortly after the Goodridge decision, the Catholic Action League wrote to Governor Romney asking him to support a conscience clause for town clerks and justices of the peace who did not wish to register same gender marriages. We never received a response from Romney, but Winslow told the media a few days later that any clerk or JP who had moral reservations about same gender unions, should resign.

C) Michael Sullivan --- A Double Eagle who graduated from BC High and Boston College, Michael Sullivan was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1990. After serving two terms, he was appointed Plymouth County District Attorney by Governor Weld in 1995. In 2001 President George W. Bush named Sullivan U. S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. In 2006, Bush brought him to Washington as Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, which he headed until 2009.

Sullivan identifies himself as pro-life, and has been endorsed by the Political Action Committee of Massachusetts Citizens for Life. According to MCFL, Sullivan opposes tax funded abortions, partial birth abortions, and embryonic stem cell research, and supports conscience rights and parental consent laws. Not withstanding that however, Sullivan had demonstrated a disturbing pattern of weakness when discussing the right to life. He has refused to endorse the Republican National platform, which calls for the extension of Fourteenth Amendment personhood rights to the unborn. He has also stated that he would vote to confirm a pro-abortion nominee to the U. S. Supreme Court, claiming he has "no litmus test." Sullivan has said that Roe v. Wade is in "the rear view mirror" of most voters. In debates and in interviews, Sullivan has shown a reluctance to give forthright answers when challenged on abortion.

Although he claims to support traditional marriage, Sullivan favors the repeal of DOMA. His flip-flop on that issue came within hours of being attacked by state Democratic Party Chairman John Walsh and homosexual State Representative Carl Sciortino at a press conference where they accused Sullivan of "spewing hate" by supporting traditional marriage. Sullivan's hasty surrender was not a profile in courage, and raises questions about his resolve in upholding his purported principles in the hostile media and political environment of the Bay State. Sullivan, who has surrounded himself with pro-abortion aides and consultants, also denounced Tea Party television ads critical of homosexual activism. As a legislator on Beacon Hill, he did not have the reputation of being a conviction politician.

III. THE FIRST SUFFOLK SENATORIAL DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION PRIMARY

Of the three Democratic candidates competing to succeed former State Senator Jack Hart, Linda Dorcena-Forry has been endorsed by Planned Parenthood and Mass Equality. She has demanded that homosexual groups be allowed to march in South Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade. Dorcena-Forry is married to Bill Forry, Managing Editor of the Dorchester Reporter, a newspaper which has endorsed President Obama and described abortion and same sex marriage as fundamental rights.

Maureen Dahill, like Dorcena-Forry, is a pro-homosexual liberal, who wants homosexual groups in the South Boston parade. State Representative Nick Collins, who has been endorsed by MCFL, has stated that he would bring his gay and lesbian friends to march alongside him in the St. Patrick's Day parade. The League was not able to ascertain his position on so-called same gender marriage.

To the Editor:

    Margery Eagan's reckless assertion that Pope Benedict XVI conducted an inquisition against American nuns was unfair and inaccurate (POPE FRANCIS PUTS BEST FOOT FORWARD, 3/31/2013).

    Asking religious orders who profess to be Catholic to fully embrace Catholic doctrine, defend the right to life, and support the traditional definition of marriage, is hardly unreasonable. Like priests, nuns take a vow of obedience. There is nothing improper in expecting them to comply with that vow.

Sincerely,

C. J. Doyle
Executive Director
Catholic Action League of Massachusetts
35 Montclair Avenue
Boston, MA 02132 (781) 251-9739
CATHOLICACTIONLEAGUE@GMAIL.COM

Attention: Mark Pickering

MEMBER ADVISORY

TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2013

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Letters
Boston Herald
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To the Editor:

CONTACT: C. J. DOYLE (781) 251-9739
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CATHOLIC ACTION LEAGUE HAILS ELECTION OF POPE FRANCIS I

In an interview with Boston's WBUR Radio on February 25th, C. J. Doyle predicted that the first Third World pope would be from Argentina.

What are Catholics to think of these endless media reports of alleged scandal, immorality, and infidelity at the Vatican? ( See the item in this week’s News Notes column about the report to the Pope from the Commission of Cardinals.)

The Wanderer posed this question to C. Joseph Doyle, executive director of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts, for some insight and historical analysis on the upcoming conclave to elect a new Pope in the midst of nearly unprecedented hostile media attention. “What are ordinary, faithful Catholics to make of this barrage of negative media attention on their Church?” The Wanderer asked Doyle. Click for full text of interview.

     Margery Eagan's predictable attempt to invidiously stereotype Bay State pro-lifers as elderly and male has more to do with ideology than reality (40 years later, abortion battle unresolved, 1/20/2013).

     Anyone familiar with the pro-life movement in Massachusetts, which Eagan is not, can testify to its disproportionately female character. Eagan's column on the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade also contains a striking omission. There is no mention of the 55 million unborn children killed by surgical abortion in America since 1973.