Learning Broadens Our Religious Horizons

Mary Rourke showed a lot of courage in writing about the Virgin Mary (“Mary Revisited,” Nov. 3) and showing a side of Mary hardly known to general readership. It is not easy to write on a subject that has so many ethnic sensitivities. As we enter the new millennium, we need to expand our horizons and study about great personalities such as Mary in light of scriptures from all faiths, including Islamic teachings about the revered mother of Jesus.

On Oct. 24 there was an ecumenical forum in Palos Verdes Peninsula. It was encouraging to know that 100 persons attended the seminar at Mary and Joseph Retreat Center. Educational articles and ecumenical activities make all other religious minorities feel at ease, and at the same time provide a good role model of multiculturalism.

--AKHTAR H. EMON

Rancho Palos Verdes