In Notebook, you reported on the controversy in Limerick City over the clash of dates for First Holy Communion and a concert by One Direction (19 October). A not dissimilar clash of interests happens here in the Archdiocese of Louisville from time to time. Good Friday 2014 is a regular school day for Catholic schools. However, all archdiocesan schools will close on Friday 2 May so as to give the children a holiday for the eve of the Kentucky Derby on 3 May. This seems an even greater case of mi
26 October 2013, The Tablet
Skewed priorities
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