Dear Editor:
Your Jan. 25 article in the Entertainment section (page 26) – ‘Laugh-out-loud’ farce opens at Legge Theatre – outlines a comedy in which two nuns “secretly” make wine to keep the convent open.
The next page carries an ad for this play which depicts a nun kneeling at a purported alter supported by wine barrels. A sacramental chalice lays on its side on the floor, next to the nun. The sacramental wine contained in the chalice is, of course, spilled.
This depiction of the chalice and spilled wine – as well as the altar supported by wine barrels is highly inappropriate and greatly offensive.
It may not have been created with express malice, however, this in no way excuses the disgusting cartoon that derides not only the consecration of the sacramental wine, but the entire Holy Communion.
This is 2018, and supposedly a time in which people’s various rights and beliefs – including religions – are respected.
Clearly, there is no respect present in this highly offensive ad, and I ask that it be removed.
B. Kendall is a New Westminster resident
