Daydream believer.

Cathleen Kaveny's wonderful article "Be Not Afraid" gave me a pleasant, if "fleeting, daydream. Wouldn't it be something if the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops could put out such a well-reasoned, faith-filled teaching document as this amazing magistra has done?

Unlike certain cowardly and un-Augustinian members of the episcopacy, Kaveny shows courage even in her moderation as she challenges the sectarian impulse behind banning V-Day performances. She is too polite to say what so many of the faithful know: "official" teaching is stuck and unable to view human sexuality except through a comfortable but too-narrow philosophical lens.

Kudos as well to Fr. John Jenkins, president of Notre Dame, for his courage in standing up to the Cardinal Newman Society and their confused supporters by allowing Monologues to be performed on campus.

PAUL E, DINTER

Cortlandt Manor, N. Y.