When you need to sail upstream, you cannot sail directly into the wind. You have to tack, and the strategic decision is when to tack. The history of the Catholic Church in the United States represents four fundamental tacks, and we are at one of those right now. Bishop Earl Fernandes has written an incredibly important letter, "Catholic Education: An Act of Hope," a letter that made Vatican world news, and he is inviting us to make a change. Change is simply hard and difficult, and yet when circumstances change, change is demanded.