I'm glad to hear that running out of money engages the bishops' attention, but I wish that funding "community organizers" and other groups that are opposed to Catholic principles had engaged it first. The goal of partnering with non-Catholic groups (as long as they don't work against our principles) is laudable, but the people who run th…
I'm glad to hear that running out of money engages the bishops' attention, but I wish that funding "community organizers" and other groups that are opposed to Catholic principles had engaged it first. The goal of partnering with non-Catholic groups (as long as they don't work against our principles) is laudable, but the people who run this for the USCCB have often ignored the second part. CCHD's time has passed. This bit from JD's letter "some may also suggest a focus on providing direct aid to Catholic apostolates, rather than to community organizing programs" is the only thing that would every make me contribute to CCHD again. Every year when it comes around, I give a donation directly to either local non-Catholic group it supports that I know is ethically sound and effective, or to a Catholic apostolate that addresses the same issue. We don't have a lot of money to give, but sadly, I know we are better stewards of it than the USCCB.
I'm glad to hear that running out of money engages the bishops' attention, but I wish that funding "community organizers" and other groups that are opposed to Catholic principles had engaged it first. The goal of partnering with non-Catholic groups (as long as they don't work against our principles) is laudable, but the people who run this for the USCCB have often ignored the second part. CCHD's time has passed. This bit from JD's letter "some may also suggest a focus on providing direct aid to Catholic apostolates, rather than to community organizing programs" is the only thing that would every make me contribute to CCHD again. Every year when it comes around, I give a donation directly to either local non-Catholic group it supports that I know is ethically sound and effective, or to a Catholic apostolate that addresses the same issue. We don't have a lot of money to give, but sadly, I know we are better stewards of it than the USCCB.