I knew who the author of the NCR piece was before I even clicked the link, and was not disappointed to have my suspicion confirmed. Anything else I would add would certainly test my ability to remain charitable, so I will leave it there.
I knew who the author of the NCR piece was before I even clicked the link, and was not disappointed to have my suspicion confirmed. Anything else I would add would certainly test my ability to remain charitable, so I will leave it there.
I hadn't clicked through, but when I read your post, I guessed too! Either I'm a mindreader or a certain NC Reporter columnist is something of a one-trick pony... sadly, I'm guessing the latter. In any case, the priests at my parish, though otherwise stellar, have an unfortunate habit of failing to identify the beneficiaries of each Sunday's 2nd collection. Which is a problem, as I'm the sort who tends to throw in a few bucks whenever a collection basket is in front of me. However, I have "creative differences" with CCHD and Peter's Pence, and I'm always averse to contributing thereto. As the collection basket approaches up the aisle, I sometimes find myself whipping out my phone to madly google "USCCB second collections schedule."
I don't bother. I give to my parish, I give to my parish's St. Vincent de Paul charity, and I give to Lepanto Institute-approved charities. If the USCCB wants me to trust their charities, they can start selecting only trustworthy ones.
Mostly the commiephilic stuff articles in their own magazine, and sermons IтАЩve heard - one especially egregious talk (during sermon time, of course) was from one of their sisters who witnessed a massacre of about a hundred people in Central America back in the 60s. She claimed it was the тАЬworst atrocityтАЭ sheтАЩd ever heard of.
And this from a woman born in the 30s - but who apparently slept through the 40s and 50s, thus ignoring the tens of millions murdered by the third reich (I donтАЩt capitalize it), by soviets, and by chicoms (I donтАЩt capitalize them either).
I knew who the author of the NCR piece was before I even clicked the link, and was not disappointed to have my suspicion confirmed. Anything else I would add would certainly test my ability to remain charitable, so I will leave it there.
I hadn't clicked through, but when I read your post, I guessed too! Either I'm a mindreader or a certain NC Reporter columnist is something of a one-trick pony... sadly, I'm guessing the latter. In any case, the priests at my parish, though otherwise stellar, have an unfortunate habit of failing to identify the beneficiaries of each Sunday's 2nd collection. Which is a problem, as I'm the sort who tends to throw in a few bucks whenever a collection basket is in front of me. However, I have "creative differences" with CCHD and Peter's Pence, and I'm always averse to contributing thereto. As the collection basket approaches up the aisle, I sometimes find myself whipping out my phone to madly google "USCCB second collections schedule."
I don't bother. I give to my parish, I give to my parish's St. Vincent de Paul charity, and I give to Lepanto Institute-approved charities. If the USCCB wants me to trust their charities, they can start selecting only trustworthy ones.
I donтАЩt give to CCHD, Catholic Charities or Marxyknollers. Simply because what they do isnтАЩt Catholic.
Asking honestly, do you know of articles describing the problems with Maryknoll?
Mostly the commiephilic stuff articles in their own magazine, and sermons IтАЩve heard - one especially egregious talk (during sermon time, of course) was from one of their sisters who witnessed a massacre of about a hundred people in Central America back in the 60s. She claimed it was the тАЬworst atrocityтАЭ sheтАЩd ever heard of.
And this from a woman born in the 30s - but who apparently slept through the 40s and 50s, thus ignoring the tens of millions murdered by the third reich (I donтАЩt capitalize it), by soviets, and by chicoms (I donтАЩt capitalize them either).