I went on a retreat recently, as an adult, in another state, with 2 nights there and all meals covered and a private room, that was for less than $500. Having been on a service trip or two, it generally involves sleeping in one room with all the other girls or boys. The expensive part was the materials for the actual service, which paris…
I went on a retreat recently, as an adult, in another state, with 2 nights there and all meals covered and a private room, that was for less than $500. Having been on a service trip or two, it generally involves sleeping in one room with all the other girls or boys. The expensive part was the materials for the actual service, which parishioners donated. I've also signed up for a religious class with ICC, which was free and high quality, college level material - with no Sacraments being held up for it.
Per-person course materials costing $50-$75 is astonishing to me, given how much is available for free or for less than $15.
Well-off families subsidize the poorer ones who are sufficiently badly off that they qualify for and are willing to ask for assistance. The marginal families just get stuck with it - and that is the eternal problem with charging unnecessarily high prices and saying it's OK because you'll give assistance to those who can't pay.
I went on a retreat recently, as an adult, in another state, with 2 nights there and all meals covered and a private room, that was for less than $500. Having been on a service trip or two, it generally involves sleeping in one room with all the other girls or boys. The expensive part was the materials for the actual service, which parishioners donated. I've also signed up for a religious class with ICC, which was free and high quality, college level material - with no Sacraments being held up for it.
Per-person course materials costing $50-$75 is astonishing to me, given how much is available for free or for less than $15.
Well-off families subsidize the poorer ones who are sufficiently badly off that they qualify for and are willing to ask for assistance. The marginal families just get stuck with it - and that is the eternal problem with charging unnecessarily high prices and saying it's OK because you'll give assistance to those who can't pay.