[wagglebee]

What about Catholics who don't use envelopes?

I NEVER use envelopes, nor do I give every week (I prefer to write one larger check each month). And I am a little confused here, when did weekly giving become a requirement of church membership.

What this article demonstrates to me is that there is a pastor who is either too busy, or too self-involved to know first hand who is and isn't at mass. And I know that part of this is the "shortage" of priests, but not all of it. When I was a kid, the priest stood outside on the steps after mass and personally spoke to everybody, I don't see that as much any more.

[Coleus]

I too hardly use envelopes and write a check a few times a yr. rather then every week, it's just a pain.

but, I suspect this pastor did this as a LAST resort and didn't do it extemporaneously. The envelopes were most likely used as further proof. Now that priests face the parishioners they can see a lot, who comes late and who doesn't come at all.

When I went to catholic grammar school, we used to get cards every week to put in a box during mass to prove we attended.