Why would the Catholic Church fund a group with ties to a man who dedicated a book to lucifer????
Posted on 11/16/2009 1:01:59 AM PST by icwhatudo
The annual CCHD (Catholic Campaign For Human Development) collection will be held in churches this coming weekend-November 21 and 22.
This is the same group that was giving money for years to the Saul Alinsky-style group called ACORN before ending its relationship with the controversial group.
After much criticism for its leftwing funding, the CCHD has supposedly tightened up their standards. Unfortunately these new standards are not working because the CCHD is still funding groups that:
-Have a registered sex offender (child porn) on the staff
-Are working to change laws so you can not refuse to rent to convicted criminals
-Have an admitted socialist and friend of Code Pink member Jodie Evans as Executive Director.
-Have direct ties to Alinsky's "Industrial Areas Foundation"
Step by step evidence with links:
The "Baltimore Catholic Campaign For Human Development"'s website list grants awarded in 2009
Under "National Grants", the last group listed is:
Out for Justice / Alternative Directions - Baltimore
"A second year CCHD organizing grant will enable this project to continue to address and empower largely unrepresented persons inside and outside the prison system, with special attention on reentry into society. Contact: Mary J. Davis, 2505 N. Charles St. Baltimore 21218 Phone : 410-889-5092
The listed address for this group is also the employment address of Jay Sherr, according to the Sex Offender Registry of Maryland.
Now check out the photo on the Alternative Directions "Our Staff" Page Yep, there he is. The child pornographer himself is on their staff!
Out for Justice states on its website its 2009 priority issues. #3 was ending unjust housing discrimination described this way: "it is within the right of the landlord to ask about the criminal background of an individual and deny housing based on that background" This is something that Out For Justice wants to end. They want sex offenders and criminals like Mr. Sherr to be able to live in your private rental unit... and the Catholic Church is funding this effort!?
I really don't want money from my church collection paying a child pornographer's salary. I really don't want money from my church collection to fund efforts to change the law so sex offenders like Mr. Sherr can live near me or my children.
Another group that received money from CCHD under "National Grants"
3. 45,000 - Save Middle East Action Committee (SMEAC) "This 5th year community organizing grant continues to give voice to displaced home owners and renters, seeking new and alternative housing in the technological park/redevelopment areas, adjacent to Johns Hopkins Hospital facilities in east Baltimore. Contact: Nathan Sooy, Executive Director"
Nathan Sooy has a long history as a community organizer and is a member of "Democratic GAIN"-a professional association for individuals and organizations that work in Democratic and Progressive politics.
From his social profile at the leftwing Huffington Post, we learn CODE PINK's Jodie Evans is a friend. More on Jodie Evans here and here
. On a post at Mother Jones, Mr. Sooy wrote: "I believe that the GOP will use these racial statements by Wright to sink Obama if he becomes the Democratic nominee. And I think that they will be successful. I take great sorrow in that."...and later writes.... "So, on April 22nd I am going to vote for Hillary Clinton for President."
March 21, 2008 - 10:29am Post on Mother Jones
Mr. Sooy doesn't just post at leftwing blogs, here at Andrew Brietbart's Big Government (go to 4th comment by "Vetbill" and click on "1 reply" to see Mr. Sooy's post) he brags about being a community organizer in the Alinsky tradition and defends socialists:
"As a thirty year community organizer in the Alinsky tradition I say quite clearly - SO WHAT? Democratic Socialists of America is the American version of the Labor Party in England. And as to the fact that there are democratic socialists among rank and file Democrats - I say quite clearly - DUH! The Democratic Party has had a social democratic (democratic socialist) faction since the days of Franklin Roosevelt. "
Another Alinsky group getting funding from the CCHD in 2009 was #4 under "National Grants": P.A.T.H. (People Acting Together in Howard) According to its website P.A.T.H. is a part of the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF)- a Chicago based community organizing network established in 1940 by...Saul Alinsky.
Word of questionable donations by the CCHD is once again spreading, causing Bishop Loveerde Of Arlington Virginia to notify his priests not to add any negative commentary to their announcement of this second collection:
"I am aware of the serious concerns about the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) collection. After much research and consultation, I have decided to authorize the collection again this year. Attached is a letter explaining my decision that you can make available to your parishioners. It will also run in the Herald next week. I expect that this collection will be taken up in our parishes the weekend of November 21-22 without any negative commentary. Please announce this collection as you would any other second collection."
The CCHD has released a carefully worded statement trying to defend itself against charges it was funding groups that went against Catholic teaching. It claims that "CCHD funds will not be used to support any application which is sponsored or promoted by an organization whose primary or substantial thrust is contrary to Catholic teaching". So as long as its not primary or substantial, groups can be against the church and still get funding from the CCHD?
In the last two defense examples the CCHD listed in the above document, it admits they were giving funds to two groups that had to be canceled in San Francisco. It also admits it has temporarily suspended funding to a group in Portland and a group in Philadelphia in order to conduct more research. This is in addition to its previous suspension of money for ACORN mentioned above. All of these admissions and changes were due to people doing the research the CCHD did not or would not do.
This is not an attack on the Catholic Church. I am Catholic. I want my fellow Catholics to know where their money is going. Mine is going to the "Little Sisters Of The Poor" this coming weekend. Please don't hold back your donations for the poor, just redirect them to a more worthwhile charity.
Please also go over the list of CCHD funding recipients for your archdiocese and research them.
People like them give Catholics a bad name.
Nancy Pelosi says she’s a Catholic. Just in-name only.
I believe that the founder of this organization was the original whistle-blower against the corruption of CCHD distributions.
What really hacks me off is that my fellow Catholics seem too timid to get up on their hind legs and speak truth to power, even when that power contradicts, ignores, or otherwise lies about the Holy Scriptures.
I think that the Salvation Army is a good choice, also. I give to them regularly.
(icwhatudo, you are so the Glenn Beck of Free Republic, uncovering all these connections! :-))
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
Saying that Pelosi is a Catholic is like saying that 0b0z0 is a Christian OR a muslim. Professing faith is not the same as having it.
A bump and “HEADS UP!”
Boycott CCHD!
opiate of the masses, eh? more like an indispensible tool for political operators.
That’s the gist of what I said.
I was not aware that Alinksy dedicated his book to lucifer.
Why would the Catholic Church give money to groups affiliated with Alinsky??!!!
"So ? ....whats wrong with that, who cares"
this is why Obama got elected. the new generation is brainwashed into socialism and just about everyone else is living in TV world and/or addicted to sports watching
It’s not foolish to them, they are socialists.
I dunno, maybe because they've been infiltrated by leftists?
This is all important to know but according to the US Conference of Catholic Bishops website they are defunding ACORN.
http://www.usccb.org/cchd/fundingpractices.shtml
Why would the Catholic Church fund a group with ties to a man who dedicated a book to lucifer????
George Soros--->$$$ to Open Society Institute
Open Society Institute----> $200,000 to Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good (CACG)
"The CACG is run and advised by powerful Democrats. Their board, staff, and advisory committee include top fundraisers and strategists as well as major labor union representation." He adds, "Catholic Church Leadership from the Sisters of Mercy, the Jesuit order, the government-funded Catholic Charities and Catholic Relief Services are also represented at CACG. Catholic academia has a strong presence."
"The SEIU representative on the CACG board is Tom Chabolla, who serves as assistant to SEIU President Andy Stern. Before joining SEIU, he was associate director of programs for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD)"
Your post was referenced, at length, here:
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/catholic-tv-host-challenges-bishops/
Really good research. Thanks. I know I’ll withhold my money from CCHD
I didn’t give to the CCHD 25 years ago when I was a Leftist knowing that the money was going to pet groups...so as a conservative now for two decades, I am not going to support these moral seditionists and two-for-a-penny social justice (sic) types. Christ calls upon us to give as directly as we can and not to a bunch of pharisees who cream off the money before it ever reaches the poor and frail. The Chuirch needs to fold both the CCHD and the USCCB. Let their staff find honest work.
Some people are putting acorns in the envelopes instead of cash.
Just a thought.
Regards,
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