The Acorn/CHD post (November 23rd CHD will be asking for your money) [Catholic Caucus]

American Papist ^ | November 14, 2008 | Thomas Peters

[NYer]

I've had lots of people asking me about ACORN and the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CHD). Both are certainly in the news alot these days:

The CCHD has donated more than $7.3 million to ACORN-related projects over the past decade, including $40,000 to an ACORN chapter in Las Vegas, Nevada, that was raided before the election in an investigation into fraudulent voter registration forms. Among other questionable documents, the ACORN chapter submitted registration forms for members of the Dallas Cowboys football team.

Earlier this week I blogged about the US bishops' decision to stop funding ACORN.

Now many folks are saying that the CHD should be axed as well. Diane at Te Deum has a good post on this subject. Joseph Lawler was reporting on this back in October for the American Spectator:

The CCHD, which is run by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), has funded far-left organizations with missions diametrically opposed to that of the Catholic Church for years, including, in the '90s, the pro-abortion group National Organization for Women and the American Civil Liberties Union.

Richard John Neuhaus has also tackled the topic. Tom McFeely at the National Catholic Register picks up his trail - and the last paragraph is particularly important:

Father Neuhaus notes in this article that since its creation “in the ideological climate of the 1960s,” CHD has never directly supported Catholic charitable activities that aid the poor. It has concentrated instead on funding politically active groups such as ACORN that often support agendas like abortion rights that are in conflict with basic Church teachings.

Said Father Neuhaus, “What most Catholics don’t know, and what would likely astonish them, is that CHD very explicitly does not fund Catholic institutions and apostolates that work with the poor.”

And all of this attention couldn’t come at a worse time for CHD, with its annual collection in Catholic parishes scheduled for later this month. Under these circumstances, lay Catholics can scarcely be faulted for asking themselves whether they should place any money on this year’s CHD collection plate.

That's right, November 23rd CHD will be asking for your money, as you can see on the USCCB website.

There are so many good organizations strapped for cash these days - why take a risk on CHD?

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

Or an acorn?

Hence, Rocky the Flying Squirrel.
I think we have found our mascot there.

Just need the Bullwinkle Moose to go along with him.

[cthemfly25]

The problem of the Marxist light agenda (its unapologetic “liberation theology” in practice)of the CCHD is not limited to that group. Indeed, it is not an institutional problem possessed by the CCHD but rather of the USCCB. CCHD funded Alinskian radicals for decades and for a simple reason-—that is what the USCCB wanted. From its movie reviews run amock, to its lobbying for more government to fix every societal problem including centralized government health care and vocal opposition to welfare reform, to its left wing support for amnesty, to its secretive meetings with democrats on pulling out early from Iraq, the USCCB has used the CCHD intentionally to further its socialism agenda. The USCCB advocates every socialistic big government program lobbying its friends in the Democratic Party, and then can’t even join together to draft a forceful pro life stance prior to the election for fear it will insult those democrats on whom they depend to advocate their socialistic agenda.

Is it any wonder as to what is happening with the Catholics in this country that almost 50% could justify support for a candidate who espouses nationwide recognition of homosexual marriage, human cloning and Frankenstein like embryonic research, federally subsidized abortions and abortion as a condition of foreign aid, forced redistribution of wealth and private property, open borders, and a true hatred for the virtues of the American ideal. If you have any doubt about the USCCB domestic agenda, spend some time on their website for starters and simply do some research. Acquaint yourself with their agenda and with their Domestic Policy Director Kathy Sayers. So, when it comes time to pass the plate, ask yourself how much is going to the USCCB not just the CCHD (Casual Catholic Human Development).

Ask your bishop how much each diocese is taxed for this nonsense. And then, give to the true mission of the Church. Give to those pastoral groups fighting and striving to do real charity. Shop when giving your money, your love, your charity, to the Church mission to ensure you are doing just that. There are many worthy diocesan level needs. Turn away from what Pope Benedict called the “mythology” of hope that some wish to find in their politics and confuse as their religion.

[Salvation]

Perhaps poster did not see this thread.

Catholic Church drops ACORN funding

[cpforlife.org]

Never give money to the Campaign for Human Development. This is a racket.

I read that exact same thing in the Wanderer many years ago. So much corruption in the Church.

Also btw where I learned about Saul Alinsky.

[Coleus]

it’s probably temporary, and, what about the thousands of other alinsky/socialist/marxist/obamaist organizations the cchd funds?

[onedoug]

Catholics officially filling abortion coffers. Who would’a thunk it?

[NancyDrew]

And in case you’re not wild about investing within the perimeter of Tom Monaghan’s ever-expanding ego, there is another Catholic-values group of funds available: http://www.aquinasfunds.com/