I agree with everything except write to the Bishops. That would be a waste of a Postage Stamp. Most US Bishops are spineless cowards. We have stop using our collections envelopes and will no longer give to any Diocese Charities.
The Bishop’s spine is strengthened with support from the congregation and prayer.
We have stop using our collections envelopes and will no longer give to any Diocese Charities.
1) That won’t stop the situation. There will be those that continue to empower the homosexuals by being “faithful”
2) Even if the money stops, they will consume the remaining wealth for their purposes. They won’t change. Only one time in Biblical history that I can find where the leadership and people repented, so it is possible but...…….
3) So then we are left with , “what does God say on the matter?” You did use the word charitable (or Charities) so you raise a good question. If one stops giving to institutional charity (which can be full of mischief) what does God say we should do?
‘We have stop using our collections envelopes and will no longer give to any Diocese Charities.’
good start; it will force the Dioceses to use their funds more judiciously...yes, people and programs will be hurt by this, who have done nothing to contribute to this scandal, but it needs to happen...
I am telling my fellow(former, actually)parishioners they need to stop attending church services; the scared and scandalized looks on their faces says a great deal about the enormity of such a move...
This is a hard one. I have never given to any of the charities because of my own research but the offerings in the parish go to keep the lights on, so to speak. Some of that will go to the diocese in the form of Cathedraticum but w/o weekly offerings the churches would have to close their doors.
We tossed this around years ago with having parishioners who we know give regularly, actually pay a bill rather than make an offering so that would bypass the diocese.
Our parish already runs short of money and we have to fund raise constantly. W/o fund raising, we run about 30K short of meeting our obligations. We live in one of the poorest counties in the nation.