Sunday, September 10, 2017
Clever and useful idea
The best part of the Web is the rare moments when a commenter who KNOWS HIS WORK also SHOWS HIS WORK. Usually people who are part of the system stick with the standard line of the system, and people who aren't insiders have to make wild guesses.
In this article about the Sorosian Bishops supporting the invasion of migrant criminals, the commenters get into the usual pointless ideological quibbles.... until one man who was the business manager of a church tells us how the system works.
Again, a cathedraticum is a fixed percentage of general collections. In the parish where I was business manager, it was 6% each month. So if the parish took in $10,000, it was $600. If it took in only $1,000, it was $60. It wasn't crippling; and if you had a bad month, the hit was correspondingly reduced. Parishes get closed when they can't get the regular bills paid, or there are no longer enough priests, or (being cynical) they're merely struggling and the diocese wants the money it could get from selling the property. But if you're not sending in much cathedraticum, it typically just means the bishop is indifferent to you and your needs. I would definitely talk to your pastor. He knows what accounts the collections go into. The safest option, in my experience, has been to directly pay for some items or service. Perhaps you pay the electric bill (or some part of it) this month. Or perhaps the sacristy needs new cruets. But again, talk to the pastor.Bravo for breaking the oath of silence, and special bravo for the clever and useful idea. This would apply to secular organizations as well. If you want the organization to continue but you don't like the way it's giving your money to Soros, offer to pay a necessary expense directly. Write a personal check to the electric company or the food service company, and give it to the organization. They can't legally forge it into a check to Soros. If they refuse to let you do this, you have official proof that serving Soros is the ONLY purpose of the organization. ¶ 3:54 PM
