littleflower+JMJ Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 [quote name='slywakka250' date='May 22 2004, 05:16 PM'] I've seen my parish's bulletin and has a whole back page filled with local businesses, and spots that say "place ad here". It looks like just another way to help the church. [/quote] ya know our bullentin doesn't ahve those business ads, in the small parishes i have gone in this area its only the one big parish that does that (that i can think of) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 [quote name='Brother Adam' date='May 22 2004, 05:09 PM'] Another thing that bothers me is they do two collections within 1 hour (during mass) and don't announce that another collection is for anything other than just a general collection. The more I talk to people the more it seems that many Catholic Churches are struggling financially. I have to wonder why. [/quote] This is something that struck HS_Dad and me as well... (both the ads[!] and the level of debt.) Our parish runs about $20,000 short of it's budget every week. That is completely new to us. On the other hand the constant raffles and silent auctions is also new... we never had that before either.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Adam Posted May 22, 2004 Author Share Posted May 22, 2004 The peeps need instruction in regular stewardship. People around here aren't suffering so much that they can't give 7.50 a month or more (what the parish needs of each member to meet its budget). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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