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Originally Posted by dellinger63
FYI and this is JUST Chicago
Titled Imagine a Year Without Catholic Charities
No emergency food pantries… no emergency shelters. No way for seniors to find the dignity of protection from the vulnerabilities of aging. No means of healing and new life for homeless families. No access to affordable housing, and job-readiness training for armed forces veterans who are homeless after valiantly serving our country.
Last year, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago touched the lives of more than 1.1 million people in Cook and Lake Counties. This means that one in eight people who live anywhere from the Wisconsin border to the Indiana state line were positively impacted by the services provided locally by Catholic Charities.
Catholic Charities yearly provides more than 5 million meals and answers over 80,000 calls for emergency food, clothing, shelter, rent and utility assistance. Last year 1,500 children received childcare through our Childhood and Family Strengthening Centers. Our 17 beautiful apartment buildings provide safe, secure housing for 1,335 seniors. Our 18 nutrition centers in Chicago nourished 126,125 low-income women, infants and children with more than 2,800,000 food packages and many supportive services.
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I'm not sure why, but for some reason I think that the Catholic Charities have very well paid accountants who are taking full advantage of these donations. Kinda' like the Wisconsin Indian Reservations and their tax free status..which I KNOW you are aware of..
Come on Steve...that's a tear jerker of a post, but one that can be mirrored by numerous charities that don't leverage their parishoners into 10% of their income or they will go to hell.....As I said before..Catholic Charities, KOC, etc all do good things...but you have to admit ( I hope) that many church donations aren't exactly free of arm twisting and basket passing, bill dropping donation methods.