How do you tithe?

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When you tithe, do you give that 10% of your income directly to Church or can you give it to some Catholic Charity or maybe to someone who is in need of that money?
How do you tithe? :confused:

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When you tithe, do you give that 10% of your income directly to Church or can you give it to some Catholic Charity or maybe to someone who is in need of that money?
How do you tithe? :confused:
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Personally, the majority of my tithe goes to my Catholic parish, I also donate to different Catholic charities and missions, some even to Prostestant organization. I believe our primary obligation is our local parish, after that, wherever I feel the need and wherever the blessings come, my tithe points to that direction.

Actually, on the top of tithe, we could also do offerings. Tithe is the basic 10%, offering is above the tithe.

However, Catholic church does not require 10% of our personal income. Stewardship also includes our time, talents and services. God likes a cheerful giver.
Hope this helps.
 
Sadly on average Catholics give substantially below the 10% number, probably closer to 3% (or even less by some accounts). One survey (about 10 years ago - haven’t seen any recent ones) had us giving the lowest compared to all other Christian denominations (Momons were highest at 13%).

Only recently has “stewartship” become a major topic. I think because of the middle ages abuses of indulgences the Church has shied away from asking for specific monetary donations or percentages.

I give at work (CFC ) and regularly at Church, almost 50-50 split and I give randomly when I encounter a charity which is worthwhile. I agree with the idea that God will always be much more generous than we can ever be. God gave us everything we have and I believe we have a responsiblity to give something back to others either to the Church, local or other charites, or volunteer service or whatever.

I don’t have specific goal or limit to my charity. I give what I can and I hope that is enough. My ambition in life is to be a full time philanthropist, the only problem is I have to work to make ends meet and pay the bills… maybe after I retire.

We have a responsibility to support our Church and we have a responsibility to help the poor and less fortunate. How you cut the pie should not matter. As far as I know, the Church has not put anything out on what our priorities should be, except to say God should always be first among everything…
 
My dh & I tithe 10%. Five % goes to our parish and the other 5% is divided among several charities, EWTN, a school for Indian children, a crisis pregnancy center. We just dropped one of our regular charities because we got too much junk in the mail from them. We don’t want our money going for premiums.:mad:

Peace,
Linda
 
My pastor asks for 5% for the Church’s needs, and the rest I give to charities of my choosing.
 
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