Knights of Columbus using Masonic Golf Course

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MarkThompson said:
I think that’s because the question was – how to say this? – not very well put. Is there an equivalent Catholic burn ward next door? Then don’t pump your money into Masonic coffers. No? Then go get your burns treated. :rolleyes:
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Strictly speaking, of course, it would be your insurance company’s money, typically. But on a related note: The morality of using one of the Shriner’s Hospitals for Crippled Children? We have one in our area, and they don’t take any money for their services at all. Is it moral to have a Catholic child treated there? How much eternal jeopardy attaches to using such a facility?
 
MarkThompson said:
I think that’s because the question was – how to say this? – not very well put. Is there an equivalent Catholic burn ward next door? Then don’t pump your money into Masonic coffers. No? Then go get your burns treated. :rolleyes:
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I believe that all burn center treatment for children is free.
 
Advocatus_Fidei said:
Your Bishops were wrong if they did so and you are ignorant about the Masons, who knows maybe those Bishops even where masons, would explain a lot.
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Perhasp you would care to expound upon that fiat? And the second sentance is pointless speculation. “Perhaps they were all secretly married” would make just as much sense. Neither is likely in the least.
 
Advocatus_Fidei said:
No your not out of line, where their alternatives?

Raise your concerns with someone in authority. Unfortunately not all KOC are good, I guess some of them have forgotten they where setup to combat that perfidious sect.
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Sorry, as the OP, I haven’t been able to reply in a few days, I have been ill.

There were alternatives to this golf course, but they cost more and were not as nice I am told. Perhaps more brainstorming could have produced a different fund-raising paradigm altogether. When the tournament is finished I am going to submit my ideas on other fund raising activities. I’m not trying to be nit-picky or over-zealous, it just looks ignorant at best to see the K of C emblem associated with a known, and advertized as, Masonic Shriner’s golf course, full with Masonic emblems and logos.
 
comrade1789 said:
Sorry, as the OP, I haven’t been able to reply in a few days, I have been ill.

There were alternatives to this golf course, but they cost more and were not as nice I am told. Perhaps more brainstorming could have produced a different fund-raising paradigm altogether. When the tournament is finished I am going to submit my ideas on other fund raising activities. I’m not trying to be nit-picky or over-zealous, it just looks ignorant at best to see the K of C emblem associated with a known, and advertized as, Masonic Shriner’s golf course, full with Masonic emblems and logos.
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And the point I was making is this: would suing the golf course be any different than having a convention at the Marriot hotel chain? The LDS, I beleive are the owners of that chain - not to subtley they have the Marriot Scholl of Business at BYU.

So is there any significant difference betwee the two scenarios? Both are doing business with an organization that has little love for the Church. And both a de minimis - that is, minimal contact economically. A tournament over a couple of days (if that long) adds minimally to the bottom line of either organization.

Would it be better to not do business there? At what cost? f the tournament was a fund raiser, going to a more expensive course would mean either charging more to cover costs of the tournament - thereby possibly excluding some golfers - and possibly not being able to schedule the tournament when needed, or possibly not at all.

Both of the scenarios are obvious - perhaps the golf course more than the hotel. But if it is “better” to not do business with such groups, then to what degree (no pun intended) do the Knights have to go to, to affirm that the course or hotel is either morally or theologically correct? Will a hotel be excluded if their tv service offers porno (which might eliminate all hotels)? Will the course be excluded if they also host a tournament for Planned Parenthood?

Where is the line?
 
Maybe the KOC at this golf course could play with the Masons, have a couple of beers afterward, and show that they are not monsters. Maybe even a little evangelizing as well. Sounds like a strategy Christ would employ.
 
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