MONEY/Harvest/ Tithe/ Development AND THE CHURCH IN MY AREA

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We use to comment that the pentecostal Churches are good at scamming church members to give money even when such does not come from their mind. In my Diocese and now my Parish, “CATHOLIC” in the instance, we are now almost going the worst than them. Number of Collections are getting parishioners pissed off. We collect Tithe, Church development. and series of other collections. Immediately after Easter, we are going to start Family harvest thanksgiving where every family in the church will be given date to come and thank God but with money in envelope every year. After this, the will be another Church harvest during the end of the year, this particular one is divided into youth and adult celebrated at different date where people will be invited for donation. I am not in anyway against any of these since its purpose is to generate Money for the church but the way most of our priest go about it is becoming WORLDLY that they need persuade minds through preaching to give (manipulation of mind). I believe people should give with free mind. Why then will be the different between Catholic and others in terms of manipulation if this continues. Many priest even travel abroad and testifies that such things is not done in Catholic Churches there. Why then should there not be uniformity. Every Priest want to pay up the huge assessment given by the Bishop each year hence they do not mind anyone the source of your money of the pain you are going through in your families. All most of them care for is bring, bring and bring, nothing like take! People run away from Parishes to attend other when they are very much choked in this menace and of course when there are not left in the Parish they run to, they go out of the Church. It is true that Church need money to buy cars for priests, feeding and shelter of religious too, aids to the poor, taking care of seminarians and the likes but the church has been doing this in the past and it was not like this. Also the Churches abroad are also doing these without having to manipulate minds to give. If there orientation is not change on time. Situation will soon become awkward.
 
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Fewer Catholics in the pews means that those that remain wil have to pay more to make up for those that left.
 
Are you just complaining, or are you planning on running away?

Rather than complain, find out more about what financial issues your parish, your vicariate, and your diocese need, and then instead of complaining about what is going on, suggest something that will work and people will not, at the same time, run away.

We can be part of the problem, or we can become part of the solution.
 
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We can be part of the problem, or we can become part of the solution.
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well well well, maybe, though i can never run away because of what i consider to be wrong. Am not the type that believe in sweet mouth of any Priest or Pastor either by hook or crook. I do what the Bible says so if a priest tells me what is not in conformity with the scripture, i shift it, ignore it, and move on.
 
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I am not sure about other parishes but what you said from your OP, I agree your parish seems to be over-board in soliciting for donation from the parishioners.

Though not as a rule, parishioners donation usually is derived from mass collcetion. Other than that there should be specific purpose for the fund drive instead of simply a ‘harvest’. Parishioners usually are generous but they would like to know where the money goes to.

Money is of course sensitive matter, everywhere. So parishes financial activities are not spared of the controversy. Quite often Catholics are being accused of not giving generously especially as seen during the collections during masses. It is quite often the brunt of joke that we would be rummaging our wallet for the smallest available note to be given away.

In my experience actually when there is specific purpose, parishioners would be quite glad to give. Personally I would be more discerning in giving unusually large amount or repeatedly to the church for some vague plan.

Just my two cents.
 
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I am not sure about other parishes but what you said from your OP, I agree your parish seems to be over-board in soliciting for donation from the parishioners.

Though not as a rule, parishioners donation usually is derived from mass collcetion. Other than that there should be specific purpose for the fund drive instead of simply a ‘harvest’. Parishioners usually are generous but they would like to know where the money goes to.

Money is of course sensitive matter, everywhere. So parishes financial activities are not spared of the controversy. Quite often Catholics are being accused of not giving generously especially as seen during the collections during masses. It is quite often the brunt of joke that we would be rummaging our wallet for the smallest available note to be given away.

In my experience actually when there is specific purpose, parishioners would be quite glad to give. Personally I would be more discerning in giving unusually large amount or repeatedly to the church for some vague plan.

Just my two cents.
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of course it is good to give, but not to be bait by word through hypnotism, i actually know and certain that it isn’t like that in other part of the word. They also need to know that people have families, extended families, relatives, and the poor outside the church to take care of. It is not as if the Church will take care of all these people. And if the Church is always looking for reach people/ politician or suffers the masses to collect money from, how will Church be able to tell them the truth. Church know those politicians especially in the region as fraudulent so when you require money from them, of course then will come to donate money meant for the masses not their own money
 
I wish there was a better way to donate to be honest. I never have much change on me. A contactless chi on the collection plate would be perfect 😁 but realistically I would prefer a direct debit.
 
Diocese/Bishop should also reduce assessment given to Parishes because if not, Parish Priest will surely go to any length satisfy the Bishop in the area of assessment given to him to pay Yearly.
 
Many parishes do a direct debit. If you want to bring it up to your parish council (or equivalent), look at givecentral.org as an example. Maybe not what you are thinking about, however.
 
An arrangement with ones bank to pay money for things like bills or a subscription.
 
those are still the same though. direct debit means then that probably every month, there is amount you give by your schedule, such as tithe.
 
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