--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 9/26/05 9:40 AM, "markmeredith2002" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > >> And, by the way, all those wonderful works that you cite above? > >> Your local Catholic Church has been doing that in your very own > >> neighbourhood for the past several hundred years...and without the > >> hugging and the fanfare... > > > > The catholic church runs a lot of private for-profit schools (I have > > 14 yrs experience) and some for-profit hospitals. Many orders of nuns > > and a few, very few, priestly orders are involved in charitable works. > > In the US, the parishes sometimes raise funds for catholic operations > > in the 3rd world which are partly charitable, mainly to expand > > operations and convert - when I was child you sometimes had to bring a > > quarter to school to "help convert the pagan babies". Even the > > poorest of nations are net givers of money to the Vatican. > > > > Not to knock the Church on charity, as individual catholics tend to be > > charitable and the Church does encourages that behavior more so than > > many religions. But the parishes themselves are not known as the > > place to go if you're in need. > > > > No fanfare in Catholicism?? What a joke, more fanfare than a barrel > > of crowned rajs. No hugging?? Have you been to Mass recently? > > (though you may go to the Mel Gibsom sect which still does Mass in > > latin and instead of the hug prior to communion does a flogging.) > > > My grandfather, despite being a protestant, was the founder of a Catholic > hospital and for a period of my career I was involved with a large Catholic > hospital here in New England. The nuns would begin the day by gathering in > the hospital chapel and praying for the safety and healing of all those in > the hospital, city and region. I'd seen them on numerous occasions head out > on the coldest nights of the year and bring street people into the hospital > for "treatment"--actually what they were saving them from was freezing to > death or certain frostbite. They would often give free medical care, > including surgery and other live-saving interventions. There was never such > a thing as someone too poor to receive treatment and often we received the > poorest of the poor. These nuns were like tireless angels. > > Despite all the bad press the Catholic church has received in recent years, > they still carry on an important charity mission worldwide.
Maybe Amma should give her million directly to the Catholic Church... ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
