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- From: fr@compu.com (Fred Rump from home)
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.catholic
- Subject: Re: contributions
- Keywords: money
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.200208.14184@compu.com>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 20:02:08 GMT
- References: <1992Dec28.190702.2792@compu.com> <11ukwB1w165w@mintir.new-orleans.la.us>
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- elendil@mintir.new-orleans.la.us (Edward J. Branley) writes:
-
- >Fred, my wife normally mails our check in. I normally stick a dollar in on my
- >own because that's all I've got in my wallet <g>.
-
- That happens, but the exception is not the rule. Most people are still
- donating as folks were in the 50s.
-
-
- >I'd love to see some demographics on just who is giving the money. In parishes
- >that have schools, I'll bet you see increased donations in families as their
- >children approach school age, plateau for the eight years the kid is in school,
- >then the figure tapers off as the children leave the parish school for high
- >school.
-
- The wealthy typically don't donate as well except for special purpose projects
- when they can be depended upon to help. They need to see results and don't
- like to throw money into the bottomless pit.
-
- The bulk of the money really comes from people who really sacrifice. They are
- hit at again and again. It is that silent middle class that struggles against
- income and property taxes while having to support charity by government and
- the Church. The school parents have it the toughest as they are expected to
- make a reasonable donation in order to earn the low tuition that most parishes
- have.
-
- Donations also increase by age as more disposable income becomes available.
-
- Churches in Florida and other retirement communities are especially lucky to
- have access to an older population that seems to rally around the Church as a
- center of activity if it's available. Those churches that offer a sense of
- community, besides the religious aspect of becoming older and closer to the
- gates, have no real problem with funds. Communication is normally the key that
- ties people together. The standard in most areas of the country is a faceless
- mass at mass. Some churches have learned a little about marketing and
- communications. They are full and financially secure. Sadly that is not the
- norm as computers have yet to reach any real impact in the Catholic Church.
- Those that I know of that use the tools of technology are also bubbling places
- where the doors are always open and religion is not just the Sunday mass.
-
- fred
-
-
-
- >|Edward J. Branley elendil@mintir.new-orleans.la.us|
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