I wonder how careful we are in how we donate our monies to charities. Do we first research before we give or to we give without thinking.
It seem that there is articles almost weekly that brings scandal on a charity due to how they distributes funds or who it is associated with it. Most recently, it has been Habitat for Humanity and its association with Planned Parenthood.
Before I give to a charity, I make sure there is no association with anything that is contrary to the teachings of the Catholic Church. This means, however, there are very few charities on my giving list due to their funding of infanticide (abortion, contraception), embryonic stem cells, euthanasia, and the likes. Most of the charities I give to are Catholic in nature because of these restrictions.
What grates me when a Catholic says that they give to certain charities on the condition that the money does not go to activities that go against Catholic teachings. Don’t they know that only means that more funds can be funneled to the other activities.
We must be vigilant.
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1 Shoshana // May 31, 2008 at 3:24 pm
This is very wise to scrutinize our charities. Although there are charities that have made themselves plump with other peoples’ money, I believe it is the intention of the donor that counts with the Lord. In the end, it is the charity that will be held responsible before the Lord.
What is the worst is when donated money could be used for actions that are against Catholic teaching. That scares me the most. I have been praying and pondering about the charity that I should donate to. Up to now, since I pray a lot for our priests/seminarians/deacons, it looks like I will be donating towards towards new communities (Companions of the Cross which is growing in leaps), Fr Groeschel’s community or even priests in Iraq, etc. My grandmother would save her pennies to be able to finance one priest. And she had nine living children! I want to follow her example and support the priests not only with my prayer but with my pennies also…
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