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“Just Say No!” to the CCHD Collection
November 11, 2014
Most Catholic dioceses around the country will take up the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) collection later this month. CCHD professes to assist the poor, not by direct charity, but by developing projects that enable the poor to help themselves. While CCHD uses development grants to promote the collection, the bulk of donations go to community organizing groups that agitate for a leftist agenda in direct conflict with Catholic teachings. Over the years controversy about CCHD has continued unabated because of this reality and the bishops' failure to institute change. Many Catholics will remember the millions of dollars funneled to ACORN before its scandalous activities leading to the mortgage and bank collapse were exposed. Several times, CCHD has pledged to reform, but, despite short-term improvement, its direction remains unchanged. Abuses continue and, according to Stephanie Block, an expert on Alinskyian organizing, CCHD, under the guise of "charity," channels money solicited from the faithful into groups that promote abortion, contraception, homosexual activism, socialist economic policies, etc.
In a recent report Block wrote:
For more see:
http://www.speroforum.com/a/AGMRZDSLKE26/75284-Catholic-Campaign-for-Human-Development-should-practice-truth-in-advertising#.VGIu2PnF-HQ
http://www.speroforum.com/a/AGMRZDSLKE26/75284-Catholic-Campaign-for-Human-Development-should-practice-truth-in-advertising#.VGIu2PnF-HQ
“Just Say No!” to the CCHD Collection
November 11, 2014
Most Catholic dioceses around the country will take up the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) collection later this month. CCHD professes to assist the poor, not by direct charity, but by developing projects that enable the poor to help themselves. While CCHD uses development grants to promote the collection, the bulk of donations go to community organizing groups that agitate for a leftist agenda in direct conflict with Catholic teachings. Over the years controversy about CCHD has continued unabated because of this reality and the bishops' failure to institute change. Many Catholics will remember the millions of dollars funneled to ACORN before its scandalous activities leading to the mortgage and bank collapse were exposed. Several times, CCHD has pledged to reform, but, despite short-term improvement, its direction remains unchanged. Abuses continue and, according to Stephanie Block, an expert on Alinskyian organizing, CCHD, under the guise of "charity," channels money solicited from the faithful into groups that promote abortion, contraception, homosexual activism, socialist economic policies, etc.
In a recent report Block wrote:
In fact, 50% of the 2013-2014 CCHD grants have been given to Alinskyian organizations! This doesn’t include an additional award of $300,000 to one of the Alinskyian networks at its national level, nor $500,000 to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to restructure its approach to include community organizing and political advocacy, and $500,000 to the California Catholic Conference which has been forced to battle U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) mandates that would force Catholic institutions to purchase health insurance that covers abortion. This latter would be a positive development if it weren’t for all the millions of dollars CCHD poured into California Alinskyian organizations to “advocate” for universal health care legislation regardless of any “reproductive justice” components.Block reaches this conclusion:
For forty-four years [CCHD has] shamelessly pushed aside any corrective reform efforts, expanding its Alinskyian networks into more cities and exporting the twisted theology of Alinskyian organizing into other countries.
So, no, the CCHD hasn’t reformed, not even a little…and it doesn’t intend to reform.Catholic Media Coalition and its individual member groups urge Catholics in the pew to "Just say NO!" to the CCHD collection this month. Give your hard-earned money to groups that really serve the poor.
For more see:
http://www.speroforum.com/a/AGMRZDSLKE26/75284-Catholic-Campaign-for-Human-Development-should-practice-truth-in-advertising#.VGIu2PnF-HQ
http://www.speroforum.com/a/AGMRZDSLKE26/75284-Catholic-Campaign-for-Human-Development-should-practice-truth-in-advertising#.VGIu2PnF-HQ
http://lesfemmes-thetruth.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-bishops-are-meeting-in-baltimore.html
Amen! They are the worst. In fact, here is a suggestion that you might pass on. When you get a prepaid envelope from CCHD or "Catholic" Relief (who has been involved in promoting abortion in poor countries), or Caritas (involved with Communist groups) seal the envelope and write on the back, in LARGE letters, with a nice black marker, something like: "No $$ from me until you return to the fullness of the Holy Catholic Faith. Shame on you and your support for _________ " (fill in the blank). Not only are THEY paying the postage, but everyone who handles the letter gets to read your statement. It's a very satisfying feeling when you drop it in the mail!
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P.S. Do NOT put your return address on the envelope, or they will remove you from their mailing list. There's great pleasure in doing it over & over again!
Great idea, I'm going to blog on this. Also good for March of Dimes, ACLU, Komen Foundation, Planned Parenthood, etc. who all promote abortion and other serious evils.
ReplyDeleteI'm all for gorilla warfare. I usually put food magazines over Cosmopolitan and Vanity Fair at the supermarket -- unless I put them under the dog food bags on the pet food aisle. I used to talk to the managers, but that never had much effect.
Yes, it's a disgrace that the bishops have picked the pockets of faithful Catholics and used the money to finance those opposed to the Church's moral teachings. I have not given to the CCHD since "The Wanderer" exposed it years ago. What a great idea to drop an article into the collection plate. Thanks for this enlightening and necessary post. Also, Stephanie Block has written several books on Alinskyian infiltration of chruch groups. I have the first volume, and it is well worth reading. BTW, I think you may mean that you are in favor of "guerilla" warfare!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the spelling correction. I must have been thinking of the bishops' meeting up in Baltimore as a zoo. LOL!
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