HIGH SCHOOL SUBSIDY LETTERS: PLAIN TALK

HIGH SCHOOL SUBSIDY LETTERS: PLAIN TALK

Each year, the parish is assessed an amount of money by the Archdiocese to help subsidize the cost of education at a Catholic High School. Last year, we paid approximately $20,000.

Members of the parish can request a letter from me attesting to their faithful involvement in the parish and are then given a better tuition rate from the school. Basically, it’s a transfer of wealth from the $20,000 to the family

One of the things we look at is the giving record of the family. There’s no pre set expectation of a certain amount contributed to the parish. Everyone’s financial capacity is different. However, there is an expectation that something be given each year.

If we look at the records and nothing has been given, it makes it difficult to sign the form. Now, sometimes we learn that it was simply an honest mistake. Direct giving sometimes has its glitches; cards expire, for instance. But, most often, it’s a weird sense of entitlement, an attitude that is, frankly, off putting.

I give to the parish. I don’t believe that I can ask you to give if I won’t give. My work for the parish, my presence in the parish, is all well and good—my duty—but, I also need to give the parish from my financial resources. Thus, what I ask of families seeking a subsidy is the same obligation I impose upon myself.

CELEBRATING GRADUATES!

Our Mass for our eighth grade class will be celebrated at 5:30 pm on Friday, May 16. At the 
weekend Masses on May 17 and 18 we will recognize all High School and College graduates in the parish. We proud of your work and want to give you a blessing to mark this accomplishment.