Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Educational Promotion?

My friend Melvin contacted me last night and said he had received a packet, via snail mail, from the Archdiocese.

In it it contained a letter from the Cardinal Wuerl reminding us to be thankful (Thanksgiving) for all God has given to us and to remind us of the blessing of a Catholic education. In addition, there was a full color booket containing reprints from the Catholic Standard on education.

  • Did you get his packet?
  • What did you think about it?
  • Did you understand the purpose of why it was sent to you?
  • Do you believe it was worth the cost?

I would love to know what you think and will share with you my thoughts later on it.

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Have a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving. As we move into the Christmas season, please remember to find a good Catholic charity (and there are a number) and make a small donation, esp. those which help those who are less fortunate.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I got one. The only story in the Catholic Standard that caught my eye all year concerning Catholic schools was not included. A school produced 19 converts! How could that be? It wasn't staffed by American-trained teachers (Nigerian nuns). Story seems to have also made the WP.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/03/AR2010040303051.html?hpid=topnews

This packet was not worth the money it cost to prepare. Catholic schools are too expensive and they do not pass on Catholicism (see above Nigerian nun story).

I have not contributed to the Archbishop's Appeal for two years. I don't intend to contribute this coming year either and it's not only because they are wasting my money printing crap packages to mail me to get more money to mail me...