Tithing
The LA Times takes a look at the practice: Catholics Not Wedded to Practice of Tithing: A study shows they give less than Protestants do. Experts attribute the difference to a lack of a feeling of ownership toward the church.*
Frankly, I don't really care what the "experts" say.
The Catholic Church in Korea suggests 3%. This offertory suggestion from St. Cyril of Jerusalem parish, quoted in the article, makes sense: "10% of take-home pay; 5% directly to the parish; 5% to the poor and other charities." Msgr. Carl Bell, pastor of that parish, noting that so many young couples in his parish were struggling to pay mortgages, was quoted with the following:
My wife and I began to look for a new church. I was not interested in Korean Presbyterianism, as I was at the time moving toward Anglo-Catholicism. The nearest Orthodox parish, my first choice, was about two hours away. My wife suggested the Catholic Church, into which her sister had married, and I reluctantly accepted her suggestion. I was put off at first by the liturgy, which was inferior in beauty to that of the Korean Anglicans, but stuck it out and read some Church history. We went for instruction a few months later. I was handed a rosary by a nun the first night and was hooked.
Thus, being a tightwad led me to the Catholic Church.
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The LA Times takes a look at the practice: Catholics Not Wedded to Practice of Tithing: A study shows they give less than Protestants do. Experts attribute the difference to a lack of a feeling of ownership toward the church.*
Frankly, I don't really care what the "experts" say.
The Catholic Church in Korea suggests 3%. This offertory suggestion from St. Cyril of Jerusalem parish, quoted in the article, makes sense: "10% of take-home pay; 5% directly to the parish; 5% to the poor and other charities." Msgr. Carl Bell, pastor of that parish, noting that so many young couples in his parish were struggling to pay mortgages, was quoted with the following:
- It's awkward to talk about money... I am not a fundraiser.
My wife and I began to look for a new church. I was not interested in Korean Presbyterianism, as I was at the time moving toward Anglo-Catholicism. The nearest Orthodox parish, my first choice, was about two hours away. My wife suggested the Catholic Church, into which her sister had married, and I reluctantly accepted her suggestion. I was put off at first by the liturgy, which was inferior in beauty to that of the Korean Anglicans, but stuck it out and read some Church history. We went for instruction a few months later. I was handed a rosary by a nun the first night and was hooked.
Thus, being a tightwad led me to the Catholic Church.
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Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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