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I just looked to see what the Charlotte Diocese is doing. Local grants, from what the Diocese retains from the collection, seem mainly to be for sensible projects - tutoring, home repair, and so on - that help people in practical ways. However, the grants from the national CCHD office are “empowerment” garbage.
So my note to the Bishop will include, “I see it’s not your fault, but ...” along with my contribution to the Priests’ Retirement fund :-).