[COBOL2Java]

We are so blessed in our neighborhood to have a Poor Clare Monastery!

Poor Clare Monastery of Mary, Mother of the Church

[Morgana]

Every neighborhood should have one

[cloudmountain]

We have a Little Sisters of the Poor in our city.
They say that they have to go out and BEG for their food. They also say that hundreds of people and companies donate, i.e. butchers who regularly donate meat.
Sometimes they stand out in front of a local Safeway store. I told them: PERFECT place for begging for food. Sometimes I give them BOTH money and food.

They, and other Catholic charities, do 95% of all the down-and-out care in our city. That includes care for the elderly who aren't sick, unmarried mothers, the sick/dying in hospices...and they even pay for burial.
City coffers open up for them: 10% of CC operating costs. Catholic Charities picks up the other 90%.

At one time the city DEMANDED that they give homosexuals the same marriage perks as heterosexuals. :o) I laughed because the Church has been dealing with the Medicis for centuries and can handle little pimp mayors on a rampage.
The Catholic Church one-upped the pimp: they gave EVERY employee of theirs, married, single, whatever, BENEFITS +1. So, a straight man could add his mother, brother or uncle to his benefits...NOT just for homosexuals.
I knew how successful it was because the perpetrator of this farce SCREAMED and SCREECHED for weeks, SO pissed off at the Church for pulling one off on him. It was hilarious.