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I do agree with you and wish we could roll back the clock to where things didn't take as large a portion of paychecks to obtain the basics. People don't want to live in bad neighborhoods where rent and home ownership is cheaper, especially in the big cities, and I don't blame anyone for wanting to escape that. Still, just to send a lot of kids to catholic school is very costly for a lot of catholic couples.

I'm so p**** about something else. I have a friend who is handicapped and she goes to catholic church every Sunday and is trying to be a good girl (28 years). She dreams of a beautiful wedding and having children and it is hard for me to imagine that it could happen for her, but nothing is impossible, of course.

She lives in subsidized housing and the handyman (60 yrs) has been using his passkey to get into her apartment and take liberties with her late at night when she is tired after having worked at a pizza place to supplement her SSI. It may be consensual or not, but the b*** crossed the line and I am going to report the situation on Monday. He told her that if she told, she would lose her apartment. Sound familiar?

Still, just to send a lot of kids to catholic school is very costly for a lot of catholic couples.

You are living in "non-Catholic land" then. Why not move if its important to you?

In the Philadelphia Archdiocese, sending four kids to Catholic elementary school is about $200-$250 per month for all four COMBINED (more kids does nto greatly change the bill). High School is $3500 per year per child, capped at tuition for two children maximum (the third and fourth child would be free if attending simultaneously).