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--- Goa Desc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > State to bear painting cost of Saligao Church > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Illumination of churches and temples at the cost of > the > exchequer is nothing new. But now a new precedent > has been > set by the government to undertake painting of a > church. It seems to me a shame that parishioners and ex-parishioners cannot bear the cost of getting the church painted! What is the use of all the Saligao socials being held??? People now earn in terms of a large value of currency (be it pounds, dollars, rupees, euros or dinars), yet I see people putting coins in the collection plate, be it in Goa, Australia, UK or anywhere else. We are supposed to be giving a tithe - a tenth of our earnings to charity (be it Church or otherwise). This means at least Rs 100 a week (for a person earning Rs 4,000 a month). Does anyone put even Rs 10 in the collection plate? As one priest commented sometime ago in one parish I visited, "Don't make the collection plate too heavy with coins - notes will do nicely!". In our parish at Preston, it is common to see people bringing food-stuff (non-perishable) like cans of soup and long-life milk, toiletry consumables, etc. as part of their offering towards charity (these are then distributed to the needy by St. Vincent de Paul Society). It is a laudable idea that could be practiced in other parishes throughout the world. Gabriel. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com
