[Magdalen] Budgets Question

[Judy Fleener]

I had an identical story about a priest funding his daughter's private
school tuition.  He was a priest in the Diocese of Massachusetts.  I
believe he was deposed.  His initials were R. B.  I hesitate to name him.

On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 9:52 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a naughty outreach story:
> I knew of a rector once who requested an gift to a pivate school.
> Miraculously,
> the amount of the gift was nearly identical
> to the amount of his son’s tuition at that same school.
>
> That said, I can imagine your discussions are lively.
> I’ll be interested in the consensus.
> My own thoughts?
> Not declaring money you raise to the diocese
> feels a little like money-laundering,
> but I could probably be persuaded to think in the opposite direction.
> -M
>
> What is the practice out there for recording support of Outreach
> activities?
> >
> > Our people are generous donors in all sorts of ways beyond Givings.  Our
> > Outreach Committee would like a line in the Operating Budget that
> > somehow reflects that our  financial plans extend to meeting needs of
> > the less fortunate, locally, in the Diocese, nationally and
> > internationally.  Does everyone routinely simply record outreach-type
> > revenue as an in-out money-raised = money-paid component of Other Income?
> >
> > One hitch is that our revenue figure as shown in the Operating Budget is
> > used for our Diocesan assessment.
> >
> > Just curious.  We're having a brisk discussion at this end that reflects
> > several points of view.
> >
> > Marion, a pilgrim
> >
>



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Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
Western Michigan