[Magdalen] DioVA convention

[Mahoney, W. Michael]

The Diocese of Virginia provides an extensive check-list and report of the
various things a professional auditor would do in a regular audit.
Completing them all requires considerable effort but is a darn sight
cheaper.  I believe that parishes must still get a professional audit every
few years.

Audits are expensive and a burden on small non-profits.

Mike M.

On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 6:16 PM Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:

> A professional audit is not required every year in our diocese.  I'm not
> sure what the requirements are.  They vary by parish size.
>
> On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 3:32 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > This has been somewhat loosely interpreted in our Diocese. Some small
> > parishes have trouble affording a formal professional audit. I think an
> > audit can be done in-house, with a professional audit every so many
> > years—three, maybe. When I arrived at the two mission congregations I
> > served some years ago, one of them hadn’t had an audit or turned in an
> > audit report for more than ten years.
> >
> > > On Nov 6, 2018, at 12:30 PM, Roger Stokes via Magdalen <
> > magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >> On 06/11/2018 15:01, Judy Fleener wrote:
> > >> I was once again a delegate to our convention.  The only controversial
> > >> issue was putting teeth into the the requirement for audits.  The
> > penalty
> > >> begins with loss of voice at convention and after three years results
> in
> > >> loss of seat, voice and vote, all of which can be appealed.
> > >
> > > Is that a reference to parishhes needing to have their accounts
> > professionally audited? If so I am surprised that the secular authorities
> > don't require this already.
> > >
> > > Roger
> >
>
>
> --
> Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
> Western Michigan
>