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Scotland is now an Ordinariate priest. We joined the or knocks on the door. Or whether it is that those
Navy on the same day but hadn’t seen each other since who have decided to become catholic have already
1994.
become catholic, or if people will just find some way
of circumnavigating the problem.”
“As to this job, I’ve already seen
from the few trustees’ meetings I have
There is, of course, another side to Fr
attended, that they will always try and
Paul’s job; fund raising. He said, “We
give as much as they can. The support
are rather different to how the ACS
that we give is intended to help people
worked, because we do ask for money.
get back onto their feet rather than
I think we are realistic about where
be a crutch for life. Having said that,
that money needs to come from.
there are individuals who are never
When I was an Anglican clergyman,
going to find employment again. For
second collections were not common.
them, we are going to have to be a
It was very rare that somebody would
crutch for life.”
come to a parish and actually make
an appeal. In the Roman Catholic
We made the point that the St
Church second collections seem to
Barnabas Society does not support
happen almost every other week! You
only Anglicans who become Roman Catholics.
are very conscious of the fact that often people are just
putting the spare change in their pocket into the plate.
Fr Paul took up the story, “There is absolutely no So we are realis