Catholic Charities of Oklahoma
Catholic Charities of Oklahoma
Catholic Charities | Parish Outreach
This is the Parish Outreach page of the Catholic Charities of Oklahoma website where they promote JustFaith training.
Bishop McGuinness - Irish Eyes 4-12-10
See page 17 of this issue of Irish Eyes, where Catholic Charities is recruiting for internships for the CCHD to study "social justice fields, community development and economic development." The same ad appeared in many of the bulletins of Parishes in the Archdiocese.
-Facts Regarding Oklahoma City Community Organizing Efforts-
A Letter from Dick Klinge, Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of Oklahoma City dated November 14, 2008. Herein, Mr. Klinge addresses many issues and builds a case of support for community organizing. This letter was written to Mr. Ray Haefele. Ray was acting as a neutral liaison between Mr. Klinge and Fr. John Metzinger to address the concerns of the parishioners about the IAF. Fr. John handed a copy to Jo with the comment that it should address all of our concerns. He told her to give copies to other concerned parties.
-Letter to Ray Haefele on IAF-
Our response to Mr. Klinge's letter (addressed to Ray Haefele acting as liaison) dated March 13, 2009. In it we addressed Mr. Klinge's letter on a point by point basis. As will be obvious from reading our letter, Mr. Klinge's letter did nothing to address our concerns, rather, it inflamed them and stiffened our resolve to stop the IAF. No rebuttal of any of the points we made in this letter was ever received.
We have been asked by a number of people about donating to Catholic Charities due to their initial support of the IAF and the perception that they send part of the donations received locally to the national Catholic Charities organization. Jo has been personally assured, in face-to-face meetings with both Archbishop Beltran and Tim O'Connor, that NONE of the money collected locally goes to the national Catholic Charities organization. As Tim O'Connor stated in his pulpit talk at St. Johns, Catholic Charities support of the OSC/IAF was terminated in April due to it causing friction in the parishes. Because of the assurances we received from the Archbishop and Tim O'Connor we did not participate in any efforts against the Catholic Charities collection, rather leaving it up to each persons conscience. Here is the statement from their website:
Catholic Charities Statement on its Role in local Community Organizing
Last Updated: Sunday, April 18, 2010 12:29 PM -0500
