Home Visit by St. Vincent
De Paul member
Just in time for St. Patrick’s celebration tomorrow it was made official today: the Works of Mercy had a victory. Many of us have urged the Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee the last few years to use the money they received from the closing and sale of Blessed Trinity parish in North Central Milwaukee for the works of mercy in these neighbors, the poorest and most segregated in Milwaukee. The Archdiocese decided to put the bulk of the money, about one million dollars, in an ‘endowment fund for the future church’. However, one hundred thousand dollars was given to St. Vincent De Paul Society to be used as a ‘store credit’ for the most needy conferences that serve the people in North Milwaukee. The bankers got the bulk of the money for usury but the works of mercy will get its cut. The poor, however, are used to getting the ‘crumbs’ from the table of the wealthy. As someone reminded me today, a $100, 000 is better than nothing. God is great. God gives his blesses and graces to the poor. Thank God for this victory for works of mercy.
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