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Entry: Theological Cannon Fodder Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/theological_cannon_fodder#18210 Post contents: "This reaffirms the sad truth which I’ve been repeating for years: American bishops have largely given up on passing along the Faith to the next generation of native-born Catholics ..." JZ One of my favorite parts of PJB's "Right From The Beginning" was a story about his father William. PJB's grandmother did not have the funds to continue William's education at a Catholic high school so William attended a public one. After a few days a priest from the local Catholic school appeared at Grandma Buchanan's door and asked why her son was not attending Catholic high school. Grandma Buchanan responded that she could not afford the tuition ... then the priest said, "we don't want your money Mrs. Buchanan, we want your son." Arrangements were then made for William to attend, I believe, Gonzaga in DC. The church has priced itself out of the education market. The tuition at the high school (just voted one of 50 best in USA) I graduated from in the late 80's was $3 k. Now the tuition is $10 k. My high school recently opened a "Nativity model" school in our city. A nativity model school is a tuition free school for minority (mostly non-Catholic) students from grade 4-8. These students attend school from 7 am until 8 pm, their parents clean the school and perform other tasks on weekends. The teachers are young and unpaid. The parochial schools in our city are closing for the working class ethnic Catholics. The local Catholic high schools are unaffordable for the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the people that built the church in our city. My point is, the Catholic Church has turned their back to the working class or poor ethnic Catholics. It seems that the newly arrived, either from Mexico or the blacks from the American south, are now benefiting from the Church at the expense of others. Sent at: 2009 01 08