Thursday, 15 January 2009

• St Vinnies not quite Saintlike

  'St Vinnies puts the cold into charity'

  St Vinnies terminated the services of a dedicated office-holder because she was not Catholic. Instead of retracting their bad decision, they spent money that should have gone to the poor into hiring lawyers for the tribunal. Stubborn in their decision to the end. Even though their decision wrecked the emotional health and life of this woman who had made serving the poor through Vinnies her purpose.

  "The primary function of the society," said St Vincent de Paul's lawyers, "is to inculcate the Catholic faith in its members."

  I thought the function of the society was to serve the poor. Any help that people can offer for this worthy cause should have been received with joy and gratitude, regardless of religious beliefs or denomination affiliations. For it is not only Christians, or Catholics, who can help the weak and helpless.

  Shame.

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