https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/06/08/parish-project-helps-families-homes-remembering-church-will-leaving/ The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Mon, 20 Jun 2016 20:05:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.3 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/06/08/parish-project-helps-families-homes-remembering-church-will-leaving/#comment-14895 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 00:56:20 +0000 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=12941#comment-14895 The parish project above deserves recognition, and has huge possibilities. Quite apart from offering young Catholic families security, it supplies family builders with a real sense of optimism, and real links with Catholic community, which last for years, in a way that does not discourage their dignity or resolve. The birth rate always grows with community that cares, and for Catholics a blessing for the young know where their lives began and how they were enriched through the concern of the community.
The Australian Commonwealth bank was initiated through the same idealism, and following World War 1, Australia was the only country that emerged without a war debt. The UK is still paying off its war debt of WW1.
Lumbered on the backs of the next generation are taxes. If less is placed on the backs of young Catholic families, it means they will be encouraged to have Catholic children.

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