Who pays for Priests?

kjl

Now the obvious answer is the basket that goes around at church, but I don't think too many people go to church nowadays. So where do they get their money from?

Ihatecuddles-old

God, obviously.

freshpopcorn

Mass isn't as popular as before but their isn't as many priests now a days. They are still people in lots of communities that are religious and are happy to go to mass and give priests money.

lahalane

Is it against forum rules to say something crude like 'they rob the schoolboys pocket money before they **** them'? Cos if it is then I wont say it...

dobman88

It's a government paid job, civil service. Also they get paid for Christenings, Weddings and Funerals by the people having the respective ceremonies

Turtwig

Generally every month a parish has a priest's collection. That money pays him.

Ruu

Money racket involving communion crisps I would say, shady business.

zenno

CATHOLIC priests in the cash-strapped Dublin diocese have had their pay slashed by 9pc due to plunging donations from Mass-goers.

An outspoken cleric has warned that the financial problems faced by the church could leave some priests stacking supermarket shelves.
The Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, is this week meeting parish councils and finance committees as part of a major review of finances.
Donations from Dublin parishioners to the fund that is used to pay priests and run the churches have plummeted by 16pc in the past three years, the Archdiocese of Dublin confirmed last night.
Some of Ireland's biggest dioceses are now battling to cope with falling collections and soaring expenses -- as well as the cost of extra childcare-protection and clerical-abuse compensation claims.

The basic income of a curate in the Dublin Archdiocese is now €24,079 a year, plus up to €2,820, depending on length of service. Parish priests get an additional allowance of €4,827, which would bring their maximum total to €31,726.

This does not include taxes or income levies but priests do live rent-free and have items such as health insurance paid for them.

Your friendly tesco super-market assistant could be a priest.


So, nobody much any more is willing to pay priests.


Source: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/priests-pay-is-cut-as-collections-at-mass-fall-26790910.html

kjl

dobman88 wrote: »

It's a government paid job, civil service. Also they get paid for Christenings, Weddings and Funerals by the people having the respective ceremonies

Actually now that I think about it some of them like the holy ghost fathers run schools and probable take the profile from that.

Sinfonia

Something about 'The money was just resting in my account'.
The ingredients are there.

ColeTrain

Racketeering obviously. Every priest is 'on the take'. Behind their white collar lies a brass neck, everyone of them. Why do you think there's so many pubs closing down? Where do you think the altar wine comes from? The sooner people realise what's going on the better.

Galwayguy35

The Church must still own a fair bit of land, I know here in the parish next to me the PP sold about 40 acres to pay for a new house, I would imagine in the rural areas at least there would also be land owned by them.

I was on holiday in rome about 10 years ago and took a tour of the Vatican while I was there, the paintings alone must be worth a fortune.

zenno

mikemac1 wrote: »

Nope

They are paid by the diocese.

All the money in your parish goes to HQ and is paid out from there. Fairest way as you have well off parishes and not so well off

Every diocese is expected to fund themselves, they don't get money from Rome.

And they get to live Rent Free as well, oh, and free health care. How nice.

dobman88

The thread title should be changed to "Why do we pay for priests?" They don't even serve an important purpose anymore.

Galwayguy35

dobman88 wrote: »

The thread title should be changed to "Why do we pay for priests?" They don't even serve an important purpose anymore.

Well if you're not a Catholic then you don't, so you won't have to worry about it.

ColeTrain

zenno wrote: »

And they get to live Rent Free as well, oh, and free health care. How nice.

Free ticket to heaven too, there's plenty of perks alright.

JONJO THE MISER

And free meals in a lot of restaurants.
Free cups of tea and cake and biscuits from the auld dears when he goes to visit.

zenno

ColeTrain wrote: »

Free ticket to heaven too, there's plenty of perks alright.

UMM, This word "heaven" you speak of, how can i get there ? do i need zero-point energy to accomplish this ? or is there another way ?.





This thread should be called... How to become a priest, the perks are astounding.

bizmark

Always brings a warm glow to my heart to see that now the repressive church has turned into a non threatening organization to anyone in Ireland that (some) Enlightened Atheists/Non believers have decided to show the wisdom of their ways by acting much the same as any closed minded stereotypical religious type...Non believers are heretics evil devil worshipers / priests are all child rapists/Anyone that believes in that faith is a idoit/a lost child etc.

The more things change the more they stay the same.

Glad i dont associate with either grouping.

Cookie_Monster

dobman88 wrote: »

The thread title should be changed to "Why do we pay for priests?" They don't even serve an important purpose anymore.

did they ever?

The Narrator

zenno wrote: »

CATHOLIC priests in the cash-strapped Dublin diocese have had their pay slashed by 9pc due to plunging donations from Mass-goers.

An outspoken cleric has warned that the financial problems faced by the church could leave some priests stacking supermarket shelves.
The Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, is this week meeting parish councils and finance committees as part of a major review of finances.
Donations from Dublin parishioners to the fund that is used to pay priests and run the churches have plummeted by 16pc in the past three years, the Archdiocese of Dublin confirmed last night.
Some of Ireland's biggest dioceses are now battling to cope with falling collections and soaring expenses -- as well as the cost of extra childcare-protection and clerical-abuse compensation claims.

The basic income of a curate in the Dublin Archdiocese is now €24,079 a year, plus up to €2,820, depending on length of service. Parish priests get an additional allowance of €4,827, which would bring their maximum total to €31,726.

This does not include taxes or income levies but priests do live rent-free and have items such as health insurance paid for them.

Source: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/priests-pay-is-cut-as-collections-at-mass-fall-26790910.html

€24,079 a year minimum and no rent or healthcare expenses, that's hardly breadline material.

You would think people would lining up to become priests....:pac: