{"id":6504,"date":"2019-09-05T14:46:46","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T19:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/?p=6504"},"modified":"2019-09-06T08:02:07","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T13:02:07","slug":"best-practices-in-evangelization-unintended-lesson-in-homelessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2019\/09\/best-practices-in-evangelization-unintended-lesson-in-homelessness\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Practices in Evangelization = Unintended Lesson in Homelessness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Here\u2019s an article on a fantastic initiative in the Archdiocese of Baltimore<\/a>, in which dedicated missionaries are truly evangelizing, brother-to-brother, the homeless near the Basilica of\u00a0the National Shrine of the Assumption.\u00a0 Read it and take notes.\u00a0 This is what evangelization should be.\u00a0 (Happy feast day, Mother Theresa!)<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

Now catch one detail:<\/p>\n

Father Boric has plans to recruit a couple more missionaries. While FOCUS missionaries generally must raise about $30,000 a year to cover their expenses, he wants to be able to provide all of that so the missionaries can focus on their ministry, instead of fundraising.<\/p>\n

\u201cI need to provide everything, except for their own health insurance \u2013 that\u2019s the one thing I can\u2019t provide for,\u201d Father Boric said. He donated his old 2008 Toyota Corolla to the project as the \u201cmission car.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Check out those living expenses. These are healthy, childless young adults living in housing that is already owned by the Basilica.\u00a0 They are, presumably, committed to a life of solidarity with the poor, avoiding extraneous luxuries.\u00a0 Their $30K a year does not include health insurance.\u00a0 It certainly doesn\u2019t include any costs related to supporting a family.<\/p>\n

$30K a year is working full time at $15 an hour (before taxes).\u00a0 You can check here for information about minimum wages around the United States<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Am I saying that the legal minimum wage needs to be raised?\u00a0 No I am not.\u00a0 I am not, in this post, making any specific policy prescriptions. I\u2019m observing that the archdiocese has stumbled upon an obvious line in the sand between living wages and poverty.<\/p>\n

And, related to a column of mine that will be coming out shortly (location TBD), when our life as a Church is organized around the assumption that people in the pews have spare time and cash on hand, we are deciding that poor people need not apply.\u00a0 I think for most American parishes, taking the steps to make the\u00a0parish<\/em> friendly to non-middle-class people is a radical change.\u00a0 We have many ministries\u00a0to<\/em> the poor, but little expectation that the poor are meant to be part of our church community, equals in the work of ministering and evangelizing.\u00a0 Glad to see Baltimore getting something going in that direction.<\/p>\n

\"File:Waiting<\/p>\n

Artwork:\u00a0 \u201cWaiting for a Living Wage\u201d, poster, produced by the Suffrage Atelier and designed by Catherine Courtauld in 1913, Public Domain, via Wikimedia.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>A century later, America\u2019s poor are not physically starving, thank God.\u00a0 Spiritually?<\/a>\u00a0 Yes indeed<\/a>.\u00a0 The parish wage-floor is part of the problem.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

UPDATE:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>In response to some reader questions, I clarify a few points over at the Conspiracy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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