The Diocese received 6.5 million faithful in 2009, 39% of their income.
Santander, November 10 .- The Diocese of Santander received 6.5 million euros in 2009 by contributions from the faithful, an amount representing 39% of what you entered for this institution, that next Sunday, day 14, the day celebrated of the diocesan Church to encourage collaboration in their work and pastoral care.
In addition, the Diocese of Santander recorded in, aika gold, 2009 over 2.9 million euros for the tax allowance of parishioners who have made the "X" in favor of the Catholic Church in its statement of income.
This was stated today at a press conference, the Episcopal Vicar for Economic Affairs and Economy of the Diocese, Jose Olaiz, which has appealed to the collaboration on the occasion of celebrating the, darkfall gold, Day of the diocesan Church, next Sunday.
According to said, it is a day with which you want to raise awareness of the importance of personal and economic collaboration with this institution.
To celebrate this day, the Bishop of Santander, Vicente Jimenez, has written a pastoral letter encouraging the faithful to work with the Diocese to carry out its task of helping, darkfall online gold, the most disadvantaged.
Olaiz stressed the importance of the help of the faithful for the Diocese of Santander and has emphasized that private contributions in this region are between one and a half and two points above the national average.
Carlos Ruigomez, board member of Support of the Church in turn has highlighted the "solidarity", ffxiv gil, of this institution, which has a "continuing action" in the care of persons with disabilities.
"We're going to tell these truths, because it seems as if we found it hard to recall so much good as we have received from the Church in our personal and community history," he asserted.
At the hearing of the press also has talked about the work of Caritas Diocesan in 2009 lend support to primary care, to cover basic needs for food, clothing or shelter, about 21,000 people in Cantabria.
And more than 1,400 people have participated in social projects of this social organization.
Specifically, in 2009 were 7,220 families who received help from primary care by Caritas, which estimates that each of these households are composed, on average, of three members.
Families served by Caritas in 2009 have increased by 69 percent in two years.
Last year, Caritas Diocesan invirtio 1.9 million euros in assistance projects both in Spain (1.7 million) as in other countries (200,000 euros), and nearly 80 percent of the funds to get this organization come from private donors.
Diocesan Caritas director, Jose Luis Arango, explained that the type of people receiving help from this entity has changed "substantially", since it caters to people who previously could belong to a middle class, with mortgages and children, and who have become unemployed.
"These are people who never thought they could be in this situation," warned Arango, who has suggested that the work of Caritas reaches primary care, among others, low-skilled workers who are unemployed, from sectors as the construction, or single parents.
According to above, thenumber of interventions in parishes has increased and, moreover, the investment aid is superior because the quality is higher. Caritas arrives to take charge in some cases rents and housing costs.
Diocesan Caritas director added that the 2010 data reveal that, although unemployment has not increased, nor reduced.
Arango added that the Diocese launched last May 1 a bell to deliver a day's salary to help the unemployed, which has raised to date in Cantabria about 40,000 euros.
In addition, the Church has the Campana de la Renta to encourage all interested persons to check the box for this institution in the statement of income.
Another member of the Sustainability Council of the Church, Valentin Laso, has encouraged the faithful to lend their aid allocated to their parish councils.
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