Scratch cards - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 21 Oct 2015 21:38:33 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Scratch cards - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Parish asks for lottery tickets to go in collection plate https://cathnews.co.nz/2015/10/23/parish-asks-for-lottery-tickets-to-go-in-collection-plate/ Thu, 22 Oct 2015 18:05:38 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=78166 A cash-strapped parish in Italy has asked parishioners to put scratch and win lottery cards on the offertory plate rather than money. A flyer on a door of San Martino church in Cigola near Brescia announced the move. "We all know we need help," read the flyer. "So with a smile and without making givers Read more

Parish asks for lottery tickets to go in collection plate... Read more]]> A cash-strapped parish in Italy has asked parishioners to put scratch and win lottery cards on the offertory plate rather than money.

A flyer on a door of San Martino church in Cigola near Brescia announced the move.

"We all know we need help," read the flyer.

"So with a smile and without making givers uncomfortable or inviting the moralising of theologians, we're willing to give this a shot."

The church's decision has been motivated by its need to find funds to maintain its nursery while repairing the church's roof and oratory.

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