Yeah, I know I spelled it wrong. Waiting for 2 hours for my boss to leave…FINALLY!!! I thought she was going to sleep over! So now I just have to wait 5 minutes until she is out of the area, and I am gone.
I have to go to a Catholic Charity Dinner this evening. It is to raise funds for a Catholic school in my area. My husband said it was informal sit down dinner. He said there is going to be a selection of seafood and beef.
Are we not in Lent? Is it not a Friday? Is this not for a Catholic charity?
I just do not get it. But hey, open bar, so I am there.
Strictly speaking, the organizations collectively known as “Catholic Charities” have independent boards and not an official part of the Roman Catholic Church. Therefore they can serve whatever they want at dinner.
I thought they declared that beef was okay on Fridays. Though, as George Carlin said, "I bet there are still people in Hell doing time for a meat rap. ‘I thought it was retroactive!’ "
Not everybody attending has to be Catholic; not every Catholic follows abstinence; I personally would have made a different selection given the context, but it’s possible nobody noticed and at least they’re providing a not-meat option.
I once complained when a factory cafeteria which always had three main dishes and one of them was usually fish or eggs had only meat choices on Ash Wednesday. It was like they’d done it on purpose, I mean, three months eating there, three months a meat-less choice is available and on Ash Wednesday of all days it’s not? The person behind me piped up with “I’m a Communist Union Rep and I agree with her, there should be a meatless option every day. Not letting me have a three-finger-thick steak today if I want to is wrong, but not letting those who want to follow abstinence do so is also wrong. You guys have eggs in there? Start frying.” It’s pretty amazing how a line of people who’d normally be whining about how long it’s taken can be completely stopped, completely silent, and look more threatening than if they were waving pitchforks instead of holding lunch trays.
It was a charity dinner for a local Catholic school. Trust me, it was an “official” Catholic charity. Even my husband said that there may be other denominations. Really ? No they were all Catholics, from the same parish. They only had fish and pasta. Salad, pasta, and haddock. Thats It. It was pretty bad.
The open bar I anticipated was just free wine at the reception. They had a $10,000 raffle. They sold 300 tickets. I thought they would pull out the winning ticket, but no, they pulled every single one of the 299 tickets that did not win. Longest friggin night of my life. Oh yeah, the 3 priests all had to give a little sermon.
I complain too much, I know. But I am so glad it is over. Will not be going next year.
Not during Lent, though. It used to be every Friday, now it’s just Fridays during Lent. (Which is great around here – those church fish fries are AWESOME. Really good fish sandwiches.)
Just a quick correction. They actually pulled 290 numbers, and when they where down to the last 10 numbers, the 10 had a choice to split the money, or pull further numbers. Everyone who was left had to all agree. This went on until there were 3 women, who agreed to split the cash, and they each received a check for $3333.33.
