To recap, each community's goal for the ordinariate's bishop's appeal is assessed based on a proportion of the tithe each parish sends to Houston. The tithe is sent directly from parish funds that come from pledges and other income. The bishop's appeal is raised via individual contributions from parishioners and represents a separate fundraising challenge that's the responsibility of the priest. Although it's expected that the contributions from individual parishioners will meet the goal, any shortfall is assessed directly from parish funds in the following year.
It's something of a blot on a parish record not to meet the goal, while it's a matter of pride for a new priest in a parish to establish a record of meeting the goal where it had previously not been met.
A special twist that applies to the North American ordinariate is that, as we've seen, the proceeds from the bishop's appeal go almost entirely to the chancery's operating budget for expenses like the bishop's travel and communications, rather than to mission-oriented or charitable projects, which is the case in territorial dioceses.
Taken from the Observer story, here's the list, in alphabetical order:
Blessed John Henry Newman Irvine
Blessed John Henry Newman Victoria
Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham Houston
Christ the King Towson
Corpus Christi Charleston, SC
Holy Martyrs Temecula
Holy Nativity Payson
Our Lady and St John Louisville
Our Lady of the Atonement San Antonio
St Alban Rochester
St Barnabas Omaha
St Bede St Paul Park MN (now closed)
St Benedict Mundare AB
St George Republic MO
St James St Augustine FL
St John the Baptist Bridgeport PA
St John Vianney Cleburne TX
St Timothy Catonsville MD
My regular correspondent remarked,
This means that half the OCSP communities did not meet their assessed goal, including six (half) the full parishes. St John the Evangelist, Calgary was one of the parishes which failed to meet its goal, which as we learned previously was $6,055---not a vast sum. UPDATE: This is the 2019 goal. Prior years' goals, as I understand it, were higher, and this year's goal was reduced. We don't know if the parish will meet this year's goal.In addition, St Mary the Virgin, Arlington TX; St Luke, Washington, DC; St Thomas More, Scranton; Incarnation, Orlando; and Mt Calvary, Baltimore were full parishes that did not meet their goals. A territorial diocese might consider reassigning more capable priests to parishes like these, but the ordinariate is severely limited in its ability to relocate priests with their families, not to mention the limited supply of competent personnel at its diesposal. The impression I have is that St Thomas More and St Luke are very marginal operations that could, under equivalent Anglican canons, lose their parish status and be placed directly under the bishop's budgetary and administrative control.Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. And vice-versa.
In addition, Mt Calvary Baltimore, which as far as we can determine has a generous endowment that funds a catered brunch following Sunday mass, was unable to meet its goal. We may assume that this is no matter to the parish or its priest, since the subsequent assessment for the shortfall will also be paid from endowment income. What a commentary on this group and its priest.
But overall, this record is an indication of how marginal the whole ordinariate operation is.
