Here’s why:

CCHD BOYCOTT: Catholic Citizens of Illinois calls on all Catholics to boycott the annual collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development on the weekend of November 22 [...]]]> Don’t put anything in this weekend’s envelope for CHD. Some people are putting acorns in, ‘though I don’t see that that would affect anything.

CCHD BOYCOTT: Catholic Citizens of Illinois calls on all Catholics to boycott the annual collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development on the weekend of November 22 and 23

Catholics probe aid directed to ACORN

Catholic bishops cut all funding to ACORN

If you need help connecting the dots, click here: Fr. Neuhaus on “Obama and the Bishops”.

or here: Too close for comfort: CCHD, sex and abortion

Bishop discusses reasons behind cutoff of ACORN funding

If you need more background information, here’s my October post about this.

Why we still need to boycott the CHD collection this weekend despite the statements from the bishops: NOT ALL parishes are aware of the problem or choose to be obedient. Hence if you put anything in that CHD envelope, you won’t have any control over whether that money still makes it to ACORN or not.