tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post8310845603217990541..comments2024-01-16T18:30:41.436-06:00Comments on The Badger Catholic: La Crosse diocesan newspaper "The Catholic Times" to disband in OctoberBadger Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05389147035157025445noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-26747615593394183382015-09-22T20:16:05.263-05:002015-09-22T20:16:05.263-05:00My memory on the details might be foggy, as I'...My memory on the details might be foggy, as I'm referring to the way things were at the CT nearly a decade ago. But my recollection is that parishes had a certain quota of subscriptions to fill, in an attempt to supplement people who were already subscribing to the paper on their own. The parishes that embraced the quota did so in varying ways, the more enthusiastic, for example, simply adding their parishioner lists to the subscription rolls and paying for everybody's subscription. I recall the office being inundated, at times, with calls from people who were surprised to receive the paper, some even demanding to unsubscribe. Far more parishes simply ignored the subscription quotas, together with the repeated bills from the paper requesting payment for the number of subscriptions the parish was required to have. In regard to the last query, no, subscriptions did not cover the expenses of the paper. My recollection is that the annual appeal subsidy was at least a few hundred thousand dollars per year. Franz Kleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05010904052564445366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-57261588827982902492015-09-21T14:27:32.106-05:002015-09-21T14:27:32.106-05:00"'content manager' (seriously, who co..."'content manager' (seriously, who comes up with these titles?)"<br /><br />Someone with the same mindset as the person who came up with "worship space".Terrence Berreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-28999500504819018732015-09-21T12:24:49.876-05:002015-09-21T12:24:49.876-05:00Good questions of which I don't know the answe...Good questions of which I don't know the answers. Badger Catholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05389147035157025445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-91898290416809988862015-09-20T18:09:19.034-05:002015-09-20T18:09:19.034-05:00I must confess I don't understand some of Fran...I must confess I don't understand some of Franz Klein's comments. He discusses the parish subscription quotas and people who canceled their subscriptions. I can attest that our parish is billed monthly for subscriptions to the Catholic Times and a copy is sent to each one of our registered members. We then collect money from everyone to cover parish costs. If every parish in the Diocese of Lacrosse is doing this, there shouldn't be any issues related to cancelations or non-renewals. Is our parish unique? Do not all parishes within the Diocese of Lacrosse get a monthly bill for the Catholic Times? Or is the sum total of all the monies received from the mandatory subscriptions insufficient to operate the Catholic Times?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com