01-Apr-06. Catholic trustees, parents huddle over gambling issue. Calgary Herald, B3.

Parent representatives from almost 100 Calgary Catholic schools will meet with school board leaders for a roundtable discussion on fundraising in general and the use of gambling revenues in particular. During the 2004-05 school year, Calgary Catholic schools netted roughly $4-million from their fundraising efforts and approximately half of that total came from charitable gambling events. Calgary Bishop Fred Henry told Catholic trustees in a letter he wants the school board to put an end to what he describes as morally problematic fundraising.