25-Jun-06. Catholics like casino bucks. Edmonton Sun, 7.

An Edmonton Catholic school board trustee says that Edmonton parents are not ready to give up casino fundraisers just because the church frowns on gambling. Edmonton Archbishop Thomas Collins says that using gambling to raise school funds is immoral but he hasn’t threatened schools with cessation of Catholic services. Nearly all of the board’s 84 schools host casino fundraisers about once every two years according to Edmonton Catholic board chairman Debbie Cavaliere.