August 14, 2006

12-Aug-06. Bets are off. Calgary Sun, 5.

Cathie Williams, the head of Calgary’s Catholic school board say that her board will not be giving Bishop Fred Henry a firm date for when schools will stop fundraising using casinos and bingos. She speaks of a need for dialogue between the board and the bishop in order to come to a common understanding. The article author notes that the church is not a democracy and the bishop has ruled raising money for Catholic schools though casinos and bingos is immoral.