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I'm curious why Catholic churches find it necessary to have these type of events in order to pay their bills.  Don't the parishioners support their parish with tithes and offerings?  I find it very distasteful for a church to be selling beer and having rock bands be their method of support.  Fish fries and bingo were bad enough but these "festivals" are very unrepresentative of what a church should be about.  I don't see that Mathew 28:19-20 implied that this method should be employed.

As a supporter of SJV, my wife being a member, we have both been volunteers at the festival. Many volunteers give of their time and effort and attendance at the festival is voluntary. All religious institutions have the same right to have fund raising events, assuming they qualify legally.

Thanks to the first amendment and other constitutional laws we live in the USA.  

INTEWEDM, Churches of all faiths have summer festivals. A church is a community and people in communities like to have a little fun once in a while. Lighten up.

Perhaps before you run off at the mouth about why SJV, or any other Catholic Church holds a festival (and yes  IMNOTPC is correct, this is not a 'Catholic' thing), you should do some research about their bills, budgets, tithes, offerings and support.  You are way off base on this one.