About the C.B.C.
The Catholic Business Connection was born out of inspiration. I believe it
was the work of the Holy Spirit. We are thankful for direction.
I noticed how comfortable I felt when I used a repair service or
purchased something from a member of my own parish; someone I saw at church
every week, knowing they were striving to be a good Catholic Christian, just
like myself and my family. I
thought about how the greater Cleveland area is filled with Catholic
churches with dedicated parishioners who are in various businesses, both
retail and service. Many of
them are trying to provide a good life for their families.
They are the ones who make it possible for the Catholic church and it's
schools to do the things we are called to do. But advertising is expensive. So I was inspired to create a site that
makes it very affordable for Catholics to market their talents, goods and
services to fellow Catholics.
I honestly know that by raising the economic base of the parishioners,
the Church will be more economically sound.
When money is tight, people have to restrict what they can give.
When people are doing well, they give more to church.
The C.B.C. program is just this simple.
When you raise the economic level of the parishioners, you raise the
economic level of the church.
Years ago, one could look around at church and know everyone and what they
did for a living.
Parishioners bought their cars from the car salesperson, their meat from the
butcher in the church and their appliances at the store that was owned by a
parishioner.
Those business people could in turn afford to support
their church, the parish school, and the local Catholic
charities. But today people
don’t know each other that
well, for many reasons.
So instead of buying from
someone they recognize, someone who’ll stand behind
their service or product, someone they can trust; they buy from box stores
or strangers with little or no connection.
And because of this, fellow parishioners find it harder to support
the church, it’s parish school, and it’s charities.
We’re here to change all that and bring back the connection that has
slowly deteriorated over the years.
We want to make the parish, the cluster, the diocese a connected
family.
Many Catholics can not afford to send their children to a Catholic school as
evidenced by the many parish schools closing in this area.
This site not only helps connect Catholics with Catholics in various
businesses, it also awards a yearly scholarship give-away (click the
Scholarship Program link on the menu.)
We are working with business owners to convey cost cutting measures
to the schools. We’re also
researching Catholic and other private schools around the country who have
been able to lower tuition so we may help Catholic schools in our area.
We want our Catholic schools filled!
The Catholic school is the best way to prepare people for people to
learn about and be active in the Church.
The Catholic Business Connection is
not
affiliated with the Cleveland Diocese.
The Diocese of Cleveland is fully aware of our program and has no
objections to it. We are
parishioners trying to help local Catholics with inexpensive advertising and
help provide scholarship aid for Catholic education
