The fault your parish struggled lies with the Catholic church leaders. The Catholic church has billions of dollars in solid gold stored at the federal reserve and throughout banks in Europe. They have millions of assests worldwide. They invest millions into enties that go against the teachings of the church such as weapons manufacturers, pharmecutical companies, companies associated with gambling, pornagraphy and even Nazi gold during WW2. In Australia alone the Catholic church has an estimated net worth of 30 billion dollars. The biggest of all the Mega Churches only difference is they teach their followers to be humble and give up material possesions in order to enter the Kingdom of God.