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@philfCAL @Joeinblack Dude, I was talking about mega-church pastors.

@Joeinblack @SWingerberg Dude. Catholic priests make pennies when you factor in the on call hours. No one who isn't called by The Creator would do it.

@ddufek @mattswaim I wouldn't think my parish deacon draws any type of salary. Even our Music Director is volunteer.

@mattswaim @SWingerberg I wonder how many parishioners know that, or if there is an incorrect assumption that Deacons draw a salary or stipend?

@JohnAllenSoares If only I could go back and edit

@SWingerberg Would have been easier to say that up front rather than individually correcting every single response, don't you think?

@JohnAllenSoares Still learning this tweeting thing.

@JohnAllenSoares I was referring to rich mega-church pastors

@SWingerberg On average, a Catholic parish priest in America gets about 750 dollars a week.

@Lex_Ludendi I was referring to wealthy mega-church pastors.

@SWingerberg Actually no. Members of religious orders do, but your average parish priest does not. That said, they get paid 20k-30k a year. With little to no living expenses that’s money in the bank, but it’s still not much.

Wow, the Catholic priesthood remains entirely unchanged.

@NoOnePortant That was the point 😉

@SWingerberg You’ll be happy to know that priests are paid very little.

@RonLegest I was referring to wealthy mega-church pastors sir.

@SWingerberg Catholic priests are already paid - or underpaid - that way. There are more than 37,000 of them in the U.S. alone.

@Master2udarnit Oh OK.

@SWingerberg It's clear that you don't love God's Word

@NicolasOwen1606 I was referring to wealthy mega-church pastors.

@SWingerberg Most Catholic priests, all who have master's degrees, make less than $40,000 a year.

@EthanPowers20 I was referring to wealthy mega-church pastors.

@SWingerberg Many in religious orders take vows of poverty

@DanGSHF138947 That's who was referring to. Sorry for the confusion.

@SWingerberg The mega church pastors make bank, but the vast majority of clergy are below the median.

@gonefishin1948 I was referring to wealthy mega-church pastors sir.

@SWingerberg I get $1200 a month.

@ChemBearEsq I think you misunderstood my point sir. I was referring to wealthy mega-church pastors.

@SWingerberg Every single Catholic priest doesn't even come close to hitting the poverty line my dude...

@Joeinblack Beautifully written. On a much smaller scale, I am a parish music coordinator and I hear that stuff all the time.

Pastoring two parishes and a school, I hit stretches where it feels like there’s nowhere where there isn’t a fight. Somewhere, someone is always unhappy; Some express it in a healthy way and some don’t. Some recognize that they work with fallible humans and choose peace, some will never stop punching until they feel like their circumstances are perfect. This morning, I really called out to the Lord and I asked him if it’s supposed to be like this; I asked him if priesthood is supposed to be 24/7 dealing with conflict and fights and arguments, personnel, etc. A funny thing happened: it struck me that I don’t know if this is his Will and I’m not even sure how knowing the answer will help me. Here’s what I do know: Jesus is Lord and honestly? That’s really all I need to know. My job is to be as faithful as I can, to cling to Him with all of my might and to proceed boldly forward in faith, trusting that He has won, He is winning, He will win. #talkedtotheboss

@KevinSKrause @Joeinblack Wasn't referring to catholic clergy sir. Was referring to mega-church pastors.

@Joeinblack @SWingerberg No priest I have ever known did it for the money.

@Di_bear I'll do better in the future 😉

@SWingerberg Looking at the comments, it seems like "clergy" was not the correct word. 🙂 Upon many clarifications in this thread, I agree.

@zulubravomike2 @HansFiene @cath_menarion Thank you for the clarification. I've probably wrote less than 50 tweets my whole life and didn't really think many people paid me much attention 😅

@SWingerberg @HansFiene @cath_menarion But as worded, no one reading your post would know that.

Catholics and Lutherans go even further and pay them *less* than the median income, especially for guys with their level of education

@RefuteThemAll @gonefishin1948 Yeah that whole "vow of poverty" part will get a man rich 😄

@gonefishin1948 @SWingerberg You’re in it for the money. That’s obvious to all.