The OpenBooks Project

PROJECT AUTHOR HRH GIBBONS HAS

A guide to what's in this website

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This page points you to the variety of topics

Canon 1287.2 is the focus of the Project.  This Canon requires parish priests to provide information on what has happened to the giving.  When and how are left to the diocese.  The page also has information on how dioceses and bishops' conferences interpret Canon 1287.2.

Sources consulted are listed on this page. They include over 1200 parishes, all UK diocesan webistes, and a catholic range of other reading.  All Charity regulators

Main findings about Dioceses are listed on this page. They include information on their annual reports, published procedures

Main findings about Parishes are listed on this page. They include information on their annual reports, published procedures

HRH Gibbons
Author (and, as you'll find, Expostulator)
of the OpenBooks Projectwriting in late 2021 and having in mind a date in late 2023