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Title: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Everlast22 on February 16, 2024, 10:02:47 AM
I wanted to ask everyone who they think is the most prominent Catholic gatekeeper grifter working with the Cabal??

Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Ladislaus on February 16, 2024, 10:12:05 AM
To me, Gatekeepers are different from Grifters.

Gatekeepers may do it out of principle, where Grifters just don't want to take a controversial stand so as not to alienate a large part of their audience, and therefore impact the livelihood they make off their "apostolate" (instead of getting real jobs).

Top (Suspected) Gatekeepers (out of principle) --
-- Bishop Schneider
-- Bishop Huonder
-- possible SSPX infiltrators or compromised individuals (+Fellay and the Fellay yes-men)

Top Grifters --
--Michael Matt
--Taylor Marshall
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Matthew on February 16, 2024, 10:14:09 AM
To me, Gatekeepers are different from Grifters.

Gatekeepers may do it out of principle, where Grifters just don't want to take a controversial stand so as not to alienate a large part of their audience, and therefore impact the livelihood they make off their "apostolate" (instead of getting real jobs).

Top (Suspected) Gatekeepers (out of principle) --
-- Bishop Schneider
-- Bishop Huonder

Top Grifters --
--Michael Matt
--Taylor Marshall

Well said.

Gatekeepers are part of a conspiracy. Grifters are just "politicians", trying to cast as wide a net as possible, for the sake of popularity, ad revenue, and their wealth.

YOU MIGHT BE A GRIFTER IF...

You making a living off the Gospel, but you aren't a priest or religious.
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Everlast22 on February 16, 2024, 10:21:20 AM
Well said.

Gatekeepers are part of a conspiracy. Grifters are just "politicians", trying to cast as wide a net as possible, for the sake of popularity, ad revenue, and their wealth.

YOU MIGHT BE A GRIFTER IF...

You making a living off the Gospel, but you aren't a priest or religious.
What is interesting to me is how in good conscience you can just grift like that, when you are already making LOTS of money off a crisis in a Church. Is there not a conscience that hits you? At least a little bit? I couldn't live with that.
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Ladislaus on February 16, 2024, 10:28:34 AM
What is interesting to me is how in good conscience you can just grift like that, when you are already making LOTS of money off a crisis in a Church. Is there not a conscience that hits you? At least a little bit? I couldn't live with that.

Oh, I agree.  And there are some honest types who took a serious hit for their consciences:  Gerry Matatics and Patrick Coffin come to mind.  Matatics was at Scott Hahn levels in terms of what he was doing, going on tours, probably could have gotten in with "Catholic" "Answers" and EWTN, but gave it all up (even if you don't agree with him) to be true to his conscience.  Coffin was an EWTN personality, getting much revenue from his activities, but he's now given that up to become a Bennyvacantist (even if you don't agree with it).

As for the others, they make LOTS of money, but they're not fabulously wealthy, and they're terrified that their revenue streams will dry up, since the alternative would be that they'd have to go out and get real jobs.  I've heard that Marshall makes about 200K per year from his Patreon channel, and probably has other sources.  But if he lost 3/4 of his audience by coming out as, say, a sedevacantist, he would have to start draining his savings.

You'll find that there are no wealthy sedevacantist or even Traditional Catholic (in general) grifters, because their audience is far too small to generate any kinds of serious revenue, and their audiences typically include large families who don't have a lot of spare money to support them.
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Mithrandylan on February 16, 2024, 10:29:45 AM
The Dimonds basically invented the trad grift. And I think they're still the best at it. Part of the proof of their success is that no one really thinks of them as grifters. A grifter that everyone knows is a grifter isn't a very good grifter. The key to a successful grift is to pass it off as genuine.  But if you open the hood, you'll see that they're extraordinarily skilled marketers.  
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Ladislaus on February 16, 2024, 10:31:54 AM
The Dimonds basically invented the trad grift.

Utter nonsense.  Dimonds are following their consciences (even if you don't agree with them) and they will never compromise in the interests of revenue.  They make nearly all their videos available for free, and if you do want to order printed materials or CDs, given the prices they charge, I wondered how they could even do it without taking a loss.  If you order in bulk, you can get their apologetics pamphlet for pennies ... and their intent is to spread them around to convert people.  Nor are they somehow "living large", as even Hoyle's lawsuit indicates, but more in a spirit of poverty.  They use nearly all the revenues they make to produce other stuff to put out, and aren't living some upper-middle-class lifestyles ... and they've taken vows of poverty as Benedictines.

You may not like them, but they're not grifters by any stretch.  I think you have grifting confused with the fact that they have made very effective use of the internet to spread their message, but grifters by definition will change what they think or believe to maintain their revenue, which the Dimonds would never do.  Heck, they're spurned and despised by the vast majority of Trads, much less Novus Ordites.  If they were grifters, they'd soften their positions to appeal to a broader base, but they've done the opposite if anything.
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Everlast22 on February 16, 2024, 10:38:14 AM
The Dimonds basically invented the trad grift. And I think they're still the best at it. Part of the proof of their success is that no one really thinks of them as grifters. A grifter that everyone knows is a grifter isn't a very good grifter. The key to a successful grift is to pass it off as genuine.  But if you open the hood, you'll see that they're extraordinarily skilled marketers. 
they invented the trad grift.... lol 
Highly doubt that
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: 2Vermont on February 16, 2024, 10:51:39 AM
I would agree with Michael Matt and Taylor Marshall.

And I would disagree that the DB's are....too many people hate them.

I would add that I think one of the top NON-grifters would be Louie Verrecchio.  He has done the complete opposite a number of times: change his views at the expense of his popularity/$.
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Comrade on February 16, 2024, 11:04:31 AM
Utter nonsense.  Dimonds are following their consciences (even if you don't agree with them) and they will never compromise in the interests of revenue.  They make nearly all their videos available for free, and if you do want to order printed materials or CDs, given the prices they charge, I wondered how they could even do it without taking a loss.  If you order in bulk, you can get their apologetics pamphlet for pennies ... and their intent is to spread them around to convert people.  Nor are they somehow "living large", as even Hoyle's lawsuit indicates, but more in a spirit of poverty.  They use nearly all the revenues they make to produce other stuff to put out, and aren't living some upper-middle-class lifestyles ... and they've taken vows of poverty as Benedictines.

You may not like them, but they're not grifters by any stretch.  I think you have grifting confused with the fact that they have made very effective use of the internet to spread their message, but grifters by definition will change what they think or believe to maintain their revenue, which the Dimonds would never do.  Heck, they're spurned and despised by the vast majority of Trads, much less Novus Ordites.  If they were grifters, they'd soften their positions to appeal to a broader base, but they've done the opposite if anything.
I agree. These comments that Dimonds some kind of scammers is bs. I recently had a discussion with someone who referred to the Dimonds as scammers and when ask for a clarification (one example), he just gave more gerneralizations. I don't agree with evertyhing, but there is no indication that they are not sincere nor do they have an agenda that is focus on profiting from the Crisis.

If they are grifters, they are really bad at it.

And Yes, Loue Verrechio is very good example of a NON-grifter. He has basically cut off his income (if there was ever any) twice: Novus Ordo and SSPX.
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: ElwinRansom1970 on February 16, 2024, 12:32:20 PM
You'll find that there are no wealthy sedevacantist or even Traditional Catholic (in general) grifters, because their audience is far too small to generate any kinds of serious revenue, and their audiences typically include large families who don't have a lot of spare money to support them.
Example: Michael Davies who lived and died an elementary school teacher. Although he was friends with the Matt family, I can imagine his reaction to a Taylor Marshall who has no day job.
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Everlast22 on February 16, 2024, 12:36:28 PM
If you're still on youtube, you aint telling 100 percent of the truth.

If you tell the truth, you get axed. My opinion.
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Jr1991 on February 16, 2024, 12:41:23 PM
To me, Gatekeepers are different from Grifters.

Gatekeepers may do it out of principle, where Grifters just don't want to take a controversial stand so as not to alienate a large part of their audience, and therefore impact the livelihood they make off their "apostolate" (instead of getting real jobs).

Top (Suspected) Gatekeepers (out of principle) --
-- Bishop Schneider
-- Bishop Huonder
-- possible SSPX infiltrators or compromised individuals (+Fellay and the Fellay yes-men)

Top Grifters --
--Michael Matt
--Taylor Marshall

That's a good list right there. I still believe Fellay is under the control of the Rothschilds. 
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Viva Cristo Rey on February 16, 2024, 12:59:03 PM
Communist sodomitic Bergolio and his  novus Ordo clergy and nuns are huge grifters.  They live high on the hog.  They are so out of touch with the working class.  They have nice gigs.  Is it true that Bergolio and buddies receives money from communist countries.  The local diocese is in cahoots with the liberal. People losing their jobs and homes while diocese has throws parties down the shore.  Then files bankruptcy.  Huge lazy grifters. 

Love is love when you accept money to push liberal agendas. 


God is love..





Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Ladislaus on February 16, 2024, 03:35:39 PM
Is it true that Bergolio and buddies receives money from communist countries.

We do know that Jorge received a huge payoff from Pfizer, which partly explains why he pushed the jab so aggressively, forcing all Vatican employees to get it and declaring that not getting it was a sin against charity.
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Ladislaus on February 16, 2024, 03:37:39 PM
That's a good list right there. I still believe Fellay is under the control of the Rothschilds.

I would not doubt it.  Krah has always been very suspicious, and I find it equally suspicious that +Felly so egregiously shuffled around child predators (putting them into positions to predate even more), thereby becoming an accomplice in their crimes, despite lessons that should have been learned from the NO disaster, making me wonder if someone somewhere doesn't have some "dirt" on +Fellay.  It is my understanding that +Fellay was not on the original list of bishops to be consecrated by +Lefebvre, but then a wealthy/influential Swiss family somehow persuaded +Lefebvre to consecrate him.
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: AnthonyPadua on February 16, 2024, 05:50:14 PM
The Dimonds basically invented the trad grift. And I think they're still the best at it. Part of the proof of their success is that no one really thinks of them as grifters. A grifter that everyone knows is a grifter isn't a very good grifter. The key to a successful grift is to pass it off as genuine.  But if you open the hood, you'll see that they're extraordinarily skilled marketers. 
The Dimonds literally sent me pamphlets and dvds I never asked for and paid for the shipping ($40 usd) all because I bought 1 book on Padre Pio. Grifters do not 'waste' money like this.
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: AnthonyPadua on February 16, 2024, 05:52:52 PM
If you're still on youtube, you aint telling 100 percent of the truth.

If you tell the truth, you get axed. My opinion.
To be fair the Dimonds upload their more controversial videos to their own site.
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: EWPJ on February 16, 2024, 10:40:17 PM
Beyond Taylor Marshall and Michael Matt I would add Michael Lofton and Trent Horn although I don't think they make a full living off of their brands of apologetics I'm pretty sure they are making something from it and it has to be some revenue stream for them.  
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: ElwinRansom1970 on February 17, 2024, 07:09:29 AM
Beyond Taylor Marshall and Michael Matt I would add Michael Lofton and Trent Horn although I don't think they make a full living off of their brands of apologetics I'm pretty sure they are making something from it and it has to be some revenue stream for them. 
I would not count Michael Lofton and Trent Horn as being in any way traditionists. If we open up gifter didcussion to include Conciliarist conservatives, the list of gifters would increase exponentially.
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: 2Vermont on February 17, 2024, 07:27:27 AM
I would not count Michael Lofton and Trent Horn as being in any way traditionists. If we open up gifter didcussion to include Conciliarist conservatives, the list of gifters would increase exponentially.
Agreed.  Do these guys even "identify" as Trad?  Aren't they just "popesplainers"?
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Viva Cristo Rey on February 17, 2024, 08:58:10 AM
https://catholicspeakers.com/profiles/bud-macfarlane-jr-mary-foundation-operation-true-cross
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Ladislaus on February 17, 2024, 08:58:48 AM
The Dimonds literally sent me pamphlets and dvds I never asked for and paid for the shipping ($40 usd) all because I bought 1 book on Padre Pio. Grifters do not 'waste' money like this.

I had the same experience.  I ordered a DVD for like $5 some years ago and they sent me like 4-5 additional things with it, and the $5 barely covered the postage.  People may not agree with them but they are NOT grifters.
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Ladislaus on February 17, 2024, 09:00:56 AM
To be fair the Dimonds upload their more controversial videos to their own site.

There are some topics you can't mention or your video will get pulled from Youtube ... Jews, sodomy, the jab.  You'll even see Taylor Marshall self-censoring and not using certain words.  But most of the topics deal with by the Dimonds are theological in nature, EENS, papal teaching, charismatics, evolution, etc.  Those types of things the censors don't even understand and are not on their agenda to deal with.  They consider the Dimonds to be engaged in in-fighting with other Catholics, and so don't really care.

You'll see videos by Father Jenkins, Bishop Sanborn, et al. on Youtube.  What they discuss are way above the heads of the censors.
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Ladislaus on February 17, 2024, 09:50:08 AM
Taylor Marshall charges $27 for a 2024 Calendar that Traditional groups put out (similar quality) for $10-$12.  Dimonds just put a PDF up on their site for people to download.
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Mysterium Fidei on February 17, 2024, 10:41:23 AM
Taylor Marshall has to be the ultimate grifter. The Pachamama statues being thrown in the Tiber was financed and orchestrated by him. 

Then there is his fake presidential run. 

Everything he does is about marketing. He flirts with sedevacantism on Twitter to get his followers all worked up, then he blocks sedevacntists because he doesn't want his followers to actually hear any of their arguments.

He's just a slimeball. 

REVELATION: Dr. Taylor Marshall, ABM, is short - (akacatholic.com) (https://akacatholic.com/revelation-dr-taylor-marshall-abm-is-short/)
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Ladislaus on February 17, 2024, 10:54:18 AM
Everything he does is about marketing.

Agreed.  In even a short 30-minute Youtube that he might put out, if you played a drinking game every time he plugged one of his books, his calendar, or anything else he sells, you'd pass out drunk.  Sometimes he keeps the book cover up in the corner next to his head for the entire video.
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Matthew on February 17, 2024, 01:27:04 PM
REVELATION: Dr. Taylor Marshall, ABM, is short
[color=var(--superb-pixels-foreground)]Louie, [color=var(--superb-pixels-foreground)]April 1, 2020[/color] (https://akacatholic.com/revelation-dr-taylor-marshall-abm-is-short/)[/font][/size][/color]
[color=var(--superb-pixels-foreground)](https://akacatholic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-01-at-12.44.34-PM-1024x529.png) (https://akacatholic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-01-at-12.44.34-PM.png)[/iurl]Dr. Taylor Marshall, charter member of Trad, Inc., isn’t the slimiest of that lot – a distinction that belongs to any who would deliberately play both sides of important issues in order to maximize personal income – but he’s certainly not a straight shootin’, truth tellin’ choir boy rendering selfless service to the Church either.[/size]
His apparent motto and field of expertise? ABM: Always Be Marketing.
As reported by LifeSite News, another charter member of the aforementioned mockingbird media movement, Marshall recently revealed that he was secretly in cahoots with Alexander Tschugguel, the celebrated Pachamama-slayer-turned-prophet:
Dr. Taylor Marshall revealed in a March 27 interview with Alexander Tschugguel, the young Austrian man who removed the pagan idols from the church and threw them into the Tiber, his role in the story for the first time. Marshall not only helped plan the purge, but he provided funds to see it accomplished (see comments beginning at 106:41 [color=var(--superb-pixels-foreground)]here[/color] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DSLe6vf1cw&feature=share)[/b][/u]).[/size]
Do click on the link provided. What you’ll see, if you can stomach it, is great theater. Otherwise, just follow the transcript below:
Marshall: Everyone knows you as the guy who threw the Pachamama idols in the river and we, we thank you again for doing that, that was a great, a great moment of a victory and joy. [Nota Bene: At this point in the interview, Marshall’s stuttering mention of the Pachamama drowning comes out of left field; it’s well out of context with the banter that preceded it.]
Tschugguel: Isn’t now the time to, to tell people a little bit about, about how we were in contact?
Marshall: [With sheepish grin appearing even as Tschugguel is speaking] I guess perhaps we can, uh, uh, I wasn’t prepared for that, but yeah…
Marshall then proceeded to come clean, revealing for the first time that he played an integral role in the drowning of those hideous idols. The real story here, however, is that Taylor Marshall has outed himself as a self-promoting phony.
For months on end now he has been putting on an act with regard to the Pachamama drowning event, behaving as if he, like everyone else, initially had no idea who performed that surprising but welcome act.
He joined his voice to others wondering (pretending to wonder, that is) if the hero’s identity would ever be made known, but only after taking pains to make certain that everyone knew that it was he who broke the story first (more on that in a moment).
And when at last Alexander Tschugguel stepped into the limelight (another orchestrated event) and right onto Tayler Marshall’s stage, and on the very same day he went public, the latter was pleased to let viewers believe that his was the go-to outlet among many that Tschugguel just happened to grace with an interview.
Knowing what we know now, the opening of that interview ([color=var(--superb-pixels-foreground)]HERE[/color] (https://youtu.be/_bSMK0ClDMg)[/b][/u]) is disgusting:[/size]
Marshall: I’m here with Alexander Tschugguel. Did I say that correctly Alexander? … Alexander welcome today, thanks for coming on with me.
Tschugguel: Thank you very much Taylor, for inviting me. I’m very glad we can talk about it in a very nice way.
Yes, nice and phony. It’s obvious already that Tschugguel, for his part, is cut from the same cloth as Marshall, but we’ll come back to that later as well.
Now, we are being asked in this latest video to believe that Marshall, out of nowhere, just happened to interject the Pachamama incident into the conversation, and Tschugguel took Marshall utterly by surprise in calling him out, thus moving his humble host to reluctantly fess up to his role in the affair, even though he wasn’t prepared to do so.
If you believe that, you probably also believe that Coronavirus began when some hungry Chinaman decided to snack on a bat.
In telling of his role in the great Pacha-heist, Marshall recounts:
You [Tschugguel ] worked out your plan with your friend and I wired you some money for airfare, and you guys flew from Vienna over to Rome, and you got it done. A wonderful thing!
This part of the story includes a little zinger presumably intended to excite the wallets of TM’s starry-eyed groupies; the underlying hint is clear: Do you people have any idea how much round trip airfare from Vienna to Rome costs? Well, multiply it by two! As you can imagine, it set me back a pretty penny!  
No doubt, given that we live in a day and age when the expectation of integrity has no place in our cult of personality society, even among otherwise sober-minded Catholics, I have little doubt that many of Marshall’s adoring fans will defend his blatant dishonesty.
Even so, it seems plain enough to me that from day one, this entire thing has been a set-up and, ultimately, one big marketing effort.
If you’re not sufficiently disturbed already, go back and watch Taylor Marshal “break” the Pachamama in the Tiber story in the wee hours of Oct 21, 2019. What you’ll see is a man who is well at ease with deception.
“I salute these men as heroes… pray for these, these heroes. We salute them,” he says.
In hindsight, it now seems rather plain that Marshall considers himself one of the story’s heroes. At several points in the 22-minute video, Marshall emphasizes that it’s very early in the morning in the States; i.e., he literally had to crawl out of bed to break the big news:
“It’s very early in the morning it’s the middle of the night here in Texas because this just happened in Rome … [it’s] early in the morning in Rome, that’s why it’s dark right here in Texas, it’s late … It’s very early in the morning as you can tell. I haven’t even shaved, combed my hair or anything … My challenge before I turn off and go back to bed…”
The marketing message here is equally as clear: Don’t forget, you heard it here first! Look at how singularly connected I am to events unfolding in Rome! See how hard I work for you, Mr. and Mrs. Donor, even going so far as to disrupt my slumber so you can stay informed?
There are, I suppose, plenty of Mr. and Mrs. Donors out there who are so desperate for a hero with “inside info” that they will continue to reward Taylor Marshall, in spite of the now indisputable fact that he evidently takes them for fools.
Speaking of the irrational need that some persons have for a hero, let’s talk about Trad, Inc.’s newest celebrity, Alexander Tschugguel, shall we.
As reported by LifeSite News:
“Regarding his own miserable weeks with coronavirus, Tschugguel revealed that after serious prayer and reflection and reception of the sacraments from a brave Catholic priest, he discerned why in particular he had been chosen to suffer. However, he also explained that he is yet not ready to reveal the reason.”
Evidently, Tschugguel has learned well at the knee of the marketing guru, Marshall, laboring to create a sense of anticipation among the mindless masses, faithful followers whom he hopes will be eagerly awaiting the great day of revealing when the prophet Alexander will at long last let the world know why he in particular, among all of the laborers in the vineyard of the Lord, had been chosen to suffer!
You can’t make this kind of melodramatic narcissism up!
As mentioned, it seems that Marshall and Tschugguel are cut from the same cloth, and a narcissistic cloth it is indeed.
The photo below (and also at the top of this post) is the screen shot that Taylor Marshall chose for a [color=var(--superb-pixels-foreground)]video[/color] (https://youtu.be/EWJTpZetkwM) that he made and posted on YouTube of Tschugguel giving a speech in Texas back in November.[/size]
[color=var(--superb-pixels-foreground)](https://akacatholic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-01-at-12.44.34-PM-1024x529.png)[/color] (https://akacatholic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-01-at-12.44.34-PM.png)[/size]
Get this… the first thing that Taylor Marshall writes (annoyingly referring to himself in the third person) in the video’s description is the following:
“Height reference: Alexander is 6’8″. Taylor is 5’11”.”
Yes, because God forbid anyone might get the wrong impression and mistakenly conclude that Taylor Marshall is short!
Well, now we know; the man is exceedingly short, on integrity, that is, and either it matters in the world of Catholic media, or it doesn’t.[/font][/size][/color]
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Jr1991 on February 17, 2024, 01:33:32 PM
Yeah, Marshall definitely is a grifter. After seeing a few of his early episodes, my intuition told me he was a fraud. I remember Marshall slandering E Michael Jones by saying that Jones called Mother Angelica a lesbian when Jones never did. Surprisingly, he had so many followers at the Neo-SSPX chapel. I used to go to. I guess I should not be surprised by now. 
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Matthew on February 17, 2024, 01:36:26 PM
Taylor Marshall has to be the ultimate grifter. The Pachamama statues being thrown in the Tiber was financed and orchestrated by him.

Then there is his fake presidential run.

Everything he does is about marketing. He flirts with sedevacantism on Twitter to get his followers all worked up, then he blocks sedevacntists because he doesn't want his followers to actually hear any of their arguments.

He's just a slimeball.

REVELATION: Dr. Taylor Marshall, ABM, is short - (akacatholic.com) (https://akacatholic.com/revelation-dr-taylor-marshall-abm-is-short/)

Sums up my opinion of him. Yes, I think he gets the "Ultimate Trad Grifter" award.
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Mark 79 on February 17, 2024, 02:22:08 PM
Sums up my opinion of him. Yes, I think he gets the "Ultimate Trad Grifter" award.
Perhaps… but I'd argue the most senior grifter is Michael Matt and his "Remnant."
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Viva Cristo Rey on February 17, 2024, 04:17:45 PM
Taylor Marshall charges $27 for a 2024 Calendar that Traditional groups put out (similar quality) for $10-$12.  Dimonds just put a PDF up on their site for people to download.
And The average lang calendar from hobby lobby is $9.00. 
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Sneedevacantist on February 17, 2024, 05:48:28 PM
I had the same experience.  I ordered a DVD for like $5 some years ago and they sent me like 4-5 additional things with it, and the $5 barely covered the postage.  People may not agree with them but they are NOT grifters.
My experience with them has been the same. I would order a book or two from them in the past and get a whole box full of their material.
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Ekim on February 18, 2024, 09:56:38 PM
Well said.

Gatekeepers are part of a conspiracy. Grifters are just "politicians", trying to cast as wide a net as possible, for the sake of popularity, ad revenue, and their wealth.

YOU MIGHT BE A GRIFTER IF...

You making a living off the Gospel, but you aren't a priest or religious.
Like the “Hallo” app now promoted by Wahlberg and Father Hollywood to prepare your soul for Lent…”sign up now and get the first three months for free”….shame on them!!! 
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: SimpleMan on February 19, 2024, 01:31:34 PM
Like the “Hallo” app now promoted by Wahlberg and Father Hollywood to prepare your soul for Lent…”sign up now and get the first three months for free”….shame on them!!!
Who is "Father Hollywood"?

Incidentally, it's "Hallow".  Not trying to be a smart-***, just clarifying, evidently it's a play on words, "hallow"-"hello".
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: SimpleMan on February 19, 2024, 01:32:55 PM
And The average lang calendar from hobby lobby is $9.00.

I just get free calendars from wherever.  The auto repair shop across the street has them.
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Viva Cristo Rey on February 19, 2024, 01:38:01 PM
True.  
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Ladislaus on February 19, 2024, 03:01:15 PM
I just get free calendars from wherever.  The auto repair shop across the street has them.

Well, sure.  We're talking about Traditional Catholic calendars, though.  Companies give them away to advertise, or you could go into a Novus Ordo Church and pick one up for free (and they have sponsors all over them) ... if you're willing to look at the "Feast of St. Roncalli" and "Feast of St. Wojtyla" when the time comes.  That's not the point.  Point is that Taylor Marshall charges $27 for a similar quality calendar that most other Traditional Catholic groups sell for $10.
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Matthew on February 19, 2024, 04:43:56 PM
Point is that Taylor Marshall charges $27 for a similar quality calendar that most other Traditional Catholic groups sell for $10.

This.
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Everlast22 on February 19, 2024, 06:12:51 PM
This.
27 bucks for a calendar? shipping included? lol
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Ladislaus on February 19, 2024, 07:17:52 PM
27 bucks for a calendar? shipping included? lol

No.  Shipping to my address in Ohio was an additional $5.69 (it showed you in the cart after you entered your address).  Needless to say, I did not complete the purchase, just got that far to answer your question.

(https://i.ibb.co/0mm8n0j/taylorcalendar.png)
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Mysterium Fidei on February 19, 2024, 07:32:32 PM
St. Gertrude the Great had the 2024 calendars for $13.95 post paid.
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Miseremini on February 19, 2024, 08:07:48 PM
This is what FREE business calendars looked like back in the day.
Fridays, Ember days and vigils were all marked.

(https://i.imgur.com/dvOeZZk.jpeg)
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: FarmerWife on February 19, 2024, 09:04:22 PM
Who is "Father Hollywood"?

Incidentally, it's "Hallow".  Not trying to be a smart-***, just clarifying, evidently it's a play on words, "hallow"-"hello".
Father Mike Schmitz (He does 'Bible in A Year')
 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Schmitz)
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Matthew on February 20, 2024, 08:27:18 AM
This is what FREE business calendars looked like back in the day.
Fridays, Ember days and vigils were all marked.

(https://i.imgur.com/dvOeZZk.jpeg)

Wow --

They published a very modern, recent Saint on their calendar. Do you realize St. Therese died just 48 years ago, when this calendar was published? That would be like publishing a 2024 calendar with a Saint who went to their eternal reward in 1976!

And if you go by canonization date (1925), St. Therese would be even more "contemporary".
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: ElwinRansom1970 on February 20, 2024, 10:58:02 AM
I make my own calendars for the kalendar of the 1884 Roman Missal / 1888 Roman Breviary with some more recent feasts added.

I use a free, online .pdf of the pre-54 kalendar, make the adjustments, and have it printed professionally. Each calendar costs me merely time plus about $15 with tax.
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: B from A on February 20, 2024, 11:06:43 AM
I can usually find a free Traditional Catholic calendar online.  
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Ladislaus on February 20, 2024, 11:22:16 AM
I can usually find a free Traditional Catholic calendar online. 

This one's pretty good here.
https://schismatic-home-aloner.com/catholic-calendar/

Doesn't have the nice pictures, but you could always print out your own.
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Ladislaus on February 20, 2024, 11:27:09 AM
I make my own calendars for the kalendar of the 1884 Roman Missal / 1888 Roman Breviary with some more recent feasts added.

I use a free, online .pdf of the pre-54 kalendar, make the adjustments, and have it printed professionally. Each calendar costs me merely time plus about $15 with tax.

As you know, I've seen your calendar.  You did a great job; it's very nice.
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: ElwinRansom1970 on February 20, 2024, 11:56:23 AM
As you know, I've seen your calendar.  You did a great job; it's very nice.
Every year I always have one glaring error. For 2024 I forgot to replace the September Sundays after Pentecost with the proper Marian feasts. The Sundays should only be commemorations with a proper Last Gospel in place of the Johannine Prologue.

Oh well!  Humilitas!
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Ladislaus on February 20, 2024, 11:57:52 AM
Every year I always have one glaring error. For 2024 I forgot to replace the September Sundays after Pentecost with the proper Marian feasts. The Sundays should only be commemorations with a proper Last Gospel in place of the Johannine Prologue.

Oh well!  Humilitas!

Ah, I didn't notice, as I haven't looked closely at September yet.
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Viva Cristo Rey on February 21, 2024, 10:51:00 AM
Church militant huge grifting…
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Viva Cristo Rey on February 21, 2024, 10:53:18 AM
https://catholicspeakers.com/profiles/bud-macfarlane-jr-mary-foundation-operation-true-cross
Huge grifter.






Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: Viva Cristo Rey on February 21, 2024, 11:14:42 AM
The biggest grifters are Mr Bergolio and his fellow grifters.  
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Post by: Viva Cristo Rey on February 22, 2024, 12:14:28 PM
We do know that Jorge received a huge payoff from Pfizer, which partly explains why he pushed the jab so aggressively, forcing all Vatican employees to get it and declaring that not getting it was a sin against charity.
Title: Re: "Catholic Grifters"
Post by: rum on February 24, 2024, 10:53:12 AM
How to be a notable figure and not be a grifter? Could it be that all the channels of communication in the modern world, aside from whispers in bedrooms and alleyways, are controlled by the murderers of Jesus of Nazareth?

If someone comes to your attention that is not your next-door neighbor or blood-kin can you trust them?

Can you even trust your blood-kin and your next-door neighbor?