G. Popcack on giving to chanceries and work for the poor

"Fr Bob Carr, the rector at Holy Name Cathedral once posted a brilliant essay on why the Church should not be involved in hospitals and schools, and social justice UNLESS the driving mission is NOT doing social work, but rather, preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Too many chancercies think they are preaching the Gospel because they are doing social work. And that is the problem. Bishops become secular administrators of community improvement projects and pat themselves on the back for being great bishops, all the while failing to do the hard work--the work they were specifically ordained to do--preaching, teaching, and defending the faith."

This is sad, that he would claim with all certainty that taking care of the poor is not preaching the gospel. I don't know how this reads in the NAB but the KJV is clear . . . James 1:26-27. The poor and the oppressed are what count, not teaching, defending, etc, the Faith. Teaching, defending, preaching the Faith without a primary focus on the poor means absolutely nothing in itself, because the Faith is precisely about loving the poor and oppressed.