The Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, commonly known as the Al Smith Dinner, is an annual white tie dinner in New York City, United States, to raise funds for Catholic charities supporting children of various needs in the Archdiocese of New York.
Why wouldn’t the archbishop be there? Hell, I’m not catholic, but it’s totally appropriate.
The Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, commonly known as the Al Smith Dinner, is an annual white tie dinner in New York City, United States, to raise funds for Catholic charities supporting children of various needs in the Archdiocese of New York.
Why wouldn’t the archbishop be there? Hell, I’m not catholic, but it’s totally appropriate.
Ahh gotcha. Religions have no problem politicizing themselves when it comes to fund raising.
Those kinds of dinners are a social must on certain calendars. Things get weird when you mix in the social cachet thing.