For Catholic families building financial independence
Freedom to live your vocation
Via Fidelitatis means “the way of fidelity.” Tools and writing so money stops crowding out Mass, kids, and generosity.
A simple path
Run the number
College, mortgage, tithing, a full house. One years-to-FI figure is usually enough to see the next step.
Open the calculatorAfter the number, read the sequence.
From the Blog
View allWhat an Extra $100 a Month on a Mortgage Actually Does
On a $350,000 loan at 6.5%, an extra $100 a month on the mortgage ends it 42 payments early and saves about $62,600 in interest. Here is the math, and when I would send that $100 elsewhere.
Barefoot Past the Next Raise: St. Paul of the Cross
On 22 November 1720 the bishop vested Paul of the Cross in rough village wool and he walked out barefoot. A household that has already claimed the next raise cannot make that same refusal.
Count the Cost Before You Build: Lessons from St. Luke
Luke recorded the question Jesus put to every builder: which of you does not first sit down and count the cost? A household raising its tower without that number is building barns in the dark.
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