Unless You Become Like Children…Faith and Giving

Truth In Love – Bishop Paul D. Etienne – March 7, 2013 Every now and then, a life experience brings a biblical passage powerfully to mind and to life. I had one of those moments this week. “Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom [...]

Family Is Gift That Requires Responsible Stewardship

Saint Louis Review – Archbishop Robert J. Carlson – March 7, 2012 Generally speaking, families go through three phases. In the first phase, the parents care for their young children. In the second, or middle, phase, the parents and their growing children (young adults and/or adults) all care for one another. And in the final [...]

Stewardship in a Postmodern World: Affirming the Truth under a “Dictatorship of Relativism”

Tertium Quid – Vol. 2, Issue 9 – By Howard Craig – November 18, 2011 (printable version) Today, having a clear faith based on the Creed of the Church is often labeled as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, that is, letting oneself be “tossed here and there, carried about by every wind of doctrine”, seems the only [...]

The Spirituality of Stewardship

Tertium Quid – Vol. 2, Issue 8 – By Dan Conway – October 3, 2011 (printable version) When the American bishops published their pastoral letter on stewardship in 1992, the title they chose for this historic document was Stewardship: A Disciple’s Response. How does the title for this document contribute to our understanding of stewardship [...]

Stronger Parishes is Top Goal of Archdiocese of Detroit $135M Capital Campaign

The Michigan Catholic – By Robert Delaney – September 8, 2011 DETROIT — Strengthening the 270 parishes of the Archdiocese of Detroit is the No. 1 priority of the $135 million stewardship campaign officially launched Tuesday. Strong parishes make for a strong archdiocese and a strong Church, Archbishop Allen Vigneron said in remarks as the [...]

Being Christ to Others Through Stewardship

(Archdiocese of Chicago) Catholic Chicago Blog – July 4, 2011 By Lea Dacanay, Vicariate Stewardship Consultant “Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands but yours. Yours are the eyes through which He is to go about doing good. Yours are the hands with which he is to bless people now.” St. [...]

Stewardship and Capital Fundraising

Tertium Quid – Vol. 2, Issue 4 – April 29, 2011 (printable version) I. WHAT IS STEWARDSHIP? Stewardship is not about money or possessions or even skills and talents. It’s about spiritual principles. Stewardship is a response to Jesus’ invitation: “Go, sell all that you have and give it to the poor, and come follow [...]

Holiness is the Goal … Stewardship is How We Get There

Catholic Spirit – Diocese of Austin – April 2011 – By Enedelia J. Obregón (Senior Correspondent) Stewardship isn’t about money. Holiness is the goal; stewardship is how we get there. That was the message at a day-long workshop called “Stewardship as Spirituality: Helping Busy People Grow Closer to the Lord,” which was sponsored by the [...]

Lent is the Season for Stewardship

From Dan Conway’s The Good Steward, April 2011 Each year you give us this joyful season when we prepare to celebrate the paschal mystery with mind and heart renewed. Your give us a spirit of loving reverence for you, our Father, and of willing service to our neighbor. As we recall the great events that [...]

Good Steward Newsletter – April 2011

Lent is the Season for Stewardship Each year you give us this joyful season when we prepare to celebrate the paschal mystery with mind and heart renewed. Your give us a spirit of loving reverence for you, our Father, and of willing service to our neighbor. As we recall the great events that gave us [...]

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