What can stewardship do for your parish? Fr. Godfrey Mullen, the rector of St. Benedict Cathedral in Evansville, Ind., recently shared his thoughts on how collaborating with Catholic Stewardship Consultants has transformed his parish by helping parishioners grow in discipleship through the practice of stewardship. (Click video above to watch) For more than 20 years, Catholic Stewardship […]
Msgr. P. James Costigan: Service − The Fourth Pillar of Parish Stewardship
Editor’s Note: This is the final in a five-part series by Msgr. Jim Costigan on The Pillars of Parish Stewardship. In the fifth and final installment in my series on The Pillars of Parish Stewardship — the 2004 document published by the stewardship office of the Diocese of Wichita — we take an in-depth look […]
Stewardship Bulletin Reflection for the Week of Oct. 10, 2010
Luke 17: 11-19 Naaman the Syrian and the Samaritan were both lepers, healed by the power of God even though they were foreigners. But their response of gratitude was more important than their nationalities or their disease. Gratitude is the foundation of stewardship. Our thankfulness to God for our life and our spiritual healing through […]
Stewardship Bulletin Reflection for the Week of Oct. 3, 2010
Luke 17: 5-10 The challenge to us, to say when we’ve finished all our tasks, “We are unprofitable servants; we have done what we were obliged to do,” is not something we welcome. We’re likely to feel resentful that we don’t see an immediate reward. But we’re created by God and we have our fullest […]
Stewardship Reflections on Lectionary Readings – Oct. 3, 2010
Oct. 3, 2010 — Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4; Psalm 95; 2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14; Luke 17:5-10 Sometimes the Gospel message comes as a consolation. Sometimes it comes as a challenge. Today’s reading from Luke 17 presents us with the latter. After all, when we’ve finished a hard day at work, the […]
Stewardship Bulletin Reflection for the Week of Sept. 26, 2010
Luke 16:19-31 In Jesus’ Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, the Rich Man (“Dives”) suffers after death, while poor Lazarus has consolation. The parable indicates that Dives never harmed Lazarus, but he never did anything to help him either, although Lazarus would gladly have eaten Dives’ table scraps. Dives’ sin was that of omission, […]
Fr. Michael Troha: Redirecting the Questions
I find it interesting to note that in the Gospels, Jesus never gives a straight answer to a question posed to Him. Actually, He did give a straight answer once, when the rich young man asked Him which was the greatest commandment and then followed up with another question, “What more must I do to […]
Msgr. Thomas McGread: How We Use Our Time
When people are asked to log their time – say, at work – they often never get started because they’re waiting for a “normal week.” There have been, however, careful studies of how people in the U.S, actually use the 10,080 minutes that make up a week. Here are some of the findings:
Fr. Allan McDonald: Renewing Our Faith
Anne Rice, the famous author of horror novels, rediscovered her Catholic Faith a couple of years ago. Last month, she publicly renounced her Catholic Faith. She said she would not belong to any Church or religion and would no longer even be a Christian, although she would continue to be “spiritual” and believe in Christ. […]
Eric McArdle: The Ultimate Goal Of A Parish
At our most recent Msgr. McGread Stewardship Conference, Fr. Jim Golka — the pastor of St. Patrick’s Church in North Platte, Neb. — gave a wonderful presentation on how they have successfully developed stewardship at St. Patrick. Here, I would like to share with you my recollection of a small portion of Fr. Golka’s presentation, […]
