Stewardship Day

Go to the Stewardship Day page for a playlist of videos featuring presentations given during the 2018 Diocesan Stewardship Day.

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Welcome to our stewardship ministry section.  Our goal is to serve you by providing resources that encourage the practice of stewardship, evangelization and discipleship, especially among the people and within the parishes of the Diocese of Davenport.  If you have any questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me. 
Andy Gaertner
Director of Development & Stewardship
gaertner@davenportdiocese.org.
 

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Diocese of Davenport Stewardship Statement
 
The document "Fostering Stewardship as a Way of Life" includes a vision for stewardship in our diocese, components of parish stewardship and short and long-term strategies to make stewardship a way of life for our diocese. 
Fostering Stewardship as a Way of Life

Pope Francis' Message of the Day
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Documents
1992 Bishops Pastoral Letter on Stewardship
Self-Study of U.S. Bishop’s Pastoral Letter

Sharing Faith First
Sharing our faith is an ideal way to begin any meeting. Family members are also encouraged to share their faith in preparation for the weekend liturgy. The following aid is here for you to share your faith at meetings, with friends and family.
 

2018

May
May 6 - 6th Sunday of Easter
May 13 - Ascension of the Lord
May 20 - Pentecost Sunday
May 27 - Feast of the Most Holy Trinity

June
June 3 - Feast of Body and Blood of Christ
June 10 - 10th Sunday of Ordinary Time
June 17 - 11th Sunday of Ordinary Time
June 24 - Nativity of St. John the Baptist

July 
July 1 - 13th Sunday of Ordinary Time
July 8 - 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time
July 15 - 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time
July 22 - 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time
July 29 - 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time
 
Stewardship in Our Parishes - Items submitted from parishes

• from Our Lady of Victory, Davenport
  • Brochure - You Can Make a Difference - 
      This is a tri-fold brochure on stewardship from Our Lady of Victory Parish, Davenport. 
• Parish quarterly newsletters
  • St. Patrick Parish, Iowa City - http://stpatsic.com/communications/newsletter
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Stewardship Resources
The International Catholic Stewardship Council (ICSC) publishes a monthly newsletter on stewardship. Parishes can "cut and paste" any parts of this newsletter to use in the weekly bulletin or for a parish newsletter. This newsletter includes bulletin quotes on stewardship related to the Sunday Scripture readings. 
www.catholicstewardship.org

The Diocesan Stewardship Commission members have developed a parish assessment tool for the parish to look at its own work in stewardship. This tool is useful when it is completed by many people or several groups such as parish and finance councils and parish committees. The summarized results are useful for your stewardship committee to see areas for growth and to do more planning.  Is Your Parish a Stewardship Parish? - An Assessment Tool

 

• Bishop's Pastoral on Stewardship - 
  In 1992 the United States Bishops issued a pastoral letter entitled "Stewardship A Disciple, Response." This letter is the basis for our work in stewardship. Every parish committee needs to study this pastoral regularly.1992 Bishops Pastoral Letter on Stewardship
• Stewardship by the Book, a popular collection of stewardship messages published by Our Sunday Visitor but now out of print.  Available free in PDF format.  Contains bulletin bits based on the scripture readings for each Sunday of the liturgical year.  (Cycles A, B, & C).  Copy and paste for use in your bulletin or parish newsletter to foster stewardship as a way of life.
• Christian Hospitality: 
  This booklet has been prepared by the Diocesan Stewardship Commission. It contains many good suggestions and resources for parish hospitality. These slides are from the Hospitality PowerPoint that was presented to the attendees at the Annual Parish Corporation meeting in 2011.

 
Diocesan websites where parishes might find useful material:

• Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island  -  http://www.providencediocese.org/92 This site has several good "how to" manuals plus other stewardship materials. 
• Diocese of Rockville Centre, NY  - www.StewardshipLI.org This site has lots of good stewardship material especially for children.
• Archdiocese of St. Louis  - www.archstl.org/stewardship This site has a wide variety of stewardship materials including bulletin quotes based on the Sunday readings and stewardship Prayers of the Faithful for each week of the liturgical year.These can easily be a "cut and paste" for parishes.   Also on this site are education materials, prayers, and articles for the bulletin. 
• Diocese of Wichita  - http://catholicdioceseofwichita.org/stewardship This site has the four pillars of stewardship  - hospitality, prayer, formation and service which is often used. This site also includes some video reflections and other stewardship materials. 
• Annotated Bibliography - This bibliography lists good resources used by Stewardship Commission members.