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Stewardship Day
Go to the Stewardship Day page for a playlist of videos featuring presentations given during the 2018 Diocesan Stewardship Day.
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.
Michael Hoffman
Director of Development & Stewardship
hoffman@davenportdiocese.org.
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 LifePope Francis' Message of the Day
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Documents
1992 Bishops Pastoral Letter on Stewardship
Self-Study of U.S. Bishop’s Pastoral Lette -
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.
2021
September
September 5: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
September 12: 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
September 19: 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time
September 26: 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time
October
October 3: 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 10: 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 17: 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 24: 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 31: 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time
November
November 7: 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
November 14: 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
November 21: Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
November 28: 1st Sunday of Advent
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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 -
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.com
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The Diocesan Stewardship Commission members have developed a parish checklist for the parish to look at its own work in stewardship. This checklist 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.
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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.
- Stewardship Quotes for Parish Bulletins Cycle B 2020-2021
Tool Box of How To Materials for Parishes
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.
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Diocese of Rockville Centre, NY - www.StewardshipLI.org This site has lots of good stewardship material especially for children.
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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.
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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.
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