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PRAYERS
I invite you to pray these Stewardship
Prayers every day as we deepen our communal and personal commitment as
disciples of Jesus Christ. Perhaps they can serve as grace before
mealtime!
Love and Prayers, Father Al Esposito
Stewardship of Time
To you, Lord, we pray with praise and thanksgiving.
You have given us everything we need, every gift
we have.
Help us to realize our most important gift, Lord
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The time we spend with you.
Help us to hear you in the Scriptures and meet
you in the Eucharist,
See you in the faces of those in our community,
Love you in the people we love,
And feel you in the time we spend with you in
prayer.
Create within us a desire to increase the time
we spend with you,
We pray in the name of your Son, Jesus Christ.
Amen
Stewardship of Talent
We humbly thank you, Lord, for making us a people
of purpose,
The purpose of building up your body, the Church.
We ask for wisdom to discern the special gift
That each of us has been given to serve you.
Send us your Holy Spirit, Lord,
And inspire us to give our individual gifts to
the ministries of your Church,
So that we might reach out to each other and
the world
With your hands, your mind, your heart and your
love,
Living as your disciples, a life of true Christian
Stewardship.
We ask in Jesus’ name. Amen
Stewardship of Treasure
Good and gracious God,
We give you thanks for the many blessings you
have given us –
For shelter, clothing, food, love, and abundance
in our lives,
And for our parishes which connect us so closely
with you and your people.
We hear your call to Stewardship, Lord.
Give us generous hearts that we may respond by
sharing our blessings.
Give us courageous hearts that we may respond
by living the Gospel message.
Give us faith to believe in your goodness, so
that with confident hearts
we may return a portion of our monetary resources
to you, oh Lord.
We pray, with grateful hearts, through Christ,
your Son. Amen.
A Prayer for My Parish
Almighty God,
My parish family is composed of people like me.
I help make it what it is. It will be friendly, if I am.
Its pews will be filled, if I help fill them.
It will do great work, if I work.
It will make generous gifts to many causes, if I am a generous giver.
It will bring other people into its worship and fellowship, if I invite
and bring them.
It will be a parish family of loyalty and love, of fearlessness and
faith, and a parish with a noble spirit, if I - who make it what it is
- am filled with these same qualities.
Therefore, with the help of God, I will dedicate myself to the task
of being all the things that I want my parish family to be.
Bless my journey, Lord God, that I might build the Church through Jesus
Christ our Lord,
Amen.
Prayer by
the International
Catholic Stewardship Council, October 2008
Heavenly Father,
We give you thanks for the gift of your Son, Jesus Christ, whose life,
ministry, death and resurrection served to witness Your immeasurable love
for us all. May his example help us to be good stewards of the Body of
Christ, and to realize that all lives we bring to Christ are sacred and
deserve to be looked upon in Your image and likeness.
Strengthen those who devote their lives to nurturing those among us who
are most vulnerable, including the sick, the aged, children and those yet
to be born. Let their witness give us the courage and resolve to proclaim
the Gospel of Life to all whom we encounter.
Continue to send your Holy Spirit upon us to give us the wisdom and strength
to be servants of humankind and through our own witness, living icons of
ChristYour Son, the servant of us all. We ask all this through our Lord
Jesus Christ Your Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit,
one God forever and ever. Amen.
Who Am I? I Am
Church.
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Stewardship
& Development (Diocese of Wichita,
original website removed)
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Characteristics
of a Christian Steward: dentifies and describes personal characteristics
that are essential and present in the lives of those individuals (stewards)
who desire to fully know, love and serve Jesus. While there are many characteristics
that could apply to stewards striving to follow in the footsteps of Jesus,
the following ten (10) seem essential and ever present: Prayer, Humility,
Trust, Patience, Responsibility, Gratitude, Generosity, Simplicity, Mercy,
Perseverance.
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The Pillars
of Parish Stewardship: The four pillars of hospitality, prayer, formation
and service invite parishioners to experience, witness and live the
stewardship way of life in response to their baptismal call to discipleship.This
manual seeks to assist members of stewardship committees, pastoral councils,
pastors and parish leadership as together they seek to develop, design,
implement, and renew a successful stewardship way of life in their parish.
This manual also identifies important building blocks within, under and
around the "pillars" to assure there is a sound structure in place.
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A Parish Stewardship
Handbook: This document provides parishes and parish stewardship committees
with a more general / condensed overview, preparation, follow-up, evaluation
and related guidelines pertaining to the annual diocesan / parish stewardship
renewal process. This handbook most appropriately serves as a supplement
to the Parish Stewardship manual.
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Characteristics
of a Stewardship Parish: This manual identifies and describes eight
(8) characteristics that experience indicates are evident in parishes where,
through the generous and sacrificial response and conversion of parishioners,
the stewardship way of life is alive, vibrant and livelong.
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Young Stewards
in Formation: This manual contains suggested and specifically prepared
classroom stewardship curriculums for students in parish school of religion
(CCD) programs as well as for students in Catholic elementary and secondary
schools. The curriculums and related lesson plans are prepared to provide
for and assist the catechists as they strive to convey and teach the concept
of stewardship to our Catholic youth. This manual is availiable in print
only. To obtain this manual, please Contact the Office of Stewardship,
Catholic Diocese of Wichita, Kansas, 424 N. Broadway, Wichita, KS 67202.
By Phone: (316) 269-3900, By Fax: (316) 269-3902
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