Stewardship and Parish Resources
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Loaves and Fishes
Does your parish need fresh ideas on building a culture of stewardship in your parish? The Catholic Community Foundation is sponsoring access to Our Sunday Visitor’s webinar series, Loaves + Fishes. The program seeks to educate parish staff and leaders on topics such as stewardship, evangelization, gratitude, and more. Watch webinars live the second Tuesday of each month at 1 PM CT or watch the recording, available the following day. Click here for the 2019 schedule or contact Dr. Susie Veters, director of stewardship and parish services, for access information.
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ICSC and Stewardship Moments
Interested in convenient, copy-and-paste bulletin stewardship announcements? The International Catholic Stewardship Council (ICSC), in conjunction with the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops (USCCB), offers a weekly resource to foster stewardship in your parish. These reflections are provided so that your parish office staff can completely reprint the newsletters or place “Stewardship Moments,” based on that week’s Liturgical readings, in your bulletin.
Click for this month’s Stewardship Moments, or check out this month’s complete newsletter here.
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Total Stewardship Program
Is your parish interested in creating a comprehensive communications initiative that fosters a culture of stewardship as a way of life? The Catholic Community Foundation is offering free access to the Total Stewardship Program, which includes the resources necessary to build an annual campaign aimed at renewing the call to faithful Christian stewardship. With all three primary stewardship campaigns—prayer, service, and finance—you will find timelines, pulpit announcements, bulletin articles, full homilies, and letters ready for you to personalize and send. Click here for more.
- Stewardship of Prayer
- Stewardship of Service
- Stewardship of Finance
For information on creating a Total Stewardship Campaign for your parish, please contact Dr. Susie Veters, director of stewardship and parish services.
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Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University (FPU)
Financial challenges are among the leading causes of divorce in our country. And, as faith communities, we are called to walk with others in their earthly struggles. One successful tool used across the country is Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University (FPU). The nine-week FPU program can be tailored for parish groups or can be used by individual parishioners. Consider offering financial management classes that not only teach people ways to achieve financial freedom but also promote a lifelong commitment to financially support their spiritual home.
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Parish Planning
Sustainability Consulting
The Catholic Community Foundation is available to consult with your ministry or parish in designing and implementing a customized and comprehensive plan for administrative best practices, ensuring future sustainability. Contact Dr. Susie Veters for more information.
Stewardship Consulting
The Catholic Community Foundation is available to consult with and assist your parish in designing a customized and comprehensive plan to meet your specific stewardship and sustainability needs. Contact Dr. Susie Veters for more information.
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StrengthsFinder Workshops
What better way to encourage active participation in your ministries than helping others understand their strengths and leading them in identifying their personal call to serve? In response to the Archdiocese of New Orleans Synod goal to “nurture awareness within families of God’s call to holiness and the need to put our gifts at the service of the community,” the Catholic Community Foundation has developed programming that utilizes Gallup’s Clifton StrengthsFinder. When combined with the teachings of Catholic spiritual masters, this online assessment provides participants the opportunity to grow in self-knowledge and self-awareness, and to learn more about spiritual discernment by identifying the key strengths, talents, and qualities that affect how they react to relationships and responsibilities.
Led by Dr. Susie Veters, a certified Clifton StrengthsFinder coach, workshops are offered periodically to the general public. Dr. Veters is also available to develop individualized Clifton StrengthsFinder discernment programs for parish staff, ministry departments, and Catholic schools. Check our upcoming events for future workshops.
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Contact Us
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svetersarch-no.orgDirector of Stewardship & Parish Services
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