Season of Stewardship
Parish Resources
Welcome to the Season of Stewardship Parish Resources Page. Here you will find important timeline information, downloadable resources, training registrations and key contact information. If you have questions or need parish assistance, please reach out to us!
Important Dates
Opt-in/Opt-out form DUE by Sept. 4th
Customizations/changes to the Pastor Letter or Commitment Card
Due September 28
Materials for announcing the Season of Stewardship
Starting week of October 11th
Pastor’s Homily on Stewardship
October 18th
Bishop’s Letter Received
Week of October 19th
Lay Witness Sunday
October 25th
Parish Season of Stewardship Packet mailed
Week of October 26th
Parish Training
Important Diocesan and Parish Updates (start here for overview information)
Recording (August 27) | PowerPoint Slides
Starting or Sustaining a Stewardship Ministry During COVID-19
Recording (September 8) | PowerPoint Slides
Prayer, Services, Giving, COVID...Oh, My! Tools for Parish Stewardship
Recording (September 24) | PowerPoint Slides
Lay Witness Workshop (All welcome)
Recording (October 1 & 6) | PowerPoint Slides (Coming Soon)
Encouraging Stewardship Throughout the Year: A Calendar for the Year
Recording (October 13) | PowerPoint Slides (Coming Soon)
Weekly Wednesday’s with Katie
Join us on Wednesday’s at 1pm starting September 9th running through December 2nd (no meeting the week of November 24th). All are welcome and each meeting will have a starting topic, but your input, questions, concerns, and networking will be the primary topics discussed.
Need to dial in using your phone?
Please use the connection information below.
Phone number: (872) 240-3212
Access Code: 652-477-589

Season of Stewardship Toolkit
Season of Stewardship Parish Packet
Parishioner Mailing Received Week of October 26th
Please see examples of the resources below that would be mailed on behalf of your parish the week of October 26th.
We will also work with you on your outside and reply envelope: No. 9 and No. 10 styles (I.e. your parish logo)
Parish Content Resources
Descriptions for pieces outside of the mailing are included below and detailed on when/where you would use those resources is provided. This section highlights resources that we encourage you to use online or print, but resources we at the Curia don’t have direct access too.
Bulletin Content
We are excited to announce the kick-off to the Season of Stewardship! Stewardship is our willingness to acknowledge the blessings we have in our lives and to reflect how we can continue to steward our time, talents, and treasure to act as Jesus' hands and feet in the world. Curious where to begin? Consider your commitment to Sunday Mass, time in prayer, or praying with your family. Consider your talents and how you are using them in our parish. Consider your giving and what bad habits or materialistic goods could we remove from our budgets that distant us from a better relationship with God. I encourage you to prayerfully discern your commitment to our parish family and we are appreciative of your willingness to say, “Yes!” Remember, stewardship is not a program and it is not a fundraiser, rather it is an invitation to participate actively in parish life as disciples. As we discern our intentions for next year, please keep us all in your prayers and the stewardship effort at [PARISH NAME].
Social Media Content
Disciples are stewards by utilizing the stewardship practices of prayer, service and giving. Over the next few weeks, we invite you to discern with us on how we can answer the call to discipleship and become a vibrant stewardship parish! Consider how you may want to pray more, attend Sunday Mass regularly (online or in-person), make time for service, or make an increase in your charity to our parish! We need you and appreciate you! #CatholicStewardship [WEBSITE LINK]
Additional Parish Resources
Type | Document Title | Download Link |
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One Page Season of Stewardship Overview | ||
Acknowledgement Letter | ||
Follow-Up Letter | ||
Hospitality Graphic | ||
Lay Witness Final Checklist | ||
Lay Witness Invitation Example | ||
Lay Witness Talk Overview | ||
Parishioner Telephone Follow-up Tips | ||
Prayer Service for Disciples on Mission | ||
My Parish Prayer Card | ||
Service Graphic | ||
Stewardship of Time Thought Graphic | ||
Stewardship Quotes and Thoughts | ||
Webinar: How to set-up email messaging for your parish |