Stewardship Ministry

Resources

Some of the resources used by the Stewardship Team are listed here.
General Readings
Judd, Marilyn, Creating a Stewardship Council, Collegeville, Minnesota:
The Liturgical Press, 1992.
isbn 0-8146-2033-7
Smith, Colleen, Catholic Stewardship: Sharing God’s Gifts, Huntington,
Indiana: Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division, Out Daily Visitor, Inc.,
2001.
isbn 0-9707756-4-4
Stewardship: A Disciple’s Response, A Pastoral Letter on Stewardship,
tenth anniversary edition, Washington, D.C.: United States Conference of
Catholic Bishops, 2002.
isbn 0-57455-465-6
www.usccb.org/stewardship/disciplesresponse.pdf
Office of Stewardship, The Pillars of Parish Stewardship, Wichita, Kansas:
 The Catholic Diocese of Wichita, May 2004.
http://www.cdowk.org/stewardship_development/documents/pillars_of_stewardship.pdf
Selected Catholic Courier Articles
Clark, Matthew H., ‘Stewardship is an Investment in God,’ Catholic
Courier, ‘Bishop’s Column’, November 2, 2005.
http://catholiccourier.com/tmp1.cfm?nid=93&articleid=84466&startid=

1&searchdisplay=1&cfid=3054938&cftoken=2413322
Burke, Jennifer, ‘Catholics Learn of Stewardship,’ Catholic Courier, ‘Local
News’, April 6, 2006.
http://catholiccourier.com/tmp1.cfm?nid=93&articleid=87121&startid

=1&searchdisplay=1&cfid=3054938&cftoken=24133220
Burke, Jennifer, ‘Event Explores the ‘joy of stewardship’,’ Catholic Courier,
‘Local News’, April 11, 2008.
http://catholiccourier.com/tmp1.cfm?nid=93&articleid=100699&startid

=1&searchdisplay=1&cfid=3054938&cftoken=24133220
Hospitality
Bruun, Kristeen A., ‘Hospitality at Church,’ America, September 20, 2004.

http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=3753
Hare, Mark, ‘Irondequoit Man Devotes ‘Time, Talent and Treasure’ to
Others,’ Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, November 12, 2007.
www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/

20071112/NEWS01/711120331/-1/irondequoit
Richstatter, Thomas, ‘The Ministry of Hospitality,’ America, May 3, 2004.
https://americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=3570
Rynick, David, ‘The Spiritual Practice of Hospitality,’ uu World Magazine,
Boston: Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, Summer
2007 [5.15.07].
http://www.uuworld.org/spirit/articles/23888.shtml
Other
Clements, C. Justin, Stewardship: A Parish Handbook, Liguori, Missouri:
Liguori, 2000.
isbn 0-7648-0662-9
The Diocese of Rochester encourages each parish to develop a
stewardship plan that best meets the needs of its faith community.

Information about diocesan stewardship, including much information

from the annual Stewardship Conferences, can be found at www.dor.org.