Stewardship in the Catholic faith is not simply about money or paying parish bills; it is a way of life that recognizes God as the source of all that we are and possess. Scripture calls us to this daily vocation:

“As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s varied grace” (1 Peter 4:10), so our time, abilities, relationships, material resources, and very lives are gifts entrusted to us for the good of others and the glory of God.

As the U.S. bishops teach, Christian stewards “receive God’s gifts gratefully, cultivate them responsibly, share them lovingly in justice with others, and return them with increase to the Lord” (To Be a Christian Steward).

For our parish, stewardship means growing together as faithful disciples who offer God’s gifts in service—not only during an annual campaign, but in the choices we make every day—so that “in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ” (1 Peter 4:11).