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Seven Attributes of a Healthy Stewardship Parish
Michael MurphyExecutive Director
International Catholic Stewardship [email protected]
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Eucharist
Center of our life of faith “Source and Summit” of our lives Expresses mystery of the Triune
God Shares death-resurrection of Jesus
Christ
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Eucharistic Insights
Church constantly lives out Christ’s dying and rising
Paschal mystery unfolds in our lives as we grow in faith
Paschal mystery transforms our communities and local church
Our Eucharistic communion is missionary
We are mission-minded – faith is expressed in evangelization and service
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Discerning the Spiritual Vitality of Our Community
Sacramental Strategic Sustainable
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Sacramental Inquiry
How does our parish community celebrate the full spectrum of
the sacramental life of the Church?
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Strategic Inquiry
How does our parish location and history affirm a need for
its abiding presence and ministry?
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Sustainable Inquiry
How does our parish exercise good stewardship of its resources, sustaining all aspects of the
Church’s mission?
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“The Church is a kind of Sacrament or “Mystery”; a sign and instrument of communion with God and of unity among people.”
- Dogmatic Constitution on the Church
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The Parish: A Popular Understanding
A canonical structure An organized community with
geographic boundaries, generally
A place for worship and celebration of the sacraments
An umbrella organization for a variety of religious activities and voluntary organizations
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The Parish: A Deeper Reality
A communion of faith which is to be a sign of Christ’s presence in the world
A communion of memory, rooted in the New Testament’s witness
A communion that nourishes a sense of global communion
A pilgrim communion that looks to the future, to the coming of the Kingdom of God
A communion that, through its prophetic speech and prophetic activity, offers solace, comfort, affirmation or tension
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Seven Attributes of a Healthy Stewardship
Parish
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I. Create and Maintain a Parish Vision
Review, critique and communicate the parish vision periodically.
Integrate the Parish Mission Statement in all major decisions.
Involve parishioners in the annual planning process.
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II. Provide a Quality Worship and Prayer Experience
Critique your Eucharistic celebrations periodically.
Conduct additional communal prayer experiences.
Provide adult faith formation.
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III. Create an Atmosphere of Hospitality and Inclusiveness
Commission greeters to serve at Masses. Accommodate the physically impaired. Make time for parish social activities.
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IV. Empower Parishioners
Allow parishioners to give input into parish decision-making.
Involve more parishioners in ministry. Extend personal invitations to parish
service and follow up promptly.
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V. Enhance Parish Outreach Efforts
Create opportunities for evangelization.
Provide outreach to the poor. Raise awareness of community
needs.
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VI. Ensure Accountability and Transparency
Report regularly on the condition of the parish.
Start a Stewardship Education Committee. Ensure adequate communications to the
parish.
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VII. Teach Stewardship
Introduce the parish to stewardship through a formal process.
Integrate stewardship formation in the life of the parish.
Ask parishioners to prayerfully consider their own responsibility to the parish family.
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A Community Pleasing to Christ
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A Community
That listens before speaking,Welcomes without judging,Forgives without condemning,Announces the Good News without denouncing.
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A CommunityWhere the simplest of our sisters and brothers will understand what others are saying;where the wisest of our leaders will know that they don’t know everything; andwhere the entire family of faith is embraced.
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A Community
Where the Holy Spirit will feel at home because everything hasn’t been foreseen,and no plans settled without prayer,decisions made without discernment,aspirations quelled in advance.
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A Community
Where the audacity to do something newwill be stronger than the habit of doing thingsas they’ve always been done.
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Seven Attributes of a Healthy Stewardship Parish
Michael MurphyExecutive Director
International Catholic Stewardship [email protected]