Simply stated, stewardship is an expression of gratitude to God. It reminds us that we are the administrators, not the owners, of our assets. It fills a need deep within each of us to worship God and to thank Him for the abundant blessings He has showered upon us. We realize that some people in the diocese will try to equate the idea of stewardship with fund raising. This is erroneous.
Stewardship is the Christian way of life.
Its principles leap out at us from the very pages of Scripture. Starting with the story of a creation lovingly entrusted to Adam and Eve, and fulfilled in the life and mission of Christ, who desired that his mission be consummated in the ultimate act of self-giving, we too are called to be loving, giving Christians. Sacred Scripture teaches that it is only in such sacrificial loving that we find out what it means to be fully human. Stewardship is based on the fact that all that we have and all that we are comes from God. Each week, we choose what will be done with the 168 hours we have available to us.