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OUR
SAVIOUR'S -
A STEWARDSHIP PARISH
"Whatever gift each of you may have received, use it in service
to one another, like good stewards, dispensing the grace of God
in its various forms." 1
>Peter 4:10
Our Saviour's
Catholic Community and each of its ministries strive to fulfill
our diverse missions through the practice and pursuit of
stewardship.
Stewardship, in
its simples form, acknowledges that all that we have and all
that we are come from God. These gifts from God are provided to
us as good stewards to use them wisely, justly, and in
gratitude. Each of us must place our own gifts, through the
parish and through our ministries, at the service of one another
and of those in need.
In the Pastoral
Letter of the United States Bishops, titled Stewardship: A
Disciple's Response, a
steward
is defined as
one...
1) WHO RECEIVES
GOD'S GIFTS GRATEFULLY.
2) WHO
CULTIVATES
AND TENDS THOSE GIFTS IN A RESPONSIBLE MANNER.
3) WHO SHARES
THOSE GIFTS WITH
ALL IN JUSTICE
AND LOVE.
4) WHO RETURNS
GIFTS TO THE LORD WITH INCREASE.
The ministries
listed in this booklet recognize their sense of stewardship and
serve in joy to live that stewardship.
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