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Welcome to the Diocese of Rockford Office of Stewardship Development web site. We look forward to serving you and sharing with you information about the stewardship efforts of the Catholic Church in the 11 Northwest counties of Illinois. Your comments about this site and future updates are welcome. God Bless you and thank you for your interest and support!

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Vision Statement

Our people see the value of stewardship as a way of life and no longer give based on need but as a grateful response as committed disciples of Jesus Christ. Our parish leaders collaborate with us as partners, moving toward the goals in the spirit of cooperation and trust for the benefit of all the Catholic faith community. Peoples' hearts are impacted and experience conversion through God's grace working in and through us.

Action Statement
Through long and short-term strategies that call forth the gifts of time, talent, treasure and assets of the members of the Diocese, we further the Mission of the Rockford Catholic Diocese of proclaiming the Reign of God in Word, Sacrament and Service.


What is Stewardship?
According to the 1992 U.S. Bishops' Pastoral Letter, Stewardship: A Disciple's Response, a steward is defined as a disciple of Jesus who "Receives God's gifts gratefully, cultivates them responsibly, shares them lovingly in justice with others and returns them with increase to the Lord." Stewardship is a way of life and is best understood within the context of conversion and evangelization. The disciple is motivated to share his/her time, talent, treasure, and assets with the Church and other worthy causes from a deep sense of gratitude and in a planned, proportionate and sacrificial manner.

Catholic Stewardship - A Reflection
Catholic Stewardship is a way of life. Stewardship is best understood within the context of the conversion process, the turning away from self-centeredness to the recognition that God is the loving Creator and source of everything in our lives. This conversion process transforms our fundamental perspective of life – we move from owners of what we have, to trustees/stewards of the unconditional and loving gifts that have come from God. With this perspective, a steward recognizes that everything comes from God, develops what has been given, shares it in a loving and just way, and increases what God entrusts to her/him according to the will of God.

Stewardship is counter-cultural and challenges the secular philosophy that all we have gives us value, and is solely ours. Instead, we are endowed with dignity because of an intimate relationship with God and because all our time, talent, treasure and assets are His gifts to us. We use these gifts to become co-creators and protectors of all life, ...
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Quote on Stewardship from Pope Benedict:
"The promotion of the practice of stewardship is important for the mission of the Church and for the spiritual well-being of each individual Christian. Everyone benefits from the sacrificial gift one makes of his time, talent and treasure. Therefore, please accept my encouragement for your efforts and my prayers that your upcoming conference will be a stimulus to the practice of stewardship in the Church."
 


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Diocesan Stewardship
Each year all members of the Diocese of Rockford are asked to make a pledge of their time, talent and treasure to support the ministries of the Diocese.

Parish Stewardship
We can help your parish teach parishioners how to be good "stewards." Good disciples are good stewards. They know that God has given them time, talent, and treasure to be shared with others. Therefore, they plan and budget their resources wisely so that God's will can come first in their lives, so that prayer and service can be high on their list of priorities.

Planned Gifts
As part of a complete stewardship strategy, we help you to promote planned gifts from your parishioners. Planned gifts can be used for immediate needs or these funds can be endowed with an intent to use the investment earnings only. Funds in this Diocese are endowed through The Catholic Foundation for the People of the Diocese of Rockford. The Catholic Foundation provides the individual participants (accounts) the advantages of more favorable diversified investment strategies available to pooled funds, and documented accountability, while avoiding duplication of legal and administrative costs.

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