Diocesan Stewardship - Time & Talent

	We promote stewardship as a way of life

	Diocesan Time and Talent Please check the areas that interest you, fill in your name and address, print, then mail the form along with any contribution to the specific ministry of your choice at the addresses listed.
Respect Life Office Diocese of Rockford P.O. Box 7044 Rockford, IL 61125-7044 (815) 877-LIFE E-mail: rrlo @ stewardshiprockford.org www.rockforddiocese.org/respectlife I will pray for the respect for all human life from fertilization until natural death. Please send me a respect life prayer card. I want to join Parish Respect Life Committee, please contact me. I am interested in learning more about becoming an NFP instructor. I am (please circle): a physician, a nurse, a pharmacist, a psychologist, a licensed counselor, a social worker, a teacher, an attorney, or graphic artist who is faithful to the teachings of the Church, and I would be willing to be a contact about possible opportunities of service with the Respect Life Office. Office of Stewardship Development P.O. Box 7044 Rockford, IL 61125-7044 (815) 399-4300 E-mail: dhougan @ rockforddiocese.org Website: www.stewardshiprockford.org Send me information about the Church’s Stewardship teachings. I want to be trained as a stewardship witness speaker for parishes in this Diocese. I would like to receive the Sharing Newsletter. I am interested in learning more about remembering the church in my will. I would like a free proposal for a Charitable Gift Annuity to benefit my parish, school, or diocesan ministry. I have remembered my parish, parish school, diocese in my will, and I wish to enroll in the Rockford Diocese Perpetual Light Society. Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry P.O. Box 7044 Rockford, IL 61125 (815) 399-4300 E-mail: roym @ stewardshiprockford.org Please send information about attending or volunteering in the: D-Week Junior High Rally Softball Tournament Young Adult Ministry Theology-on-Tap Speaker Series NET & REACH Team Retreats I am interested in learning more about comprehensive youth ministry Office of Family Life 7708 E. McGregor Rd. Rockford, IL 61102 (815) 965-5011 E-mail: rofl @ stewardshiprockford.org Please send information about attending or volunteering in the: Engaged Encounter Program Marriage Enrichment Mother-Daughter Teas Father-Son afternoons Divorced and Beyond Family Ministry Training Catholics +55 Retreats Volunteering at Bishop Lane Retreat Center Office of Vocations P.O. Box 7044 Rockford, IL 61125-7044 (815) 399-4300 E-mail: rvoc @ stewardshiprockford.org Website: www.RockVoc.org I will pray for an increase of vocations to the priesthood and consecrated life by joining the St. Therese Vocation Society. Please send me information on membership. I would like to adopt a particular seminarian with my prayers, notes, and small cash gifts for life’s little things. Please inform me of which seminarian I may sponsor. Please contact me. I want to explore if I am called to the priesthood and/or consecrated life. Catholic Charities P.O. Box 7044 Rockford IL 61125-7044 (815) 399-4300 x374 E-mail: rcc @ stewardshiprockford.org Website: www.ccrfd.org I am interested in: Being a foster parent for abused and neglected children. Having information about being an adoptive parent. Working with senior citizens and residents of long-term care facilities. Office of Catholic Education P.O. Box 7044 Rockford, IL 61125-7044 (815) 399-4300 E-mail: roce @ stewardshiprockford.org Website: www.catholic-education.org I am interested in: Donating toward the tuition of a needy student. Volunteering as a catechist. Learning the requirements for being a school volunteer. Offering translation services (English to Spanish). Join a Why Catholic? group or serve as a small group leader. Episcopal Delegate for Women Religious P.O. Box 7044 Rockford, IL 61125-7044 (815) 399-4300 E-mail: redwr @ stewardshiprockford.org I want to learn more about becoming a sister and joining a religious community, please contact me. I will express my gratitude to God for the hundreds of religious sisters, brothers and priests who have served the Rockford Diocese in the past by supporting the annual collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious held in January as part of the National Appeal. I would like to meet with the Episcopal Delegate for Women Religious. St. Elizabeth Catholic Community Center 1536 S. Main St. Rockford, IL 61102 (815) 969-6526 E-mail: rseccc @ stewardshiprockford.org I am interested in: Volunteering as a worker in the soup kitchen, food pantry, clothes closet. Becoming an after-school tutor for students. Providing assistance in the day care. Working with older adults in the Senior Services program. Hispanic Apostolate Seven Regional Centers Diocese of Rockford (815) 399-4300 E-mail: rhap @ stewardshiprockford.org I am bilingual (Spanish and English speaking) and am interested in: Helping with the Escuela (school) on Saturdays from 3 p.m. - 7 p.m. Providing assistance in the day care. Providing transportation to others when needed. Helping with translating various documents. Ministry Formation Program P.O. Box 7044 Rockford, IL 61125-7044 (815) 399-4300 E-mail: rmfp @ stewardshiprockford.org Send me information about enrolling in the two-year program for the Diocesan Ministry Formation Program. I will encourage and pray for parishioners who are participating in the Diocesan Ministry Formation program. Catholic Office of the Deaf P.O. Box 7044 Rockford, IL 61125-7044 815-399-4300 TDD 815-962-2994 Email: rod @ stewardshiprockford.org I wish to volunteer as a/an: Interpreter for the Deaf at Mass or other parish function. Catechist for deaf and hard of hearing individuals. Office of Communications The Observer P.O. Box 7044 Rockford, IL 61125-7044 (815) 399-4300 E-Mail: roc @ stewardshiprockford.org Website: www.rockforddiocese.org I would like to volunteer as a: Parish publicist, working in cooperation with my pastor and parish staff to help publicize parish events in The Observer and other media. TV recorder, taping news shows on short notice when someone from the Rockford Diocese is featured (usually on Rockford stations). Music minister, vocalist and accompanist to provide music for the TV Mass for shut-ins during the Monday morning tapings. Do you have a special intention that we could pray for? Please describe: ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Your prayer request will be placed in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception in the Diocesan Administration Center in Rockford. As diocesan staff attend daily Mass and/or make visits to pray during the day, they will include your intentions in their prayers. *Please send this prayer request to: Office of Stewardship Development Diocese of Rockford P.O. Box 7044 Rockford, IL 61125-7044. Please complete the following so we know who you are: NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP PHONE PARISH 'Other Volunteer Opportunities in the Rockford Diocese