Stewardship- A Way of Life!

Over the last several years, the Diocese of Salina, Kansas, which is my home diocese, has been moving in a stewardship direction. Like the title says, Stewardship is a way of life. Everything that we have is a gift from God and we are to return to God what He has given to us. We do that by returning to God what is commonly known as the 3 T's: Time, Talent, and Treasure. Whenever people hear the word stewardship they think of money or the treasure part, but that is not the case. Stewardship is more than giving our 10% back to God, but it is giving our time and talent, to be of service to our brothers and sisters. Last weekend or this weekend, parishes in our diocese are listening to a CD that our bishop, Paul Coakley, put together regarding the pastoral plan for our diocese, "Stewards of Hope." If you would like to learn more about this plan or stewardship, you can visit our diocesan website at: www.salinadiocese.org. In his message, Bishop Coakley said that stewardship and stewards of hope will be with us for ever. The pastoral plan is to renew and recharge the faith of our diocese by focusing on different aspects. Those aspects range from keeping the Lord's Day holy to Marriage and Family to Religious Education, and so on. Stewardship is an important component of this plan because as we live our faith and the call to holiness, we are living that stewardship way of life. As the Lord calls us to be disciples, so we are also called to be stewards. This is a topic that can be continued in length because there is so much to learn, but most importantly, it is a way of life. Have a blessed day!!!