Step/Meeting 1.
Forming Grateful Disciples
This step/meeting focuses on beginning to form yourself, your Team, and your parish in this new and expanded understanding of Stewardship. There will be an opportunity for you to reflect on the place of stewardship in your own life and faith journey, and to share that with your fellow team members. Additional discussion will be encouraged, to begin unpacking the team’s response to Leisa’s conception of Stewardship and how that may differ from what you have come to expect from that term.
An exciting portion of this step will be the chance to begin discussing the ways in which your parish community already reflects the goals of Grateful Discipleship, as well as the opportunities for growth which you might identify. Some of the thoughts and ideas generated by this discussion may very well find their way into your parish’s eventual Stewardship Plan.
An exciting portion of this step will be the chance to begin discussing the ways in which your parish community already reflects the goals of Grateful Discipleship, as well as the opportunities for growth which you might identify. Some of the thoughts and ideas generated by this discussion may very well find their way into your parish’s eventual Stewardship Plan.
- Follow Agenda for Parish Group Meeting 1
- See Step 1/Meeting 1 resource menu QUICK TRIP section for all resources related to the meeting agenda.
- See Step 1/Meeting 1 resource menu CLOSER LOOK and DEEP DIVE sections for additional and supplemental resources pertaining to Forming Grateful Disciples.
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Closer Look |
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Agenda for Meeting #1
Meeting 1 Discussion Guide 12 Months of Stewardship Diocese of Scranton, Office for Parish Life Chapters 1-2, Grateful Disciples: Your Parish Stewardship Guide Leisa Anslinger. Catholic Life and Faith, 2016. The Spirituality of Stewardship video Time to Reflect: Grateful Disciples as Stewards worksheet
Live the Vision: Stewards in Community worksheet
Taking Stock: Stewardship Formation and Communication worksheet |
Grateful Disciples: Your Parish Stewardship Guide
Leisa Anslinger. Catholic Life and Faith, 2016. 30 Days on Stewardship: Reflections and Inspirations on Sharing God’s Gifts Leisa Anslinger. Twenty-Third Publications, 2018 |
The Disciple as Steward
Sharon Hueckel. The Catholic Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana, 1994. -Presented as six-week study -One-day retreat designed by Leisa Anslinger Wounded and Loved, Regathering the Scattered: A Pastoral Vision For the Church of Scranton Joseph C. Bambera. Diocese of Scranton, 2011. Embracing a Generous Life: The Joyful Spirituality of Stewardship Robert F. Morneau. Twenty-Third Publications, 2013. Stewardship: A Disciple’s Response United States Catholic Conference, 1993. Evangelii Gaudium Pope Francis. Vatican, 2013. |