Stewardship Commission

Mission Statement: The mission of the St. Columban Stewardship Commission is to provide the parish community with a coordinated effort to increase awareness of faithful stewardship as a way of life, as well as to give practical methods to live it out, both personally and communally.  All that we have and all that we are is a gift from God.  We promote intentional, planned and proportionate giving of time, talent and treasure as a way to deepen our relationship with God and become better stewards of God's gift of life and the blessings given to each of us. "As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God's varied grace." ~ 1 Peter 4:10


Theme: Lord, what do you want me to do with all the gifts you have given me?
The Stewardship Commission is excited about our theme. Throughout the year we'll be developing programs and sharing ideas based on this theme. Stewardship is based on spiritual principles of the Old Testament and Jesus’ teachings, and a way to thank God for all God’s blessings. It is a way to deepen our relationship with God and involves intentional, planned and proportionate giving of our time, talent and treasures.

What is Stewardship?

• Stewardship is INTENTIONAL because it is a deliberate decision to live a Christian life
• Stewardship is PLANNED because you include giving in your weekly budget and volunteer activities in your annual calendar
• Stewardship is PROPORTIONATE because you give a percentage of your time and income to the church and other charities.

As Christian stewards of St. Columban we receive God’s gifts gratefully, cherish and tend them responsibly, and with accountability. We share them in justice and love with others, and return them with an increase to the Lord.

We live Stewardship as an Act of:

• FAITH - as we belong to God and acknowledge all we possess is God’s
• TRUST - as we place our life in God’s hands
• WORSHIP - as we love God, the giver of all
• BELONGING - as we unite our gifts with the rest of St. Columban’s parish family

The spirituality of stewardship is based on being Christ-centered rather than self-centered. The focus is on God as the giver of all, and bridges the material with the spiritual world. It uses God’s gifts for God’s purposes. It teaches sacrificial giving to God; from substance rather than from excess. We give of ourselves in service to others just as Jesus did some 2,000 years ago.

St. Columban Stewardship Members

Jim Callahan
Bonnie Cherry (Chair)
Megan Hook (Co-Chair)
Terry McPhillips (Pastoral Council Liaison)
Cathy Nagy (Staff)
Jay Porcaro
Teresa Porcaro
Bill Schwanekamp
Andy Venosa