Our Mission

For over 60 years of Catholic collaboration, the International Catholic Stewardship Council promotes and supports Catholic teaching on stewardship by providing education and resources for dioceses, parishes, and institutions of the Roman Catholic Church.

2025 Annual Conference

"The Vestibule" Paves the Way

“The Vestibule,” monthly digital meetings designed for parish stewardship leaders offer many timely and resourceful topics that will be explored even more deeply at the 2025 Stewardship Conference. These monthly digital gatherings will allow participants to learn, network cultivate new relationships and reflect on the life of stewardship in and practical applications in parishes. “The Vestibule” will also allow parish leaders to exchange ideas on successful ways to increase parish engagement, build lay leadership and renew efforts to increase parishioners’ understanding of the stewardship of prayer, time, talent and treasure.

ICSC NEWS AND NOTES

IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION

ICSC recognizes one of its five GOLD Strategic Partners, ACST Catholic

ACST Catholic, has been a leading provider of church ministry tools, support, and expertise solutions for Catholic parishes and dioceses for over 40 years. They have recently launched The Discipleship Indicator, a powerful new service that enables Catholic parishes to build or strengthen ministries to help form intentional disciples. The groundbreaking Discipleship Indicator provides insight into parishioners’ journey of discipleship. It has been developed to serve parishes in forming and activating disciples for evangelization. We are grateful for ACST’s partnership with ICSC and for their extraordinary efforts to support and grow our Catholic parishes and dioceses across the country.   Continue Reading…
Prayer

ICSC June Stewardship Prayer

Prayer is the first principle to embracing stewardship as a way of life. Through prayer, we confront our own spiritual disorganization and chaos and create a sacred inner space within ourselves where we can meet and have a conversation with God. Exercising good stewardship over our life of prayer is the first essential step to our ultimate goal in the spiritual life: to live unceasingly with a deep joy in the presence of God. On the next page we have included an June stewardship prayer for your consideration.   Continue Reading…
Awards

2024 Diocesan and Catholic Foundation Awards

Each year ICSC recognizes arch/dioceses and Catholic foundations that best promote the theology of stewardship and Catholic philanthropy throughout the year. This year more than 100 items were submitted. The ICSC family wishes to thank everyone who participated in this year’s recognition awards and for sharing all of the creative stewardship ideas!   Continue Reading…

NEWS AND FEATURES

Tools for Growth

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Receive helpful resources to enhance stewardship in your ministry. Discover prayers, featured articles, and Gospel reflections on a stewardship way of life. Be inspired, be equipped, and be transformed!
Wisdom From Our Strategic Partners

How to Successfully Vet and Recommend Local Estate Planning Lawyers

Being good stewards of our families includes caring for their future. Noted estate planning expert, Laura Meier, offers keen insights into identifying and retaining estate planning attorneys who will give families confidence, offer them peace of mind and respect their Catholic life of faith in their desire to provide financial security for their loved ones. To read her article, please click the button below.
Models of Stewardship

Stewardship Saints - Saint Barnabas

Saint Barnabas is the patron saint of Cyprus. It was there that he established its first Christian community. It was also there, in the Greco-Roman city of Salamis that, according to tradition, he was stoned to death around the year 60. His remains were taken to Constantinople, where a church was built in his honor. His feast day is June 11.
Inspiration

Stewards of Our Neighbors: Jesus’ Parable of the Good Samaritan

After many centuries of recounting Jesus’ Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) the story seems to have lost the “sting” Jesus intended for it. At the weekend Masses of July 12 and 13, we will once again hear the proclamation of this Gospel story which reveals Jesus’ encounter with the legal scholar and his response to the question: Who is my neighbor? Perhaps now is a good time to reflect more deeply on Jesus’ teaching and its practical implications for our lives today.