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.
Called to be Saints
ICSC NEWS AND NOTES
ICSC recognizes one of its six GOLD Strategic Partners, Thrivent
Our newest Gold Partner is a mutual aid organization founded more than 100 years ago that provides advice and financial services empowering lives of service and faith. This year at ICSC, Thrivent presented their newest study on Christian giving, done in partnership with the Barna Group. This workshop explores the latest trends in generational generosity and is available in both English and Spanish. You can help those in your Parish grow in generosity and use their gifts to make an impact. Download a free report and learn more here. Continue Reading…
ICSC March 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 March stewardship prayer for your consideration. Continue Reading…
Good Stewards Live the Beatitudes
At the beginning of his famous commentary on the Sermon on the Mount, Saint Augustine maintains that: “If anyone piously and earnestly ponders the Discourse which Our Lord Jesus Christ delivered on the Mount – as we read the Gospel According to Matthew – I believe that he will find therein, with regard to good morals, the perfect standard of the Christian life.” Many Catholic spiritual writers have affirmed Saint Augustine over the centuries in this regard. Continue Reading…