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, Pushpay

ICSC is very grateful to join with one its major strategic partners, Pushpay, to bring you a special Bonus webinar next Wednesday, August 6 at 2:00 pm ET/1:00 pm CT. In today's digitally driven world, the Church faces a unique opportunity to deepen human connection. This session transcends mere data management, revealing how your ministry can leverage innovative technology, specifically Pushpay's integrated solutions, to transform casual visitors into deeply engaged, committed parishioners. Explore how the modern church navigates the evolving landscape, maintaining cherished traditions while embracing technological realities to foster vibrant community and sustained growth.   Continue Reading…
Prayer

ICSC August 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 August 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 - St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)

Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross is regarded as one of the most prolific Catholic philosophers of the 20th century. Although of Jewish heritage and upbringing, she professed to be an atheist as a young professor of philosophy until she had a conversion experience after reading the autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila. She became a Catholic and eventually entered the Carmelite community at Cologne, Germany, taking the name Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Sister Teresa died at Auschwitz on August 9, 1942. She was canonized by Saint John Paul II in 1998.
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.