Stewardship and Development (Diocese of St. Petersburg) at 6363 9th Avenue, North, Saint Petersburg, FL 33710 US - Home
Stewardship is the way God has expected His people to live
since the beginning of time.
Recognizing that everything we have is a gift from God. Everything we have and everything we do is a direct result of some gift that God has placed in our hands.
In thanksgiving for this... WE
Pray - Spend quality time in prayer enriching your relationship with the Lord.
Participate - Share our unique talents with others.
Give - for "the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you."
- Matthew 7:2
Your Office of Stewardship and Development supports parish and diocesan efforts to make Stewardship a Way of Life for all Catholics in the Diocese of St. Petersburg.
We proclaim, educate, unify, coordinate and promote the essential principals
of Stewardship so that the entire Catholic Christian faith community
can become "the vital source of faith filled dynamism it is meant to be."
(US Bishop's Pastoral Letter on Stewardship)
"As Christian stewards, we receive God's gifts gratefully,
cultivate them responsibly, share them lovingly
in justice with others, and return them
with increase to the Lord."
(US Bishop's Pastoral Letter on Stewardship)
not in a single action,
nor even in a number of actions over a period of time, but in an entire way of life.
It means committing one's very self to the Lord.
