Descriptors are some of the common ways in which Stewardship and Administration is evident in a parish setting. Place a check mark in the box of those descriptors that are currently happening in your parish in the area of Stewardship and Administration.

1. Our parish provides opportunities for parishioners to experience their giftedness and to

2. Formation efforts help parishioners understand their baptismal responsibility to steward

3. Parishioners demonstrate their understanding of Christian stewardship by their willing

4. The resources of our parish are sufficient to accomplish its mission and the goals and

5. Regular efforts are made to discover parishioners’ talents and invite their use in parish

6. Parishioners who offer their gifts in service to the parish mission are given adequate

7. Our parish is not overly dependent on extraordinary fundraisers such as bingo and

8. Our parish keeps up payments on its debt, if there is one.

9. Parish facilities are appropriately maintained and adequate for the needs of our parish.

10. Our parish regularly shares a portion of its income with the poor.

11. There is an annual review of the purpose, effectiveness, and need for each parish

12. Our pastor regularly evaluates parish personnel.

Evidence In the space below, or on a separate piece of paper, write a list of the ways in which your parish currently implements specific items that you checked. (Example: We tithe 10 percent of our annual parish festival income to support a poor parish in another part of the diocese).

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