Highlights Of Our 2020 Stewardship Renewal

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This past autumn, our parish leadership at St. Leo’s conducted our 2020 Stewardship Renewal. The Stewardship Renewal gave our parish community the opportunity to discern how we are using our gifts of time, talent and treasure in service to the parish and in return to God.

This month, we are happy to share with you some of the highlights of the Stewardship Renewal.

• There were 222 commitment cards received from 51 percent of active households.

• There were 1,733 prayer commitments — the stewardship of time — from 92 percent of participating households.

• Some of the prayer commitments included:

• Attend Mass every Sunday and Holy Day, 176 commitments

• Pray for our priests, 153 commitments

• Pray for an increase in vocations, 136 commitments

• Spend 15 minutes a day in personal prayer, 129 commitments

• Pray for my country daily, 125 commitments

There were 794 ministry commitments — the stewardship of talent — from 84 percent of participating households. Of these, 114 were new ministry commitments, while 680 were re-commitments to parish ministries.

• Some of the ministry commitments included:

• Ladies of Leo’s: (LOL) Leadership Board, 73 commitments

• Knights of Columbus, 70 commitments

• Hospitality (Greeters), 68 commitments

• Extraordinary Ministers of the Holy Eucharist, 50 commitments

• Prayer Chain, 48 commitments

• Brothers in Christ, 33 commitments

• Commentator, 31 commitments

• Lector, 31 commitments

• Golden Gems, 29 commitments

• Abide Adoration, 27 commitments

• Office Support, 24 commitments

• Eucharistic Adoration, 21 commitments

• There were 191 offertory commitments — the stewardship of treasure — from 86 percent of participating households. The average pledge was $2,413.

• Relatively inactive families are becoming involved at St. Leo’s. Fourteen families who were not previously active in any ministry signed up to get involved in the life of the parish.

This past year was certainly a trying time for all of us, as the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we gather and worship. We thank all those whoparticipated in our 2020 Stewardship Renewal here at St. Leo’s. If you didnot have the opportunity to fill out and return a commitment card during the Stewardship Renewal for this past year, we invite you to consider the ways you may share your gifts of time, talent and treasure with God and the parish community!