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Catholic Action Insight™ Episode

Discover the Characteristics and Purpose of Catholic Stewardship with Archbishop Cordileone

Dear Friend, 

In our newest episode of Catholic Action Insight™, Archbishop Cordileone of San Francisco and I discuss the many aspects of stewardship and how it should affect our lives. We delve into understanding more completely the Catholic concept of stewardship and ways in which we can practice it in our daily lives. And, the parish fundraising aspect is only one.

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While the generous use of financial resources is one dimension of stewardship, it is by no means the only one. Like a good steward himself, the archbishop defines the complex term clearly and then explains how stewardship is really a spirituality and way of life rather than an act. 

Stewardship, he says, is “the practical way to live out our Christian discipleship in the world.” In other words, stewardship is discipleship!

The concept is rooted in the Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25 and Luke 19. It reminds us that we are workers in the Lord’s vineyard. The Master owns all that exists, and He parcels out gifts and responsibilities according to the capacities of those He loves. In doing so, He draws us into the mystery of His Kingdom.

In the ancient world a “talent” was a unit of money, but the idea transformed over time into the innate capacities each person’s God given nature and grace. That is the common understanding of “talents” nowadays, and it has to do with our Christian discipleship. 

How do we use them properly? In this short interview, you’ll hear His Excellency explain that: 

- We as stewards who must invest and increase the Lord’s gifts to us and not bury them like the worker in the parable who was rebuked by the Master.
- The three T’s (Time, Talent, and Treasure) are channels through which specifically we direct our stewardship.
- Stewardship is a “spirituality of gratitude” worked out in the context of our specific vocations.
- The Church, the Body of Christ, uses the talents of her members to strengthen the mission of bringing Christ’s salvation to all. 
- We work out our own salvation in response to the Lord’s grace and increase His Kingdom in this world by being good stewards. 

We are so blessed to be “workers in the vineyard” of the Lord! That is the essence of our responsible use of the Lord’s gifts. As Archbishop Cordileone sees it, stewardship is not just the generous giving of material resources, but the generous return of everything that we give back to the Lord from Whom we received it in the first place.

Yours in Christ and Our Lady,



Thomas J. McKenna

Founder and President

Catholic Action For Faith And Family
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