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Stewardship Success: A Practical Guide for Catholic Parishes by Eric and Lisa McArdle (2019)

This brief read is designed to inspire pastors and parish leaders to take a leap of faith and begin their own stewardship journey. The book offers practical steps and best practices you can implement in your parish now and help stewardship begin to take root in the lives of your parishioners, transforming them into committed disciples of Christ.

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Grateful Disciples: Your Guide to Parish Stewardship by Leisa Anslinger (2016)

“Stewardship is an expression of discipleship, with the power to change how we understand and live out our lives.” This simple yet compelling statement from Stewardship: A Disciple’s Response captures the importance of forming people to grow as good and faithful stewards. Grateful Disciples is a unique and comprehensive guide for stewardship leaders. The Grateful Disciples guide is only part of the story. The Grateful Disciples website equips leaders with all they need to establish and sustain stewardship in the parish.

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Churchmoney: Rebuilding the Way We Fund Our Mission (2019)

“What happens when we connect giving to discipleship? This must-read book will equip parish leaders to shift their focus from raising funds to raising givers. It offers practical tools to implement that shift within your parish and develop a culture of generous disciples.”

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Great Catholic Parishes: A Living Mosaic — How Four Essential Practices Make Them Thrive by William E. Simon Jr. and Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan (2016)

Drawing wisdom from exceptional parishes across the country, this book offers inspiration and practical strategies for building a vibrant parish by excelling in: shared leadership, fostering spiritual maturity by creating a plan for discipleship, excelling on Sundays, and intentional evangelization.

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Forming Intentional Disciples: The Path to Knowing and Followning Jesus by Sherry A. Weddell (2012)

This has been a game-changing book for many parishes in recent years. It helps leaders transform their parishes into vibrant communities who form disciples and send them out in mission to use their gifts as good stewards in their communities
and beyond.

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Divine Renovation: Bringing Your Parish from Maintenance to Mission by Fr. James Mallon (2014)

This is an engaging guide for parishes seeking to cultivate communities of discipleship and vibrant, dynamic faith. It will help parish leaders rethink their models of parish life, from membership-based communities to assemblies of disciples of Jesus who proclaim and share the good news with all peoples—from maintence to mission!

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Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, Making Church Matter (2013)

This book presents the compelling and inspiring story to how the authors brought their parish back to life by focussing on how they could make Church matter to Catholics. Their innovated strategies not only tripled their weekend mass attendance, but also yielded increased giving, flourishing ministries, and a vibrant, solidly Catholic spiritual revival. They invite all Catholic leaders to share the vision, borrow their strategies, and rebuild their own parishes.

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The Pastoral Letter on Stewardship: A Disciples Response, US Catholic Conference of Bishops (2002)

This pastoral letter on stewardship by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops lays the foundation for understanding stewardship as the fruit of evangelization and discipleship.

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About the Coat of Arms

Bishop Pulido’s coat of arms is divided into four quarters with wavy horizontal lines from top to bottom. The blue and white lines represent the Blessed Virgin Mary. They also suggest water, which alludes to Jesus washing the feet of His disciples and to the waters of baptism. The red and gold lines represent the Holy Spirit and fire. The colors also can be seen as referring to the Blood that (along with water) poured from Jesus’ side at His crucifixion, as well as to the bread (gold) and wine (red) transformed into the Eucharist. At the center is a roundel featuring a symbolic representation of the “mandatum” (washing of the feet), which he believes exemplifies service to all humanity. The roundel’s outer edge is a line composed of small humps; it is borrowed from the coat of arms of the Diocese of Yakima, where Bishop Pulido served as a priest before being named a bishop.

About the Coat of Arms

Bishop Pham’s coat of arms depicts a red boat on a blue ocean, which is crisscrossed by diagonal lines suggesting a fisherman’s net. This symbolizes his ministry as a “fisher of men,” as well as how his own father had been a fisherman. The boat is also a symbol of the Church, which is often referred to as the “barque of Peter.” At the center of the sail is a red beehive (a symbol of the bishop’s baptismal patron saint, St. John Chrysostom, who was known as a “honey-tongued” preacher). The beehive is surrounded by two green palm branches (an ancient symbol of martyrdom; the bishop’s ancestors were among Vietnam’s first martyrs). The eight red tongues of fire around the boat are a symbol of the Holy Spirit and a representation of the diversity of ethnic and cultural communities. The red of the boat, the beehive and the tongues of fire allude to the blood of the martyrs.

About the Coat of Arms

The coat of arms combines symbols that reflect Bishop Bejarano’s spiritual life and priestly ministry. The main part of the shield shows four wavy vertical lines on a gold background. These represent flowing waters. This alludes to his chosen motto and also symbolizes the graces that come from the Divine life to quench our thirst for God. The upper third of the shield is red because it is borrowed from the coat of arms of the Order of Mercy, of which the Bishop’s patron saint, Raymond Nonnatus, was a member. The central symbol resembles a monstrance because St. Raymond is often depicted holding one. The Eucharist is Bishop Bejarano’s inspiration for his vocation. It was through the Eucharist that he received his call to the priesthood at age seven and which keeps his faith and his ministry going. It represents the call to offer oneself as a living sacrifice. The monstrance is flanked on either side by an image of the Sacred Heart, alluding to the mercy of God and echoing the idea of a sacrificial offering of oneself united to the sacrifice of Christ, and of a rose for Our Lady. It is an allusion to Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas, and highlights the bishop’s Hispanic heritage.

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