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STEWARDSHIP WITH HISPANICS

STEWARDSHIP WITH HISPANICS. Office of Hispanic Ministry Archdiocese of Denver. CHALLENGES . 52 % Catholics in the Archdiocese of Denver are Hispanics, about 37 % nationwide. A very low percentage of Archbishop‘s Catholic Appeal comes from Spanish pledges

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STEWARDSHIP WITH HISPANICS

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  1. STEWARDSHIP WITH HISPANICS Office of Hispanic Ministry Archdiocese of Denver

  2. CHALLENGES • 52 % Catholics in the Archdiocese of Denver are Hispanics, about 37 % nationwide. • A very low percentage of Archbishop‘s Catholic Appeal comes from Spanish pledges • A much larger percentage of ACA is used in Hispanic Ministry • The future of the Church depends on Hispanic leadership and Hispanic contributions to the Church • There is no concept of stewardship in spanish. There is not even a word for it.

  3. LEVELS OF CULTURE • External cultural elements: Objects, sports, entertainment, fashion. This elements tend to globalize. • Language, traditions and customs: spoken language, music, art, poetry, literature, forms to celebrate, enjoy, express; food, calendar of significant celebrations, etc. • Systems and social institutions: Social, political, educational, economic, religious and artistic institutions. • Cultural Values: Beliefs and attitudes coming from philosophy of life and idiosyncrasy of a ethnic group. • Cosmo vision and profound understanding of life: This is the heart of Culture: World, God, humanity. The way we think and religion.

  4. LEVELS OF CULTURE External cultural elements: Language, traditions and customs: Systems and social institutions: Cultural Values: Cosmo vision and profound understanding of life:

  5. THE CULTURAL CHALLENGE • Every person is born within a culture, but nobody is born with a culture • Culture is learned during life through a process called: ENCULTURATION • Culture is learned in two basic places: • Home • Society

  6. THE CULTURAL CHALLENGE • Acculturation: The modification of the culture of a group or individual as a result of contact with a different culture.

  7. WHY HISPANICS DON’T GIVE? • Hispanics have lower salaries • Hispanics (especially immigrants) have financial commitments in their countries of origin • Hispanics come from poor countries where they receive assistance instead of assisting. The Crown used to subsidize churches in the New Spain. • Hispanics face uncertainty (especially if don’t have documents)

  8. WHY HISPANICS DON’T GIVE? • Hispanics come from corrupt countries • Hispanics (especially Mexicans) have a history of trouble with church possessions • Hispanics don’t feel they belong to the Church in the US (“Que digan que estoy dormido”) • Hispanics have not developed a sense of ownership.

  9. WHAT CAN BE DONE? • Revert the ideas and misconceptions • Develop a sense of belonging • Creating concrete opportunities to give • Showing the use of money • Giving concrete and reasonable suggestions on the amount to give (we suggest “one hour of share”, 2.5 %, to start) • EDUCATION

  10. DEVELOPING A SENSE OF BELONGING • It is not creating a parallel church, but welcoming them. • Make them feel at home away from home • Your cannot expect them to give if you don’t give them first. (create an ecclesial space for them) • Find “gente puente” (bridge builders) and include them in the decision making process.

  11. STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM • Implementing Stewardship as a way of life • Stewardship becomes the evangelizing model of the parish • Emphasize belonging and integration into the life and mission of our church • At the end the parish implements the elements according to its reality.

  12. ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM • Stewardship of Time and Talent • Stewardship of Treasure • Stewardship of Faith • Stewardship of Vocations • Stewardship of Prayer • Stewardship of the Earth • Stewardship of Traditions and Cultural Values

  13. IMPLEMENTATION • Get the pastor involved • Create a spanish stewardship committee • One month used to educate on each stewardship theme. • Inclusion of lay witnesses • Homilies • Visual elements • Education on the topic of the month • Inclusion in the liturgies • Written materials, such as Sunday bulletin • Ask for “one hour of share” (2.5 %)

  14. STEPS REQUIRED TO RECEIVE ASSITANCE FROM THE OHM • Formal invitation from the pastor to start the program in his parish. • The pastor selects a stewardship committee • Training sessions with the committee by staff of the OHM (the number of sessions mostly depends on the characteristics of the group) • Implementation

  15. CONTENTS OF TRAINING SESSIONS • General overview and motivation • Assessment of parish reality • Assessment of our ideas (our parishioners) towards money and participation in the Church • Development of strategies to overcome those negative ideas • Selection of themes to be used. • Implementation plan • Design and approval of commitment cards

  16. 1st weekend of the Month • Lay witness theme: belonging tied to the theme of the month • Homily on belonging tied to the theme of the month • Liturgical elements • Visual elements • Other elements included by committee with pastor’s approval.

  17. 2nd weekend of the Month • Lay witness theme: Ownership/service tied to the theme of the month • Homily on ownership/service tied to the theme of the month • Liturgical elements • Visual elements • Other elements included by committee with pastor’s approval.

  18. 3rd weekend of the Month • Lay witness theme: our gifts serving the wider community tied to the theme of the month • Homily on our gifts serving the wider community tied to the theme of the month • Liturgical elements • Visual elements • Other elements included by committee with pastor’s approval. • ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMMITMENT WEEKEND • ANNOUNCEMENT OF EDUCATION ACTIVITY (Ministry Fair, budgeting classes, prayer workshop, retreat, etc.)

  19. 4th Weekend of the Month • Commitment cards previously distributed • Brief Homily on the commitment • Praying for the commitment we are about to make • Filling out commitment cards • Offering of commitment cards

  20. ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCH • No volunteers or ministries in the parish • The only “active” group in the parish was the Perpetual Help group • About $2,000 weekly collection • Received a $2,000 a month from the AOD

  21. ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCHafter one year of stewardship • The collection increased 100 %. From 2K to 4K per week • Ministries developed: prayer group, charismatic group, youth group, young adults, stewardship committee, enough catechists, bible group, social ministries, 4 choirs, cursillo movement, christian family movement, etc (all done with volunteers) • 461 registered to help in the parish (150 are still active) • 3 potential vocations to the priesthood have come out of the parish. • There were 14 retreats of evangelization in the parish last year.

  22. NOTES • We should choose up to 6 themes, so we can have a stewardship month and a non stewardship month • The process should be done every year • The parish should give money away to charity as a sign of the same commitment • Pastor and vicar’s involvement is essential (they also fill out commitment cards) • Evaluation and follow up every month • Communicate your success

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