Start Time: 9:15 a.m.
End Time: 2:45 p.m.
Location: St. John the Baptist, New Brighton
All pastors, business administrators and staff involved in parish stewardship are invited to attend the 2026 Stewardship Conference. Attendees will discover the transformative impact of stewardship and return to their parishes informed, energized and equipped to take stewardship to the next level. Participants will gain strategies, spiritual insight and proven best practices drawn from Catholic Stewardship Consultant’s experience guiding parishes toward measurable growth by developing stewardship as a way of life.
Agenda:
9:15 a.m. Arrival; Check-in; Coffee; Networking
10 – 10:15 a.m. Welcome, Opening Remarks
10:15 – 11 a.m. Session 1
11 – 11:15 a.m. Break
11:15 – Noon Session 2
Noon – 12:45 p.m. Lunch (provided)
12:45 –1:30 p.m. Session 3
1:30 –1:45 p.m. Break
1:45 – 2:30 p.m. Session 4
2:30 – 3 p.m. Closing Discussion, Q&A, Next Steps
Audience: Pastors, parish staff, ministry leaders, finance councils, parish councils, stewardship councils and any other parish leaders
Presenters: Catholic Stewardship Consultants (traveling in from across the country)
Sessions: 4-45 minute presentations
Confirmed Speakers:
Very Rev. Godfrey Mullen, OSB: Rector Cathedral of St. Peter and Administrator for the Diocese of Belleville, IL
Very Rev. Brian O’Brien: Rector Holy Family Cathedral Tulsa, OK
Mrs. Lisa McArdle, co-author of Stewardship Success: A Practical Guide for Catholic Parishes
