Our Parish Mission:
As parishioners of St. Agnes, we live our life of allegiance to Jesus Christ;
to serve Him faithfully with love and commitment through prayer, through community,
and through service, to seek the face of the living God. 

Just as God loved us by putting on flesh in the person of Jesus, so we love God by putting on Christ and loving others.  Jesus makes the way of stewardship very clear.  His self-emptying sacrifice on the cross was for our salvation.  By working for justice, caring for those in need and putting our abilities and resources at the service of others, we contribute to the mission of the church in continuing Jesus’ saving work in the world.  We are the co-redeemers with Christ and we become stewards of the mystery of salvation.  To be a disciple means to be like Christ and to continue Christ’s mission of the redemption of the world.

The 4 Principles of Stewardship
 
1.  Receive God’s Gifts with Gratitude

• Receiving engenders dependence on God.  Gratitude acknowledges abundance.

2.  Cultivate God’s Gifts Responsibly

• Literally, “steward” means manager of the house.  God has entrusted His house to us.  We are accountable to God for managing gifts given to us and we do so for the glory of God and in the service of humankind.

3.  Share God’s Gifts Lovingly and in Justice with Others

• The self-emptying sacrifice of Jesus on the cross is for us a model of sharing with love and in justice.

4.  Return God’s Gifts with Increase of the Lord

• It is often the fear of losing what we have coupled with inertia that keeps us from giving. Yet, the Gospel urges us not to hoard or be content with the status quo. Faith in God's love and abiding care gives us the confidence to give so that our gifts may bear fruit.

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What Can I Do?
There is no pre-fabricated program for stewardship. It requires a conversation of individual hearts and an ongoing transformation of a community. There are concrete stewardship practices. You and your parish are already doing many of these things to some degree. To increase the stewardship spirituality in your parish requires a conscious commitment to the process that rests upon a spiritual foundation, formation in prayer, the development of identity, and strengthening of community through trust and accountability.

Fr. Thomas

Regular Mass Times:
Tuesday - 6:30 pm
Thursday - 9:00 am
Friday - 9:00 am
Saturday - 5:00 pm
Sunday - 10:00 am

St. Agnes Parish
302 Veterans Way
Carstairs, AB
T0M 0N0
403-940-1100
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Prayer Circle
To request prayers or to join the circle,
​please contact
Fran Murphy (403-335-4591)
or 
Fr. Thomas (403-869-4255)

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