Successes

Pilot Parish Comments
		"Our Commitment Sunday was Pentecost, which was exciting. We called not only for financial commitments, but commitments in prayer and service in the spirit of stewardship. There were many pleasant surprises. I quickly began to see that the Holy Spirit was doing things I hadn’t expected." - Fr. Jim Lucas, St. Paul Parish, Combined Locks

"The campaign involved a lot of people. The core group of volunteers asked their friends to volunteer who then asked their friends to volunteer. It drew out people who have never participated in leadership in the parish before. It brought more people into involvement with the parish community." - Fr. Dave Pleier, St Bernard Parish, Green Bay

"Our goal at Holy Name of Mary is to invest our share of the financial gifts in four areas so they might be able to help others: St. Andrew Catholic Church, Danville, Ark.; Catholic Education of all kinds, which includes our local Relevant Radio station, WJOK, 1050 AM; Salvatorian Mission Warehouse, New Holstein; and Holy Name of Mary for our future parish needs and efforts." - Fr. Wilbert Buhl, pastor of Holy Name of Mary Parish, Maplewood

"It was a powerful experience for me personally and for the people in the three parishes who were on the leadership team. The people on the team, especially, were able to build community and share their hopes, dreams and vision with each other. It was a positive experience that deepened our understanding of stewardship." - Fr. Dean Dombroski, pastor of St. Joseph, Champion; St. Thomas the Apostle, Humboldt; and St. Kilian, New Franken.

"For the parishioners of St. Paul Parish in Wrightstown, Advancing the Mission was a wonderful exercise in learning more about Stewardship as a way of life and how truly blessed each of us are by God. It really brought people together to pray, to serve their parish and finally to return back to the Lord some of their gifts to benefit the parish and the Church of Green Bay." - Msgr. John Schuh, pastor of St. Paul, Wrightstown.