Location: Hanover AB

Handouts:

Diocesan Stewardship and Development Team: How to Maximize Its Effectiveness

Team Effectiveness

Mission and Value Statements

White Board Example

Update on the Services Provided by the Office of Development

Development Office Structure

Development Office Strengths

This session will focus on diocesan team effectiveness from the experiences of the three seasoned diocesan panelists. The session is perfect for new diocesan staff members (1-3 years) and panelists will share what has worked well for them as they strive to balance the teaching of the spirituality of stewardship with the work of development in their respective dioceses.

Speaker: Patrick Grace
Executive Director
Catholic Community Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio

Speaker: Jim Kelley
Director of Development
Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina

Speaker: Renee Underwood
Associate Director of the Advancement
Foundation
Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas

Moderator: Marta Sweeney
Director of Donor Relations, Annual Giving
The Catholic Foundation of Central Florida, Inc.
Orlando, Florida

Patrick Grace is the executive director of Catholic Community Foundation (CCF) in Cleveland, Ohio, a position he has held since 2007. His current responsibilities include oversight, direction and management of all diocesan advancement and stewardship initiatives for the Diocese of Cleveland. In addition to raising nearly $21 million annually via annual appeals, major and special gift efforts, CCF manages a $123 million investment portfolio and its related distribution processes on behalf of the diocese and its 187 parishes. Before joining the diocese in 1995, Mr. Grace worked for Community Counselling Service, a national fundraising and public relations consultant firm. In addition to his work with the diocese, Mr. Grace is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the ICSC board of directors. He is a past president of Marquette University’s Northeast Ohio alumni association and is a member of the St. Luke Parish Finance Council in Lakewood, Ohio, where he, his wife and three children are members.

Jim Kelley is the director of development for the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina. He is responsible for managing the office which operates the Diocesan Support Appeal; assists parishes with stewardship efforts and capital campaigns; assists Catholic school development efforts; directs development efforts for Catholic Charities and Campus Ministry; operates annual appeals for priests’ retirement, seminarians and the Eucharistic Congress; directs the planned giving and leadership gifts programs; and writes grants. Mr. Kelley is also the executive director of the Foundation of the Diocese of Charlotte. He is the author of Stewardship Manual: A Guide for Individuals and Parishes Developing Stewardship as a Way of Life and the book Sustaining and Strengthening Stewardship. He is the co-author and co-editor of Stewardship: Disciples Respond – A Practical Guide for Pastoral Leaders and The Children’s Stewardship Manual, both publications of ICSC. He was a member of the committee that organized and produced the newest ICSC publication Keeping Stewardship Alive: Proven Stewardship Ideas. He served on the ICSC board of directors from 1994 to 2000 and was vice president of the board from 1997 to 2000. He was appointed to the ICSC board again in November 2006 and was elected president in May 2007, serving until May 2011. Mr. Kelley was a member of the ICSC stewardship education committee from 1994 to 2006 and served two terms as chairperson of the committee. He chaired the ICSC planned giving/foundation advisory team from 2002 to 2007. Mr. Kelley has been a regular speaker at ICSC conferences, the ICSC institutes and at over 125 diocesan stewardship days in North America and overseas. He was the 2000 recipient of the Bishop Connare Award from ICSC. He co-chaired the 2007 ICSC Miami conference planning committee. Mr. Kelley has significant board experience having chaired 27 nonprofit boards over the last 20 years. He is a Knight of Malta and holds a bachelor’s degree from Yale University.

Renée Underwood has served in stewardship, development and Catholic foundation management roles for dioceses since 2009. She currently has responsibility for annual and planned giving for the Diocese of Fort Worth as associate director of its Advancement Foundation. A current board member of ICSC representing Region X, she has extensive experience in leading high performing teams. Prior to her nonprofit career, she served in advertising, marketing and executive management roles. Ms. Underwood holds a bachelor’s degree from Texas Tech University, an MBA from The University of Texas at Dallas and has completed additional graduate studies toward a master’s degree in pastoral studies from Loyola University New Orleans. Ms. Underwood is a widow, a mother and grandmother. She is a spiritual director, a Lady of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and a Lay Dominican.

Location: International South

Telling your story is key to engaging and connecting your parishioners with your parish mission. Connecting your parishioners begins with engaging them in the life of the parish beyond Sunday Mass so they increase their gifts of time, talent, and treasure. Join us to learn how to brand your mission driven message, improve communications, increase your digital outreach, grow your offertory, increase the number of volunteers in ministries, and foster an engaging parish community.

Speaker: Katie Herzing
Digital Product Sales Associate Lead
Our Sunday Visitor
Huntington, Indiana

Speaker: Joanie Lewis
Appeals and Campaigns Account Executive
Our Sunday Visitor
Huntington, Indiana

Katie Herzing’s current role at Our Sunday Visitor is parish coach for parishes throughout the United States as they seek to establish a plan for advancing the mission of their parish.As a member of a digital generation, Ms. Herzing brings her experience of youth ministry, religious education, parish office management, and a personal love of Jesus and technology to parishes throughout the country. She spends her time talking with parishes about how they will share the gospel in the 21st century to create missionary disciples of stewardship. She focuses on helping parishes create a print and digital communication strategy to celebrate their mission, stabilize their offertory, and share their story

Location: Learning Center

Esperamos que la espiritualidad de la corresponsabilidad abra nuestros corazones y mentes a cómo Dios nos está llamando a vivir nuestra vida cotidiana. Empezando con el antiguo testamento y siguiendo en todo el nuevo testamento veremos que somos llamados y enseñados por nuestro Gran Maestro y también los requerimientos de ser un discípulo y mucho más. La corresponsabilidad es nuestra vocación vivida en gratitud por todas las bendiciones otorgadas por nuestro Dios generoso

We expect the spirituality of stewardship to open our hearts and minds to how God is calling us to live our daily lives. Beginning with the Old Testament and following throughout the New Testament we will see that we are called and taught by our Grand Master, the requirements of being a disciple and much more. Stewardship is our vocation lived in gratitude for all the blessings bestowed by our generous God.

Speaker: Coni Perez
Stewardship Consultant
ICSC
Houston, Texas

Moderator: Myrtha Diaz-Medina
Moderadora, Consejo Pastoral Passoquial Parroquia
Espiritu Santo
Toa Baja, Puerto Rico

Coni Perez, a long-term parishioner at St. Luke the Evangelist and former director of stewardship, actively worked in the parish helping to maintain stewardship awareness. During her years at St Luke, she has participated in many parish ministries and is always inviting others to become involved. St. Luke the Evangelist was honored in 2004 as the winner of the ICSC Archbishop Thomas J Murphy Award for its long-term commitment to stewardship as a way of life. After a career with General Motors, Coni has worked as a training and quality consultant in customer service skills with companies across the nation. Currently, she works with parishes and dioceses to establish or enhance their stewardship programs and speaks at stewardship conferences and webinars. She has served on the customer advisory panel on stewardship for Our Sunday Visitor, the stewardship networking group in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston and on both the parish stewardship and education services and conference planning committees for ICSC.

Location: Hanover E

Handout:

Annual Fund

Looking for fresh strategies to take your school’s annual fund to a higher level? This session will provide you with emerging trends and innovative strategies including segmentation techniques, and a few old methods that have been repackaged in powerful ways. From increasing your donor base to getting more from loyal supporters, this session is a must for the strategic, bottom-line-oriented annual giving team looking to grow their annual fund.

Speaker: Larry Furey
Partner
Partners in Mission
School Leadership Search Solutions
Westwood, Massachusetts

Moderator: Mary Campo
Director of Development
Saint John Neumann Catholic High School
Naples, Florida

Larry Furey brings senior level management experience and over 25 years of development knowledge to Partners in Mission. He is currently providing comprehensive advancement services to Catholic schools, dioceses and religious organizations throughout the United States. He serves as assistant headmaster for advancement at Xaverian Brothers High School, a Catholic all-boys college preparatory school located in Westwood, Massachusetts, where he is leading his second capital campaign for $25 million. It was under Mr. Furey’s leadership that the school successfully increased its annual giving program from $120,000 to over $1,300,000 in eight years. Prior to his responsibilities at Xaverian, he served as vice president of advancement at Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Boston. Mr. Furey began his career in advancement in 1990 when he left public accounting to become the first director of development at his alma mater, Marian High School in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of St. Bonaventure University in St. Bonaventure, New York, and is both a Certified Fund Raising Executive and a CPA. He is the treasurer and board member of the Association of Catholic Admission and Advancement Officers of New England. Mr. Furey and his family reside in Westwood, Massachusetts.

Location: Hanover D

Competing priorities of the annual appeal, seminarian education costs, and diocesan office necessities, all lead to the support of parishes being shuffled to the bottom of the priority list. This session will share ideas on how the diocesan stewardship and development office can create systems to effectively help parishes become more successful.

Speaker: Peter de Keratry
Executive Director of Stewardship and Development
Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Moderator: Kim Richard
Director of Development and Stewardship
Diocese of Amarillo, Texas

Peter de Keratry serves as executive director of stewardship and development in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He oversees all areas of stewardship and development in the archdiocese including parish stewardship promotion, annual appeals for seminarian education, Catholic schools, communications and general archdiocesan ministries. Beginning in 2017, he began management of the first comprehensive capital fundraising campaign for the archdiocese. After growing up in a Mexican-American family in Amarillo, Texas, Mr. de Keratry graduated from Texas A&M University in speech communication. He holds a master’s degree in philanthropy and development from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and is a Certified Fund-Raising Executive. He is a member of the Order of Malta. Mr. de Keratry, his wife Colleen and their four children live in Oklahoma City and are members of Saint Eugene Parish. Mr. de Keratry comes to Oklahoma from his previous position as campaign manager of To Teach Who Christ Is, a $350 million campaign for the Archdiocese of Chicago. He has worked in diocesan, parish, school, and university ministry settings across the United States and served as director of resource development in the Archdiocese of Brisbane, Australia.

Location: Hanover C

The speakers will discuss the motivation and challenges of starting a Catholic foundation. Their discussions will include foundation governance including the role of the bishop and the board of trustees, as well as interaction with the diocese, and fostering relationships with pastors and donors. The panel will discuss examples of documents and policies based on their proposed governance structure. Early experiences, stumbling blocks, opportunities and strategies will also be discussed.

Speaker: Angela Moloney
President and CEO
Catholic Foundation of Michigan
Detroit, Michigan

Speaker: Gary Rectenwald
Executive Director
Catholic Community Foundation
San Diego, California

Moderator: Thomas Scholler
Associate Director, Development and Stewardship
Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan

Ms. Angela Moloney – As a long-time leader in the Catholic nonprofit community, Angela Moloney is grateful to fulfill a passion for philanthropy work as founding president and CEO of the Catholic Foundation of Michigan, a position she’s held since May 2017. She has served Catholic organizations for nearly 20 years. Most recently she served as domestic director at Jesuit Volunteer Corps, a Catholic organization connecting young volunteers with opportunities to serve marginalized communities. Her work included cultivating major gifts, leading regional development and fundraising efforts, and acquiring grants to support the program. Ms. Moloney obtained a master’s degree in theology from Washington Theological Union and completed a management executive certificate program from Georgetown University in nonprofit management. She graduated from Madonna University in 1997 with a bachelor’s degree in pastoral studies and counseling. Currently she is studying at The American College of Financial Services. A volunteer at heart, Ms. Moloney has served her community as president of the board of trustees of the Ypsilanti District Library, through lay ministry at her parish, and as a volunteer at Detroit organizations including the Capuchin Soup Kitchen and The Greening of Detroit. Ms. Moloney and her family are members of St. Mary’s Parish in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Gary Rectenwald  was selected as executive director of the Catholic Community Foundation of San Diego in 2016, following a successful 30-year career as an executive with information technology companies such as IBM, AT&T and Computerland. Prior to joining IBM in 1978, Mr. Rectenwald graduated summa cum laude and earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and computer science from The Ohio State University. He went on to earn a master’s degree in computer and information science and an MBA in marketing and finance from Ohio State. Mr. Rectenwald has served All Hallows Catholic Church for more than 25 years, training and scheduling liturgical ministers and chairing the stewardship committee in 1998. He hosted a family of eight Kosovo refugees in his home for 15 years, attended an audience with Pope Francis in 2013 and received a personal visit from former President Clinton in recognition of his efforts. He has served on several boards including the San Diego Bowl Game Association, Lead San Diego, San Diego State University, San Diego Unified School District and the Mayor’s “City of the Future” task force.

Location: Hanover FG

For far too long, diocesan fundraising has looked beyond the wealth of experience and ability that already exists within the diocese. This session will show a strategy that allows for the diocese itself to take an appropriate lead in the conduct of the campaign so that it is not totally reliant on a consulting firm. This approach is cost effective and puts the development/stewardship office in position for continued success after the campaign ends.

Speaker: Steve Michalek
Director of Church Division
Ruotolo Associates Inc.
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Speaker: George C. Ruotolo, Jr., CFRE
Chair and CEO
Ruotolo Associates Inc.
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Moderator: Robert Mueller
Director of Development
Diocese of Arlington, Virginia

Steve Michalek has spent his career in fundraising and development, with more than ten years of experience working with faith-based and higher education organizations. His expertise includes capital campaigns, major gifts, annual fund programs, alumni programs, board stewardship and training, pre-campaign studies, strategic planning and volunteer training. Mr. Michalek has worked with many of Ruotolo Associates’ faith-based clients, and is currently assisting with a major capital campaign for the Diocese of Phoenix.

Mr. George Ruotolo, Jr., CFRE –  Establishing Ruotolo Associates in 1979, Mr. Ruotolo has been designing best practices since 1980, including conducting the first pre-campaign study at the parish level and adapting a university-style model to diocesan campaign counsel. He has been a media spokesperson and a frequent conference presenter in the field of philanthropy. He has also served as chair of both The Giving Institute and Giving USA Foundation. He is currently chair of the Ramapo College of New Jersey board of trustees, Mahwah, New Jersey.

Location: Regency VII

Missionary disciples witness to Jesus Christ in both word and action. Stewardship parishes help members identify their unique talents and gifts, and assist members in unlocking the passionate servant within. This session will offer ideas and strategies for helping your parishioners to become that witness for Jesus through service.

Speaker: Mary Ann Otto
Pastoral Minister
St. Joseph and St. Mary Parishes
Appleton, Wisconsin

Moderator: Kimberly Kaup
Director of Stewardship
St. Anne Catholic Church
Columbus, Georgia

Mary Ann Otto recently returned to her ministerial roots in parish life after serving for nine years as the stewardship and special projects director for the Diocese of Green Bay. She currently is a pastoral minister for St. Joseph and St. Mary parishes in Appleton, Wisconsin where her responsibilities include adult formation, evangelization and stewardship. In her work at the diocese, Ms. Otto worked with parish leaders talking about the spirituality and practicalities of Christian stewardship. She assisted parishes in fostering plans for infusing the stewardship message to help create in their communities a culture of grateful generosity. She is the author of several stewardship resources including a six-week small group process, Be Not Afraid-How to Follow Jesus. She has given stewardship presentations and parish missions nationally and has recently returned from a stewardship mission trip to the Philippines. Ms. Otto holds a master’s degree in theology and served as Region VII representative on the ICSC board of directors for the past five years. She chairs the ICSC parish stewardship education and services committee. She and her husband, Jeff, have five children and eight grandchildren.

Location: International North

Stewards are those who have been evangelized and made disciples. Stewardship flows from discipleship, which grows from an encounter with Jesus Christ. The key to creating a culture of stewardship in your parish is through a clear and intentional plan of evangelization and disciplemaking. Does your parish have a clear strategy for making disciples? In this session, Catholic evangelists and authors, Chris Stewart, Tony Brandt, and Héctor Molina will inspire, inform and equip you to renew your vision and approach to stewardship.

Speaker: Tony Brandt
Co-Founder and President
Casting Nets Ministries
Wichita, Kansas

Speaker: Héctor Molina
CEO
Casting Nets Ministries
Wichita, Kansas

Speaker: Chris Stewart
Co-Founder and COO
Casting Nets Ministries
Wichita, Kansas

Moderator: Barb Vite
Director of Parish Stewardship
Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Tony Brandt is the president of Casting Nets Ministries, a nonprofit lay apostolate. Casting Nets, dedicated to the challenge of the New Evangelization, is a resource in evangelization and catechesis available to parishes, individuals and organizations. Mr. Brandt earned a degree in theology, philosophy and youth ministry at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. He is now using his passion for spreading the gospel to train and inspire others. Mr. Brandt and his wife, Kelly, have six children and live in Wichita, Kansas.

Héctor Molina is the CEO of Casting Nets Ministries, Inc., a nonprofit evangelization apostolate dedicated to equipping Catholics for the New Evangelization. He is a bilingual Catholic speaker and evangelist with over 25 years of experience in professional pastoral ministry and leadership in the Church. Mr. Molina has served in several capacities over his lengthy ministerial career – as pastoral associate in his home Diocese of Brooklyn, as director of the office of Hispanic ministry and founding director of the office for the New Evangelization in the Archdiocese of St. Louis. He and his wife, Uki, live in St. Louis, Missouri, and have six children.

Chris Stewart is the chairman of the board and COO of Casting Nets Ministries, a nonprofit lay apostolate dedicated to the challenge of the New Evangelization. Casting Nets is a resource for parishes, individuals and organizations looking for fresh ways to evangelize and catechize. Mr. Stewart earned a master’s degree in theological studies from Ave Maria University in Florida, and is a frequent presenter at retreats, conferences, on the radio and in classrooms. He and his wife, Maria, live in Wichita, Kansas, and have seven children.

Location: Regency VI

Looking for a “kick in the Faith?” Then this talk is for you. Not only will you enjoy an energetic, dynamic presentation, but you’ll learn how to become a more engaging minister in the process. “To engage others we must become more engaging.” – Coach D

Speaker: Darryl Dziedzic
Steward for Youth and Young Adult Ministry
St. Mary Magdalen Parish
Altamonte Springs, Florida

Moderator: Jennifer Clark
Director, Parish Life and Faith Formation
St. Hedwig Catholic Church
Los Alamitos, California

Mr. Darryl Dziedzic – Actively involved in ministry for over 17 years, Mr. Dziedzic currently serves as youth minister at St. Mary Magdalen Parish in Altamonte Springs, Florida, and is the spiritual/ theological advisor for Adventure Catholic, a teen leadership formation experience. Drawing from his business, family life, and ministerial experiences Coach D, as he is affectionately called, addresses the challenges facing young Catholics, often through speaking engagements before hundreds of people. Mr. Dziedzic holds a master’s degree in theology from St. Leo University, in St. Leo, Florida and a bachelor’s degree in philosophy with a minor in theology from St. JohnVianney College Seminary in Miami, Florida.