Spiritual Spring Cleaning

From Dan Conway’s The Good Steward, April 2003

Reflecting on God’s Gifts With Gratitude and Joy

From Dan Conway’s The Good Steward, May 2010
“Here lies the fundamental challenge that we face: to show the Church’s capacity to promote and form disciples and missionaries who respond to the calling received and to communicate everywhere, in an outpouring of gratitude and joy, the gift of the encounter with Jesus Christ. We have no [...]

We are Called to be Stewards of the Tradition of Catholic Prayer

From Dan Conway’s The Good Steward, February 2008
The Church in the United States owes a debt of gratitude to the Benedictine monks of Saint Meinrad for many gifts. For more than 150 years, the southern Indiana monastery has been a center of unceasing daily prayer, a school for the education of priests and lay ecclesial [...]

We Are All Immigrants, the Pilgrim People of God

From Dan Conway’s The Good Steward, May 2006
People who travel from one place to another in search of a new earthly home and a better life are called immigrants. People who wander from place to place in search of their spiritual homeland, and a better way of living, are called pilgrims. Every baptized Christian is [...]

We Will All Be Held Accountable For the Protection and Care of Our Children

From Dan Conway’s The Good Steward, April 2010
What can we say that hasn’t already been said many, many times before, especially in recent years? The sexual abuse of children is an unspeakable moral evil. Anyone who commits such a heinous crime – especially family members, priests, teachers, coaches, youth workers or others who are entrusted [...]

Liturgy Speaks a Language of Love

From Dan Conway’s The Good Steward, July 2006
Our Father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not [...]

Stewardship in Jamaica

From Dan Conway’s The Good Steward, May 2009
During the beginning of Holy Week 2009, I was privileged to visit St. Patrick’s Foundation in Kingston, Jamaica. The Foundation is a non-profit human and community development organization established more than 25 years ago in some of Jamaica’s poorest communities. St. Patrick’s Foundation is an expression of stewardship [...]

The Spirituality of Stewardship

From Dan Conway’s The Good Steward, May 2004
When the American bishops published their pastoral letter on stewardship in 1992, the title they chose for this historic document was Stewardship: A Disciple’s Response. Why did they choose this particular title (a disciple’s response) and how does it contribute to our understanding of stewardship as a [...]

Every Sunday is Stewardship Sunday

From Dan Conway’s The Good Steward, February 2004
In many parishes throughout the United States, one particular Sunday is designated as “Stewardship Sunday.” On this one weekend of the year (usually in either fall or spring), the observance of the Lord’s Day includes an invitation/challenge to reflect on God’s abundant blessings in our lives and our [...]

Peace is a Gift We Must Work For

From Dan Conway’s The Good Steward, February 2007
In his 2007 World Day of Peace message, Pope Benedict XVI clearly follows the peace-making path established by his predecessors (including Benedict XV, who sought to end the First World War.) Citing support from sources as diverse as St. Augustine, St. Francis of Assisi, the Second Vatican Council, [...]

Faith and Culture Are Both Inside Us, Both Tell Us What To Think and Do

From Dan Conway’s The Good Steward, January 2010
In his book, The Difference God Makes: A Catholic Vision of Faith, Communion and Culture, Cardinal Francis E. George writes, “Culture is a normative system, and so is faith. If the faith and culture clash or disagree, as they always do to some extent, it is because faith [...]

A Holy Day Has Dawned That Knows No Sunset

From Dan Conway’s The Good Steward, December 2009
To the thirst for meaning and value so characteristic of today’s world, to the search for prosperity and peace that marks the lives of all mankind, to the hopes of the poor: Christ — true God and true Man — responds with his Nativity. Neither individuals nor nations [...]

Archbishop Robert J. Carlson Names Daniel Conway Consultant for Mission Advancement

Archdiocese of Saint Louis – December 14, 2009
St. Louis – Daniel Conway has been appointed as Consultant to the Archbishop for the Archdiocese of Saint Louis, effective January 4, 2010.
A highly qualified professional, Dan brings 30 years of professional service to the Church as well as 20 years of consulting with Catholic organizations in the [...]

Stewards of Peace and Christmas Joy

From Dan Conway’s The Good Steward, December 2007
In the child Jesus, the defenselessness of God is apparent. God comes without weapons, because he does not wish to conquer from outside but desires to win and transform us from within. If anything can conquer man’s vainglory, his violence, his greed, it is the vulnerability of the [...]

Starting Afresh from Christ

From Dan Conway’s The Good Steward, December 2008
The Church’s year of grace begins with Advent and the opportunity to start afresh from Christ. As Christians, we are people who firmly believe that the promises of Christ will be fulfilled – both now and in the age to come. We are realistic about the state of [...]

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