- Msgr. Thomas McGread, often called "The Father of Stewardship"
In his 2008 Lenten message on almsgiving, Pope Benedict XVI spoke several times of the Gospel call to stewardship:
- "We are not owners but rather administrators of the goods we possess: these, then, are not to be considered our exclusive possession, but means through which the Lord calls each one of us to act as a steward of his providence for our neighbor."
- "In those countries whose population is majority Christian, the call to share is even more urgent, since their responsibility toward the many who suffer poverty and abandonment is even greater. To come to their aid is a duty of justice even prior to being an act of charity."
- Little Burgundy Book, Diocese of Saginaw