Are you passionate about bringing people to Jesus Christ and the Catholic Church? We're seeking a Holy Spirit driven, dynamic individual to join our team as our Pastoral Associate of Discipleship. This full-time position is focused on growing faith and passion for Christ within our adult parishioner community and in reaching those who have left the Church or who were raised with no faith at all. Our Pastoral Associate will be focused on enhancing existing programs and developing new initiatives to bring a “head to heart” connection with Jesus, in addition to cultivating relationships and implementing evangelization programs to grow the number of adults in our programs.
Other responsibilities include:
- Managing and coordinating our OCIA and Discovering Catholicism programs
- Spearheading young adult evangelization and service opportunities
- Developing and overseeing Connect groups
- Working with school staff in developing teacher retreats and ongoing spiritual development
- Overseeing faith building programs, events and retreats
- Recruiting, developing and supporting passionate and qualified persons to lead ministries and build volunteer team
- Working with Relational Ministry team to infuse spirituality and prayer into service, outreach and parish life area
- Assisting Relational Ministry team with evangelization, formation, youth ministry and service/outreach programs and events
- Promoting Relational ministry events, programs and ministries through a variety of methods including all forms of media
Our ideal candidate will have a dynamic, outgoing personality coupled with a strong passion for Jesus Christ and for sharing our Catholic faith. Responsibilities for this position include a heavy emphasis on planning, evangelization, marketing and reaching our adult parishioners amid all the other distractions in their lives.
Requirements include a bachelor’s degree in Theology, Religious Education, Communications or related fields in addition to a strong personal faith and commitment to the teachings and mission of the Catholic Church. Experience in facilitating / leading small groups and one on one mentoring is preferred. Administrative, organizational, communication, public speaking and computer skills are all essential to success in this position, as is creativity and innovation.
St. John the Evangelist Parish is a dynamic parish, located in St. John, Indiana, just 40 minutes outside of Chicago. We are a large, active and growing parish focused on evangelization. We offer a comprehensive salary and benefits package, part of which is the use of a house owned by the parish!