Pastoral Associate of Discipleship
@ St. John the Evangelist Parish
St. John, Indiana
Bachelor's Degree
Entry Level (0-2 years)
Comprehensive package, plus rent free home
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 teams
- Working with Relational Ministry team to infuse spirituality and prayer into service, outreach and parish life areas
- 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