Saint Jerome Parish – Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
St. Jerome Parish in Oconomowoc, WI is seeking a Director of Faith Formation to oversee the various facets of formation and catechesis in the parish. Under the direction of the Pastor, the Director of Faith Formation oversees the development, organization, and administration of St. Jerome’s Faith Formation Program, including: Pre-K-6th, Middle School, High School, Confirmation, Adult Faith Formation, OCIA, and all sacramental preparation programs. The Director of Faith Formation supervises all part-time staff and volunteers in all areas of formation, and in the coordinating, recruiting, and facilitating of training and evaluation for volunteers/catechists in all Faith Formation programs. The Director of Faith Formation researches and selects appropriate materials and media for programs and processes, with the approval of the Pastor. They communicate with parishioners, parish staff, the Archdiocese, and keeps abreast of all pertinent topics and concerns regarding catechetical instruction and faith formation.
The Director of Faith Formation will be expected to work 40 hours or more per week including evenings and weekends.
Synopsis of Job Functions
- Implements a coherent and unified curriculum and catechetical programming to enhance the catechesis of the parish community.
- Establishes a unified vision of catechesis for the entire parish—not merely one individual program.
- Recruits and trains catechists and equips other volunteers and catechists, thus providing a very cost effective approach to ongoing training and formation within the parish, and ensuring that volunteers/catechists are well-equipped to pass on the Catholic faith.
- Develops goals, objectives, and implements strategies for a comprehensive faith formation program that serves Pre-K through adults including preparation for sacraments.
- In conjunction with the Pastor, the Faith Formation team, and the Faith Formation Advisory Board develops, directs and oversees various faith formation programs that support a lifelong deepening of the Catholic faith for all parishioners consistent with the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC), National Directory for Catechesis (NDC), diocesan guidelines, and parish needs.
- Oversees and supports all staff in the Faith Formation department and works with them on the development of a yearly schedule for all Faith Formation programs.
- Responsible for all administrative functions, with the assistance of administrative support staff, including maintenance of all sacramental records and program registrations and evaluations.
- Evaluates Faith Formation programs and makes recommendations to the Pastor.
- Researches available materials and provides necessary primary and supplemental materials for all programs and processes.
- Promotes programs and provides material for the parish bulletin, weekly updates, and other media.
- Provides support to the formation team for training, resources, and programs.
- Keeps current in developments/changes with Diocesan policies as they relate to formation and sacramental practices.
- Acts as a resource person for the Faith Formation team, staff, and parish community.
- Prepares annual Faith Formation budget for review by the Finance Council and oversee expenditures.
- Participates in all pertinent parish and Archdiocesan meetings.
- Assesses the growth of formation for children/youth and communicates with families.
- Develops attendance and disciplinary policies and procedures to be implemented for the formation of children and youth.
Additional Job Functions
Performs any other job-related duties as necessary for the smooth flow of work in the department and/or as assigned by the Pastor.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required
- Exemplifies a virtuous life; strong human formation, including maturity and professionalism.
- Knowledge of Catholic doctrine and beliefs as presented in Magisterium of the Church, and other relevant Church and Catechetical Documents.
- Knowledge of the OCIA Process and the thorough understanding of the OCIA text.
- Deep knowledge of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd.
- Ability to assess needs and use results to develop catechetical processes.
- Leadership and teambuilding abilities to direct religious education and sacramental preparation programs.
- Possess excellent planning, organizational and collaborative skills.
- Computer literacy, excellent written, oral communication and interpersonal skills.
- Working knowledge of management, supervision and administration; knows needs and resources of parish community; must have updated knowledge of educational and catechetical trends and practices.
- The wherewithal to work under pressure; must initiate, be creative, and anticipate solutions to problems: needs good judgment in emergency situations and when working with varied personalities and cultures; must be able to work under frequent interruptions.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work well with others; ability to interact with individuals and groups, and maintain appointments and meetings.
Minimum Qualifications
- A deep interior life and commitment to Jesus Christ and His Church; practicing Catholic in good standing with the Catholic Church.
The Missionary Guide is a person entering a formation program designed to lead them closer to God through their own encounter with beauty, people, and themselves on trips.
The Missionary Guide position at Creatio is responsible for leading and guiding pilgrimages in New Mexico, Spain, and backpacking trips in Colorado. Trips can range from 3 -14 days long, walking 5-20 miles every day, depending on the trip, while carry a 30 lb. A Missionary guide will receive outdoor and spiritual education to equip them to lead these trips, which includes giving talks to the group of participants.
A missionary guide is fundraised salary position. Each missionary receives training and accompaniment while fundraising.
The season begins in August with outdoor, spiritual, and fundraising training. They then enter the fundraising season ending in October and will begin prepping trips that will begin in March. While in this pre-trip season between November and March, the guides will have opportunities to be trained and gain experience in backpacking and spiritual conversation.
The MSA Coordinator manages the Ministry and Service Ambassador Program at Heritage. The MSA Coordinator will build a successful MSA program to support the mission and operations of Heritage and provide a formative, Catholic, work-based experience for young adults. The MSA Coordinator is responsible for recruiting potential MSAs by investing in and maintaining personal relationships and sourcing candidates through events, advertising campaigns, campus ministry/parish visits, and social media. The Coordinator will maintain and support the daily and weekly MSA schedule for their rhythm of prayer, ongoing formation, and community-building aspects. The MSA Coordinator reports to the Chief Operations Officer and will work alongside the Heritage team to support hospitality work, project schedules, and accountability of MSAs. The MSA Coordinator commits to prayer and to continuing a personal ongoing relationship with the Lord in the midst of carrying out the responsibilities of their position.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Oversee a team of MSAs (up to 6 individuals).
- Manage, plan, and coordinate spiritual formation and team-building experiences for MSAs.
- Prepare and implement a prayer schedule for the MSA’s.
- Provide one-on-one check-ins, guidance, supervision, and feedback for the MSAs.
- Manage recruitment activities through the design and implementation of recruitment strategies to source candidates; including through events, parish visits, campus ministry visits, attending college career and internship fairs, advertising, and social media campaigns.
- Foster and maintain relationships with campus ministries, parishes, student organizations, and recruitment networks.
- Assess and fulfill recruitment needs and identify specific roles of MSA in coordination with the Director of Guest Services.
- Manage, plan, and coordinate the interview and selection process.
- Manage, plan, and implement onboarding and orientation of selected MSAs.
- Maintain relationships with MSAs and track their performance to ensure each MSA fulfills the goals of the program.
Qualifications:
- Commitment to the Heritage vision, mission, and core values.
- Fully initiated member of the Catholic faith.
- Commitment to personal prayer life
- Understanding of the Catholic faith and the liturgy.
- Great networking abilities.
- Organized and detail-oriented with a heart for taking care of others.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Self-starter with proven ability to work independently.
- Ability to work within a team setting to hear, plan, and implement new ideas and receive feedback.
The mission of the Ministry & Service Ambassador (MSA) Program is to form faith-based disciples who have a servant’s heart through learning and teaching of Heritage’s core values of radical hospitality, devotion to the Blessed Mother, restoration, service, historic preservation, and community. The Ministry & Service Ambassador Program offers a faith-centered work and development opportunity for young adults, focusing on enriching their Catholic faith and equipping them with lifelong skills for success. Through hands-on experience and mentorship, they will gain invaluable insights into leadership and teamwork, fostering a sense of community and purpose. The program also includes spiritual retreats and workshops, allowing participants to deepen their understanding of Catholic teachings and integrate their faith into daily practices. By the end of the program, participants will not only have honed practical skills but also developed a strong faith foundation and a network of like-minded individuals committed to making a positive impact in their communities.
As a wilderness guide you spend the summer guiding teens and adults in backpacking, rock climbing, ropes course, peak ascents, and other activities, facilitating and opportunity for people to experience creation and encounter God.
The wilderness guide will have a broad range of skills and knowledge. They will participate in the planning, teaching, leading and processing the groups activities. This position requires the individual to adapt to their groups needs and goals with effective communication with coworkers and clients.
Requirements: Strong faith that you are excited to share with others, willing to serve in a ministry setting, CPR & Wilderness first aid (not required to apply, this can be obtained between hiring and start date). Over 18. Good physical condition and able to learn and become proficient in the activities we offer. Good communication skills. Teaching skills or the ability to learn. Attendance of staff training for 2 weeks in may.
Helpful experience: any experience in the outdoors such as rock climbing, team building, backpacking, hiking, etc.
Dates: May 17th through early August.
Compensation: Pay starts at $175 weekly with add on pay for experience or certifications. All housing and meals are provided during duration of employment. Workers compensation insurance. An on-site level 1 ACCT training is provided during staff training as well.
Other positions available such as kitchen team, maintenance, and logistics, if guiding isn’t your thing. Please reach out to sami@aeibasecamp.com for other info about these availabilities.
Every year, passionately Catholic young men and women from around the world come together to serve as NET Missionaries. They come wanting to grow in their faith, become true disciples, find a community that cares about faith like they do, and have the opportunity to live their discipleship daily.
Through NET’s training in discipleship and immersion in the Church fully-alive, missionaries learn how to effectively share the Gospel, what it means to minister and live in community, and how to feel confident in their ability to share Jesus Christ with the world. NET’s former missionaries have gone on to become bishops, priests, religious, ministry leaders, and faithful laypeople. Many of the leading Catholic voices in the Church today either served as NET Missionaries or were ministered to by NET Missionaries.
Together with 8-10 young adults, NET Missionaries travel across the country for nine months, sharing the Gospel with every person they encounter. Retreat teams lead over 100 retreats and personally encountering nearly 1,000 youth each year. Discipleship teams minister to hundreds of teens in a specific parish or school, helping them cultivate a deeper relationship with God and pursue lives of holiness. As a team, NET Missionaries support and encourage each other to grow in holiness as they work to inspire and guide the youth they serve.
As a missionary, you will learn lifelong skills that will benefit any future vocation or career. Some of these are:
– Developing a personal prayer life
– Leadership
– Public Speaking
– Adaptability
– Organization
– Communication
Missionaries receive a monthly stipend and are provided with food, transportation, and housing during their nine months of service. Health insurance is provided if needed.
Requirements:
– Mature, practicing Catholic
– Possesses strong faith
– Possesses strong relational skills
– Possesses a strong desire to serve others
– 18-29 years of age
– A U.S. citizen or a non-U.S. citizen with an appropriate visa (if accepted, we will assist you in the visa application process)
The Fathers of Mercy is a Marian Congregation of Priests of Pontifical Rite. It was founded in 1808, originally under the title of the “Missionaries of France.” The community’s purpose was the re-evangelization of the French people after the Catholic Faith had been subjected to years of attacks and persecution during the French Revolution.
Pope Gregory XVI placed the Fathers of Mercy under the patronage of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary when he approved this religious community. As a Marian Congregation, each of it’s members pray the Rosary daily, end all spiritual exercises with the ancient prayer, the “Sub Tuum”, and consecrate themselves each year to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The community holds firmly to the devotion of the Immaculate Conception and believes that the special favors, of which they are unworthy, are due to this special devotion.
The members profess the vows of Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience. They are committed to the propagation of the Faith and the salvation of souls through the primary Apostolate of preaching parish missions, as well as ministering to those in rural or neglected areas, as they endeavor to manifest the image of the Merciful Father to God’s prodigal children. A parish mission is a five-night spiritual renewal for a church, which includes Eucharistic adoration, the preaching of repentance and catechesis, and the hearing of confessions. As Fr. Rauzan, our founder, observed, “The missions seem to be one of the most efficacious means to bring people back to the principles of religion and wisdom, rare things these days.” Pope John Paul II adds that “the traditional parish mission apparently abandoned too readily is without a substitute for the periodic and vigorous renewal of the Christian life and must be restored and innovated.” The community also staffs multiple religious locations that are in great need of sacramental care.
The community is now headquartered only in America, where the mother-house is located a few miles outside of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
POSITION OVERVIEW:
This role is responsible for envisioning and bringing to life summer programming that facilitates meaningful encounters with Jesus for our 2nd-12th grade campers and college-age summer staff. The Associate Director of Summer Camp coordinates the recruitment, interview, and hiring process of over 200 summer counselors and staff. They oversee the training, managing, and disciplinary issues of young adult staff throughout the summer. This strong leader works with the programming team, including staff, board members, and alumni, to ensure the highest quality spiritual formation, character development, and fun for the 3,300+ youth The Pines serves during ten weeks of summer camp at our residential property in Big Sandy, Texas.
This role works cross-functionally with our entire staff, regularly collaborating with our Camp Director, Associate Director of Formation, Associate Director of Camper Care, and Associate Director of Retreats. During the year, this role is also responsible for planning and facilitating the programming and schedule for our December Staff Reunion retreat and 8-12th grade Advent retreat (Alive Again) as well as providing support for year-round retreats, including, but not limited to, Family Camp, Father + Son Retreat, Mother + Daughter Retreat, Knight Up men’s work weekend, Catholics United young adult retreat, outdoor environmental education retreats, and other events. This is a full-time position that requires frequent night and weekend availability. Occasional travel is required for recruiting and conferences.
COMPENSATION:
Competitive compensation package commensurate with experience. On-site housing and utilities (excluding internet) are provided.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, including but not limited to Catechetics, Youth Ministry, Education, Recreation Management, Business Management, or Social Work, or an equivalent combination of business leadership, education, and ministry experience.
To view the full job description, please visit https://rebrand.ly/SummerDirector24.
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 Relational Ministry / Evangelization. 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 Alpha and Alpha Marriage programs and developing a large team of volunteer leaders
- Overseeing faith building programs, events and retreats
- Working with our Relational Ministry Team on teen and young adult evangelization and service opportunities
- Developing marketing and media outreach with our media team
- Coordinating our Sunday hospitality and Next Steps Sunday (new parishioner orientations)
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. Interested and qualified persons should send resumes to Kris Ziegelhofer, HR Coordinator.
SPIRITUS Ministries is hiring Catholic young adults to lead youth into an encounter with Jesus as part of a missionary team. From mid-August to mid-May, SPIRITUS missionaries travel throughout Wisconsin giving retreats to Catholic youth in grades 2-12.
There are two remaining positions for the 2024-2025 mission year, and applications for 2025-2026 are also available.
Requirements:
- Active, practicing Catholic (baptized and confirmed)
- Young adult, age 20-29
- High school diploma, with college education preferred but not required
- Retreat leadership experience preferred
- Comfortable public speaking, or willingness to grow in this area
SPIRITUS uniquely offers its missionaries:
- NO FUNDRAISING to be a missionary
- Food and lodging for their entire mission year
- Gym membership
- Health coverage
- A spiritual director to meet with monthly
- One-on-one mentoring
- $3,000 completion stipend
- $175 monthly pay
- The opportunity for advancement after the first year
- Weekly educational and spiritual formation
- Ongoing training
Applications are accepted until positions are filled. We have a limited number of openings, so apply early and join our family of missionaries!