Archdiocese of Chicago
Director of Lifelong Faith Formation
Archdiocese of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290
Opportunities at Parishes in the Archdiocese of Chicago
Old St Mary's1500 S. Michigan AveChicago, IL
Description:
Job SummaryThe Director of Lifelong Formation is responsible for assisting the Pastor with overall lifelong formation efforts to ensure everyone in the parish encounters Jesus Christ and deepens their commitment to Him and His Church.The scope of this role is to discern, design, and implement ongoing formation opportunities for everyone in the parish. The Director is responsible for the development, implementation, evaluation, and ongoing improvement of the formation initiatives and may manage other ministry staff.The Director must demonstrate strong leadership skills necessary to identify, develop, and retain fully formed and well-functioning teams of staff and volunteer leaders critical to the success of parish ministry.Essential Job FunctionsAwareness of Catholic faith as lived in current cultures.Understanding and desire to implement the vision of Renew My Church.Openness to understanding the mission of the Paulist Fathers.Job RequirementsPrevious experience directing a parish faith formation program.Demonstrated ability to collaborate with clergy, staff, parish leaders, and volunteers.Practicing Catholic with understanding and support for Catholic Church teaching, mission, and values.Subject matter expert in Lifelong Formation and its key methodologies, components, and strategies; comfortable with various methodologies and pedagogies in developing disciples.Comprehensive vision and understanding of evangelization.Ability to form and nurture a community of missionary disciples through encounter, accompaniment, and sending forth.Ability to direct the work of other staff or volunteers to drive key initiatives and programs.Fluent in related Church documents, especially national and local.Mature discipleship evidenced in ability to comfortably witness to one’s own faith journey.Developed skills in leadership and management; strong commitment to collaboration and teamwork.Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.Familiarity with technology used for communicating and presenting.Self-motivated, detail-oriented, collaborative, faithful, joyful witness, persistent, available, fair and balanced, dependable, person of integrity, sensitive to cultural, racial, and ethnic diversity and openness to the needs of the parishioners.Ability to deal with multiple projects, flexible, sound judgment, and comfortable with change.Ability to apply knowledge of stages of human development and faith formation best practices across all ages.Open to ongoing formation and education as needed.Available to work evenings and weekends when necessary.Send Letter of Interest and Resume to: Fr. Brad Schoeberle, CSP Pastor Old St. Mary’s Parish 1500 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605 Email preferred: frbrad@oldstmarys.com PH: 608-449-0624Requirements:
Preferred Job Skills and ExperienceMaster’s Degree in Theology, Pastoral Studies, Faith Formation or equivalent.Certification as a Catechist.Professional Ecclesial Ministers and Pastoral Associates are preferred for this position.Open to the diversity and multi-cultural needs of the parish.Multi-lingual skills a plus.Special Directions:Internal Candidates (existing employees) – Please complete the subject field of your email with the following: “Internal Candidate – Job Title – Full name”External Candidates - Please complete the subject field of your email with the following: “Job Title – Full name”
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Old St Mary's1500 S. Michigan AveChicago, IL
Description:
Job SummaryThe Director of Lifelong Formation is responsible for assisting the Pastor with overall lifelong formation efforts to ensure everyone in the parish encounters Jesus Christ and deepens their commitment to Him and His Church.The scope of this role is to discern, design, and implement ongoing formation opportunities for everyone in the parish. The Director is responsible for the development, implementation, evaluation, and ongoing improvement of the formation initiatives and may manage other ministry staff.The Director must demonstrate strong leadership skills necessary to identify, develop, and retain fully formed and well-functioning teams of staff and volunteer leaders critical to the success of parish ministry.Essential Job FunctionsAwareness of Catholic faith as lived in current cultures.Understanding and desire to implement the vision of Renew My Church.Openness to understanding the mission of the Paulist Fathers.Job RequirementsPrevious experience directing a parish faith formation program.Demonstrated ability to collaborate with clergy, staff, parish leaders, and volunteers.Practicing Catholic with understanding and support for Catholic Church teaching, mission, and values.Subject matter expert in Lifelong Formation and its key methodologies, components, and strategies; comfortable with various methodologies and pedagogies in developing disciples.Comprehensive vision and understanding of evangelization.Ability to form and nurture a community of missionary disciples through encounter, accompaniment, and sending forth.Ability to direct the work of other staff or volunteers to drive key initiatives and programs.Fluent in related Church documents, especially national and local.Mature discipleship evidenced in ability to comfortably witness to one’s own faith journey.Developed skills in leadership and management; strong commitment to collaboration and teamwork.Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.Familiarity with technology used for communicating and presenting.Self-motivated, detail-oriented, collaborative, faithful, joyful witness, persistent, available, fair and balanced, dependable, person of integrity, sensitive to cultural, racial, and ethnic diversity and openness to the needs of the parishioners.Ability to deal with multiple projects, flexible, sound judgment, and comfortable with change.Ability to apply knowledge of stages of human development and faith formation best practices across all ages.Open to ongoing formation and education as needed.Available to work evenings and weekends when necessary.Send Letter of Interest and Resume to: Fr. Brad Schoeberle, CSP Pastor Old St. Mary’s Parish 1500 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605 Email preferred: frbrad@oldstmarys.com PH: 608-449-0624Requirements:
Preferred Job Skills and ExperienceMaster’s Degree in Theology, Pastoral Studies, Faith Formation or equivalent.Certification as a Catechist.Professional Ecclesial Ministers and Pastoral Associates are preferred for this position.Open to the diversity and multi-cultural needs of the parish.Multi-lingual skills a plus.Special Directions:Internal Candidates (existing employees) – Please complete the subject field of your email with the following: “Internal Candidate – Job Title – Full name”External Candidates - Please complete the subject field of your email with the following: “Job Title – Full name”
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