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Pastoral Associate Discipleship Jobs in Saint John, Indiana, USA at Catholic Diocese of Gary

Position: Pastoral Associate for Discipleship

Location: Saint John

Interested and qualified persons should send resumes to Kris Ziegelhofer, HR Coordinator at hr.

Pastoral Associate for Discipleship

St. John the Evangelist Parish

Location: St. John, IN

Posted Date: March 25, 2025

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  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.

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 the Relational Ministry team to infuse spirituality and prayer into service, outreach and parish life areas

Assisting the 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: A bachelor’s degree in Theology, Religious Education, Communications or related fields is required, 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!

Catholic Diocese of Gary
9292 Broadway
Merrillville, IN 46410
Phone:

#J-18808-Ljbffr

Title: Pastoral Associate Discipleship

Company: Catholic Diocese of Gary

Location: Saint John, Indiana, USA

Category: Non-Profit & Social Impact (Youth Development, Non-Profit / Outreach, Pastor / Ministry / Church, Volunteer / Humanitarian), Education / Teaching (Youth Development, Pastor / Ministry / Church)

 

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