CAMPUS MINISTER

About the role

The Campus Minister for Catholic Liturgical Music cultivates a joyful, inclusive, and prayerful worship life at Loyola University Chicago, working in partnership with the Assistant Director of Campus Ministry and the Rector of Madonna della Strada Chapel.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, train, and develop student leadership in liturgical music including choirs, instrumentalists, and cantors.
• Provide musical leadership for the weekly liturgical life of the university such as Sunday Mass and Taizé Prayer.
• Provide musical leadership for all special and unique liturgies and celebrations.
• Coordinate all music planning for weddings (additional stipend provided for playing at wedding liturgies).
• Adeptly collaborate with the wider sacramental life staff in the day-to-day operation of the chapel and in pastoral presence to students.
• Attend and participate in Division of Mission Integration, Campus Ministry, and Sacramental Life events and meetings.
• Produce worship resources and aids for Sunday and other liturgies.
• Oversee the maintenance of musical instruments and equipment.
• Organize, recruit, plan, and participate in the monthly Sunday organ concert series.
• Manage the music budget in collaboration with the assistant director for sacramental life.
• Collaborate with the Department of Fine and Performing Arts to plan, coordinate, and execute the university’s annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in early December.
• Collaborate with the Department of Fine and Performing Arts to serve as an adjunct faculty member teaching applied organ (additional stipend provided).
• Explore, create, and maintain relationships on campus, in the Archdiocese of Chicago, and the wider Chicago musical community.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• M.Div. or other pastoral ministry degree supplemented with three years of pastoral ministry experience, preferably in a university setting.
• A Master-level education in music, divinity, theology, pastoral ministry or related field, and three to five years of professional ministerial experience in a Roman Catholic setting.
• Exceptional pipe organ, piano, and conducting skills and well-versed in a variety of musical styles.
• A practicing Christian of deep faith with the ability to articulate Loyola University Chicago’s Jesuit, Catholic identity in an engaging and intelligent manner.
• Experience creating inclusive environments for a diverse student body.

Skills

• Music engraving software proficiency (Finale or Sibelius)
• MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Benefits

• Open Date: 06/16/2026
• Close Date: Not specified
• Position Maximum Salary or Hourly Rate: $62,000/ann
• Position Minimum Salary or Hourly Rate: $56,000/ann

Physical Demands

• Lifting, Carrying, Standing, Climbing, Crawling/Kneeling, Repetitive Motions

Physical Demands

• Irregular Hours
• Open Date: 06/16/2026
• Close Date: Not specified
• Position Maximum Salary or Hourly Rate: $62,000/ann
• Position Minimum Salary or Hourly Rate: $56,000/ann