Coordinator or Director of Religious Education (CRE or DRE)

Position Summary

The Coordinator or Director of Religious Education is a well-formed pastoral minister who works collaboratively with the pastor and his other staff members to create, develop, and implement a formal, comprehensive program of lifelong Catholic Christian formation.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure that all policies and procedures are consistent for all our programs, in harmony with Diocesan policies.
• Involvement with the Diocesan and Inter-Diocesan networks of professional peers.
• Cooky ministry for our K-8/9 catechists and work with our youth ministry (middle and high school) leader.
• Provide and supervise faith formation for parents and adults.
• Cooky OCIA (for adults and children) and the Adult Confirmation Process.
• Oversee the ongoing development of faith formation for special needs persons.
• Parent Classes for the Sacrament of Reconciliation, First Communion and Confirmation.
• Integrate our St. Catherine families into the Faith Formation program by offering meaningful rituals, days of reflection, and retreats.
• Retreats and Special Classes as needed, as well as a weekday Vacation Bible School during the Summer.
• Cooky ongoing formation, celebrations, and special events for our catechists.
• Prepare annual reports in the following areas:
• Goals for the Faith Formation Programs, both achieved and projected for the upcoming year.
• Communicate pertinent statistics, e.g., the number of students, teachers, and volunteers.
• Overseeing, in collaboration with our Faith Formation staff, the development of engaging lesson plans for students and parents.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• A Bachelor’s Degree in a field compatible with theology or religious studies.
• A practicing Catholic in good standing and a registered member of a Catholic parish faith community.
• A deep love for the Great Tradition of Theology of the Roman Catholic Church.
• Living Communion with the Church: Respecting, promoting, accommodating - and not conflicting with - the mission, moral, social teachings, doctrines, and laws of the Roman Catholic Church.
• A passion for evangelization and developing disciples. Engagement is a key virtue for us.
• Experience as a parish catechist or related teaching experience. A minimum of three years of catechetical experience is preferred.
• Excellent pedagogical methodology.
• Strong collaborative and good relationship-building skills.
• Management and leadership skills, including planning, administration, and personnel oversight.
• Creativity and enthusiasm as we minister together in an energetic and diverse parish setting.
• Parish Staff Meetings, once a month and regular meetings with the Pastor.
• Having a good mastery of technology and the use of social media.
• Continuing education and ongoing formation will be provided through a process of mutual discernment.

Language Skills

• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, vendors, employees, and the public.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.

WORKING CONDITIONS

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Minor Metadata

Job Id: 3590
# of Openings: 1

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