What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Liturgy & Music (Fort Wayne, IN) position at Most Precious Blood Parish?
Most Precious Blood Catholic Church – Fort Wayne
Director of Music and Liturgy
Status: Exempt – Part-time Ministerial Position that reports to the Pastor
Start: 11/01/2024
Job Description: The primary role of the Director of Music and Liturgy is to provide and coordinate music for weekend Masses and special liturgies. This ministry requires work in a Catholic environment with the ability to elevate minds and hearts towards God through Worship.
Duties include 3 weekend Masses and school Masses as needed, choirs, and cantors for the parish.
Qualifications and Requirements:
Responsibilities and Duties:
Salary is commensurate with experience and agreed upon schedule
Director of Music and Liturgy
Status: Exempt – Part-time Ministerial Position that reports to the Pastor
Start: 11/01/2024
Job Description: The primary role of the Director of Music and Liturgy is to provide and coordinate music for weekend Masses and special liturgies. This ministry requires work in a Catholic environment with the ability to elevate minds and hearts towards God through Worship.
Duties include 3 weekend Masses and school Masses as needed, choirs, and cantors for the parish.
Qualifications and Requirements:
- A faithful individual committed to growth personally and professionally, with love for the Catholic liturgy
- Experience working with and developing a choir and leading congregational singing
- Excellent professional, verbal, and written communication skills
- Knowledge of Catholic musical selections including Catholic modern and traditional hymns and praise and worship hymns
- Ability to work with volunteers – musicians and cantors
- Dependable, organized and has attention to detail
- Proficient at piano/organ and singing
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Arrange music for all parish liturgies
- Play at all weekend Masses – Saturday 5PM, Sunday 8AM & 10:30AM
- Play at weddings and funerals
- Play on Solemnities that are not on weekends. Christmas, Assumption, Ash Wednesday, Holy Week liturgies etc.
- Play at special Masses such as Confirmation, First Communion etc.
- Recruit and train cantors
- Schedule all musicians – qualified organists/pianists’ subs, cantors
- Work with couples on wedding music
- Recruit and hold rehearsals for choir members weekly during school year
- These duties may not necessarily include all duties, dependent on applicant’s skills and ability
- Other duties as assigned by pastor
Salary is commensurate with experience and agreed upon schedule
This is a part time position
