Director of Youth Faith Formation - St. Vincent dePaul, Elkhart (Elkhart, IN)

• Full-time with flexible hours
• Present for religious education classes (currently taking place on Sundays) during the school year (August-May)
• Present for parent catechesis sessions and parent meetings (periodic weeknights)

• Faith formation of baptized children in grades K-12
  • Manage and run religious education classes in parish
  • Monitor and support St. Vincent de Paul School’s religious education and Sacramental preparation
  • Create/update curricula, maintaining compliance with diocesan standards
  • Explore creative ways to improve effectiveness in catechizing both students and their parents
• Volunteer catechists
  • Recruit and assign catechists and aides to religious education classes
  • Provide regular catechist formation sessions on theology and pedagogy
  • Manage difficulties and/or questions coming from catechists
  • Work with parish Safe Environment Coordinator to maintain volunteer compliance with all Diocesan Safe Environment protocols
• Parent catechesis
  • Oversee catechesis of parents with students in religious education (regularly 8 sessions per academic year)
  • Work with Pastor to create yearly curriculum for this program
• Administration
  • Supervise the bilingual religious education secretary
  • Facilitate communication with parents in conjunction with secretary
  • Cooperate with diocesan Office of Catechesis and attend appropriate meetings sponsored by that office
  • Publish and update the calendar of events for the RE department
  • Manage general and financial needs and procedures of RE department, including budgeting and inventories

• Education level
  • Graduate degree in theology required
  • Bachelor’s (or higher) degree in education preferred, but not required
• Language
  • Spanish speaker strongly preferred
• Faith
  • Practicing Catholic striving to live the moral teachings of the Church
  • Thorough understanding of the Catholic faith and the ability/readiness to teach others about that faith
  • Willingness to participate in ongoing formation and educational opportunities to keep current on trends in catechetical ministry
• Skills
  • Professional demeanor with ability to respect confidentiality
  • Must have excellent interpersonal skills, oral and written communication skills, and problem-solving skills
  • Self-motivated, patient, team-player, and desire to serve others
  • Ability to lead both large and small group meetings
  • Computer skills, including but not limited to:
    • Familiarity and comfortability working within the Google Suite as well as Microsoft Office
    • Ability to navigate ParishSoft (training will be provided)
    • Familiarity with projectors, speakers, microphones, and televisions
  • Basic office skills, including but not limited to:
    • Use of copy machine, scanning and sending documents

• Able to lift and move up to 20 pounds of materials (for classroom set up, ministry support, basic office tasks, etc.)
• Must have focus and concentration to work on assignments
• Sufficient vocal strength to teach and command the attention of a room
• Able to stand while teaching a catechesis session or leading a parent meeting (30-60 minutes)

• $45,000-$50,000
• Health insurance is offered (represents another $10,000 in value)

This is a full time position

Salary : $45,000 - $50,000