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Job Title:
Evangelization Coordinator
Hours:
Full time
Parish:
Blessed Carlo Acutis Parish
2226 N. Hoyne
Chicago, IL
Description:
The Evangelization Coordinator position assists the pastor with the overall ministry and evangelization efforts in the parish to ensure that everyone in the parish encounters Jesus Christ and deepens their commitment to Him and His Church.
The scope of the role is to support, accompany, equip, and lead the lay leaders in discerning, designing, and implementing ministry and evangelization efforts.
The coordinator is responsible for the development, implementation, evaluation and ongoing improvement of the ministry and evangelization initiatives. The coordinator must demonstrate strong leadership skills necessary to identify, develop, well-functioning volunteer team critical to the success of parish ministry.
Requirements:
• Demonstrated ability to engage parishioners and non-parishioners in the process of evangelization and community building.
• Demonstrated ability to foster an environment of inclusion and to engender a spirit of hospitality and welcome.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with clergy, staff, parish leaders and volunteers.
• Practicing Catholic with understanding and support for Catholic Church teaching, mission, and values.
• Comprehensive vision and understanding of evangelization.
• Ability to form and nurture a community of missionary disciples through encounter, accompaniment and sending forth.
• Mature discipleship evidenced in ability to comfortably witness to one’s own faith journey.
• Developed skills in leadership and management; strong commitment to collaboration and teamwork.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
• Familiarity with technology used for communicating and presenting.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, collaborative, faithful, joyful witness, persistent, available, fair and balanced, dependable, person of integrity, sensitive to cultural, racial, and ethnic diversity and openness to the needs of the parishioners.
• Ability to deal with multiple projects, flexible, sound judgment, and comfortable with change.
• Ability to work evenings and weekends as needed.
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