Posted 5/15/2025
Job Title:
Youth Minister
Hours:
Full time
Parish:
St. Michael Orland Park
14327 Highland Ave.
Orland Park, IL
Description:
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Faith/Spiritual Life of Youth
• Working closely with those in charge of faith formation, developing opportunities for growth in the area of faith formation and spirituality.
• Work with parish leaders to ensure that youth are properly trained and involved in the various liturgical ministries open to them.
• Develop relationships with the parish staff and ministry leaders to ensure a greater participation of the youth in the other ministries of the parish.
• Engage the youth in the social mission of the Church in accord with Catholic social teaching.
• Provide an annual vacation bible school for children.
• Provide an annual retreat for the youth.
• Provide and annual summer mission trip.
• Provide outreach to college students.
• Other duties assigned by the pastor.
Social/Community Life
• Facilitate the development of a spirit of community among the youth themselves, with their families, and with the parish.
• Provide opportunities for youth to gather in non-liturgical or ministry settings in order to explore matter of life that may be pertinent to their current situation.
• Plan for and implement events/outings that will allow the youth to enjoy the company of their peers and grow in relationship with one another.
Administrative
• Plan and maintain a budget for all planned activities/events for the youth.
• Engage in fundraising.
• Recruit and train adult volunteers as needed and ensure they are fully compliant with Virtus and Protecting God’s Children requirements.
• Maintain records as needed.
• Attend parish staff meetings.
• Plan and schedule regular meetings, social events and service opportunities.
Requirements:
• Practicing Catholic, passionate about the Catholic faith and excited to share it and lead teens by example.
• Demonstrate ability to collaborate with clergy, staff, parish leaders, and volunteers.
• Demonstrate understanding of the mission, goals, and principles of Catholic youth ministry.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the developmental needs of young people with popular ethnic, and family structures.
• 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 witness to one’s own faith journey in appropriate ways.
• Developed skills in leadership; strong commitment to collaboration and teamwork.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
• Familiarity with technology used for communication 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, authentic and hope filled.
• Ability to deal with multiple projects, flexible, sound judgement, and comfortable with change.
• Available to work evenings and weekends.
• Open to ongoing formation.
• Bachelor’s Degree required; theological or ministerial focus in education preferred, but others will be taken into consideration.
• Previous experience with parish youth ministry.
Special Directions:
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