Summary:
The Coordinator for Team Saint Paul oversees the growth of the young adult missionary program - Team Saint Paul. The position focuses on facilitating outreach to Catholic military young adults, ages 18-29, to help them grow in faith by assisting the Office of Evangelization and the Archdiocese. The coordinator recruits, forms, and accompanies missionaries, identifies locations to place missionaries, and facilitates the growth of the ministry. The position supports Team Saint Paul through periodic site visits, as well as frequent digital and telephone contact.
Job Duties:
1. Collaborate and cultivate relationships with ministry consultants to support missionary formation, hierarchical development, training, and personal fundraising.
2. Recruit qualified missionaries and provide continual guidance for an integrated life as a missionary.
3. Identify military locations for potential team placement, which includes identifying effective priest and communal engagement for developing an outreach mindset.
4. Accompany Team Saint Paul through weekly meetings and updates with individuals and teams and frequent check-ins with priest chaplains.
5. Manage electronic files, photos, videos, links, and resources related to the position.
6. Develop, track, and review missionary commitment job descriptions and evaluations.
7. Serve as the key contact for Team Saint Paul to include participation in Office of Evangelization meetings.
8. Promote spiritual, theological, and team growth, to include missionary onboarding and formation.
Requirements:
Education:
• B.A. or B.S.
• M.A. in theology or related degree preferred
Experience:
• An active spiritual life and must be a Catholic in good standing.
• Military active-duty experience preferred.
• Experience as a missionary or young adult ministry desired.
• Implementation of collaborative ministry initiatives at the military installation level desired.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Knowledge of Catholic ministry programs.
• Familiarity with military culture preferred.
• Knowledge of database management (experience with Salesforce preferred).
• Consistent and clear communication expected.
Miscellaneous:
• Background check required.
• Youth protection training required.
• Willingness to travel required.
About the Archdiocese:
The Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), was created by Pope Saint John Paul II in 1985 as the only Catholic diocese responsible for the pastoral care of Catholics in the Military, their dependents, patients in VA hospitals, students at the service academies and federal employees working outside of the U.S. The Archdiocese is the only Catholic endorsing agency that endorses and grants faculties for priests to serve as chaplains in the U.S. Military and VA Medical Centers.
AMS-endorsed priests serve at more than 220 U.S. military installations in 29 countries, making the AMS the nation's only global archdiocese. AMS-endorsed priests also serve at 153 VA Medical Centers throughout the U.S.
Worldwide, an estimated 1.8 million Catholics depend on the AMS to meet their spiritual and sacramental needs.
Disclaimer:
The Archdiocese is a religious institution and religious employer. As such all Archdiocesan employees share in the mission, which Christ entrusted to the Church, to spread the Gospel, to serve our sisters and brothers, and to build up the Body of Christ, which is the Church. Employees-both at work and in their daily life-must respect, appreciate, and uphold the teachings, principles, legislation, policies, and traditions of the Catholic Church in word, lifestyle, and example.
As partners in Christ, our work is not only occupational but vocational: a call to defend life and improve its quality by bearing witness to the presence of Christ and His Church in the World.
