Family Catechesis and Sacrament Coordinator

St. Mark Catholic Church

Highlands Ranch, CO

Job ID#:
12019168343
Posted:
February 26, 2025
Expires:
April 27, 2025
Category:
Religious Education
Terms:
Full-Time Employee
Experience:
0-2 Years
Education:
Undergraduate Degree
Base Pay:
$22.00 to $24.00 Hourly
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Job Description

Coordinates and facilitates Family Catechesis programming for Pre-school - 5th grade, Vacation Bible School, and Family Catechesis for 8th graders seeking Confirmation. This includes Sacramental preparation for First Confession, First Holy Communion, and Confirmation Collaborates with the Pastor, Director of Parish Catechesis, and Director of Youth Evangelization and Catechesis in discerning the vision for family catechesis and the curriculum used.
Collaborates with the Director of Youth Evangelization and Catechesis regarding Confirmation candidate's dual participation in youth group, and the Confirmation retreat.
Develops the schedule of family catechesis sessions and scope and sequence of the curriculum.
Collaborates with the Pastor and Director of Sacred Music/Liturgical Coordinator in preparing the liturgies for First Holy Communion and Confirmation Masses.
Coordinates the recruitment and training of catechists and aides for family catechesis.
Coordinates and prepares the materials needed for each catechetical session, including parent sessions.
Collects and organizes all required documents to be given to the Sacramental Archivist for sacramental recording.
Prints Sacramental Certificates.
Communicates with the parents and catechists regarding weekly sessions: reminders, announcements, instructions for catechists.
Schedules catechists including substitutes.
Develops relationships with support volunteers to serve as substitutes or to help with program needs.
Manages registration for family catechesis and Vacation Bible School, working with Communication Director regarding promotion.
Participates in staff meetings, keeping the staff up to date on family catechesis events placed in the parish calendar.

About the Employer

St. Mark Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic Parish of the Diocese of Colorado Springs, CO. We are fully faithful to the Magisterial teachings of the Church. Our mission is given to us by Jesus Christ himself in his, "Great Commission;" "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you..." This mission is accomplished in full obedience to the Two Greatest Commandments given to us by Christ, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.