St. Monica, Mishawaka - Director of Antioch & Young Adult Ministry Diocesan MZ Services of Fort Wayne Mishawaka, IN Job Details Part-time $36,000 a year 8 hours ago Qualifications Team leadership Parent collaboration Parent communication Community relationship building Teaching Working with youth Full Job Description The Role The Youth Minister leads the shared youth ministry of four Mishawaka parishes: St. Joseph, St. Monica, St. Bavo, and Queen of Peace. This person runs Antioch, our high school ministry, which celebrated its twenty-fifth year this summer, and Emmaus, our middle school ministry.
The work is discipleship:
building a community where teens are known by name, encounter the Lord in the sacraments and in real friendship, and grow into leaders who bring their peers with them. This is a part-time contract position for the coming year, funded in full by the four parishes. It is also more than a year. The parishes are building the financial support to make this a full-time Director of Youth & Young Adult Ministry, and the person who leads this year well is the natural first candidate for that role. We are hiring for one year and scouting for ten. What You Will Do Antioch (high school) Lead the weekly Thursday night gathering at St.
Monica:
nights of worship, catechesis, small groups, service, and fun, planned and run with the adult core team. Plan and lead two retreats a year on the Antioch model, each with ten weeks of preparation: forming the teen team, recruiting core and host homes, organizing meals, and preparing talks and prayer. Run the special events that mark the year: incoming eighth graders night, senior night, the Antioch Olympics, and parent nights.
Champion the summer pipeline:
the Damascus summer camp trip (more than one hundred of our teens went this summer) and the Andrew Ministries small groups they come home to, where eight in ten teens stay engaged in their faith. Emmaus (middle school) Oversee and grow Emmaus, and recruit Antioch teens sixteen and older to serve there as ministers, so our high schoolers learn to lead by leading. Core team and leaders Recruit and form adult core members, including young adults at least two years out of high school, through discipleship, education, prayer, and a ministry leadership retreat. Help teens discern their gifts and call them to their baptismal role in ministry: on the teen team, at Emmaus, and among their peers. Presence and promotion Be a consistent, visible advocate and pastoral presence for the ministry: at Masses, in bulletins, and in person at Mishawaka Catholic School, Queen of Peace Catholic School, St. Anthony Catholic School, St. Thomas More Catholic Academy, Marian High School, and St. Joseph High School. Communicate regularly with parents and students, with the Commission carrying the communications logistics. Keep a personal life of prayer, recruit prayer partners for the ministry, and stay connected with local young adult groups and Newman Centers as a bridge for graduating seniors. Qualifications Required A practicing Catholic in good standing, worshiping within the communities the Commission serves, with a sacramental prayer life and full, joyful assent to the teaching of the Church. Experience in youth ministry, campus ministry, or a Catholic missionary apostolate (FOCUS, NET, Damascus, Encounter, or similar). A track record of building trust with teens, parents, and volunteers.
Comfort out front:
teaching, leading prayer, and running a room. Enough organization to run a ten-week retreat preparation without dropping threads, and to partner well with a commission of lay leaders. Availability on evenings and weekends, Thursday nights above all. A diocesan background check and Safe Environment (OPCY) compliance come before any ministry with young people. Preferred A degree in theology, pastoral ministry, or a related field, or equivalent ministry experience. Familiarity with retreat-based models (Antioch, Life Teen, Steubenville) and experience leading praise and worship or small groups. How to Apply Applications accepted through the Diocese of Fort Wayne South Bend hiring site or you may send a cover letter, resume, and three references (at least one a pastor or ministry supervisor) to , or start at johnboscocommission.org/ym-position. Applications are reviewed as they arrive; the position is open until filled.
