Job Opening: St. Perpetua Parish, Lafayette – Director of Faith Formation

St. Perpetua Parish, Lafayette, CA, is an active, mid-size suburban Catholic community of more than 1100 households. The parish has an established Faith Formation program with many highly trained and motivated catechists. The parish has a K-8 parochial school. This is an opportunity for a resourceful, multi-talented, and collaborative person to make a significant contribution to the ministry of Catholic Faith Formation.

Primary responsibility will be the direction of the pre-K through 5^th grade program, Sacramental Preparation, and strong emphasis on the Junior High (grades 6-8) program. The Director of Faith Formation recruits, trains, and supervises volunteer catechists, plans and facilitates meetings, schedules classes and facilities in collaboration with parish and school staff, selects and orders materials and books, and serves as a member of the parish staff.

Qualifications: Practicing, fully initiated Roman Catholic, BA in theology/Faith Formation or related field, minimum of three years of teaching experience in a Catholic School or equivalent and one year of administrative experience (paid or volunteer). Ability to collaborate with parish and school staff and volunteers.

Salary and Benefits: Full-time (40 hours), 11 month, exempt position (some evening and weekends required), M3-4 classification according to diocesan scale and benefits.

Position begins: June 2008, starting-date to be negotiated

Applicants should send resume and references to: Christoph Nauer, St. Perpetua Church, 3454 Hamlin Rd. Lafayette, CA 94549; (925) 283-0272#203 or FAX your resume to (925)283-6534, or e-mail chnauer@stperpetua.org