Director of Parish Life

Job Description

Director of Parish Life

St. Raphael Catholic Church | St. Petersburg, Florida

Position Summary

The Director of Parish Life works in close collaboration with the Pastor to foster a vibrant, welcoming, and mission-driven parish community. Guided by the vision and priorities of the Parish Pastoral Council's Five-Year Strategic Plan, the Director provides leadership, coordination, and support for the parish's pastoral ministries, evangelization, faith formation, and community life.

The Director leads the parish's Blue Team, focused on nurturing spiritual growth, strengthening relationships, and ensuring that the graces of parish life and ministry continue to flourish. This complements the Green Team, which oversees facilities, finances, and the operational needs that keep the parish running smoothly.

Key Responsibilities

Staff Leadership and Mentorship: Supervise and mentor pastoral assistants and the Youth Minister, providing guidance, formation, and support for effective ministry.
Youth and Family Ministry: Provide experienced leadership and guidance to strengthen youth ministry, engage families, and cultivate the next generation of parish leaders.
Ministry Coordination: Support, encourage, and coordinate parish ministry leaders, fostering collaboration, volunteer engagement, and effective pastoral outreach.
Parish Communications: Coordinate parish-wide and ministry communications to ensure consistent messaging, effective promotion of parish activities, and opportunities for greater participation.
Parish Stewardship: Build on strong parish communications to cultivate the character of a model stewardship parish.

Qualifications

Deep commitment to the mission and teaching of the Catholic Church together with a graduate level degree in theology or ministry.
Demonstrated youth ministry experience and skills are required, with the ability to mentor and coach youth ministers and youth ministry teams.
Demonstrated experience in parish ministry leadership and coordination.
Ability to engage a parish pastoral vision and develop practical initiatives while empowering staff and volunteers.
Understanding of stewardship principles and practices within a parish context.
Strong organizational, interpersonal, communication, and collaborative leadership skills.
Experience working collaboratively with clergy, parish staff, ministry leaders, and volunteers.

Our Vision

The Director of Parish Life helps ensure that St. Raphael is more than a place where programs happen-it is a community where faith grows, relationships deepen, ministries flourish, and parishioners are equipped to live as disciples of Jesus Christ.

Letters of application and at least three letters of reference must indicate specifics for how these areas of responsibility and qualifications are manifest in the candidate's experience and background. Such letters should be addressed to the pastor and search committee together. Brian Harvey bharvey@st-raphaels.com

About the Employer

Our Mission

The people of God, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Petersburg, in union with our bishop, are transformed by Baptism, sealed with the Holy Spirit and nourished by the Word and Eucharist to promote the incarnation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.