Director of Music & Liturgy Job at Archdiocese of Chicago in Chicago

Opportunities at Parishes in the Archdiocese of Chicago Our Lady of Mercy Parish

4432 N. Troy St.

Chicago, IL

Description : Job Summary

The Director of Liturgy, Prayer, and Worship is responsible for assisting the Pastor with overall efforts to ensure parishioners encounter Jesus Christ through prayer, the sacraments, and worship. The scope of this role is to discern, design, and implement ongoing liturgy, prayer, and worship opportunities for everyone in the parish.

The director provides leadership in the planning, execution and celebration of all parish liturgical celebrations, including sacramental celebrations and may manage other ministry staff. The director is responsible for ensuring that the public prayer space is a place of welcome and witness as family, friends, neighbors and guests gather.

The director must demonstrate strong leadership skills necessary to identify, develop, and retain a fully formed and well-functioning team of staff and volunteer leaders critical to the success of parish ministry.

Essential Job Functions

• Lead the annual planning for liturgical seasons, sacrament celebrations, OCIA rites and special liturgies in collaboration with the parish staff.
• Direct parish liturgical ministers (e.g., lectors, communion ministers, servers, musicians, sacristans, ushers) to ensure liturgies are well planned, engaging, and in fidelity to the official liturgical books and Catholic liturgical theology.
• Train volunteers to ensure liturgical norms are followed.
• Oversee the creation of worship aids that are engaging, accessible, and functional to enable all to fully participate in the liturgies and celebrations.
• Ensure that parish worship space is welcoming to all, including visitors, through collaboration with members of pastoral staff.
• Oversee proper use of sound systems by liturgical ministers, choirs, and musicians; communicate with audio engineers on any needed maintenance items.
• Inform the people in the faith community on issues related to prayer and worship through presentations, website and bulletin articles.
• Prepare and coordinate the Liturgy, Prayer and Worship budget in collaboration with the Pastor and other relevant members of pastoral staff.
• Ensure that ministry complies with the guidelines for Protecting God’s Children for those who minister with and to children in accordance with the Archdiocese of Chicago policies.
• Develop and implement tools for improving the quality and vibrancy of prayer and worship in the parish (e.g., hospitality, proclamation of the Word, witness and music as benchmarks) in collaboration with parish staff.

Requirements : Seeking a Full-Time BILINGUAL (English / Spanish) Director of Music Ministries (MD) for a position serving Our Lady of Mercy Parish, which contains both Our Lady of Mercy and St. Francis Xavier Churches. Our Lady of Mercy Parish contains : Spanish Choirs, English Choirs, Bilingual Sung Liturgies, monthly Children’s Choir, and monthly Teen Choir.

Required Skills

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