Department: Christian Life Supervisor: Director of Christian Life

Status: Full Time, Exempt

Schedule: 40 hours per week, 12 mos/ year. Monday – Friday. Occasional Weeknights and weekends.

PURPOSE OF POSITION

Support The Basilica of Saint Mary’s vision, mission, and values by providing quality care and hospitality by serving Basilica community members in grief, transition, or need personally and by supporting lay ministry programs. Coordinate the response to parishioner pastoral needs as they come to the parish for funerals, anointing, hospitalization, and prayer requests. Be willing to reach out to offer support when referrals or prayer requests are made. Support and expand a framework of ministries that encourage community development and engagement at The Basilica through social and spiritual groups.

SCOPE OF POSITION

Coordinator of Pastoral Care reports directly to the Director of Christian Life, gathers pastoral care needs of parish community, and leads volunteer teams involved with caring and support ministries.

PRIMARY FUNCTIONS AND MAJOR ACTIVITIES

Work with a team to create, improve and coordinate programs and systems that enable The Basilica to provide pastoral care and support to individuals families, and social groups. Competent use of Basilica technology and parish database. Train and support parishioners to be leaders in caring ministries at The Basilica. Specific activities and functions are grouped below.

Caring Ministries

Work with the Director of Christian Life to supervise the Emmaus Listening Ministry within The Basilica of Saint Mary> Emmaus Ministry is The Basilica title for our BeFrienders Ministry.

Regularly meet with members of the Leadership Team to review status of program and identify needs

Provide supervision and support for members of the Leadership Team and ministry

Provide referrals and encourage referrals from staff and church members

Provide frequent and ongoing public support of the ministry

Oversee confidential record keeping system

Facilitate the integration of Emmaus Ministry with other ministries in the church

Recruit, screen, train and support Volunteers

Coordinate and promote all facets of Emmaus Grief Ministry:

Pray with and support parishioners and families as requested; reach out to make offers of caring ministries to those grieving

Utilize Emmaus Ministers and Threshold Singers to support parishioners or families experiencing illness, hospice, or death

Coordinate and promote The Basilica’s participation in the Downtown Minneapolis Grief Coalition; participate in quarterly steering committee meetings; host weekly meetings in rotation with other downtown congregations

Oversee the Basilica’s Grief Ministry: recruit, train, and support Volunteers to offer support and touchpoints in the first year of grief and on the anniversary of the death for three years

Invite the newly bereaved to the All Souls Vespers, take leadership at the liturgy

Coordinate and promote Emmaus Homebound Communion Ministry: recruit, train, and support Volunteers; match parishioners and ministers

Coordinate Emmaus Job Coach Ministry: schedule the intake meeting for new participants in the ministry. Recruit, communicate with, and schedule job coaches to meet with participants. Support participants as an advocate for their efforts by being available for questions or listening to concerns. Review and maintain hard copy files.

Funeral Ministry: Collaborate with Liturgy Department to meet with the families of the dying or deceased to offer grief support and arrange funeral hospitality. Recruit and support Volunteers to support funeral receptions. Notify volunteers, arrange set-up, verify with caterer, be present at the Mass and reception, etc. Preside over gravesite services, when requested.

Maintain confidential records of pastoral needs and pastoral care offered/requested at The Basilica; share regularly as appropriate with key leaders on staff

Provide a caring presence and emotional support to Basilica members and coordinate with Basilica priest or lay minister as appropriate. Refer within The Basilica or to community resources when appropriate. Continue follow-up as necessary.

Acknowledge all requests for prayer, anointing, and Homebound Eucharist in a timely manner; determine needs and provide resources and support

Coordinate parish Prayer Line: follow up with caring ministries as needed

Coordinate Prayer Shawl Ministry: communicate with and support team, oversee distribution of shawls, record recipients, promote the ministry

Collaborate with Liturgy Department to plan and coordinate special liturgies such as All Soul’s Vespers, Anointing Masses, etc.

Act as staff liaison for The Basilica Book Club

Basilica Mental Health Ministry

Recruit, lead, and support volunteer committee, scheduling meetings on a regular basis.

Develop and sustain community partners and resources to share with parishioners and others in need.

Coordinates with the Mental Health Team annual mental health workshops and educational forums for the parish community.

Works with staff to keep website materials and information on programs and volunteers up to date.

Support Groups

Help to identify and initiate sub-groups of parishioners who could benefit from intentional support groups

Serve as liaison between the support group and The Basilica. Attend planning meetings, offer strategic direction and oversee programming, communications, projects etc.

Coordinator of Pastoral Care:

Will work collaboratively with the Christian Life Team to accomplish the goals of the ministry department

Will attend appropriate staff meetings to accomplish strategic plan effectively

Will meet weekly with Christian Life Director for supervision

Will work in-person Monday through Friday, twelve months a year, with some work occurring on nights and weekends

Will meet with parishioners and teams an average of two nights per week

Will enter into a six-month probationary period beginning on job hire

Must be ready to work and complete all assigned responsibilities.

Other Responsibilities:

Additional responsibilities identified (as needed) by Director of Christian Life Compensation and Benefits The salary range for this position is $48,000- $52,000 annually. All full-time employees of The Basilica of Saint Mary receive access to the following benefits: medical/dental/vision insurance, FSA & HSA plans, minimum 3 weeks of paid time off, sick leave, paid holidays, floating holidays, parental leave, 403b, 403b matching up to 3%, life insurance, employee assistance program (EAP), short-term disability, long-term disability, and other supplemental insurance options.   Designation of Essential Functions * Employment in and by the Church is substantially different from secular employment. Church employees must conduct themselves in a manner which is consistent with and supportive of the mission and purpose of the Church. Their behavior must not violate the faith, morals or laws of the Church or the Archdiocese, such that it can embarrass the Church or give rise to scandal. This position doesrequire that the employee be a Catholic. It is expected, however, that non-Catholic employees will respect Catholic doctrine and religious practices. Reasonable accommodations for the religious practice of non-Catholics will similarly be provided.

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