Posted:  10/05/2022

Job Description:

The Marriage Coordinator is responsible for developing and managing the marriage preparation process for the NW-7 Family of Parishes (St. Michael, Fort Loramie; Sacred Heart, McCartyville; Ss. Peter & Paul, Newport; Holy Angels, Sidney.) This means overseeing all aspects of the Sacrament of Marriage within the NW-7 Family of Parishes. The coordinator would be responsible for scheduling and meeting with engaged and mentor couples as part of the marriage preparation process. Communicate and meet with the priests on the progress of the marriage program with engaged couples. Overseeing that all documents and requirements are completed by the engaged couple and provided to the parish offices.  Composing correspondence to the parishes, groups, or individuals would be expected of the coordinator when needed. The coordinator would need to be flexible in their responsibilities to best serve the Family of Parishes and its priests. Help the Family of Parishes continue to improve and grow the Sacrament of Marriage.

Duties:

• Organizes and manages the marriage preparation process for all weddings at parishes
  • Develop a system for the marriage prep process
    • Inquiry/Intake Form
    • Checklist for engaged couple/parish office
    • Information packet for engaged couple/mentor couple
    • Provides required forms/assigns inventory
    • Recruiting and assigns mentor couple (if applicable)
    • Works with staff at each parish to ensure they have all documents needed for the parish master files.
  • Schedule, meet and follow up with engaged and mentor couples
  • Works with the priests to discuss and review progress of engaged couples’ marriage preparation program.
  • Over time works to transfer the marriage preparation process to an automatic system using a software tool.
  • Compose correspondence to the parishes, groups, and individuals.

Qualifications:

• Prayerful and possesses a love for the Catholic Faith.
• Experience/qualifications in communication
• Detail oriented.
• Technologically proficient.
• Skilled in grammar and English composition.
• Able to hold confidence of priests and parishioners.
• Ability to speak and answer questions on sensitive topics
• Evening and weekend work is required20-29 hours a week