OCIA Director

Archdiocese of Denver; Lakewood (CO); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church Lakewood, CO is seeking an OCIA Director (Part-Time) to serve as a catechist, engaged leader, and pastoral minister in evangelization and discipleship.

This role focuses on forming adults and catechumens, planning formation, and providing mentorship within a faith-filled parish community. The position emphasizes collaboration with clergy and other ministries, and requires availability on Tuesday evenings.

Qualifications

• Practicing Catholic in good standing and active parish member.
• Mission-driven and rooted in prayer.
• Willingness to build a culture of missionary discipleship.
• Available to work Tuesday evenings.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.

Responsibilities

• Foster a welcoming parish environment and encourage engagement.
• Discern, equip, and support mission-minded volunteers.
• Implement OCIA inquiry process and catechesis for adults preparing sacraments.
• Meet regularly with catechumens and candidates for guidance.
• Coordinate paperwork and follow-up for sacramental cases.
• Plan OCIA rites in collaboration with clergy and liturgist.
• Coordinate and attend OCIA rites with parish teams.
• Collaborate with Children’s Faith Formation to lead formation for parents.

Skills

Prayer-centered discernment

Emotional intelligence

Leadership

Volunteer engagement

Public speaking

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church Lakewood, CO

fatimalakewood.com

OCIA Director (Part-Time)

PARISH VISION

Shepherd souls to heaven under the mantle of Mary's protection.

PARISH MISSION

Evangelize all souls into disciples. Sanctify the evangelized. Equip the sanctified to evangelize.

SUMMARY

OCIA Director serves as a gifted catechist, engaged leader, and pastoral minister. Working Part-Time. This individual is open to God’s plan for advancing our parish mission to evangelize, sanctify, and equip all souls in our community. Grounded in an active faith, the Director proclaims the kerygma and fosters growth in holiness through formation, evangelization, and intentional accompaniment.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Community & Team Building:

• Foster a welcoming environment that encourages deeper engagement in parish life.
• Build and nurture relationships with parishioners so they feel known, seen, and loved.
• Prayerfully discern, equip, coordinate, and support mission-minded volunteers to accompany others on their faith journey.

Sacraments:

• Implement an ongoing OCIA inquiry process that invites and engages the curious, the open, and the seeking.
• Facilitate catechesis for adults preparing to receive the sacraments.
• Prayerfully discern, invite, equip, and support a team of mentors who are ready to accompany adults, catechumens, and candidates on a lifelong journey of discipleship.
• Meet regularly with individual catechumens and candidates to foster trust, listen deeply to their stories, and provide personalized guidance on their journey toward full initiation into the Church.
• Collect all sacramental paperwork and provide diligent follow-up and resolution for irregular and complex cases.
• Collaborate with clergy and the parish liturgist to plan the ritual steps of initiation.
• Coordinate and attend all OCIA Rites.
• Collaborate with Children’s Faith Formation Director to plan and lead formation sessions for parents of children preparing to receive their sacraments.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Practicing Catholic in good standing, active member of a parish, and faithful to the magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church.
• Mission driven and rooted in prayer.
• Desires to build a culture of missionary discipleship within the parish.
• Available to work Tuesday evenings.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite applications and related productivity tools.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 2-5 years of experience in evangelization ministry or catechesis required.

SKILLS

• Prayer-centered discernment (individual and group) to better understand God’s will.
• High degree of emotional intelligence and pastoral sensitivity, with the ability to facilitate respectful and compassionate conversations around personal biases, conflict, trauma, and misunderstandings of Catholic teaching.
• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to provide vision, inspire collaboration, and guide staff and volunteers in advancing the parish mission.
• Cultivating volunteer engagement and developing thriving small-group communities.
• Strong public speaking, group facilitation, relational storytelling, conflict resolution, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to present faith-based concepts in ways that are accessible, engaging, and relevant to diverse audiences.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, and move tables and chairs to arrange meeting spaces.

START DATE

As soon as practicable