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PROGRAM COORDINATOR - CATHOLIC YOUTH MINISTRY AND COLLEGE AGE MINISTRY
Professional Summary

Creative and energetic diocesan director with more than 18 years of experience developing and implementing training, support and resources for parish leaders and families to engage in dynamic discipleship-focused youth ministry.

Core Qualifications

Trainer

Collaborator

Program developer

Organized and efficient

Youth culture expert

Servant-leader

Effective public speaker
Experience
06/2011 to 04/2016
Program Coordinator - Catholic Youth Ministry and College Age Ministry Catholic Diocese of Wichita - Wichita, Kansas
  • Provide training, consultation and resources for comprehensive youth ministry to adult leaders
  • Train and support a team of adult volunteers who serve as youth ministry coordinators in regional sections of the diocese
  • Recruit and support adult catechists for college students
  • Supervise all aspects of a six-week summer diocesan mission program
  • Collaborate with Office of Hispanic Ministry to provide outreach to Hispanic youth and leadership
07/1998 to 06/2011
Director of Youth & Young Adult Ministries Catholic Diocese of Wichita - Wichita, Kansas
  • Communicated bishop's vision for Catholic Youth Ministry
  • Created and implemented gathered and virtual leadership training and formation for both youth and adult leaders
  • Transformed annual diocesan youth gathering from traditional convention to a discipleship-focused conference
  • Developed annual budget
  • Collaborated with various diocesan offices to provide three annual domestic mission weeks; workshops for catechists on liturgy; annual national March for Life pilgrimages
08/1992 to 06/1998
Assistant Chaplain University of Dallas - Irving, Texas
  • Created and supervised spiritual, liturgical and formation programs
  • Initiated five new service activities for the college community
07/1983 to 08/1992
Director of Youth Ministry St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church - Richardson, Texas
  • Implemented innovative catechetical youth ministry for junior and senior high youth
  • Supervised Confirmation preparation
  • Recruited, trained and supported a diverse adult youth ministry team
Accomplishments
  • Promotion of Catholic Youth Ministry resulting in four times the number of full-time leaders, and youth ministries in 87% of parishes
  • Recruitment of college catechists resulting in 18 out of 22 campuses with ministry programs
  • Collaboration with diocesan Hispanic leadership team
  • Strengthened parish youth ministry for 10 times the amount of youth participants
  • Professional presentations include:The Gospel of Social Media, Catechizing Kansas Conference, Salina, Kansas 2012; Wired to Connect, Diocese of Davenport, Iowa 2010; Growing Young in the Kingdom of God, Diocese of Des Moines, Iowa 2007; Hot Topics for Middle School Youth, Wichita, KS 2009; Creative Catechesis Outside of the Box, Pittsburg, KS 2006 and Wichita 2007; Adolescent Spirituality, Wichita 2004
Education
Master of Theology The University of Dallas - Irving, Texas
Bachelor of Arts: Psychology Benedictine College - Atchison, Kansas GPA: Magna Cum Laude
Virtus Safe Environment Awareness Facilitator, Certification
Professional Affiliations

National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry Board of Directors (2015 to present)


National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry Board of Directors (2003-2007)


National Association of Catholic Youth Ministry Leaders (2004 to present)

Interests

Photography, hiking, reading and creative writing

Additional Information

Volunteer as a Confirmation preparation facilitator and team member for Hispanic youth ministry at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

Skills

Leadership training, consultation, program development and management

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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Catholic Diocese of Wichita
  • University of Dallas
  • St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church

School Attended

  • The University of Dallas
  • Benedictine College

Job Titles Held:

  • Program Coordinator - Catholic Youth Ministry and College Age Ministry
  • Director of Youth & Young Adult Ministries
  • Assistant Chaplain
  • Director of Youth Ministry

Degrees

  • Master of Theology
    Bachelor of Arts : Psychology
    Virtus Safe Environment Awareness Facilitator, Certification

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