We are recruiting for this role in Denver, San Diego, Chicago, DC, & Tampa. Please specify in your application which market you are most interested in.
About Catholic Sports Catholic Sports is a Denver-based, nationally growing young adult recreational sports outreach. Our mission is to build authentic community through recreational sports. “We define authentic community as one that fills the void of emotional and spiritual loneliness (Gen Z. 18-25 year-olds are the loneliest generation according to 2018 Cigna Health research) by living our core values (Hospitable Outreach, Catholic Orthodoxy & Vulnerable Intimacy) while remaining rooted in the teachings of the Catholic Church. Our recreational sports leagues allow players to enter this authentic community, through which they will be invited into our Bible Studies, so that they will grow in a personal relationship with Jesus.”
We have seen incredible fruit in our apostolate, because of our missionaries, and through our partnership parishes. We are providing a community of belonging, a family within the family of God for young adults. Numerous marriages, re-conversions, and conversions have happened as the Spirit blesses our efforts. This work is bearing fruit…is God inviting you to the harvest through Catholic Sports?
Ideal Candidate The ideal candidate will be striving for holiness by continuing to grow spiritually and intellectually in their orthodox Roman Catholic formation (Byzantine, Lithuanian, or other rites in union with Roman Catholicism included), and desire to lead a community of peers to knowing and loving Jesus Christ. They should be willing to step out of their comfort zone frequently in order to lead others in faith and morals and often be the first welcoming contact for young adults in a parish or city. No missionary can succeed without meeting people where they are at and patiently loving them. They also must have some affinity towards sports, or enough familiarity to be confident in planning and leading leagues, with provided training. The position requires a lot of social networking and the creation of a hospitable environment requires good conversational skills. All potential candidates will embody Catholic Sports’ values:Hospitable Outreach, Catholic Orthodoxy, and Vulnerable Intimacy.
Position Summary
The program coordinator missionary serves a parish, or diocese, in our efforts to evangelize 18-39 year olds through authentic community building. Every program coordinator plans recreational sports leagues (basketball, ultimate, volleyball, wiffleball, etc.), fun social events and Bible studies. They implement their plans through recruiting and managing a volunteer team, which they will also disciple/form in the Catholics sports mission, vision and core values.
Program coordinators will work in a team of 2-4 missionaries and report to a Regional Director. They are encouraged to live with another missionary of the same gender, if possible, and two of their disciples, with intentional prayer and community among them (Catholic Sports Formation House). They will also work closely with the parish we partner with, and they’re assigned to, to ensure a growing partnership and success for both Catholic Sports and our mission sponsor.
Approximation of the ideal weekly time breakdown:
- 15% managing volunteer league managers and visiting their leagues, or running leagues in the absence of volunteers
- 25% leading the Bible study regional effort, including leading their own Bible studies & one-on-one outreach/discipleship
- 40% administration/managing/forming volunteers, planning events that build the community
- 15% networking (e.g. Theo. On Tap, YCP, parish/diocese events, etc.) for recruitment and growing participation in all areas, OR in an established branch volunteer recruitment and management
- 5% fundraising maintenance or growth (post fundraising/trainee period)
Position Requirements
- Interpersonal skills are critical for this role
- Exercising our core values
- Being invitational and outgoing towards participants, especially the newcomers
- Living your faith with courage as a public witness
- Opening up in vulnerability to Bible studies and staff
- Working within a staff team and with partner (parish/diocese) leadership
- Ability to cast vision, disciple and lead others
- Implement our volunteer leadership model
- For fundraising
- Live out the precepts of the Catholic faith
- 100% Catholic Missionary minded (all work should have eternal salvation at the forefront) – missionary work is a vocation/calling, which means it permeates all aspects of life, unlike a regular job.
- Ability to legally work in the United States
Position Duties
Event Planning & Coordination: Every missionary will submit an annual event plan for review with their supervisor.
- Plans should include 5-6 leagues a year in a new location, more as the volunteer/participation base grows.
- They will also include a major social event (e.g. dances, tours, tournaments, picnics, etc.) every other month (6/year)
- Smaller socials such as: movies, meals, coffee, potlucks, etc. should be planned on the off months from major social events. When there are no planned Sunday events/leagues, the missionary will plan the smaller social events in coordination with Sunday masses.
- Annual event plans will be presented for approval/feedback to the parish’s leadership.
- The above are the minimum expectations, but missionaries are encouraged to creatively invest in their communities by going above and beyond the minimum and to leverage volunteer assistance in doing so to not become overburdened.
- Formation:
- Every missionary will lead at least one Bible study and disciple its participants with intentionality:
- Prudently using materials/topics/activities to plan how to best help each individual grow in faith
- Meet regularly with your Bible study co-leader every other week for discipleship and to discuss your study
- Meet with other study participants on regular basis for discipleship
- Carefully balance the above to not reduce discipleship to simply growing in friendship.
- They will also coordinate the regional Bible study volunteers and cast our vision for Bible studies to those leaders.
- Depending on the needs of the parish partnership, you may need to coordinate further small group initiatives through the parish.
- Regular outreach/discipleship meetings should also happen with volunteers and league participants, as well as coaching volunteers to hold discipleship meetings.
- Volunteer Recruitment & Management: Every missionary must work diligently at recruiting volunteers (e.g. league managers, study leaders, etc.). The missionary will manage volunteers and assist in the planning of quarterly formation events and an annual appreciation outing.
- Reporting: Missionaries must coordinate efforts with parish, or diocesan personnel, including attending staff meetings, planning committees and submitting quarterly reports on results/progress of the mission. They will work with their supervisor to plan the next quarter’s strategy and present it at the quarterly meeting.
Compensation
Employees of Catholic Sports fundraise their personal income in order to further the mission (i.e. they are missionaries). Catholic Sports will internally train all missionaries on how to build an income producing support team from friends, family and referrals. The first nine weeks are set aside strictly for building this support team, which will sustain the missionaries in their work with Catholic Sports. Support team building is performed remotely near the missionary’s home base.
During this initial trainee/fundraising season, missionaries will have the opportunity to earn significant bonuses towards achieving their income goals as well as a small stipend for finishing the first week of training. Missionaries are held accountable to fundraising goals based on their personal budget needs by an experienced Catholic Sports MPD coach. Missionaries raise $25k-$69k/year in personal income support depending on their personal budget needs.
Missionaries will also be offered benefits, not limited to, but such as:
1. $400 taxable rent subsidy, if they live in an approved formation house as described above after their initial fundraising/trainee period
2. retirement contribution matching up to 3%
3. health/vision/dental care premium reimbursement
Professional Skills Acquired
- Computer/technical skills (Microsoft Suite, Windows and social media marketing
- Public speaking and group leadership
- Sales/Development experience
- Work in the sports industry
- Event planning experience
- Management and leadership development, including opportunities to advance in Catholic Sports
- Faith formation particularly around evangelization
Job Questions:
- We are recruiting for this position in Denver, San Diego, Chicago, DC, & Tampa. Please specify which market you’d prefer to work in.
- Are you a current resident of the United States with at least a 2yr+9wk VISA or US Citizenship?
- Do you currently live out our core value of Catholic Orthodoxy by adhering to the 5 precepts of the Catholic faith mentioned in CCC2042-2043 (http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s1c3a3.htm#2042