Rector - Tantur Ecumenical institute
Listed on 2026-08-08
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Education / Teaching
Academic, Pastor / Ministry / Church, University Professor, Education Administration
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The University of Notre Dame, founded in 1842 in Notre Dame, Indiana, is a premier American research university. As a Catholic institution, it uniquely blends faith with intellectual inquiry, striving for excellence in teaching, research, and serving the common good. Notre Dame offers a dynamic and rewarding environment for its diverse community of students, faculty, and staff, who are all dedicated to fostering an inclusive campus and being a force for good in the world.
With world-class facilities, acclaimed academic programs, and a strong commitment to innovation and ethical leadership, Notre Dame is an ideal place to make a meaningful impact.
About the Tantur Ecumenical Institute
The Tantur Ecumenical Institute envisions a world-wide Christian community that is focused on Jesus, attentive to the poor, and thirsting for unity, responding to Jesus’s prayer that all may be one. Founded by Pope Paul VI and entrusted to the stewardship of the University of Notre Dame, the Tantur Ecumenical Institute works to contribute to the healing of divisions among Christians.
Anchored in Jerusalem and at Notre Dame in the United States, the Institute today is a catalyst for scholarship, pilgrimage, prayer, and encounter among Christians and other religious believers. The Institute derives special meaning from its opportunity to elevate the global Christian community’s attention to the needs and lived realities of the Christian community in the Holy Land. In line with its mission, the Institute has become a global hub for the formation of clergy, pastoral leaders, and pilgrims from a wide array of Christian traditions.
About the Position
The Rector of the Tantur Ecumenical Institute is responsible for the leadership of the Institute’s initiatives in the Holy Land, represents Tantur throughout the world, and is a leader within the global ecumenical movement. The Rector supervises a host of pastoral education programs and pilgrimage experiences for clergy, pastoral leaders, and other visitors to the Holy Land, and is empowered to work creatively to build, within available resources, additional pastoral, scholarly, and spiritual initiatives aligned with the Institute’s ecumenical mission.
Special opportunities exist to develop – in a manner appropriate for an academic institution – the Tantur Ecumenical Institute’s service to the Christian community in the Holy Land. The Rector animates the prayer and spiritual life at Tantur and the Institute’s global contributions to spiritual ecumenism.
The Rector represents the Tantur Ecumenical Institute to the Apostolic Nuncio to Israel / the Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine, and other ecclesial institutions. In representing the Tantur Ecumenical Institute to local Church authorities, the Rector collaborates with the Director of Notre Dame Jerusalem (D-NDJ) when matters relate to property, tax, and other similar administrative matters. The Rector collaborates closely with the D-NDJ to ensure operational and administrative support for the Ecumenical Institute’s programming.
The Rector and the D-NDJ are equal partners who communicate regularly. The two leaders work collaboratively and in support of each other, representing the values of the University of Notre Dame.
The Rector resides at Tantur, located in Jerusalem near Bethlehem. The Rector is an employee of the University of Notre Dame and will report to the Executive Director of the University’s Office of Mission Engagement and Church Affairs (OMECA). The Rector collaborates with the D-NDJ, the Senior Ecumenical Fellow (a Notre Dame faculty member charged with leading ecumenically-relevant scholarly activities), the leadership of Notre Dame Global, and other faculty and administrators of the University of Notre Dame.
The anticipated start date for the next Rector is early summer 2027.
Delineation to Notre Dame Jerusalem
The Ecumenical Institute shares the Tantur campus with Notre Dame Jerusalem (NDJ). NDJ is an academic center that administers research, education, and outreach initiatives and collaborates…
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