Campus Minister

ICA Cristo Rey Academy (ICA) is a Dominican Catholic college preparatory school that empowers girls from underserved communities to become confident young women able to realize their full potential. By providing an excellent academic curriculum, a unique corporate work study experience, and the support of our spiritual community, we prepare students for lives of faith, purpose, and service.

Title:

Campus Minister

Reports to:

Director of Mission and Brand Integration

Location:

San Francisco

Position Type:
Full-time, Exempt, 10.5 month

Salary Range: $80,000 - $90,000

Campus Ministry is the heartbeat of faith and spirituality for the ICA Cristo Rey community. Our programs enliven and animate the Catholic and Dominican identity of our school for students, faculty, staff, and families. We seek to nurture the spiritual lives of our students—supporting and enriching them to live lives filled with faith, hope, and love in service to others.

Through Masses, daily prayer, retreats, and formational activities, we invite every student to seek God's presence in all things. Our community reflects Jesus' care for all people, living in solidarity with our foundress, Mother Maria Pia Backes, and her mission for the young, the poor, and the vulnerable.

The Campus Minister supports the spiritual formation of the student body by integrating faith, culture, and life. Inspired by Gospel values and the Dominican pursuit of Veritas, the Campus Minister helps students think critically and ethically about the world to promote the Kingdom of God. The ultimate goal is the formation of young women of prayer, study, community, and service.

Primary duties consist of but are not limited to the following:

• Coordinate all school and family Masses in collaboration with the staff, faculty, and school leadership with the goal of optimizing student engagement and ensuring liturgies are culturally inclusive and reflective of our diverse community.
• Organize training for liturgical ministers, student preachers, Eucharist ministers, lectors, altar servers and all other students involved with liturgical celebrations.
• Coordinate all guest liturgical ministers, including priests, music ministers, and cantors.
• Design and oversee opportunities for students and staff to interweave inclusive prayer experiences and spiritual practices into the daily life of the school.
• Support adult faith formation by assisting in the design of retreats and liturgies for faculty and staff.
• Plan all special prayer services throughout the school year, including prayer services and/or spiritual activities for the Advent and Lenten seasons.
• Plan and organize activities for Catholic Schools Week, Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose (DSMSJ) Week, and Founder’s Day.
• Work with the Director of Mission and Brand Integration to provide faith resources and spiritual reflections for monthly Campus Ministry Newsletter.

• Implement and oversee a comprehensive four-year student retreat program.
• Nurture and empower students by infusing Gospel values and Catholic Social Teachings—including justice, peace, human dignity, and the integrity of creation—into all aspects of campus ministry and service work.
• Design meaningful community service events that help students connect their service work to their faith. Work with the school leadership to develop a service learning program.
• Promote and participate in the Dominican Preaching Conference, the DSMSJ Veritas Retreat, and other summer ministry programs.

• Foster a relationship with our school sponsors, the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose, while cultivating the Dominican charism within all…