Diocesan Opportunities

The Vocations Program Coordinator provides in person professional support services to the Diocesan Office of Vocations and its Director. The Vocations Program Coordinator is responsible for communicating the importance of discerning and responding to the call to vocation to priesthood or religious life through the various social media, in collaboration with the Diocesan Office of Communications. The Vocations Program Coordinator will support the mission, philosophy, objectives and policies of the Roman Catholic Church and the Diocese of Joliet.

The Department of Catechesis & Evangelization in the Diocese of Joliet is offering a 9-week summer internship in 2025 for four adults ages 21 and up. The purpose is to support youth formation programming across the diocese, while helping the interns learn more about diocesan and parish structures to better discern where God may be calling them in the life of the church.

The Director is responsible for implementing and maintaining the diocesan response to the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People and the Essential Norms, and for creating a culture of safety for the children of the diocese. The Director supervises and coordinates the assistance needed by any victim of sexual abuse that occurred in the past or the present. The Director supervises the Diocesan Victim Assistance Coordinator and ensures all incoming allegations of sexual abuse of minors by Church employees or volunteers are properly received and handled according to the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People and state laws. Serves as staff to the Diocesan Review Committee.

The Diocese of Joliet is a thriving and growing community serving over 520,000 Catholics in 117 parishes across a geographic area of 4,218 miles in Northern Illinois. The Diocese is divided into eight deaneries serving Catholics in DuPage, Kankakee, Will, Grundy, Ford, Iroquois, and Kendall counties. Bishop Ronald A Hicks, who has led the Diocese since 2020, seeks a trusted Chief Operating Officer (COO) and strategic visionary who is mission driven, goal-oriented, and a dynamic Catholic operations leader to assist in directing the Diocese. The COO, in partnership with the Vicar General and Director of Ministries, will help to foster the mission of the Catholic Church through the Bishop’s vision of Catechesis, Evangelization, and Faith into Action.