Posting on behalf of Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church and School in Savage, Minnesota, as this is my current position of 4.5 years. I am parting on good terms and am relocating to another state for other reasons!

Saint John the Baptist is a vibrant community of 2,100 families with a PreK-8th grade school. The parish staff and pastor whom you will work with are faithful, kind, and collaborative!

The school music teacher is an organist as well, which makes collaborating for School Masses easy. The music program has been rebuilt since COVID, and members of the music ministry are eager for it to continue to grow. We are a few years into our partnership with Source and Summit, and have a supplemental music book with additional songs created in-house (to help keep things going smoothly during the transition) and provide additional selections and mass settings. Continued discernment with the Pastor of the music program and selections are expected. While there are not paid section leaders or cantors, there has been a good budget for hiring brass and strings for Solemnities and Feasts. The person to fill this job needs to be faithful, personable, and reasonable- then you will find a good home here!

https://careers.archspm.org/job/director-of-music-and-liturgy-5/

Selected pieces from the job description- full posting on Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis Job Board. Salary range $70,000-$80,000.

The Director of Music and Liturgy is a critical position that requires both vision and implementation while building on the strong foundation of music and liturgy at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church and School. In alignment with the vision of the pastor, the purpose of this job is to direct all aspects of music and liturgy in line with the General Instruction of the Roman Missal and Church teaching. This requires the capacity to select and play both traditional and contemporary styles of music that serve the pastoral needs of the parish as well as the requirements of the Catholic Mass. Programming must help facilitate an engaging experience of sacred worship in a spirit of noble simplicity. The goal of this position is to foster a community of active discipleship in which the Gospel message is known, loved and lived through all church and school liturgical celebrations.

Our parish uses the Source and Summit Missals, in addition to a supplemental music book that was created within the parish containing sixty additional pieces of music in a more eclectic style. The parish aims to program music from the best of our beautiful Catholic Tradition, as well as the best of current liturgical music compositions. The SATB choir is familiar with a large repertoire of standard hymnody, chants from Source & Summit, and makes use of a generous and varied choral library. There is currently a Women's Schola as well, which focuses more on chant, as well as choral works by the Benedictines of Mary and similar compositions. A praise and worship ensemble provides music for quarterly parish-wide Eucharistic Adoration events. A children's choir sings during the Christmas and Easter seasons. Further development of the music program in consultation with the pastor will be expected.


Responsibilities

Select all music to complement each week’s Scriptures and Propers in consultation with the pastor
Direct all choirs and music ensembles; accompany (organ and piano) at weekend Masses, Holy Days of Obligation, select Solemnities and Feasts
Create accompanist, choir, musician and cantor schedules for rehearsals and liturgies
Direct and lead all choir and musician rehearsals
Accompany at school liturgies and funerals
Work with the engaged couples and wedding coordinator to plan the music for wedding liturgies and arrange for musicians/vocalists
Oversee the training, scheduling, and leadership of music ministers
Maintain and update music resources including library of octavos and copyright permissions and reporting (OneLicense/CCLI)
Maintain church and school auditorium sound systems,
Select and maintain instruments, primarily piano and organ
Work collaboratively with all church and school staff in planning and executing parish and school liturgies
Design and publish seasonal liturgy guides with appropriate copyright citation
Prepare cantor script for every parish liturgy
Direct liturgical ministries (lectors, sacristans, extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion, ushers and servers (training and communications).
Using appropriate resources (e.g., ORDO), ensure scriptural selections and general intercessions are in place for all liturgies
Maintain and order sacristy supplies: not limited to, but including hosts, wine, candles, and liturgical books; supervise volunteers for maintaining/cleaning of liturgical linens, vestments, etc.
Participate in staff meetings and retreats
Continue professional education and attend appropriate workshops and other events offered by the archdiocese as directed by the pastor
Manage and operate within the liturgy budget
Other duties as assigned

Application Instructions
In addition to a cover letter and resume, please also prepare the music selections for two liturgies:

The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time

Please submit these materials to lmoriarty@stjohns-savage.org