Assistant Director of Marriage, Family & Respect Life, Diocese of Arlington, VA

Assistant Director of Marriage, Family & Respect Life, Diocese of Arlington, VA

The Office of Marriage, Family and Respect Life (OMFRL) assists the Bishop, pastors and parishes with initiatives, programs and resources that sustain Marriage, Family & Life issues.  It also supports the ministries for men and women, outreach to the divorced, adult children of divorce and provides pastoral care for pregnant women (Gabriel Project) and those in need of after abortion care (Project Rachel).

In addition, the Office assists the Virginia Catholic Conference in efforts to educate legislators and voters, and advocates on issues in support of families and human life.

The Assistant Director for Marriage and Family Life provides support to the Executive Director for all programs relating to Marriage Preparation and Marriage Enrichment.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES:

Management of the Conference for the Engaged program, which includes but is not limited to:

  • Establishing dates with parishes and coordinating with the parish secretary;
  • Recruiting and training volunteer couples, counselors and priests;
  • Assigning volunteers and managing logistics for twenty (15-17) CFEs per year;
  • Coordinating with office staff and volunteers to prepare materials and vouchers;
  • Reporting results of each conference to the Executive Director, and compiling a monthly report;
  • Creating a stronger community with the volunteers and giving them feedback from each of their conferences;
  • Reviewing the program on an on-going basis and implementing changes based on the evaluations, presenting couples’ suggestions, trends in marriage national preparatory conferences, and the Bishop’s and USCCB’s initiatives;
  • Assisting the Executive Director in designing new talks and exercises, and editing volunteers’ talks as needed;
  • Supporting couples who have attended conferences by responding to their requests for information and sharing pertinent email updates
  • Helping to train transitional deacons on different aspects of the Conference for the Engaged program and marriage preparation in general within the diocese.

Management of the Marriage Enrichment Conferences/Events, which includes but is not limited to:

  • Assisting the Executive Director in choosing speakers and topics for each of the conferences/events; 
  • Establishing dates with parishes and coordinating details with the parish secretary;
  • Vetting and inviting speakers for the biannual conferences,
  • Coordinating with office staff and volunteers to prepare materials and vouchers;
  • Reporting results of each conference to the Executive Director

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