ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW:

St. Mary’s Catholic Center at Texas A&M University has the mission to form apostles for the Church and the world. We are a ministry of the New Evangelization who believe in exercising a dynamic orthodoxy, faithful to the Church’s instruction, engaging and fervent, in a manner that reaches the hearts of the faithful and the unchurched. The Women's Campus Minister is a member of the pastoral team at St. Mary’s Catholic Center. An important value of our parish staff is reliance on prayer, thus we enjoy the opportunity to begin each day of work in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament.

Ministerial Character

The Pastor is the visible principle and foundation of unity in the parish of St Mary's Catholic Center which the Bishop has entrusted to him.  He makes Christ’s mission present and enduring in the parish.  In order to fulfill his mission, the Pastor employs suitable, chosen collaborators (clerics, religious, or lay people).  He shares with them his mission and entrusts various responsibilities to them.

Positions employed at St Mary's Catholic Center help to extend the ministry of the Pastor in particular ways as outlined in the job description.  Therefore, the employee in this position is closely connected to and assists the Pastor in the performance of his ministry and thereby engages in ministry for the Church.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: 

St. Mary's is looking to expand our ministry vision from a ministry built primarily around programs to one built around culture—shared values, lived in common relationships, radiating outward into every corner of campus life.

This role is a pioneer position. The Women's Campus Minister will help build, from the ground up, a culture of conversion and apostolic maturity among the women of St. Mary's. She will do this not by managing programs from the front, but by going where students live—accompanying women deeply, elevating their living environments, forming their interior lives, and raising up leaders who multiply the mission without being told exactly what to do.

This is not a maintenance role. It is a culture-building role. The right person will feel the weight of that and be energized by it.

THE CULTURE ST. MARY’S IS BUILDING:

We believe the most formative environments in a student's life are not the ones inside our building—they are the homes, friendships, and daily rhythms students return to every day. We are investing in a "bottom-up" approach: formation that reaches students where they actually live, and equips them to be leaven in every environment they inhabit.

The Women's Campus Minister will be central to this work. She will help build a culture where women at St. Mary's are:

• Secure — knowing they are loved by the real God, not a performance of Him
• Hungry — aware they are unfinished and eager to grow
• Together — convinced that community is not optional and that depth requires vulnerability
• Generous — formed to ask how can I give myself? rather than what can I get?
• Sent — shaped with an outward-facing identity and a zeal for mission beyond St. Mary's

WHAT THE WOMEN’S CAMPUS MINISTER WILL DO:

Pioneer the Women's Formation Culture

• Serve as a primary architect of women's culture at St. Mary's, in close collaboration with the Women's Team 
• Work alongside the Director of Campus Ministry to develop a cohesive, long-term vision for how women are formed and sent at St. Mary's
• Help translate our mindsets and principles into practical formation pathways for women at every stage of their journey
• Build something that outlasts any single program or personality—a culture students carry with them

Accompany the Women's Team

• Walk closely alongside Avery and Maddie in their roles, providing formation, vision, accountability, and practical mentorship
• Help the Women's Team grow not just in ministry skill but in interior depth, leadership capacity, and apostolic identity
• Meet regularly with each team member for 1-on-1 accompaniment and collaborative vision-casting
• Model the kind of accompaniment you are asking them to give to students

Elevate Student Living Environments

• Actively engage women's living environments—dorms, apartments, households—as integral formational spaces
• Work with student leaders to bring structure, vision, and intentionality to how they live together, not just how they show up to programs
• Help women see their homes as mission territory: places of radical hospitality, honest friendship, and shared conversion
• Develop a practical approach for equipping households to form one another and invite others in

Form and Multiply Leaders

• Identify Freshman and Sophomore women with leadership potential and invest in them with depth and intentionality
• Accompany a core group of student leaders through regular 1-on-1 discipleship, challenging them toward ongoing conversion, prayer, and apostolic generosity
• Alongside Jenny Lynn, elevate the spiritual vision, practical skills, and ownership mentality of women leading St. Mary's organizations and initiatives
• Form leaders who can accompany others—multiplying the mission beyond what any single staff member can do alone

Build Transformative Environments

• Design and lead formation spaces marked by authenticity, depth, and encounter—not just attendance numbers
• Collaborate with the Women's Team on retreats, leadership gatherings, and small group experiences

Live the Mission as a Team

• Begin each day rooted in prayer—model the interior life you are forming in others
• Participate fully in the pastoral team with humility, initiative, and shared ownership of the whole mission
• Contribute to campus-wide initiatives including Magnify, outreach efforts, and major parish events
• Respond generously to needs as they arise
• As an integral part of your ministry for the Church as carried out in this position, support and uphold the philosophy of Catholic ministry and the mission of St. Mary’s Catholic Center in both your professional and personal life.
• Act as a witness to Gospel values by modeling the teachings of the Catholic Church.
• Continuously grow in your ministry by participating in religious ceremonies, training sessions, and reflection activities as directed. 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A woman who loves Jesus Christ and wants to give her life—not just her working hours—to His mission
• Someone with a pioneer spirit: energized by building, not just maintaining; comfortable with ambiguity and motivated by vision
• A natural accompanier who goes deep quickly, earns trust, and calls people to more without making them feel managed
• Someone who understands that culture is built in relationships and living rooms, not just programs and retreats
• A disciple who forms disciples—and knows the difference between producing activity and producing conversion
• A collaborative team player who leads with humility and brings out the best in the people around her
• Strong relational, organizational, and communication skills
• Missionary availability: some evenings and weekends are part of the mission
• Bachelor's degree required
• A life marked by integrity, accountability, and ongoing conversion

LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS:

• Valid driver's license.
• Must maintain compliance with the Diocese of Austin Ethics and Integrity in Ministry (EIM) policies through the employment period.

COMPENSATION:

The Women's Campus Minister is a full time, salaried position including a full benefits package.

JOB CONDITION AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Work is performed in a church or office setting with daily and weekly deadlines. The candidate must have flexibility and availability to be present on some nights and weekends. The Women’s Campus Minister while performing the duties of this job, is required to stand, walk, talk, reach, sit and perform repetitive motions of hands/wrists. The ability to lift and move items up to twenty pounds is required.

OTHER:

The Women's Campus Minister must adhere to the guidelines of the Diocese of Austin regarding Ethics and Integrity in Ministry.  The Director of Campus Ministry will evaluate the Women's Campus Minister in writing at least annually.  

• All employees of the Parish are engaged in ministry and closely tied to the Pastor in the exercise of his ministry and obligations to the church. 
• The Parish is an at-will employer.
• Will be required to adhere to established dress codes and conduct standards.