The California Catholic Conference (CCC) seeks a dynamic, faith-filled Catholic leader as its Executive Director. Major responsibilities include:
- Assuring the representation of the interests of the Catholic Church in California to the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches of the State and Federal government.
- Managing the overall operation of the CCC and the Conference of Catholic Bishops of California in accordance with policies and practices as determined by the Bishops of the Conference.
- Implementing the agendas and priorities of the Bishops of the California Catholic Conference.
Qualifications:
- Able to secure the trust and confidence of the Bishops of California
- Bachelor’s degree, masters preferred, in related field or equivalent work experience.
- Practicing Catholic in good standing with the Church.
- Comprehensive knowledge of the Catholic Church and its organizational structure and culture.
- Knowledge and experience of the legislative process, particularly the California legislature and Federal Congress desired.
- Demonstrated leadership and management abilities with at least five years of related leadership and management experience.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Computer literate and functional
- Some Spanish language competency desired
- Valid California Driver’s License
A long ‘wish list’. I hope they are successful in finding such a person. I find it interesting they are willing to consider work experience in lieu of a college degree.
Illegal immigrant a plus
Summing it up:
Looking for a Hispanic willing to kowtow to our left-leaning ultra-liberal group of Bishops and Archbishops. Traditional Catholics need not apply.
Ability to handle un-necessary cynicism a real advantage. Also slings and arrows – ability to dodge comments from all comers. Adherents to the current teachings of the Church will be dealt with harshly by those who are mired in the 13th century.
There goes that phrase “current teachings of the Church” again. There’s no such thing. The “teachings of the Church” are nothing if not ancient. Your opponents are not “mired in the 13th century.” They are “mired” in the first century, specifically the period during which Christ walked and spoke with his Apostles, with particular attention towards the things he did and said. Your “current teachers” would like to get away from all that.
We might reflect on what changes took place between the First Century and the Thirteenth.
Keep hoping the Church will approve of homosexuality. It’s not going to happen.
Bob One,
I don’t wish to defend any unjust attacks and it’s true that the Church in the thirteenth century had its problems as we all know. But it was also arguably the peak of Christendom and the heyday of Scholasticism. I think fondly of those times.
Jesus Christ is timeless! His followers “live in the world, but are not of the world!”
The 13th century gave us some of the very greatest saints that the Church– and the world!– has ever seen! St. Francis of Assisi, St. Clare of Assisi, and St. Dominic, were in their heydey, in the early part of the 13th century– resulting in a huge religious revival for the Church, with thousands joining the new Franciscan, Poor Clare, and Dminican religious ordersl! Later in the 13th century, the world was blessed with the very great Dominican friar, St. Thomas Aquinas– whose works, synthesizing the thought of Aristotle with Catholicism– became an extremely important part of Catholicisn, and of all Western civilization!
Bob One is mired in the nonsense of Vatican 2… I will take the 13th century any day…..
Bohemond,
Vatican II was an important ecumenical council and was not nonsense.
It would be better to say that you much prefer the thirteenth century to some of the nonsense that followed Vatican II.
Steve: Since the council by every single measure the Church in West is in decline. I really hope one day that one day a new council is called Vatican 2 teachings are suppressed (like Nostre Aetate) along with the Novus Ordo and the Church can breath again.
Bohemond,
You could make that point if everything else remained the same. But things have changed radically. Vatican II closed near the end of a very conservative, pro-religion decade. Shortly after it concluded, a cultural revolution occurred in Western Civilization that was very liberal and anti-religion. This revolution has tried its best to warp everything that is holy in the Church, including Trent and Vatican II.
Our job, like St. Francis, is to bring holiness to the Church and to the faithful by trying to emulate Christ. This inevitably involves large amounts of prayer, fasting, mortification of sin, works of mercy, and suffering.
You are in a century like it.
The great Saints like Francis and Dominic were raised up by the Lord and His Mother to rebuild the Church and fight heresy such as belief in no heaven or hell and the praiseworthiness of suicide, fornication, and adultery.
Hope and Pray, that we could find a leader of that caliber.