CHARLOTTE — Looking for a job? Consider a future working with the Diocese of Charlotte.
Pastoral Center
Five positions are currently available at the diocesan pastoral center in Charlotte, according to Emily Madden, human resources specialist for the diocese. Openings are available for accounts receivable clerk, HR manager total compensation and benefits, bookkeeper (parish accounting services), development director for Catholic schools, and staff accountants.
Those interested in applying should click the “apply” button on the link at the diocesan website’s Careers page: www.charlottediocese.org/employment-opportunities. From there, they will be directed to a site where they can submit applications and resumes.
This is a smaller number of open jobs than usual, but other openings do come up, and those interested in working with the diocese should consistently monitor the careers page, Madden said. There, they can check for openings in Catholic Charities, schools and at the pastoral center.
Schools
The biggest employment search currently under way in the diocese’s school system is four principal positions coming open for the 2024-’25 school year, according to Dr. Greg Monroe, superintendent of schools for the diocese.
New principals will be needed at Asheville Catholic School, Bishop McGuinness High School in Kernersville, and at St. Leo the Great School and Our Lady of Mercy School, both in Winston-Salem.
Those interested in learning more about the opening at Bishop McGuinness should go to www.bmhs.us/about/principal-search.cfm. Specific information about the other principal positions will be available online in the near future.
Monroe said those interested in the education field should consider the special opportunities offered by Catholic schools.
“Working in a Catholic school isn’t just a job – it’s a vocation where one can truly make a difference and contribute to a legacy of education, faith and building intentional Catholic culture,” he said.
Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities is also hiring, with several positions open in Asheville, Charlotte, Murphy or Winston-Salem – including the position of regional director for its Piedmont-Triad Office.
Read more and apply at www.ccdoc.org/jobs.
— Christina Lee Knauss
More online
At www.charlottediocese.org/employment-opportunities: Get more information about the 28 jobs available now with the Diocese of Charlotte, its school system, and at Catholic Charities.
Hundreds of families receive food, gifts thanks to parishes’ donations
Staff and volunteers at Catholic Charities offices throughout the Diocese of Charlotte enjoyed sharing the true spirit of Christmas by distributing mountains of food and gifts to deserving families in recent weeks.
Donations poured in from parishes throughout the diocese, helping to make Christmas easier on those in need. Charlotte’s St. Matthew Parish dropped off 125 baskets of food Dec. 18 at Catholic Charities’ Charlotte office, which distributed the items the same day.
Boy Scouts from St. Luke Parish in Mint Hill also arrived at the downtown Charlotte office that morning bearing 75 boxes of food. These were distributed Dec. 19 during the Charlotte office’s regular weekly food pantry.
Catholic Charities’ Western Region Office in Asheville also stayed busy with its weekly food pantry and regular markets with its partner, MANNA FoodBank. On Dec. 12, as part of their monthly market at Woodfin Community Center, children were invited to choose books they’d like to keep.
The Western Region Office also held its annual angel tree project. Piles of gifts filled the office at 50 Orange St. in Asheville over the past month, thanks to the generosity of donors throughout western North Carolina.
Longtime angel tree volunteer and Western Region Office advisory board member Susan Loveland coordinated gifts for more than 55 families. It was “organized chaos” as
Loveland led the efforts to ensure that all 279 program participants received gifts. Volunteer and advisory board member Donna Bange helped track more than 600 angel tree requests.
At the Catholic Charities office in Winston-Salem, staff and volunteers organized and distributed holiday meals and gifts from Holy Family Parish in Clemmons and St. Leo the Great Parish in Winston-Salem. Together, the parishes donated enough food, toys and gift cards to help 108 families. Joy filled the hearts of everyone concerned as they loaded trunks with all the goods needed for a Merry Christmas.
— Annie Ferguson. Photos provided
