James Behan, Jr. Email & Phone Number

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

• Create, manage, and facilitate events for Catholic young adults throughout the 120 church parishes and relevant ministries of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans.
• Advises the parishes of the Archdiocese of New Orleans in their efforts to begin or expand their outreach to young adults between the ages of 18-39 through consultation, training, and resources.
• Engages audiences in multimedia presentations to couples at Day for the Engaged workshops and parishes and ministries on young adult ministry issues and formation.
• Leads Catholic marriage sacramental preparation workshops; accompanying over 100 engaged couples over the past 12 months.
• Creates and manages content for both offices’ web presence, as well as Young Adult Ministry’s e-mail marketing, and social media campaigns.
• Accepted invitation from leadership to be the associate director of two distinct offices and include responsibilities in marriage and family life ministries following economic reorganization in August 2020.

Greater New Orleans Area

• Coordinated, facilitated, and promoted archdiocesan-wide Young Adult Ministry initiatives, such as monthly prayer & fellowship gatherings, seasonal Theology on Tap presentations, and Young Adult Retreats.
• Assisted the parishes of the archdiocese in their efforts to begin or expand their Young Adult Ministries through consultation, training, and resources.
• Chaired the archdiocesan staff Faith Formation Committee responsible for efforts to provide administrative staff in offices throughout the greater New Orleans area opportunities for prayer and growth in their faith life.
• Invited to add ministry responsibilities in the Office of Marriage and Family Life following organizational restructuring in July 2020.

New Orleans, LA

• Recognized for fulfulling implementation objectives for the Office of Religious Education as detailed by the Ninth General Synod strategic plan.
• Designed resources for leaders of religious education and collaborated with colleagues, offices, and parishes across the archdiocese to fulfill commitments made by the Ninth General Synod
• Influenced the promotion and implementation of the Gulf Coast Faith Formation Conference, a regional gathering that hosts 800 - 1,200 participants annually, as the manager of the conference social media accounts and.
• Oversaw the Archdiocesan Catechist Certification Program by arranging courses and instructors, advertising courses to host and neighboring parishes, and keeping track of certification progress.
• Instructed 4 sections of basic theology certification courses for catechists, Catholic school teachers, administrators, and other interested adults.
• Presented on a variety of faith formation topics at regional meetings and when requested by parishes.

New Orleans, Louisiana

• Oversaw programming, outreach, formation, and spiritual development to the Roman Catholic community at the University of New Orleans.
• Served as an archdiocesan liaison to the Catholic Student Association of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center.
• Assisted the Archdiocese in young adult and campus ministry efforts.

New Orleans, Louisiana

• Generates interest for the Gulf Coast Faith Formation Conference by creating social media content on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
• Manages the content on the conference website.

Staten Island, NY

• Coordinated the Liturgical & Music Ministries for campus, including recruitment, formation, weekly preparation and rehearsal.
• Led two sections of Vincentian Initiative to Advance Leadership (V.I.T.A.L.), a student leadership program that integrates the Catholic, Vincentian, and Metropolitan Mission of St. John's into a student's life with the.
• Completed the Vincentian Mission Certificate program, a 16-month professional development program for employees, faculty, and staff to live out the Vincentian Mission in our work, as a member of its first cohort in 2007.
• Coordinated campus cohort of the university’s Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults process, preparing young adults for full initiation into the Roman Catholic Church, and facilitated formation sessions.
• Developed and trained student retreat leaders, student service immersion leaders, and students taking part in service immersion experiences.
• Implemented campus-wide advertising and recruitment for retreat program and annual service immersion experiences.

-Coordinated the Special Community service program, which provided 100+ students numerous opportunities to aid the community around Marist College. -Organized retreat opportunities for the members of Campus Ministry and advised student leaders in preparation for each retreat. -Worked interdepartmentally on campus to optimize student response to Campus.

Ma, Theology

Bs, Communication Arts

Activities and Societies: President's Society ('03-'04), College of Professional Studies Honors Society (Member '02 - '04, President.