Love Begins Here Core Team

Summer Seasonal Positions | Archdiocese of Milwaukee & Diocese of Green Bay

Position Overview

Spend your summer serving others, growing in your Catholic faith, and helping middle and high school teens encounter Jesus Christ through prayer, service, and community.

Love Begins Here (LBH) is a Catholic summer mission experience inspired by St. Teresa of Calcutta's call to do small things with great love. Our Core Team Ministers are young adults who lead teens and adult volunteers in serving their neighbors, building authentic Christian community, and growing as missionary disciples.

For Summer 2027, Love Begins Here will serve communities throughout the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and the Diocese of Green Bay, offering Core Team Ministers the opportunity to bring Christ's love to communities across eastern Wisconsin.

Job Description

Love Begins Here Core Team Ministers lead middle and high school missionaries and their adult chaperones through weeklong experiences of service, prayer, and community life. Core Team Ministers help facilitate daily programming, lead service projects, accompany teens in their faith, and foster a welcoming, joyful, and Christ-centered environment.

Core Team Ministers are responsible for supporting the physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being of participants while working collaboratively with fellow Core Team Members and adult leaders.

This position is ministerial in nature and directly supports the mission of the Catholic Church to proclaim Jesus Christ and make disciples. Core Team Ministers serve as witnesses to the Catholic faith through their words, actions, attitudes, and daily example. Their leadership should consistently reflect the teachings and mission of the Catholic Church.

Qualifications & Requirements

The mission of Love Begins Here is to transform both the missionaries who participate and the communities they serve through lives rooted in faith, hope, and charity.

Core Team Ministers are expected to:

• Be at least 20 years of age by the start of the summer.
• Be practicing Catholics who actively participate in the sacramental life of the Church and strive to live in accordance with Catholic teaching.
• Demonstrate a personal commitment to knowing, loving, and serving Jesus Christ.
• Have a desire to evangelize, mentor, and accompany middle and high school students.
• Possess strong communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills.
• Be flexible, dependable, enthusiastic, and willing to serve wherever needed.
• Be comfortable leading prayer, small group discussions, and faith-based activities.
• Work collaboratively with other Core Team Members, parish leaders, and adult volunteers.
• Complete all required Safe Environment training and background screening.
• Be available for the full summer commitment, including training, mission weeks, and wrap-up activities.

Core Team Ministers who are at least 23 years old and meet applicable driving and insurance requirements may be authorized to transport missionaries.

Compensation & Benefits

Core Team Ministers receive:

• $350 per week during training and scheduled mission weeks, subject to confirmation for 2027.
• Lodging and meals provided during training and mission sessions.
• Mileage reimbursement for approved ministry-related travel.
• At least one full day off each week, as scheduling permits.
• A scheduled mid-summer break.
• Hands-on experience in Catholic youth ministry, missionary discipleship, leadership, and evangelization.
• Opportunities for personal spiritual growth, formation, and intentional Catholic community.

Final compensation and the total number of paid weeks will be confirmed with the complete summer schedule.

Summer 2027 Schedule

Core Team Ministers must be available for the full summer commitment, including formation, assigned mission weeks, travel, and summer wrap-up.

• June 10-20: Training Week | Waukesha, WI
• June 20–25: High School Mission | Milwaukee/Greenfield, WI
• June 28–July 1: Middle School Mission | Waukesha, WI
• July 2-11: Mid-Summer Break (Off)
• July 12–15: Middle School Mission | Burlington, WI
• July 19-22: Middle School Mission | Diocese of Green Bay
• July 26-29: Middle School Mission | Diocese of Green Bay
• July 30-31: End of Summer Wrap-Up | Milwaukee, WI

As a Core Team Minister, you won't simply help run summer mission trips. You'll help young people encounter Christ, discover the joy of serving others, and recognize their own call to become missionary disciples.

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