Röm.-kath. Landeskirche des Kantons Luzern
Malters
Parish Chaplain (80 - 100%)
- 11 March 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Permanent position
- Malters
Job summary
Join us as a pastoral caregiver in vibrant communities, supporting important life moments. Enjoy a collaborative work environment with flexible conditions.
Tasks
- Facilitate services and memorials, embracing new liturgical forms.
- Provide spiritual support during transitions, crises, and grief.
- Engage actively in community life, fostering strong relationships.
Skills
- Theological education and experience in church pastoral care required.
- Team-oriented, spiritually engaged, and socially committed personality.
- Enthusiasm for working with diverse individuals and stories.
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About the job
You accompany people in their important life moments, listen, support, celebrate, and contribute. As a parish chaplain, you shape the church close to the people: spiritually rooted, capable of dialogue, and open to the questions of our time. In the two lively parishes of Malters and Schwarzenberg with around 6,300 believers, a diverse pastoral field, a committed team, and the opportunity to actively shape and further develop the church await you.
What awaits you with us:
- a collegial, committed, and appreciative team
- many dedicated volunteers and a lively community life
- openness to your ideas for the further development of the church
- contemporary employment conditions according to the guidelines of the Lucerne regional church
- well-coordinated cooperation between the two church communities
Your tasks:
- Design of services, funerals, and new liturgical forms
- Pastoral care of people in different life situations, e.g. during transitions, crises, grief, illness
- Collaboration in the pastoral area team
- Participative and appreciative support of employees, volunteers, and associations
- Supporting a church that respects traditions while being open to new forms and paths
- Presence in parish life and building sustainable relationships in the village and region
- Depending on personal disposition and interest, the possibility to take on additional pastoral focuses and further develop your own area of responsibility
You bring with you:
- a completed theological education with professional induction from the Diocese of Basel (or equivalent)
- experience in church pastoral care
- a team-oriented, spiritually and socially committed personality
- joy in working with different people and life stories
For your information:
We look forward to getting to know you. The following persons are available to answer your questions:
Markus Kuhn, Acting Pastoral Area Leader: Tel. 079 784 19 15
Joseph Lourdusamy, Lead Priest in the Pastoral Area: Tel. 076 824 72 34
Lorena Marsura-Albisser, Church Council President Schwarzenberg: Tel. 079 813 00 64
Urs Emmenegger-Hartmann, Church Council President Malters: Tel. 079 622 71 39
Please send your application to the Personnel Office of the Diocese of Basel, P.O. Box, 4502 Solothurn, personalamt@bistum-basel.ch, with a copy to: markus.kuhn@kath-msb.ch.
