Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Reading and taking care of animals
Languages
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Lisa Calabrese

New York,NY

Summary

Strong teaching skills stemming from twenty four years of being a Special Education teacher's assistant.

I also have strong management skills as being parish manager, I assist the pastor in all non liturgical duties. I am also the HR person as well as director of lectors and ushers.

I am dedicated to my faith and my church and helping people of all ages to become catholics is something that I feel I was born to do.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Administrative Assistant

Our Lady of Pompeii Church
09.2023 - Current
  • Answered multi-line phone system, routing calls, delivering messages to staff and greeting visitors.
  • Maintained inventory of office supplies and placed orders.
  • Transcribed and organized information to assist in preparing speeches and presentations.
  • Managed paper and electronic filing systems by routing various documents, taking messages and managing incoming and outgoing mail.
  • Working with couples to make sure that all wedding documents are in order.
  • Working with couples getting married in other

countries and filing the documents with the NYC Arch.

  • Working with funeral homes and talking to families making funeral arrangements in the church.
  • Interviewing parents planning to baptize their child, making sure that they understand what documents are needed are what classes need to be taken.
  • Managing maintenance personel

Parish Manager/Director of Religious Education

St. John Nepomucene/St. Frances Cabrini Church
08.2014 - 08.2023
  • Onboarded new employees with training and new hire documentation.
  • Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes.
  • Developed two religious education programs, one in each of our merged parish.
  • Developed lesson plans for ages 5-12.
  • Ordered the books needed for each age group
  • Developed faith related family activities such as children's masses, directed Christmas and reenactment of the Stations of the Cross with children and parents participating.

Education

Level II Formation - Catechesis of The Good Shepherd

Calvary Church
Summit, NY
07.2019

Associate of Arts - Education of Individuals in Secondary Special Education Programs

Kingsborough Community College of The City University of New York
Brooklyn, NY
06.1973

High School Diploma -

Bishop Raymond Kearney
Brooklyn, New York
06.1969

Skills

  • Training Initiatives
  • Team Mentoring
  • Inventory Control Process
  • Vendor Contracts
  • Team Meetings
  • Motivational Leadership
  • Project Management
  • Staff Management
  • Verbal and Written Communication
  • Onsite Visits
  • Educational Strategies
  • Time Management
  • Constant communication with parents
  • Communication with pastor and parish priests
  • Special Events
  • Employee Training
  • Staying on top of safe environment requirements

Accomplishments

Assisted in the planning and supervised contractors in order to build a new church on Roosevelt Island.


I started a religious education program at St. John Nepomucene with three students sitting in the rectory dining room to now taking over the parish hall with over twenty students, I also took over a program on Roosevelt Island that needed direction, registration has outgrown the classrooms and we are now in the parish hall at St. Frances Cabrini.

Reading and taking care of animals

I am an avid reader , historical and studying different cultures.

As a child I always had pets, with my busy schedule it's hard to have my own so I help people out

whenever they have to travel or don't have time to walk their dogs.

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Administrative Assistant

Our Lady of Pompeii Church
09.2023 - Current

Parish Manager/Director of Religious Education

St. John Nepomucene/St. Frances Cabrini Church
08.2014 - 08.2023

Level II Formation - Catechesis of The Good Shepherd

Calvary Church

Associate of Arts - Education of Individuals in Secondary Special Education Programs

Kingsborough Community College of The City University of New York

High School Diploma -

Bishop Raymond Kearney
Lisa Calabrese