We believe it is vital for all employees to experience a good fit between their work and the mission of Donnelly College. While applicants need not be Catholic, they need to be able to professionally and publicly support the College as it pursues its mission in fidelity to the Church’s vision of higher education and seeks to embody the fullness of the Catholic faith in its intellectual, moral, spiritual, and sacramental life.

We want to provide potential candidates with information about our mission, so they can learn more about Donnelly and discern if we would be a good fit for them. This is to ensure that those hired understand, support and desire to advance the mission in their employment.

Please take the initiative to learn more about our mission and the Catholic Church’s vision of higher education in the two documents below and be prepared discuss them during the interview process. You should be able to articulate how their content resonates with you as well as how you might contribute to their advancement at DC. By familiarizing yourself with these documents, the interview process will be enhanced, and the person selected for the position will be able to begin as soon as possible to fully participate in the mission of the Donnelly community.

• Donnelly College’s mission, vision, and values

Answers to many frequently asked questions can be found in these resources:

• Catholic Teaching on Special Issues of Concern – Contains guidelines, in simple terms. that the Catholic church follows on current issues that are often questioned by Catholics and non-Catholics.
• Catholic Social Justice - written by Donnelly College President, Monsignor Stewart Swetland. This article includes basic content on Catholic church social doctrine.
• Catechism of the Catholic Church - provides a detailed reference with more in-depth information on essential Catholic teachings

Donnelly's Catholic identity is at the heart of all we do and the wellspring from which our mission flows. Our academic community is committed to the vision of Catholic higher education expressed by Pope Saint John Paul II in his Apostolic Constitution Ex corde Ecclesiae. Here the Church provides us with essential keys to understanding the nature and mission of a Catholic college. We ask all candidates applying for a position to consider this document, as well as Donnelly’s mission, vision, and values statements, to ensure that their professional goals, values, and practices are in alignment with them.

While applicants need not be Catholic, they need to be able to joyfully, professionally, and publicly support the College as it pursues its mission in fidelity to the Church’s vision of higher education and seeks to embody the fullness of the Catholic faith in its intellectual, moral, spiritual, and sacramental life. This integrated vision of education, which considers the whole of reality in relation to Christ, the Logos incarnate, is animated by the Catholic intellectual tradition. The College seeks to steward and pass on this tradition to its students through their course of studies and is, therefore, committed to hiring candidates who desire to participate in and hand on the riches of Catholic intellectual life and thought.

Interested faculty candidates must provide:

• CV or resume
• Cover letter
• Statement of teaching philosophy
• Transcripts
• Three professional references.

In their cover letter, candidates should demonstrate an understanding of and support for the mission of the College. In their philosophy of teaching statement, candidates should express how their teaching philosophy fits with the Catholic Church’s vision of higher education expressed in Ex corde Ecclesiae.

• Donnelly College’s mission, vision, and value
• John Paul II's Ex corde Ecclesiae 

Answers to many frequently asked questions can be found in these resources:

• Catholic Teaching on Special Issues of Concern – Contains guidelines, in simple terms. that the Catholic church follows on current issues that are often questioned by Catholics and non-Catholics.
• Catholic Social Justice - written by Donnelly College President, Monsignor Stewart Swetland. This article includes basic content on Catholic church social doctrine.
• Catechism of the Catholic Church - provides a detailed reference with more in-depth information on essential Catholic teachings.