Full time, year round jobs are not easy to find in Maria Alm, but there will be one up for grabs in a couple of years time when the current incumbent retires (he has actually only just arrived but will only be with us for two years). It comes with fantastic accommodation, secretary, house-keeper and huge prestige. You get one day off a week but must work every single bank holiday including Christmas and Easter and be on-call 24/7. And ... you must be male, celibate and ordained as a Catholic priest, which appears to be a sticking point. There is a massive shortage of potential candidates, and as a result the next Maria Alm vicar, if they can find one, will have to manage the shared parish of Maria Alm and Hinthertal and, newly merged, that of Leogang, a town 13km away.
