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Mission and Ministry

POST GRAD SERVICE

Taking part in a postgraduate volunteer program after Villanova can be a meaningful way to serve in marginalized communities and engage questions of social justice and solidarity.

With over 200 secular and faith-based service organizations to choose from, we recommend you research and speak with friends and mentors about your desire for service.

 

Why choose postgraduate service?

Some of the many reasons grads answer the call to serve include:

  • Experience during college on a Service and Justice Experience, COV, RUIBAL, MLK Day of Service or St. Thomas of Villanova Day of Service
  • Openness to encountering different cultures
  • Desire to live out their faith
  • Desire to live in a community
  • Willingness to place oneself at the margins of society
  • Recognition of benefits (graduate student scholarships, real-life experience in a supportive setting, travel)

 

Events

Save the date for the postgraduate service fair!

Over 30 postgraduate organizations will be at Villanova on Tuesday, November 12th from 5-7pm in the Villanova Room. This "open house" style event is a great opportunity to familiarize yourself with a wide range of programs. 

  • To let us know you'd like to learn more about postgrad and to register for events, please fill out the interest form.
  • For programs who wish to attend, please fill out this service fair form.

Program Directory

Use this partial list of categories to help you identify organizations that meet your needs. The designations for each site are general and not exhaustive. We encourage you to visit all sites to learn more.

Note: Service areas, housing, loan deferment and other benefits differ with each program. 

1 = Alumni have served here
2 = Faith based
3 = Capacity building/community work
4 = International
5 = Youth
6 = Immigrant and refugee services
7 = Health care/outreach
8 = Poverty alleviation
9 = Social justice/advocacy
10 = Direct/social services
11 = Education
12 = Accompaniment
13 = Urban
14 = Campus/parish ministry
15 = Professional development
16 = Volunteer/facility supervision

Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) 1, 2, 5, 11 

Amate House 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13

AmeriCorps NCCC 3, 10, 15

AmeriCorps VISTA 1, 3, 8, 10

Amigos de Jesus 1, 2, 4, 5, 11, 12

Assumption Mission Associates (AMA) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 14

Bon Secours Volunteer Ministry 1, 2, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13

Capuchin Franciscan Volunteer Corps (Cap Corps) 1, 3, 6, 7, 10, 5, 11, 13

Center for Faith and Justice LeaderworX 2, 5, 9

Christian Appalachian Project 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11

City Year AmeriCorps  1, 4, 11, 13

Colorado Vincentian Volunteers 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14

DeSales Service Works 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 11, 13

FrancisCorps 1, 2, 5, 10, 11, 15

Franciscan Volunteer Ministry 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14

Glenmary Home Missioners 2, 16

Good Shepherd Volunteers 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11

Jesuit Volunteer Corps 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13

Jesuit Volunteer Corps / Northwest 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11 

Mercy Volunteer Corps 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11

Operation TEACH 1, 2, 5, 11, 13

Project Horseshoe Farm 3, 7, 10, 11

Providence Alliance for Catholic Education (PACT) 1, 2, 5, 11

Redeemer Ministry Corps 1, 2, 7

Rostro de Cristo 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11

Salesian Lay Missioners 1, 2, 4, 5, 11

Shalom Project 1, 3, 15

Simple House 1, 2, 10, 12, 13

Spiritus 2, 5, 14

St. Joseph Worker Program 2, 9, 10

“Love, when it is true, is always directed away from oneself. It is transcendent. The two-fold commandment of love, therefore, translates into working for the common good, [and] working for the common good is service.” –The Augustine Way