Serving in a post-graduate volunteer program after Villanova can be a meaningful way to serve in marginalized communities and engage questions of social justice and solidarity.
There are over 200 secular and faith-based service organizations to choose from, so we recommend spending time researching and speaking with friends and mentors about your desire for service.
For assistance with your discernment Process, reach out to:
Kate Giancatarino
Director of Service & Social Justice
catharine.giancatarino@villanova.edu (610) 519-6285
Post Graduate Service Opportunities
Save the date!
Post Graduate Service Fair 2021
Monday, November 15, 5-7 PM
Villanova Room
Registration will be available in late August
Below you will find the list of those who have committed to a year or more of service some are continuing from last year and others are beginning this summer or fall. We wish you well and send you forth with blessings of love.
Why have hundreds of Villanova graduates chosen to dedicate a year (or two!) of their lives after graduation to service? Some of the many reasons why students feel a call to service 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)
Service areas, benefits, housing accommodations, and loan deferment, and a variety of other benefits are different for every program. Curious about this process and what a year of service could look like for you? Would meeting with a former volunteer or missioner help you in the process?
If you, a student you work with, a friend, or anyone you know is considering post graduate service, please reach out to Kate Giancatarino or complete this form.
These are some photos from our Fall Post Graduate Service Fair, 2019
- Alliance for Catholic Education(ACE)http://ace.nd.edu
- Amate House www.amatehouse.org
- Americorps / VISTA www.americorps.gov/vista
- Amigos de Jesus www.amigosdejesus.org
- Assumption Mission Associates (AMA)www.assumptionvolunteers.org
- A Simple House www.asimplehouse.org
- Augustinian Volunteers www.osavol.org
- Bon Secours Volunteer Ministry
- Boys Hope / Girls Hopewww.boyshopegirlshope.org
- Cabrini Mission Corps
- Capuchin Franciscan Volunteer Corps - Cap Corps/CYFM
- Capuchin Franciscan Volunteer Corps - Cap Corps
- Catholic Volunteers in Florida www.cvif.org
- Christian Appalachian Projectwww.christianapp.org
- City Year www.cityyear.org
- Colorado Vincentian Volunteershttp://www.covivo.org
- Covenant Housewww.covenanthouse.org/faithcommunity
- DeSales Service Works www.oblates.org/dsw
- Francis Corps www.franciscorps.org
- Franciscan Volunteer Ministrywww.franciscanvolunteerministry.org
- Good Shepherd Volunteers www.gsvolunteers.org
- Humility of Mary Volunteerswww.hmvolunteerservice.org
- Jesuit Volunteer Corps www.jesuitvolunteers.org
- Jesuit Volunteer Corps / Northwest www.jvcnorthwest.org
- KNOM Alaska www.knom.org
- Lasallian Volunteers www.lasallianvolunteers.org
- Maggie's Place www.maggiesplace.org
- Maryknoll China
- Mercy Home for Boys and Girls www.mercyhome.org/mercyworks
- Mercy Volunteer Corps www.mercyvolunteers.org
- Operation Teach www.ndm.edu/operationteach
- Providence Alliance for Catholic Education (PACT)www.providence.edu/pact
- Passionist Volunteerswww.passionistvolunteers.org
- Philly Fellows www.phillyfellows.org
- Project Serve www.cc-md.org/volunteer/projectserve.html
- Redeemer Ministry Corpshttp://www.hrmcorps.org/
- Rostro de Cristo www.rostrodecristo.org
- St. Ignatius Prep (Intern Teacher Program)www.saintignatius.org
- Salesian Lay Missioners http://www.salesianlaymissioners.org/home
- Vincentian Service Corps West http://vscwest.org
- Volunteers in Missionwww.bernadinevolunteers.org