Some of the many reasons grads answer the call to serve include
Note: Service areas, housing, loan deferment and other benefits differ with each program.
Friday, Dec. 2 | 12 PM
Learn more about completing a service year in Ecuador! Hear about the application process and service experience, and take part in a Q&A. Contact Ana for the Zoom link.
Monday, Dec. 5 | 3–4 PM
Learn how to make your application stand out as well as how to search the current openings and find the right Peace Corps program for you. Register here.
Tuesday, Dec. 6 | 4–4:45 PM
Join PACT for an interactive online info session to learn more about their tuition-free master's, teaching in Catholic schools, community life and shared spirituality. Register for the event.
Thursday, Dec. 8 | 4 PM
Tuesday, Feb. 7 | 4 PM
Thursday, April 6 | 4 PM
This webinar gives prospective volunteers an overview of options, benefits and application requirements. Register here.
Jan. 13–15 | March 10–12
SPIRITUS volunteers lead youth in life-changing encounters with Jesus through retreat ministry, prayer and parish youth ministry. Get a glimpse into what a year of service with them would look like by registering to attend a Come & See Weekend!
Center for Faith and Justice is recruiting for its LeaderworX summer internship program. Interns run CFJ's summer service immersion trips for middle and high school students. We are looking for young people who like working with youth and leading groups, and who are passionate about service, social justice and Catholic social teaching.
The Shalom Project, in Lancaster, Pa., is an intentional community of young adults who effect social change through service. Volunteers serve in full-time professional internships and participate in weekly seminars aimed at personal growth and Christian faith formation.
St. Joseph Worker Program, based in Los Angeles, is a one-year volunteer experience for women passionate about social change and personal transformation. St. Joseph Workers delve into the core values of justice, leadership, spirituality and living simply in an intentional community.
Glenmary Home Missioners offers short- and long-term service experiences to act as Mountain Managers in Grainger County, Tenn. Volunteers supervise and lead service immersion groups, visit nursing homes, and work with renovation and rehab projects.
Project Horseshoe Farm is accepting applications for its Community Health Fellowship. Fellows volunteer in schools, community centers and nursing homes, as well as support seniors and adults with mental illness. Due date: Feb. 12.
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.
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
Catholic Volunteers in Florida 1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 11
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
Meet some of the recent grads who have committed to a year or more of service.
Katie Canning
Teach for America
Indianapolis
Bridget LaSala
Amigos de Jesus
Honduras
Dylan Sawyer
JVC Northwest
Ashland, MT
Emily Curtis
ACT
Chicago
Megan Jackson
JVC
Nashville
Lucy Cobble
JVC
Twin Cities, MN
Billy Lay
JVC
Minneapolis
Pat Slattery
ACT
Dallas
Caterina Deuser
JVC
Los Angeles
Erica Mallon
AmeriCorps
Wilmington, DE
Casey Driscoll
JVC
Baltimore
Jourdyn Nicholson
JVC Northwest
Juneau
Sydney Stewart
REIBA
Guyana
Sarah Devoe
PACT
Bristol, RI
Contact Kate Giancatarino.
