Echo Graduate Service Program, University of Notre Dame
Goal of Program: The heart of Echo's mission is to form leaders to serve the Church. Echo holistically forms young adults to be ministerial leaders through a two-year, service-ministry apprenticeship/teaching placement, life in intentional community, human and spiritual formation, and a tuition-free M.A. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame. Echo participants spend two summers at Notre Dame studying for the MA, and two academic years (August through May) providing direct service to either Catholic parishes (through a variety of catechetical ministries, such as RCIA and Youth Ministry) or to Catholic high schools and middle schools (as theology teachers), all while living in intentional faith communities with other Echo participants.
Placement Type: Participants are placed at Catholic parishes & schools in our partner dioceses. Parish apprentices work closely with a mentor while engaging in a wide variety of ministries ranging from youth ministry to social justice advocacy, and RCIA to multicultural catechesis. Theology teachers will teach junior high or high school theology and assist with extracurricular activities at the school, particularly those related to ministry and faith formation.