by Yonce Shelton Christians should be confident during Advent – and not just because we have been here before. It is true that we should experience Advent confidently because we know the story. We know what happened at the first Christmas. Moreover, hopefully you have some experience of what can happen personally when opening and […]
Category: Letters from the Executive Director
Holy Risk and New Spaces
A Reflection for CVN Members by Yonce Shelton, Executive Director As I move on after five years leading Catholic Volunteer Network, I am reflecting on how I have always regarded CVN member program leaders as spiritual entrepreneurs. Most of the supports and challenges the CVN team offers you reflect that conviction. Our desire to help […]
Letter from the Executive Director: Major Changes to RESPONSE
“We hear you.” That sounds like you just said something. In reality, we have heard you for while. And we have been paying attention. CVN has been assessing what we can do to meet your needs. An example is the recently completed Recruitment Task Force that brought together CVN member program staff and campus staff […]
Shape the 2022 National Conference
Many of you have embraced Catholic Volunteer Network’s invitations and spaces to re-imagine. Many of you are doing that in numerous other ways. CVN is learning from you. You are informing how we envision in new ways, how we plan in new ways, and how we risk and trust in new ways. We recently […]
Recruiting Task Force
We, the CVN staff, feel like the disciples when they first started following Jesus and seeking to align with His vision. They were paying attention but needed to receive, learn, and orient in new ways. Surely they were wondering how they fit and what they had to offer. It was confusing, hard, and messy. They […]