By Kate Ulfers, Mery Volunteer Corps, serving in Detroit, Michigan Teaching is hard. As a student, I took my teachers for granted; I complained about the tactless and un-passionate ones, and mildly sassed the effective but boring ones. As a student, I had zero appreciation for the time and energy my teachers spent on incorporating […]

By Nya Brooks, Catholic Volunteer Network Recruiter One great aspect of being a recruiter for CVN is the interactions with students. Often service corps are not a common topic of discussion for career development on college campuses (at least for my undergraduate experience.) Unless you participated in a service immersion trip, know someone who has […]

A reflection by Connor Bergeron, serving with Salesian Lay Missionary in Bolivia When I first arrived at my mission site, Yapacaní, Bolivia there were many things to grow accustomed to, some things which I never will get used to: non-stop sweating, attending morning prayer at 6:15am, eating rice for every meal, speaking in Spanish, not using […]

By Rosa Segura, Catholic Volunteer Network Recruiter The past few months have gone by so fast! It seems like just yesterday that I walked into the CVN office, excited about the bagels at our welcome party, worried about how sweaty I was after walking to the office. It has been such a rewarding experience to […]

By Jotti Aulakh, Lasallian Volunteers   Jotti is a second year volunteer serving with Lasallian Volunteers at the Brother David Darst Center in Chicago, IL. She is a graduate of Saint Mary’s College of California. Coming from a Sikh background and going into a Catholic volunteer program was a pretty tough decision to make. I […]