By Michael Garcia, CVN Recruitment Associate If you are considering starting a year of service in the fall and  haven’t started the process of completing your volunteer application yet – now is a great time to get started. The task may seem daunting, but don’t worry, we are here to help. Here are 11 tips […]

To celebrate the sixth day of Catholic Volunteer Network’s Twelve Days of Christmas, six members of our staff are sharing the ways that service has changed their lives.    “Service changed my entire understanding of love. Through service I learned that love is not an emotion, but an action that God calls us to choose […]

By Crystal Catalan, Cabrini Mission Corps alum Today, in celebration of International Volunteer Day, we share this story of one of our recent international volunteers.  Keep us from just singing, move us into action, we must go. In the summer of 2005, I journeyed with a group of hopeful, motivated, passionate college students to Manila, […]

As Catholic Volunteer Network commemorates our 50th anniversary, the celebration would be incomplete if we did not take some time to recognize our founder, Fr. George Mader. George Leonard Mader was born on November 28, 1927 in Irvington, New Jersey. He was the oldest of five children. After finishing his schooling, he spent a few […]

“For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!” –1 Corinthians 9:16 In a changing world, the Gospel does not change. The Good News always remains the same. Our vocation to be its bearers and our responsibility are always current. […]