By Kate Flannery, Communications Department     “Where’s Matt when we need him?” I thought. Our roommate had been gone less than 48 hours and already the kitchen of our intentional community was suffering neglect. The counters were speckled. The dishes were grimy; the dishwasher full. I assumed this would happen when our neatest roommate […]

By Linda Thompson, CVN Intern   With his steadfast and determined entrepreneurial spirit, a young seminarian back in 1946 held tightly to his fervent dream of helping to emancipate the people of Eastern Kentucky from their plight of poverty.  Also a native Kentuckian, the now late Reverend Ralph W. Beiting – a Roman Catholic Priest […]

Article by Amy Sapalio, Membership Team Lieutenant Brandon Williams, part-time soldier and full-time AmeriCorps member, currently serves in Baltimore, Maryland with one of our member programs, Project SERVE. Each day, Lt. Williams arrives at Our Daily Bread, Catholic Charities’ hot meal center, and teaches new volunteers the significance of feeding those who cannot afford to […]

Katharine McDonald is from Arlington Heights, IL and studied biology and global health at Northwestern University. She served as the Patient Liaison in the Emergency Department at Bon Secours Hospital in Baltimore through the Bon Secours Volunteer Ministry. Her day-to-day functions included providing hospitality and support to patients and families in the ED, assisting with […]

Cristina Varriale reflects on her time serving with Youth Service Opportunities Project (YSOP), a CVN-AmeriCorps program that encourages community participation among young people by engaging them in direct service to homeless and hungry people. As a teacher, Varriale has seen how much of an impact participating in YSOP has had on her students, her colleagues […]