By: Erica Stewart, CVN Recruitment Associate Independence. If you asked me five years ago if I would describe myself as “Miss Independent,” I would laugh in your face and say only when channeling Kelly Clarkson during a solo dance party. But now, thanks to amazing experiences through my college career at Stonehill College and my year of […]

By: Kate Flannery, CVN Intern Katie Kimsey, a former Navy officer, has learned that trading in her uniform does not have to correspond with giving up service to our nation. AmeriCorps programs like the one she participated in are providing for more than the neediest of our country—they are also easing veterans’ return to civilian […]

  Spotlight on Solidarity: One Body, One Spirit By: Amy Sapalio, Intern “Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles, some are slaves, and some are free. But we have all been baptized into one body by one spirit, and we all share the same spirit.”  1 Corinthians 12:13   I followed Pia and Marian […]

by: Barbara Wheeler, AmeriCorps Assistant Coordinator AmeriCorps Member, Gillian Douple shares some of her first impressions as she begins her year of service, reflecting on one of her many AmeriCorps responsibilities at Franciscan Outreach Association in Chicago.   * Names were changed to protect the privacy of the individuals “When I found out I would […]

by Linda Thompson, Catholic Volunteer Network Intern   “Great things come in small packages.”  A creative idea and a small but very useful product have paved the way for a group of high school girls to earn money to pay for their school fees, to purchase supplies for this creative venture, and to save for […]