By Matt Ajuero, CVN Recruitment Associate As I write this, I see my housemates from Costa Rica, Brittany and Jelly, sleeping and sharing a pullout couch.  Jordan and Tom, my other CR housemates, are in the other room still snoozing.  All of us together are here in Baltimore, reunited once again after leaving each other […]

What is community? More specifically, what is intentional community? Here at Catholic Volunteer Network, we think of intentional community as basing group decisions around common values. Furthermore, intentional community means sharing responsibilities equally and most importantly, being sources of mutual support for one another.   Over the past two weeks, I had the opportunity to […]

A few weeks ago when I was in North Carolina, my boy Andrew Lipetsky asked me, “So, how have you been with keeping up with prayer and all that?”  And honestly, at that point, it had been difficult.  I admitted to him that my best periods of prayer life have happened when I have good […]

By Nikki Rohling, Associate Director How many programs have communities with three times as many women as men? It’s a reality that many of our programs face each year. The volunteering sector has always been open to both men and women, however, women traditionally volunteer at higher rates than men. How can we encourage more […]

  By: Caitlin Baummer , Recruitment Associate Two weeks ago, I posted a poll on facebook asking friends and followers how I should challenge myself to simplify over the coming two weeks. The poll included the following options: 1. Don’t watch TV 2. Only drink water 3. Limit computer time to one hour per day […]