By: Caitlin Baummer, Recruitment Associate “Dear God, please keep me safe as I travel to my next destination. Please watch over the students that I speak with and bless my words so that I may communicate our mission clearly. Amen” This is the prayer that I said silently to myself each time I climbed into […]

By: Matt Aujero, Recruitment Associate So you want to do serve internationally.  What does that mean?  What are some things you need to think about?  Oh it cost how much?  What about the language? These are all things I had to think about when I decided I wanted to serve internationally.  And having done it, […]

By Caitlin Baummer, Recruitment Associate   So here I sit, on a very rainy day looking out of my eighth story office window onto the city of Washington D.C. It is my last day in the office before embarking on a journey to Tennessee, Kentucky and many other states to follow. I’m a little nervous […]

By: Kate Niemer, former Jesuit Volunteer Corps member I started my JVC time with phrases  from the Dr. Seuss book “Oh, the places you’ll go” popping frequently in my head. The sing-song rhyme had me think about the adventure that brought me to do a year of volunteer service through Jesuit Volunteer Corps.  Oh! The […]

By Matt Aujero, Catholic Volunteer Network Recruiter   RESPONSE books.  Check.  Big banner and Catholic Volunteer Network table cloth.  Check.  Pens, brochures, candy, sign-up list.  Check.  Winning attitude.  Double check.  I look over at Caitlin and say, “It’s GameDay.  You got your game face on?”  “Game face!  Rawr!” she says, then laughs at how unintimidating […]