Throughout National Catholic Sisters Week, Catholic Volunteer Network will share interviews with volunteers currently serving alongside sisters. In each post you will hear a little more about how the volunteers found their program and what they’ve learned from the sisters they work with. Today we feature Natalie Suzuki Pentkowski from Los Angeles, California, a […]
Jesus Did, So Can We!
By Adanna Adaka, serving with the St. Joseph Worker Program in Orange, California First Sunday of Lent Matthew 4:1-11 “One does not live on bread along, but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.” Being raised in a Catholic household, I grew up hearing these Bible verses over and […]
An Oasis Within the Chaos
By Kassandra Villarreal, Good Shepherd Volunteers It’s so great to be back at the Good Shepherd Shelter after the 3-week long holiday vacation. Although it’s been a cold and rainy start to 2017 here in Los Angeles, that only means that we are slowly but surely exiting our 5-year long drought! The rain has never been […]
Bloom Where You’re Planted
By Katherine Maloney, Dominican Volunteer “Bloom where you’re planted” is a phrase that no teenager with a lot of angst wants to hear. Yet, looking back, my mom was right – as she often is – about the necessity of and the joy that comes from immersing yourself in wherever it is that you are, […]