When Catholic Volunteer Network’s co-founder, Pat Mader Stalker, sought an experience of faith and service nearly 60 years ago, she looked to the Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart. Her experience of encounter and transformation, bridging mission, charism and lay partners, eventually led to CVN. CVN’s origin story illustrates that Catholic Sisters have always […]
Shape the 2022 National Conference
Many of you have embraced Catholic Volunteer Network’s invitations and spaces to re-imagine. Many of you are doing that in numerous other ways. CVN is learning from you. You are informing how we envision in new ways, how we plan in new ways, and how we risk and trust in new ways. We recently […]
CVN and Catholic Apostolate Center Launch #LentReset
As we ready ourselves for a season of praying, fasting, and almsgiving, we are excited to launch #LentReset alongside our friends at Catholic Apostolate Center, beginning on Ash Wednesday 2022. Lent – Time to Re-Center Your Faith Amid another year of challenges, it has been easy for many to put intentional engagement with their faith […]
Why Former Volunteers Feel at Home at Saint John’s School of Theology and Seminary
Saint John’s School of Theology and Seminary is Catholic Volunteer Network’s March/April 2022 Featured Graduate Program. Looking for a place to continue your theological education and discernment process? Look no further than Saint John’s School of Theology and Seminary (SOT/Sem), located in Collegeville, Minnesota. About Saint John’s School of Theology and Seminary Saint […]
Recruiting Task Force
We, the CVN staff, feel like the disciples when they first started following Jesus and seeking to align with His vision. They were paying attention but needed to receive, learn, and orient in new ways. Surely they were wondering how they fit and what they had to offer. It was confusing, hard, and messy. They […]