General Post-Graduate Programs

Organizations listed on this page offer a wide variety of volunteer opportunities depending on one’s interest and skills. (For even more information, contact www.cnvs.org)

Amate House (Chicago): Amate House is a faith based program in partnership with the Archdiocese of Chicago. We welcome people of all faith traditions. Volunteers live in three locations throughout the city of Chicago. Opportunities for service are available in a number of social service agencies, working with the very poor, children, homeless women, and the Latino community.

Website: www.amatehouse.org

Andre House (Phoenix, AZ): Andre House is a nonprofit organization sponsored by the priests and brothers of Holy Cross from the University of Notre Dame. Located in downtown Phoenix, Andre House assists the poor and homeless through basic services and seeks to build community through service.

Website: www.andrehouseaz.org

Cabrini Mission Corps (Colorado, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania): CMC Missioners are women and men responding to the church’s universal call to holiness with a special desire to serve others. In the spirit of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, missioners are daring and courageous enough to strive to be in solidarity with our brothers and sisters throughout the world, especially those who are poor and marginalized. Ministry opportunities are available in education, health care, child care, youth and parish ministry, social services, elderly outreach, and other services.

Website: www.cabrini-missioncorps.org

Capuchin Franciscan Volunteer Corps (Cap Corps East: Washington, DC; Baltimore, MD; Pittsburg, PA): The Cap Corps is a Franciscan-centered program offering men and women the opportunity to work in direct service with the poor while living a simple lifestyle in community with other volunteers. The possible placements are many and varied and include, among others, education, counseling, health care, mental health, parish ministry, and working with the Latino population.

Website: www.capuchin.com

Catholic Charities Volunteer Corps (St. Paul, MN): Our faith calls us to action. Corps members serve those most in need -- and soon come to realize they are the ones being served. CCVC offers a wide range of placements, from working in a homeless shelter to serving as a Spanish translator for immigrants to assisting with public policy advocacy. Each Corps member is immersed in the agency's servce-oriented mission and learns different facets of non-profit work.

Website: www.ccvcvolunteercorps.org

Catholic Volunteers in Florida (Orlando, FL): CVIF is dedicated to providing people the opportunity to live out their faith by serving those with the greatest needs. CVIF volunteers work with at-risk youth, the homeless, the unemployed, refugees, those with HIV/AIDS, the elderly, the mentally ill, and the developmentally disabled. Each volunteer’s placement is a careful match between their skills and interests, the needs of the service sites, and available resources.

Website: www.CVIF.org

Claretian Volunteers (Chicago, Springfield, MO; Atlanta, GA; and Perth Amboy, NJ): The Claretian volunteers strive to live the values of the gospel, emphasizing ministry, community, and spirituality. We minister with creativity and flexibility to varied populations, with an emphasis on serving the poor and oppressed. We seek to empower people, always aware that we learn as well as teach, that we are served as well as serve. Opportunities include work in campus ministry, working with the elderly, health care, AIDS ministry, homeless shelters, education, immigration, soup kitchens, Spanish-speaking ministries, and more.

Website: www.claretianvolunteers.org

Colorado Vincentian Volunteer (Denver, CO): Here a member will live in Denver, Colorado and work with different programs in which are in need of service. These programs included are area food banks, core city parish ministries, social service agencies, child care programs, inner city schools, community organizations, health care, literacy programs and homeless shelters.
Website: www.covivo.org

DeSales Service Works (Pennsylvania): Volunteers incorporate the spirituality of St. Francis de Sales and live the interconnected values of Salesian spirituality, common life, simplicity of life style, and the preferential option for the poor, marginalized, and under-served.

Web contact: lukefour18@hotmail.com

Dominican Volunteers USA (various locations): If you would like to spend a year making a difference by actively participating in the lives of the poor, we’d like you to consider becoming a Dominican volunteer. We invite people to join us in our mission and ministry to work toward economic, social and political justice for all.

Website: www.domvolsusa.org

Franciscans for the Poor (Cincinnati, Ohio): This program provides college students and adults the unique opportunity to serve those persons less fortunate throughout the greater Cincinnati area via the Franciscan tradition. Recent placements include working with the Mercy Franciscan St. John social service agency, catholic charities, Corryville Catholic School, affordable housing groups, various church projects, and many others!

Website: www.franciscansisters.org

FrancisCorps (Syracuse, NY): The mission of FrancisCorps is gospel service. As brothers and sisters to those in need, FrancisCorps volunteers share their gifts and talents in a year-long, faith-based community in the spirit of Saints Francis and Clare of Assisi. Volunteers share a process of personal and spiritual growth with one another and the local community. We work with the poor of the city, bringing hope, dignity and relief.

Website: www.franciscorps.org

Franciscan Volunteer Ministry (Anderson, SC; Philadelphia, PA, and Wilmington, DE): The FVMs provide a ministry to the poor and marginalized of all ages in various cities, concentrating on homelessness, soup kitchens, imprisonment, and youth ministry. Volunteers live in community with one another, sharing spiritual development, prayer, and reflection.

Website: www.franciscanvolunteerministry.org

Gateway Vincentian Volunteers (St. Louis): Working as a Gateway volunteer you will work a 40 hour week at one of a variety of work sites. Each work site provides the opportunity to work directly with the poor. We make every attempt top place you in a site that meets your needs and goals. Some examples of sites include work with inner-city poor, those with developmental disabilities, at-risk youth, pregnant women, those with mental illness and those struggling with HIV/AIDS.

Website: www.vincentianvols.org

Holy Cross Associates (various locations): Participants have the opportunity to integrate their Christian faith through service, community living, prayer, and a simple lifestyle. Placements include work with homeless services, health care, domestic violence care and prevention, at-risk teens, Hispanic services, community organizing, refugee resettlement, ex-offender rehabilitation, and much more.

Website: http://holycrossassciates.nd.edu

Humility of Mary Service (various locations): Participants have the opportunity to serve in sites such as transitional housing, Montessori schooling, retreat center, homeless shelters, artists communities, migrant communities and more.

Web contact: kking19220@aol.com

Intercommunity Ministry Volunteer Program (various locations):This is an opportunity to serve with women from nine different religious communities. You have the opportunity to work among Native Americans or Migrant families, work for affordable housing with services for the families, food and clothing banks, with housing for the mentally handicapped, work with Hispanic women and children, detention ministry, adult literacy programs or peace and justice education. Plus, there are 40 different ministry sites to help all over the world including Alaska, England, Guatemala, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and many others. You must be 21 years or older, and there is an application process.

Website: www.imvp.org

Jesuit Volunteer Corps (various locations): Opportunities with JVC expose you to economic and social issues of urban areas of the Midwest, South, Southwest and the East and West coats as well as some of the unique communities of the United States such as Native American reservations in Montana, parts of Alaska, or along the border of Mexico in Texas. JVC volunteers work for social justice while engaging in spiritual growth, building community, and living simply.

Website: www.jesuitvolunteers.org

Lasallian Volunteers (various locations): The Lasallian Volunteer movement offers a unique opportunity for an individual to respond to Christ’s call to the service of others, especially the poor. The response is a one- to three-year experience in the field of Christian education or related human development service. Types of service available include teaching/tutoring in K-12 education as well as adult education and alternative schools; case managers in Social Work positions; campus ministry and retreat work; coaching sports teams; adventure-based recreation leaders, and more.

Website: www.cbconf.org (select volunteer tab)

Lutheran Volunteer Corps (various locations): LVC offers a wide variety of work for volunteers including social work, child care, environmental work, teaching/education, HIV/AIDS, advocacy/public policy, community organizing, and much, much more. One does not have to be Lutheran to apply!

Website: www.lvchome.org

Marianist Volunteer Program (CA, IL, LA, NJ, NY, OH, and TX): The MVP provides opportunities for men and women of faith to share in the Marianist charism by building a community in mission for peace, justice, and solidarity with the poor and marginalized. Ministry opportunities are available in education, social services, youth and parish ministry, health care, community organizing, peace and justice advocacy, and more.

Web contact: drichter@sm-usa.org

Marist Volunteer Program (various locations): Marist volunteers have opportunities in a number of places for service. For example, HIV/AIDS and prison ministry in San Francisco; Teaching in Chicago or New York; Social ministry in Atlanta, GA; Immigrant education in Boston; and more. Life with other volunteers includes praying together, sharing meals, supporting one another in ministry, and spending recreation time together.

Website: www.maristvolunteers.org

Mercy Volunteer Corps (various locations): Some of the opportunities available are in the areas of heath care, social work, mentoring, teaching, housing, administration, and working with HIV/AIDS ministry.

Website: www.mercyvolunteers.org

Millville Franciscan Volunteer Program (Pittsburg, PA):This organization offers a wide list of opportunities for service in various areas of Pennsylvania and in Ashtabula, Ohio. Some example of placement sites include agencies that work with homeless women, the mentally ill, Hispanic residents, dependent and delinquent children, developmental disabilities, rural residents of Appalachia, and families in crisis.

Website: www.millvalefranciscans.org

Passionist Volunteers (Eastern United States): Opportunities abound in education, health care, youth work and prison ministry. We are appealing to individuals who are wiling to share their gifts and talents to serve the poor and walk with the suffering.

Website: www.passionistvolunteers.org

Providence Volunteers (Pennsylvania, Massachusetts):Providence volunteers live in community with other volunteers and/or sisters of Divine Providence and are encouraged to live a simple lifestyle. They are invited to deepen their faith lives and share their service experiences with one another. Opportunities are available in education, childcare, camp counseling, working with homeless women, and providing safe space for victims of domestic violence.

Website: www.divineprovidenceweb.org

Providence Volunteer Ministry (Indiana; Chicago; Washington, D.C.; Louisville, KY; Los Angeles, CA)

Web contact: mmontgom@spsmw.org

Redeemer Ministry Corps (Philadelphia, PA and southern NJ): RMC members commit a year of service in Philadelphia or southern NJ in one of the following areas: Healthcare, Social Work, Childcare, Eldercare, Homelessness or Education. Volunteers live with the sisters and other RMC members and embark on a journey with like-minded companions on which they develop friendships, insights, spirituality and personal strength.

Website: www.sistersholyredeemer.org

St. Anthony’s Residence (South Bronx, NY): Work with the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal in the South Bronx, New York. You would be working in overnight shelters and homeless facilities in the St. Adalbert’s Parish. This is a Catholic outreach program. They help the homeless with budgeting, personal hygiene, nutrition, GED programs, job placement and basic computer skills.

Website: www.franciscanfriars.com

Saint Joseph Workers (St. Paul, MN): For the St. Joseph Worker Program, leadership means mentoring women to be strong agents for social change. the program emphasizes the development of each Worker's gifts and leadership style within the creative context of community and a commitement to the common good. This program is open to women only, and workers form small intentional communities focused on living simply and building respectful relationships.

Website: www.stjosephworkers.org

Sisters of St. Agnes (various): A ministry program located in various area around the United States where you serve in areas such as pastoral ministry, healthcare, education, and social services. You must be 21 years of age and in good physical health. There is an application process.

Website: www.csasisters.org

Vincentian Service Corps (various domestic locations and England): The volunteers of the VSC live in community, grow spiritually and serve those who are poor through work with youth, assisting immigrants and teaching in low income schools.

Website: www.vscorps.org

Volunteer Missionary Movement (various): A Christian community of missionaries all over the world. You will work with the poor in other countries. There is an application process. You have to be willing to live a very simple lifestyle.

Website: www.execpc.com/~vmm

Volunteer Program With the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scranton, PA): The Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary help with the education, business, healthcare, social services, pastoral, spiritual and support services for the poor. Must be 21 years of age and must be willing to commit for at least 2 weeks. There is an application process, It’s located in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Website: http://ihm.marywood.edu