Postgraduate Service Opportunities
The following list is not meant to be comprehensive—it simply identifies organizations of interest to our students in the past few years. For additional ideas, click on the resources listed in the left-side column. These resources identify hundreds of service opportunities in a wide variety of fields, locations, and organizations.
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| Title | Overview | Commitment |
|---|---|---|
| A Simple House of Sts. Francis and Alphonsus | Volunteers befriend the poor, spending time with them to build authentic relationships and understand ... | 10 months, beginning August 1 |
| Academy for Urban School Leadership (AUSL) Chicago | Teacher Residency training program that includes a Master's degree and placement in a ... | 12 months |
| Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) | Full-time teaching in under-resourced Catholic schools across the U.S., while earning ... | 24 months, including summers |
| Amate House | Fellows dedicate a year of their lives to serving under-resourced, low-income communities ... | 11 months, early August to mid-June |
| Amigos de Jesus | Amigos de Jesus is not a volunteer program; it is a children's home ... | 13 months OR summer camp June-August |
| Annunciation House | Volunteers live and work in houses of hospitality, accompanying the poorest of the poor ... | 1 year or longer; summer internships available |
| Assumption Mission Associates | Assumption Mission Associates (AMA) is a ministry of young adults in collaboration with the ... | 1-2 years |
| Bernardine Franciscan Volunteers in Mission | Volunteers in Mission (VIM) is a volunteer program with service sites worldwide. VIM is ... | 1 week to 9 months |
| Bethlehem Farm | Full-time volunteers or "caretakers" serve in a variety of roles at this Catholic ... | 1 year or more |
| Bon Secours Volunteer Ministry | Bon Secours Volunteer Ministry provides the opportunity for women and men to participate in ... | 12 months |
| Boston College Urban Catholic Teacher Corps (UCTC) | Teaching in Boston Catholic schools serving urban students. Founded on the core values of ... | 24 months |
| Boston Health Care for the Homeless | Since 1985, the mission of Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP) has ... | 1 year |
| Boys Hope Girls Hope | Boys Hope Girls Hope is an international organization centered on cultivating youth empowerment through ... | 1 year |
| Brethren Volunteer Service | Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS) is a full time volunteer program that places volunteers in ... | 1 year (domestic); 2 years (international) |
| Cap Corps | The Capuchin Franciscan Volunteer Corps (Cap Corps) offers men and women the opportunity to ... | 1 year |
| Casa Juan Diego | Casa Juan Diego is always looking for help in its work. Please consider joining ... | 1 year |
| Christ the King Service Corps | CKSC is a parish-based and neighborhood-led gap year program, created by the ... | 1 year |
| Christian Appalachian Project | Christian Appalachian Project (CAP) is an interdenominational, non-profit Christian organization committed to serving ... | 3 weeks-12 months |
| City Teaching Alliance | You’ll receive a master’s degree from our higher education partner and become ... | 4 years |
| City Year | City Year works to bridge the gap in high-poverty communities between the support ... | 11 months |
| College Possible | Coach low-income students to and through college. Dedicated AmeriCorps members serve as guides, ... | 1 year |
| Colorado Vincentian Volunteers | We are a community of faith and action that responds to the Gospel call ... | One year |
| Con-solatio | Con-solatio is a Brooklyn-based non-profit organization rooted in the Catholic faith. ... | 14–24 months |
| Dismas Family Farm | Fellows live on a 35 acre organic farm where former offenders also live as ... | 1 year |
| Echo at the University of Notre Dame | Echo is a dynamic, two-year service-learning, formation program through the Institute for ... | 24 months |
| Episcopal Service Corps | The mission of Episcopal Service Corps is to develop and support a national network ... | 1 year |
| Farm of the Child | Farm of the Child offers volunteers a unique opportunity to live in a therapeutic, ... | 27 months or 8-10 weeks in the summer |
| FrancisCorps | FrancisCorps volunteers share their gifts and talents in a year long, faith based community ... | 12 months / can renew for second year |
| Franciscan Mission Service | Franciscan Mission Service (FMS) offers both international and domestic opportunities for long-term service, ... | 2 years international; 12-13 months domestic; short-term mission trips |
| Franciscan Volunteer Ministry | Inner-city ministry, providing services to the poor and marginalized in Durham, NC and ... | Mid-August through mid-July |
| Glenmary Volunteer Program | This is an opportunity for adult Catholics to assist a resident director in the ... | 3 months to 2 years |
| Good Shepherd Volunteers | Good Shepherd Volunteers recruits, educates, and supports full-time volunteers to serve women, adolescents, ... | 12 months |
| House of Brigid, Inc. | House of Brigid, Inc. invites recent college graduates to live as an intentional lay ... | 10 months (late August to June) |
| Jesuit Volunteer Corps | Based in four core values—spirituality, simple living, community, and social justice—the Jesuit ... | 12 months |
| Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest | Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest engages women and men in a transforming experience of full-... | 12 months |
| Jesuit Volunteer Program at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | The Cristo Rey Jesuit Volunteer Program connects men and women who wish to serve ... | 24 months |
| Jubilee Year Los Angeles | Jubilee Year's Urban Service Program is a fellowship offering a unique, diverse corps ... | 11.5 months |
| Just One Year (JOY) | The Sisters of the Humility of Mary offer women a one year immersion in ... | 12 months |
| Lalanne | Lalanne teachers make a two-year commitment to teach in an under-resourced Catholic ... | 26 months |
| Lay Mission-Helpers | Lay Mission-Helpers are called by baptism to live their Catholic faith, to share ... | 3 years |
| Loyola University Chicago Opportunities in Catholic Education (LU CHOICE) | Loyola University Chicago Opportunities In Catholic Education (LU-CHOICE) is a two-year service-... | 24 months |
| Lutheran Volunteer Corps | Lutheran Volunteer Corps (LVC) is a one-year, full-time program that offers an ... | 12 months |
| L’Arche Greater Washington, D.C. | L’Arche GWDC is a faith-based non-profit community that provides life-long ... | 12 months or more with a preference for a two year commitment. |
| L’Arche USA and International | L’Arche communities in the United States and across the globe provide homes and ... | 1 or 2 years |
| Maggie’s Place | Maggie’s Place provides houses of hospitality for pregnant and parenting women in need ... | 12-24 months |
| Magis Catholic Teacher Corps | Magis Catholic Teacher Corps is a service-based two year graduate program offered by ... | 2 years |
| Maryknoll Bolivia Program | Sponsored by the Maryknoll Mission Center in Latin America, the Maryknoll Bolivia Volunteer Program ... | 6 weeks to 1 year |
| Maryknoll Lay Missioners | Maryknoll Lay Missioners is a Catholic organization inspired by the mission of Jesus to ... | 42 months, negotiable |
| Match Education | Match Education operates high-performing urban public charter schools, a unique graduate school of ... | 12 months |
| Maȟpíya Lúta Volunteers | Each year, volunteers serve nearly 500 Lakota students in one of three Catholic, Jesuit ... | 11 months |
| Mercy Volunteer Corps | Mercy Volunteer Corps offers professional placements in six cities across the USA and in ... | 12 months |
| Misericordia Home: Heart of Mercy in Action | Located in Chicago, our program offers participants the opportunity to make a difference in ... | 12 months / renewable |
| Mississippi Teacher Corps | The Mississippi Teacher Corps (MTC) is a two-year program that trains non-education ... | 24 months |
| Nazareth Farm | Nazareth Farm is a Catholic community in rural West Virginia that transforms lives through ... | 1 to 2 years |
| Notre Dame Mission Volunteers | Notre Dame Mission Volunteers work to empower the economically disadvantaged and oppressed through education ... | 1 year |
| Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos USA | Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos (NPH) provides a permanent family and home for orphaned, abandoned, and ... | 12 months or more |
| Open Arms Home for Children | We provide a loving residential environment that serves the emotional, physical, and developmental needs ... | 12 months (beginning July) |
| Operation TEACH | Operation TEACH is a two year post-graduate service teaching program in the Baltimore ... | 24 months |
| PHJC Volunteer Program | Volunteers share the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ Mission, Vision and Core Values as ... | 3 to 12 months |
| Pacific Alliance for Catholic Education (PACE) | PACE is a two-year residency teaching program serving Catholic schools in Alaska, California, ... | 26 months |
| Partners in Los Angeles Catholic Education: PLACE Corps | The PLACE Corps is Loyola Marymount University’s nationally recognized Catholic teacher service corps. ... | 24 months |
| Peace Corps | The Peace Corps is a service opportunity for motivated changemakers to immerse themselves in ... | 27 months or more |
| Project Horseshoe Farm | Project Horseshoe Farm (HSF) is a non-profit organization based in Greensboro, Alabama that ... | 13 months |
| Providence Alliance for Catholic Teachers (PACT) | PACT, established at Providence College in 2001, is a unique teacher education program that ... | 24 months |
| Redeemer Ministry Corps | Redeemer Ministry Corps volunteers serve in the ministries of the Sisters of the Holy ... | 11 months |
| Robinson Community Learning Center/AmeriCorps | The mission of the Robinson Community Learning Center (RCLC)is to strengthen the Northeast ... | 10 months |
| Rostro de Cristo | Rostro de Cristo (face of Christ in Spanish) is a year long service program ... | 12 months |
| SAGA Innovations | AGA Innovations is an education nonprofit that provides in-school tutoring to students in ... | 10 months (mid-August to mid-June) |
| Salesian Lay Missioners | The Salesian Lay Missioners (SLM) is a Catholic association of men and women, seeking ... | 12 months or more |
| Servant Year | Open to people of all faith traditions, Servant Year is a program of the ... | 1 year |
| Serving and Learning Together (SALT) | Mennonite Central Committee is a global, nonprofit organization that strives to share God’s ... | 11 months, beginning in August |
| Seton Teaching Fellows | Seton Teaching Fellows is a one or two-year postgraduate mission opportunity that brings ... | 11 months or more |
| Share Foundation | Share Foundation With the Handicapped assists mentally retarded/other-abled people by encouraging them ... | 12 months, flexible |
| St. Joseph Worker Program | The St. Joseph Worker Program Is a one year volunteer experience for women who ... | 11 months |
| St. Peter Claver Catholic Worker House | St. Peter Claver Catholic Worker House practices the ministry of hospitality as inspired by ... | 1 year or more, flexible |
| Teach For America | Teach For America is a national corps of outstanding recent college graduates and professionals ... | 24 months |
| Tom Dooley and Volker Blankenstein Fellowships | The Tom Dooley and Volker Blankenstein Fellowships are one-year ministries at Sr. Maura ... | 12 months |
| United Way/AmeriCorps South Bend | United Way of St. Joseph County is a nonprofit organization that identifies, participates with ... | yearlong AmeriCorps positions |
| Urban Service Corps | Urban Servant Corps is a faith-based, intentional community of full-time volunteers who ... | 11 months (End of August through the first week of the following August) |
| White Violet Center for Eco-Justice | White Violet Center for Eco-Justice (WVC), a ministry of the Sisters of Providence, ... | 3, 6 or 12 months |