Postgrad Service Category: Social Service / Ministry
Urban Service Corps
Urban Service Corps ACTIVITIES: Direct Service work in an essential role with one of USC’s nonprofit partner agencies. These opportunities include, but are not limited to: Elementary or high school education, meeting the needs of homeless youth and young adults or seniors through service center work or case management, immigration, environmental justice and sustainability, food insecurity and health, work with […]
Jesuit Volunteer Program at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School
Jesuit Volunteer Program at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School ACTIVITIES: Most volunteers in the past have served the school in the classroom teaching subjects that span the entire curriculum. They have found their place on the field or on the court coaching a wide range of athletic teams. Volunteers have led retreat programs and been heavily […]
Farm of the Child
Farm of the Child ACTIVITIES: Social work/case management, special needs, elementary and middle school teaching, ESL, health clinic, house aides living with adolescents, maintenance work, administration, accounting, youth ministry and formation, vocational and life skills training CONTACT:missions@farmofthechild.org COMMITMENT: 27 months or 8-10 weeks in the summer OVERVIEW: Farm of the Child offers volunteers a unique opportunity […]
Rostro de Cristo
Rostro de Cristo ACTIVITIES: Volunteers serve in a variety of positions: teaching, tutoring, facilitating after-school programs, community outreach and organizing, leading retreat groups, assisting in parish activities, working at a hospital for Hansen’s Disease, and working with social services agencies. RdC also hosts 25 week-long immersion retreats for high school and college students each year; each […]
Amigos de Jesus
Amigos de Jesus FOCUS: Children ACTIVITIES: Variety of placements based on mutual discernment process. Common placements: education (English, pre-school, physical education, special education, tutoring); communications and public relations; health; pastoral ministry. REQUIREMENTS: Fluency in Spanish or attend language school prior to start of service CONTACT:Alan Turneralan@amigosdejesus.org COMMITMENT: 13 months OR summer camp June-August OVERVIEW: Amigos de Jesus […]
United Way/AmeriCorps South Bend
United Way/AmeriCorps South Bend ACTIVITIES: AmeriCorps opportunities vary by agency. Recent volunteer sites have included: AIDS Ministries; Big Brothers/Big Sisters; Center for the Homeless; Head Start; REAL Services; South Bend Heritage Foundation; St. Margaret’s House; Stone Soup; Memorial Hospital; South Bend Community School Corporation; United Way; Youth Service Bureau; YWCA. CONTACT:Amber Werner574-232-8201 ext. 252 OVERVIEW: […]
St. Peter Claver Catholic Worker House
St. Peter Claver Catholic Worker House ACTIVITIES: Volunteers live in community with guests at one of St. Peter Claver’s two hospitality houses in South Bend, IN – one for men and one for women. The Catholic Worker community also runs a drop-in center, Our Lady of the Road, where guests can eat breakfast, use laundry services, […]
St. Joseph Worker Program
St. Joseph Worker Program ACTIVITIES: Wide range of placements, dependent on location, including services related to domestic violence victim support, trafficking, housing, food justice, sustainable agriculture, at-risk youth, gang intervention, community outreach, refugee resettlement, healthcare and public health, legal services, advocacy, education, economic justice. CONTACT:Los Angeles Program: sjw@csjla.org. Orange County Program: peacejr56@yahoo.com. St. Paul, MN Program: […]
Share Foundation
Share Foundation ACTIVITIES: Live-in, full-time house manager (steward) providing companionship and guidance to two mildly to moderately mentally handicapped adults. Each three bedroom home is occupied by two mild to moderate mentally retarded/other-abled adults and one full-time, live-in steward. Teach daily living and vocational skills. Located in Northwest Indiana, just West of South Bend. CONTACT:Kathleen Kelly219-778-2585kkelly@sharefoundation.org […]
Servant Year
Servant Year ACTIVITIES: Placement sites vary but have included nonprofits, homeless shelters, schools, and churches. Opportunities in business, media & communications, youth ministry, social work, education, and ministry to seafaring men and women. Includes housing, stipend, heath insurance, and retreats. CONTACT:Rev. Andrew Kellnerakellner@stjamesphila.org COMMITMENT: 1 year OVERVIEW: Open to people of all faith traditions, Servant Year […]