Archives: Postgrad Services
Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE)
Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) ACTIVITIES: Two summers studying in the Master of Education program at Notre Dame and two school years teaching in under-resourced Catholic schools across the country. CONTACT:Michael Comuniello574-631-7052mcomunie@nd.edu COMMITMENT: 24 months, including summers OVERVIEW: Full-time teaching in under-resourced Catholic schools across the U.S., while earning a Master’s of Education at Notre Dame. […]
Academy for Urban School Leadership (AUSL) Chicago
Academy for Urban School Leadership (AUSL) Chicago ACTIVITIES: Summer: Full-time graduate course work, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday – Friday at the university campus; it is an intense academic experience and a full-time commitment (or more). Classes are held from July to early August. School year: Residents work in classrooms with their mentor teacher Monday […]
White Violet Center for Eco-Justice
White Violet Center for Eco-Justice ACTIVITIES: Interns work five days a week with occasional weekends, 35-45 hours a week total, in the areas of organic gardening, alpaca/animal husbandry, and/or fiber arts (weaving, felting, knitting and spinning). Benefits: A private dorm-style room, farm produce, one paid meal per day in the cafeteria and a household budget for […]
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 […]