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PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING A DONATION. • • • • • • • • RESPONSE2021 Letter from the Executive Director 2 Cleaning the Block, An Act of Justice for Bon Secours Volunteer Ministry 11 Board of Directors 2 #ShowYourRESPONSE 11 About Catholic Volunteer Network 3 Graduate School Opportunities 12 Partners for Service 4 Alphabetical Listing of Volunteer Programs 13 National Partner Organizations 5 Volunteer Program Listings 14 CVN en Español 5 Index: Type of Service Placement 76 RESPONSE 2021 – Your Discernment Guidebook 6 Index: Service Locations 86 Volunteering and Vocation 7 Index: Length of Service 90 Volunteer Reflection – Right Now By Abigail Reeth 8 Index: Age Requirements 92 Continuing the Journey – Resources for Former Volunteers 10 Index: Additional Preferences 94 Connect 10 Next Steps 96 Catholic Volunteer Network | 6930 Carroll Ave. Suite 820 | Takoma Park, MD 20912 301-270-0900 | [email protected] Letter from the Executive Director Dear Friend, I am thinking of people like you and writing this in June 2020 as the world faces many challenges. I cannot know exactly what is happening around you as you read this. But whatever the situation, this directory can help you respond. My guess is that more ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are beginning to be understood, and that others will take time to comprehend. I also hope that in moments of openness and creativity, people are focusing on what we can learn; what the hidden opportunities will be; how humanity will be taught in new ways. I invite you to be part of that. I invite you to breathe and remember your ability to choose and act for good; to trust that God is with you and us; and to listen in new ways to how this time calls to you. I invite you to honor whatever led you to pick up RESPONSE. I hope you will open to where that may lead. Regardless of what is happening in the world, faith and service are needed. Service is a powerful force that is necessary at all times. It is a gift you can offer all along your journey. CVN members are ready to help you express your gifts. They know how much those will mean to others, and how much you will receive in return. At this time in our country’s history, commitments to service and justice are especially important. Our nation needs people like you to help it recover and rebuild. You can be part of the solution. You can learn about yourself in ways that enable you to promote change and healing for the rest of your life. Your faith combined with the supports CVN members provide will allow you to transform and be transformed. CVN’s over 130 programs are committed to service, discernment, and community. In the past three years, they have empowered 50,000 volunteers to serve nearly 3 million people annually. Moreover, CVN understands the relationship between serving others and deepening your understanding of calling, purpose, and meaning. We can help you pursue questions about who you are becoming – and what you offer a world in need. Full-time, faith-based service is just one step to becoming a more spiritually-grounded leader who will continue promoting positive change in the future. Whatever our progress in recovering from COVID-19, that will still be needed. You can choose at any time to be part of any number of solutions. RESPONSE may help you in this moment. Breathe, trust, listen. Communities around the world – in whatever state they are now – need you. With prayers, Yonce Shelton EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Board of Directors Valarie Amica Heidi Aspinwall Phyllis Barker Evan Cuthbert Monica Thom Ron H. Smith Catholic Volunteers Young Adult Chicago, IL Rostro de Cristo Konschnik Howard University in Florida Missional Movement Braintree, MA Catholic Apostolate Washington, DC Casselberry, FL Lakeland, FL Maka Black Elk Center Red Cloud Indian Kate Daly Hyattsville, MD Sr. Caroljean Adrienne Glenn Balzer School Boston College Willie Andrews First Mennonite Pine Ridge, SD Chestnut Hill, MA Alexander EarthConnection Notre Dame Mission Church of Denver LaPoint Cincinnati, OH Volunteers Denver, CO Colin Crowell Tom King FrancisCorps Baltimore, MD Bethesda, MD UCLA Syracuse, NY Los Angeles, CA 2 RESPONSE 2021 | A DIRECTORY OF FAITH-BASED VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES About Catholic Volunteer Network Established in 1963, Catholic Volunteer Network has fostered the Catholic Volunteer Network is a national formation of hundreds of volunteer and mission programs, helped membership organization of Christian volunteer thousands to experience personal transformation, and impacted and mission programs that fosters and promotes millions around the world. In the past year alone, CVN supported volunteers in 45 states and 109 countries serving in a variety of full-time domestic and international service full-time, year-long, short-term, and mission settings. Together, they opportunities for people of all backgrounds, ages, made an impact on the lives of nearly 3 million people through service in education, social work, health care, sustainable farming initiatives, and skills. Through community living, shared prison ministry, support for the homeless, and much more. prayer, and ongoing reflection, CVN programs help volunteers develop lifelong leadership skills while also engaging in direct service to those in need. Our Work Core Values Catholic Volunteer Network supports and enhances the work of our • We work from Gospel-based principles. network and members by providing training and resources, community- • We promote social justice for all, standing in solidarity with the poor. building opportunities, and national advocacy in support of faith-based service. • We advocate on behalf of faith-based volunteerism. • We strive to be inclusive and collaborative. Programmatic Support • We commit to excellence in the quality of our services. CVN strives to promote best practices in volunteer management and support transformative service opportunities for volunteers in our • We steward our fiscal resources with care and gratitude. member programs. We support our over 130 member programs with programming resources, staff training, webinars, newsletters, brokered services, an annual National Conference on Faith-Based Service, and more. Recruitment Our Commitment There are many ways CVN offers support to those discerning faith- based service. Every year, we distribute thousands of RESPONSE directories and provide resources and search options to prospective to Diversity and volunteers on our website. We also support colleges and parishes in promoting the benefits of full-time service to their communities. Racial Justice Catholic Volunteer Network respects and upholds the dignity of all Volunteer Community-Building persons regardless of the identities they hold. We believe that creating CVN builds and supports the community of current and former a just and diverse environment is more than an ideal. We welcome volunteers from member programs by offering formation opportunities, persons of every race, religion, culture, age, gender identity, sexual resources, social events, and online groups for volunteers to use during orientation, physical or emotional ability, immigration status, economic and after their service program. We connect people with the desire to situation, and family composition. deeply explore meaning and purpose. We invite our members to: create space for all persons to serve; VOCARE celebrate all persons regardless of where they may be on their spiritual journey; be guided by the light of goodwill, humility, and hospitality; and CVN’s VOCARE initiative, supported by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, be a community that follows Jesus’ example and stands in agreement strengthens communities of women religious by developing new with Catholic Social Teaching – which upholds the life, dignity, and volunteer programs and service opportunities that give young adults equality of all human beings. the opportunity to serve with sisters, share in their way of life, and discern their own calling to a vocation. Our full Diversity and Racial Justice Statement is at catholicvolunteernetwork.org in the “Who We Are” section. Catholic Volunteer Network’s mission is supported through program membership fees, grants, and personal contributions. CATHOLICVOLUNTEERNETWORK.ORG | RESPONSE 2021 3 Partners For Service Our Partners for Service are organizations and individuals who have given generously to support this annual publication of RESPONSE and the mission of Catholic Volunteer Network to encourage more people to live out their faith through service. We would like to express our gratitude to this year's Partners for Service. Foundations & Grant- Diocese of Erie Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish Making Institutions Mission Office LEWISTOWN, PA ERIE, PA Catholic Apostolate Center Sisters of Bon Secours in the USA HYATTSVILLE, MD Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend MARRIOTTSVILLE, MD FORT WAYNE, IN Conrad N. Hilton Foundation AGOURA HILLS, CA Diocese of Greensburg Individuals Mission Office Jeanette and John Buege Raskob Foundation for Catholic GREENSBURG, PA Activities SURPRISE, AZ WILMINGTON, DE Archdiocese of Milwaukee Colin Crowell Office for World Mission BETHESDA, MD SC Ministry Foundation MILWAUKEE, WI CINCINNATI, OH Nathan Dallaire Diocese of Paterson BRISTOL, CT Colleges and Universities Mission Office PATERSON, NJ Cecelia Donahue School of Theology WOODACRE,