I have so much to be grateful for during this year of service. With only being 3 months into this experience, I am very grateful for the overwhelming support of my communities during this time of transition. That list of people includes all of the FrancisCorps staff, the friars, the Assumption Church parishioners, the staff…
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October has been an eventful month so far in my FrancisCorps experience. I have continued to learn about St. Francis of Assisi and celebrated the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, which included attending the Transitus in his honor. When I think of St. Francis of Assisi, I think of him as someone to be…
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The end of my junior year of college heralded many decisions on the horizon for senior year and beyond: Should I write a thesis? Should I be an RA? Would it be better to apply to graduate school immediately or to do a year of service first? Who did I want to be after school…
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I first felt called to do a year of service after I discovered I could graduate a year early from my undergraduate degree. I wasn’t ready yet to begin grad school so soon, but I knew I wanted to spend my gift year doing something meaningful and new. While I definitely questioned whether or not…
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After graduating from college in May 2024 and working for a year, I wanted to dedicate a year of my life to service. Since I was planning to attend graduate school, I decided that this was the best time, because if not now, then when? I started looking through the Catholic Volunteer Network and found…
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