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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Serving at the food pantry and soup kitchen for the year will always be a part of me. There are little moments throughout my day that will bring me back for a minute. Sometimes, it is looking at my watch and if it’s between the hours of 11:30 A.M. – 1 P.M., I will think…
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A year of service will change you, that is without question. You can’t wake up every day, work your hardest to assist others, fail, and then do it again the next day without becoming a little more patient, empathetic, and creative. As my character matured throughout the year, I picked up some new, very useful…
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