I simply searched it out by asking Google to find me Catholic gap year programs and FrancisCorps struck me as I read about the program! It aligned with my hopes and desires for my “gap year” which is what ultimately led to my saying yes. I have for as long as I can remember wanted…
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In all honesty I had planned to apply to a different year of service program. That may be shocking to start with but that’s the truth. That program had been my plan since I was a sophomore in college. In the fall I applied and felt good about it, but then I heard I was…
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I first learned about FrancisCorps after going to a conference in DC last November. While I was there, I signed up for the Catholic Volunteer Network, and not long after, I got an email from Jenny Rose saying she saw my profile and thought FrancisCorps would be a great fit for me. I decided to…
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Until about two years ago, I had never considered a year of service. I had always imagined I would go to college, graduate, find a job, and then stay there for the next twenty or thirty-so years. Those plans changed when I went to college. My parents always taught me to live generously, but being…
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Looking back at something as broad and deep as my FrancisCorps experience from the vantage point of two weeks since returning to my family’s home in Colorado, it is hard to know where to begin trying to summarize the last year. Like many transformative things, it sometimes feels more like a dream rather than one…
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