Throughout the year of service with Bon Secours Volunteer Ministry, we explore and expand our collective imaginations relating to prayer. We try different practices and methods, opening ourselves to encounters…

Listen to BSVM alumni share from their experiences about what it means to be part of the Bon Secours family: to be Good Help to those in need, and to…

BSVM begins a new service year amidst the backdrop of a global public health pandemic and national conversations about other pandemics of racism and climate change. While many things about…

The 2019-2020 BSVM volunteers spent their last week of the service year reflecting on each program pillar and sharing from their experience. We asked volunteers to sit with the concept…

Volunteer Name: Mark Conforti Alma Mater: Villanova University Placement Site: Patient Advocacy, Richmond Community Hospital Describe an influential experience that led you to a year of service. During my sophomore…

Volunteer Name: Elizabeth Chen Alma Mater: University of Notre Dame Placement Site: Family Support Center, Bon Secours Baltimore Community Works Describe an influential experience that led you to a year…

In the wake of the killing of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and so many other Black people, ministry volunteers processed and prayed together during a vigil for Black…

Volunteer Name: Olivia Nguyen Alma Mater: St. Joseph's University Placement Site: Pastoral Care Department, Richmond Community Hospital Describe an influential experience that led you to a year of service. Throughout…

Volunteer Name: Josh Gillen Alma Mater: University of Notre Dame Placement Site: Emergency Department, Richmond Community Hospital Describe an influential experience that led you to a year of service. For…

Volunteer Name: Abby McDonough Alma Mater: Kalamazoo College Placement Site: Bon Secours Housing and Community Development in Baltimore, MD Who has modeled being ‘good help to those in need’ in…