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June 9, 2020
Volunteer Name: Jenna Vrable Alma Mater: Creighton University Placement Site: Care-a-Van in Richmond, VA What have you found surprising about your experience with BSVM thus far? I’ve been surprised to…
April 21, 2020
While it is necessary to physically distance ourselves from one another, that does not mean that we have to be socially apart. Our alumni community is used to practicing distant…
April 7, 2020
Could we ever have imagined Lent 2020 to unfold in the way that it has? The forty days leading up to Easter Sunday this year has overlapped with global tumult,…
March 10, 2020
Each Lenten season, BSVM volunteers reflect intentionally on barriers to their personal and spiritual growth. They commit to individual and communal practices to help themselves re-center, re-align, and restore right…
February 20, 2020
What does a year of living simply look like? There are common traits across the years that include home-cooked community meals, discoveries of free entertainment around the city, and the…
February 6, 2020
Volunteer Name: Delaney Weiland Alma Mater: University of Notre Dame Placement Site: Family Support Center, Bon Secours Community Works in Baltimore, MD Describe an influential experience that led you to…
January 22, 2020
This week, our Ministry Volunteers read a sermon that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave in March 1968 entitled, “Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution.” Among many important things Dr.…
January 15, 2020
Volunteer Name: Madison Neumaier Alma Mater: Loyola Marymount University Placement Site: Behavioral Health, Richmond Community Hospital Describe an influential experience that led you to a year of service. When I…
December 17, 2019
Are you curious about what goes into a community night gathering? Every week, BSVM staff joins each community house to eat dinner together, share in prayer and reflection, and open…
November 27, 2019
Jonah Cremin-Endes (BSVM 18-19), a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, shares from his experience as a Ministry Volunteer in the Renal Department at the Bon Secours Baltimore Hospital. Jonah…