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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…
July 18, 2019
When you hear the term living on the margins, what does that mean to you? When I think of the phrase “living on the margins,” I picture a playground. Most kids…
July 18, 2019
Chris Dethlefs, BSVM 2018-2019 This reflection was originally shared at the 2019 Site Supervisor Retreat. The name of the patient in this article has been changed.  Hope as the Practice…
July 18, 2019
Finding a Family in Perfect Strangers By Julie McCracken, 2012-2013 Volunteer A graduate of College of the Holy Cross Before I started with Bon Secours Volunteer Ministry, I was told…
May 29, 2019
Maggie Rybak, a graduate of John Carroll University BSVM 2018-2019 The Mosaic of Richmond's East End The timing of our encounter with our neighbor could not have been more grace-filled…