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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Christian Wood, a graduate of the University of Notre Dame Patient Advocacy, Bon Secours Baltimore Hospital BSVM 18-19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUYIf7OhvJc