
Mercy Volunteer Corps
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Mercy Volunteer Corps is a full-time volunteer program.Volunteers commit to service, a simple lifestyle in community, personal and communal spiritual growth.They serve in education, health care, and social services.Volunteers work especially with people who are economically poor or marginalized, live simply in community, and have the opportunity to commit to personal and communal spiritual growth.
Mercy Volunteer Corps
1w ago
When I first started as a Mercy Volunteer, I was nervous about moving somewhere I had never lived before. I wouldn’t know many people, and I wasn’t sure I would get the opportunity to meet many others. I would be leaving the city where all my friends and family were, and luckily my fears were completely…
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Mercy Volunteer Corps
1M ago
Throughout this year, I have greatly enjoyed the opportunity for reflection through yoga and meditation. I am in Savannah, GA where there are many opportunities for this. With a long season of warm weather, the ability to practice outside has been an added bonus as well. Being out in nature with the warm sun and…
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Mercy Volunteer Corps
2M ago
Hello MVC community, I’m writing this from my desk in Baltimore, at my service site at Marian House (long term transitional housing-recovery program). My nose is rosy and running from the bike ride to work this morning, my hands burning with the delicious warmth of inside. It’s the day after Thanksgiving, and I have so…
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Mercy Volunteer Corps
4M ago
(Mercy Volunteer Corps volunteer, alums, and Sister Sue Gallagher celebrate Mercy Day in Philadelphia. Pictured left to right: Rachel Beilgard ’21, Aryanna Arrington ’24, Sister Sue Gallagher, Colleen Swanhart ’22, Jonathon Borja ’23) A brief history of your relationship with MVC In the late 1970’s I was missioned to East Norriton a few miles northwest…
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Mercy Volunteer Corps
7M ago
Interacting with the children—whether in the respite center in Mexico, in McAllen, or at the ARISE center in Muniz—demonstrated that love is a universal language. Despite language barriers, the children understood our gestures of friendship and fun, and they responded with joy. Play serves as a great equalizer; regardless of our backgrounds, when we come together to play, we celebrate our shared humanity.
The educational presentations provided by ARISE were enriching for both the children and the volunteers. One presentation on nutrition was particularly impactful. It resonated so much that a ..read more
Mercy Volunteer Corps
8M ago
Hello all, thank you for tuning in and taking some time to read about my MVC experience! I want to share with you how I came to join the Mercy Volunteer Corps and offer insight into how my spirituality played a big role in that. If you’re discerning a year of service I hope that you’re able to take something away from this post. If you’re here to keep up with the goings on of the current volunteers with the Mercy Volunteer Corps, thank you for your support and I hope you enjoy!
I studied Business and Spanish at Saint Michael’s College (SMC) in Colchester, VT. While there I was able to fu ..read more
Mercy Volunteer Corps
9M ago
“I believe in you. I won’t give up on you.” This is the message that permeates everywhere at my service site in Brooklyn. Serving as a returning Mercy Volunteer, I’ve found myself from Philly in 2019 to NYC in 2023, from healthcare and food access to education and teaching. While I’ve always known I’m a lifelong learner, my venture into the education sector as an educator, rather than as a student, has been new. From classroom management to disciplinary tasks, the learning curve as I take on a role as a main teacher has been a steep one. But at the heart, it is this core understanding that my ..read more
Mercy Volunteer Corps
9M ago
Picture this: it is a Monday morning at 10:00. You just landed in the city that you will live in for the next eleven months. The butterflies in your stomach are starting to feel like a knot, and there’s a voice in your head telling you that you need to find the nearest espresso machine to get some caffeine in your veins to make it through the rest of the day. Well, after reading that description, that was me when I first landed in Savannah, GA on August 13th, with my thoughts racing with questions of excitement and nerves. I started asking myself, what is the next year going to be like? Am I g ..read more
Mercy Volunteer Corps
10M ago
“What did one beet say to the other?” “I dunno, beats me!”
¡Hola! Salaam! Bonjour, namaste!
These are words I get to use every day—with a smile and perhaps a slight bow, a handshake, or a hand over the heart—as I welcome clients into the multicultural food pantry at Nationalities Service Center (NSC).
My service site is a refugee resettlement agency in the bustling center of Philadelphia. Each year, the U.S. government vets and places hundreds of immigrants in this city from every continent around the world, and NSC is one of the organizations helping them start a new life in America. It takes ..read more
Mercy Volunteer Corps
11M ago
I’m Sudha, and I’ve joined as a volunteer aide at the St. Boniface School in Cincinnati. I decided to become a volunteer after experiencing a significant loss in my life, which led me to feel a strong spiritual calling to help others. I wanted to provide assistance to those in need, regardless of their background, connections, or financial situation.
Living and working in Cincinnati has been an incredible and unique experience for me. I’ve had the chance to become a part of a diverse community, where people of different ages, backgrounds, and perspectives come together and make it feel like ho ..read more