High school graduate with two years of work experience or college graduate. Desire and adaptability for living in community. Spanish required for some placements. Orientations are in August. Room and board, stipend, medical insurance, transportation to and from work site.
Volunteers live in community with other volunteers.
Approximately 25 volunteers per year, living in communities of various sizes. One week of orientation to get to know each other, to explore application of the Gospel in the world with insights of Capuchin Franciscan spirituality, and to address issues arising from community living as well as from serving in racially and culturally diverse ministries. There will be ongoing interaction with the Friars throughout the year. Inspired by the vision of St. Francis of Assisi, Capuchin Youth and Family Ministries provide opportunities for youth to rebuild today's Catholic Church through a vibrant, well established youth ministry. Volunteers organize and lead youth retreats, provide peer ministry, teach leadership skills to teens, build homes for poor people in Appalachia, and learn how to bring effective youth ministry to parishes.