year of service
The DC Service Corps Experience
Editor’s Note: As her year of service concludes, DC Service Corps volunteer Brigid Dunn offers the following advice to incoming DCSC volunteers. When I started this year at FMS, I scoured the FMS website and Instagram for information about the DCSC experience, formations, retreats, and much more! Eventually, I found the blogs and got the…
To Proclaim God’s Blessing
Editor’s Note: DC Service Corps volunteer David Adah-Ogoh reflects on the Priestly Blessing and relates it to his year of service. “As a priest, it will be your task to proclaim by word and deed the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and to fashion your life in accordance with its precepts…You are to preach, to declare…
Looking West
Editor’s Note: As the sun sets on her year of service, DC Service Corps volunteer Claire Bosch reflects on the many sunsets that she enjoyed through the window of her room in Casa San Salvador. One of the first things I fell in love with at the Casa was my westward facing window. For the…
Reflections from the Yellow Line
Editor’s Note: During a metro ride, DC Service Corps volunteer Claire Schwalb shares her gratitude for her year of service and reflects on how her community has grown each month. I’m on the yellow line on the DC metro from Reagan National Airport to Casa San Salvador, my favorite ride to take. For just a…
A Shift in the Seasons
Editor’s Note: As the seasons change in Washington, DC, DC Service Corps volunteer Brigid Dunn reflects on the change of seasons in her year of service as her time as a DCSC volunteer comes to a close. As March faded into April and the temperatures shifted from freezing temperatures to a comfortable 65 degrees, the…
See What I See
Editor’s Note: DC Service Corps volunteer David Adah-Ogoh reflects on two pieces of art while contemplating how he sees things differently during his year of service. Pretty isn’t beautiful, Mother. Pretty is what changes—what the eye arranges is what is beautiful. “Beautiful”, from Sunday in the Park with George by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine…
Still, Still, Still
Editor’s Note: DC Service Corps volunteer Claire Bosch shares how she has embraced a season of stillness and reflects on the importance of stillness amidst her year of service. Living life in a community of ten, there’s always something going on: a conversation to join, a dish to be cleaned, a show to be watched,…
Delight in the Mail
Editor’s Note: DC Service Corps volunteer Claire Bosch reflects on how she finds joy in an everyday office task. In the beginning of my year of service with DC Service Corps, I informally gave myself—a frequent pessimist—the assignment of seeking the joy of Christ in each small part of my day. I expected to face…
What I Learned from Career Day
Editor’s Note: After participating in an elementary school’s career day, DC Service Corps Volunteer Philip Krabill reflects on how his year of service will lend itself to his career. Recently, as part of my work with Little Friends for Peace, I was asked to present as part of a career day at a local elementary…
Time
Editor’s Note: In her first FMS blog post, DC Service Corps volunteer Anahi Vega reflects on the passage of time and on how she makes the most of her time. As I spend time here at the Casa, I reflect on time. Time has been something I’ve struggled to accept, as it can be associated…
Transitions
Editor’s Note: During his next life transition, DC Service Corps volunteer Bohdan O’Shaughnessey compares life with FMS and DC Service Corps to life in New York City as a medical school student in light of faith, community, and service. Over the past few weeks, I finished my program with FMS, returned home to Denver, and…
Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled
Editor’s Note: DC Service Corps volunteer Noah Duclos shares how he embraces the present and trusts in God during life transitions. We hear so often that we should live in the present moment, but the realities of life often require us to turn toward the future, and in doing so, we begin to worry. This…
Embrace the Breeze, Protect Your Peace
Editor’s Note: As DC Service Corps volunteer Jennifer Eburuoh reaches the end of her year of service, she reflects on how she has learned to surrender to God’s will throughout the year. Right now, as I sit on the front porch of Casa San Salvador, my home for the past 10 months, I witness the…
Ending My Year of Service in DC
Editor’s note: DCSC volunteer Emily Dold shares a thoughtful video compilation made throughout her year of service with DC Service Corps. She shows moments all reflective of intentional community, what service looks like, as well as the joy that has come from this year alone.
Providential Curveballs
Editor’s Note: DC Service Corps volunteer, Amy Brandt reflects on the unexpected ways a year of service with FMS has provided growth. “Jesus, just provide.” A frequent prayer of mine that is often laced with expectations. I often question the providence of our creator. As if God hasn’t carried me to safety and joy countless…
Embracing Littleness
Editor’s Note: DC Service Corps volunteer, Amy Brandt, reflects on the purpose behind the smaller details of her daily routine and how they play a powerful role in the bigger picture. I’m a big picture kind of gal. I have dreams and I long to dive into them. My community members can attest to this,…
The Weight of Surrender
Editor’s Note: Current DC Service Corps volunteer, Amy Brandt reflects on the transition and surrender that accompanied her move from Washington State to DC for a year of service. Moving almost 3000 miles from home, I am often confronted with the unfamiliarity and newness of my surroundings here in Washington, DC. I find myself searching…
I Am Learning to Let Go
Editor’s Note: Missioner-in-training Misty Menis-Kyler shares how her past service experiences at St. Labre Indian Catholic Academy formed and inspired her. Letting go means being willing to allow life to carry you to a new place and maybe even to a deeper, truer version of yourself. I spent the last two years serving the…
