Alumni Spotlight: Reconnecting with Mercy
Reflecting on my service in Mercy Volunteer Corps takes me down two paths: the first is that I feel I can trace a direct line of the person I’ve become to that year; the second is that I don’t know…
The Top 5 Things I’ve Learned from My Service Year So Far
1. I Can Conquer Rush-Hour Traffic The first day I drove home from work, it was a good thing no one else was in the car. Sitting in stop-and-go traffic, I was fuming that it took me 30 minutes to…
Bishop Francis Award: John McLoughlin’s Remarks
Wow!!! There sure is a lot of face out there... They will really think I have made it big when I tell them all back in Ireland about this night. I believe it is between Daniel Day Lewis and Colin…
Alumni Spotlight: The Complexity of Homelessness
I'm Amanda Carpenter, and I served at Pittsburgh Mercy's Operation Safety Net in Pittsburgh from 2016-2017. During my year of service, I discovered my passion for working on healthcare issues among individuals experiencing homelessness. I became deeply embedded in the…
Alumni Spotlight: From Volunteer to Law School
My name is Anne McCabe and I am a proud alumna of the MVC class of 2012 - 2013. During my year of service, I lived in Queens, NY and worked as an immigration counselor at Catholic Migration Services (CMS)…