(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…
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…
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…
“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,…
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…