SHP-Volunteers
SACRED HEART PROVINCE
FRANCISCAN FRIARS • ST. LOUIS-CHICAGO PROVINCE

The Franciscan Volunteer Program has been established by the Franciscan Province of the Sacred Heart to invite women and men to share in the life and ministry of the friars of the province.

Volunteers are invited to share in the Province's mission which is to permeate our society with Gospel values. Franciscans and their volunteers are to be instuments of change and heralds of peace in a broken world serving all people, especially the poor and marginalized, through reconciliation and healing.

SERVICE AREAS

How Volunteers Serve
 Where Volunteers Serve
Education
  • Youth
  • Adult
    Elder Care
    		•  Home Repair
  • Seniors
  • Low Income
        Families
    		•  Parish Ministry
  • Youth
  • Young Adults
  • Clerical
    		• Social Justice
  • Soup kitchen
  • Homeless shelter
  • Peace & Justice ctr.
    		•  San Antonio
    Nashville
    St. Louis
    Louisiana
    		 Wisconsin
    Michigan
    Chicago

    Some of the Ministry Sites

    GOALS

    The Franciscan Volunteer Program hopes to provide its volunteers with experiences that touch their lives in six significant areas:
    • SPIRITUAL LIFE: fostering and encouraging a personal spiritual life;
    • FRANCISCAN LIFE: being educated in the life of St. Francis and the Franciscan charism of the Province of the Sacred Heart;
    • GOSPEL SERVICE: being invited to join with the friar community in a common ministry, especially sensitive to working with the poor and the marginalized:
    • COMMUNITY: being incorporated into the prayer and fraternal life of a local friar community;
    • SIMPLICITY: receiving a minimum compensation to help in the support of the local community as well as provide a monthly stipend for the volunteer's needs;
    • EVANGELIZATION: bringing the "Good News" to those served, and being evangelized by those served.

    BENEFITS FOR THE VOLUNTEER

      -- Room and Board
      -- Medical Insurance
      -- Vacation Time
      -- Two free days weekly
      -- Small Salary/Stipend
      -- Commmunity Living
      -- Community Prayer

    REQUIREMENTS TO BE A VOLUNTEER

      -- Desire to be of Gospel Service
      -- Twenty years of age or older
      -- Single or married couple
      -- Man or woman
      -- Two-week orientation
      -- One-year commitment

    Spotlight on our Volunteers

    For further information contact:

    Kathleen McNulty, O.S.F. - Program Director
    110 W. Madison St.
    Chicago, IL 60602
    [312] 628-1254
    FAX: [312] 628-1255
    E-mail: franvol@aol.com

    Father Dennis Schafer, O.F.M., Friar Liaison
    E-mail: sdennisofm@aol.com

    Click here for a preliminary application.