Faith and Service, Pt. 1: The Catholic Network of Volunteer Service

In this episode Amy Potthast speaks with Nikki Roehling, Associate
Director of the Catholic Network of Volunteer Service or
CNVS.

This week, the Catholic Network of Volunteer Service will gather
its program directors in Portland, OR, for a multi-day conference
and retreat. CNVS is a national membership association of 200
faith-based domestic and international volunteer programs, some of
which are either AmeriCorps-funded, or which offer the Eli Segal
AmeriCorps Education Award to its members upon completion of
service. It publishes a directory of its programs called The
Response Directory in print, and as a searchable directory on its
web site, www.cnvs.org.

Nikki and Idealist's Amy Potthast talk about the range of CNVS
volunteer and lay mission programs, the Response Directory,
international volunteering, self-reflection, and the Eli Segal
AmeriCorps Education Award that some of its volunteers are able to
earn.



Tune in again next month for the public service careers
podcast Faith and Service Pt. 2: Avodah, the Jewish Service
Corps.