This video isn't super-exciting, but it's pretty informative about Catholic Charities Service Corps and the purpose of a year of service. If you really want to find out about the program of CCSC, this video is really helpful.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Saturday, July 24, 2010
About Experiment in Sharing
I’ve decided to start a blog—something I’ve actually been opposed to doing for a long time—to chronicle my year of service (August 2010 to August 2011). I have some reservations about blogging (and I think I should disclose right now that I almost never read blogs and I have no idea what I’m doing), but I think it’s important to have a record of this year. In addition to recording the events of this year, I want to have a way to share my experiences with a large number of family members and friends, I want to let others know what a year of service could be like and potentially encourage them to look into doing service, and I will hopefully bring some attention—however small—to different issues I care about.
I’m calling this blog “Experiment in Sharing” because I typically don’t share my personal experiences and feelings with many people. Sharing in so public a way is new for me and I don’t know how it’s going to work out.
This whole year is an experiment, an adventure, and a challenge in many ways and one of my experiments is sharing. Not only will I be sharing my experiences on the internet for any random internet user to read, but I’ll also be sharing myself with those I live in community with and those I work with. Since I’m living in community with other volunteers, I’ll be sharing space (though this isn’t new since I’ve never lived alone and I always had a roommate in college), but more than sharing space, every week the community meets to discuss things such as spirituality and our experiences at our work sites. I’m sure we’ll be sharing our thoughts, feelings, fears, doubts, etc, and this is the kind of sharing that will be the real experiment—and challenge—for me.
I’m sure some topics I’m likely to write about are spirituality, living in community, my work (I’ll be working for Catholic Charities’ Immigration and Refugee Services), health, social justice, the environment, feminism, equality, Catholicism, books, things I learn from the people I live with and the people I’m serving, and I’m sure many other topics I can’t yet anticipate.
I intend for this to be an intelligent, thoughtful, and honest blog, and I hope that people will give me constructive critical feedback if I’m really missing something or if this blog becomes something else.
A few disclaimers:
For the first month of this year, I’ll be participating in a technology fast (no computer, cell phone, TV, ipod, etc.), so I won’t be posting during that month. After the first month, I may not post very frequently because I won’t have internet access at home.
I also want to apologize in advance for any errors because I’ve found I’m blind to errors in my writing until I print it off and read it in hard copy and I don’t plan on doing that before I post things.
So, thank you for sharing this experiment with me—I hope it’s a successful one for all.
I’m calling this blog “Experiment in Sharing” because I typically don’t share my personal experiences and feelings with many people. Sharing in so public a way is new for me and I don’t know how it’s going to work out.
This whole year is an experiment, an adventure, and a challenge in many ways and one of my experiments is sharing. Not only will I be sharing my experiences on the internet for any random internet user to read, but I’ll also be sharing myself with those I live in community with and those I work with. Since I’m living in community with other volunteers, I’ll be sharing space (though this isn’t new since I’ve never lived alone and I always had a roommate in college), but more than sharing space, every week the community meets to discuss things such as spirituality and our experiences at our work sites. I’m sure we’ll be sharing our thoughts, feelings, fears, doubts, etc, and this is the kind of sharing that will be the real experiment—and challenge—for me.
I’m sure some topics I’m likely to write about are spirituality, living in community, my work (I’ll be working for Catholic Charities’ Immigration and Refugee Services), health, social justice, the environment, feminism, equality, Catholicism, books, things I learn from the people I live with and the people I’m serving, and I’m sure many other topics I can’t yet anticipate.
I intend for this to be an intelligent, thoughtful, and honest blog, and I hope that people will give me constructive critical feedback if I’m really missing something or if this blog becomes something else.
A few disclaimers:
For the first month of this year, I’ll be participating in a technology fast (no computer, cell phone, TV, ipod, etc.), so I won’t be posting during that month. After the first month, I may not post very frequently because I won’t have internet access at home.
I also want to apologize in advance for any errors because I’ve found I’m blind to errors in my writing until I print it off and read it in hard copy and I don’t plan on doing that before I post things.
So, thank you for sharing this experiment with me—I hope it’s a successful one for all.
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