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Young adults who discern a year of service commitment are considering something very countercultural. These young people are seeking how their education, passion, and core beliefs might be best used in service to our world. 

A year of service is not paid work, but it is rooted in gaining work experience, building professional skills, and applying their lifelong formation as people of service to others. 

Benefits of spending a year in service with Marianist PULSE include professional experience and networking. Transportation to the program in Ohio is fully funded, in addition to room, board, and a living stipend. Healthcare is provided and student loans are eligible for deferment, thus relieving financial pressures. In addition, information about graduate programs offering tuition assistance may be explored during this year. 

Your peace of mind is important. If your young adult attended a Marianist University, retreat center, LIFE program or parish, you can rest in the assurance that the same Marianist brothers, sisters, priests and lay Marianists who cared for your young adult during their educational, parish, or retreat ministry will also be present to support, mentor, and journey with them during their PULSE year.

Benefits of Marianist PULSE...

- Monthly Living Stipend
- Room and Board
- Eligibility for Federal Loan Deferment
- Healthcare
- Local Transportation
- Travel Allocation to Dayton, OH for Orientation
- Social Service Agency Experience
- Networking with the Marianist Organizations and Ministries
- End of Year Financial Allocation

Some of our current service positions include...

- Urban farming and food access
- Literacy, GED and re-entry services
- Social justice curriculum and student mentoring
- Case management and public health advocacy
- Family engagement and student social services support
- Environmental justice education and outreach
- Opioid epidemic prevention and response
- One-one support for marginalized communities
- Youth empowerment, mentoring and campus ministry

In order to be better prepared to discuss your college graduate’s discernment with regard to serving in the Marianist PULSE program for a year, we have compiled links to some helpful articles (below). We are glad to connect you with PULSE alumni partners by emailing us at PULSE@marianist.us

Applications for the 2019-2020 service year, beginning in late July, 2019 are available and due by January 10, 2019. 

Late applications are welcome on a rolling basis and based on position availability after January 10. 

Request an application HERE.


Gap Year After High School or College Graduation
Another Option for New High School and College Graduates https://www.thebalancecareers.com/taking-a-gap-year-after-graduation-1986832

Do you really need to get a job right after you graduate?
https://www.monster.com/career-advice/article/do-you-really-need-a-job-after-you-graduate

A Church In The Streets
Six 20-somethings in D.C. will give up many comforts of modern life for a year to serve the sick and the poor, a nod to the pope’s teachings
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/local/2015/09/15/these-kids-took-a-detour-off-the-career-path-to-live-the-jesuit-values/?utm_term=.82ebddcab6d0