Real.Gospel.Service.
Preach the Gospel.
If necessary use words.
The FrancisCorps experience is a year of real Gospel service for young adults aged 21 to 25!
The Experience
The FrancisCorps experience is not one of prayer, service, or community at any one given time, but an experience of prayer, service, and community at all times!
The Experience
A Typical Day of a FrancisCorps volunteer will always include four key things: service, community, prayer and a Franciscan sense of fun!
Typical Day
Typical Day of a Volunteer
Impact & Benefits
Spend over 1,800 hours serving the poor and the marginalized while receiving what you need to thrive, including housing, a stipend, personal support, 5 retreats, and a pilgrimage to Assisi!
Impact & Benefits
Learn more about the opportunities to share your gifts and talents with those in need!
EXPLORE SERVICE SITES
Apply Today!
We are now accepting applications for the 2025-2026 program year!
Impact those in need today, deepen your relationship with God, and turn a year of service into a lifetime of service.
What Alumni Are Saying
FrancisCorps will forever have a special place in my heart. This program beautifully created a space for me to grow in expected and unexpected ways. FrancisCorps was a springboard for me to dive deeper into my prayer life and intentionally live in community. We are all made for communion, it is inherent. We need others to help us live a good life and refine our person. Thus, FrancisCorps allowed me to witness and live the beauty of being in communion with others. Overall, I am still reaping, eating, and gifting the fruit that my time in FrancisCorps bore.
Janet Perez – FC23
Being a FrancisCorps volunteer helped me realize the need for community in faith and service. I was welcomed with open arms into the Franciscan family, who supported me through the highs, lows, and everydays of my volunteer year. I built community not just with my fellow FrancisCorps volunteers, but also with those I served, served alongside, and the greater Syracuse community. Through my FrancisCorps experience, I gained lifelong friends that continue to encourage me to live the Gospel every day.
Lucy Wilkerson – FC24
FrancisCorps left an indelible mark on my life for the better. It was through living the Gospel with my community that I experienced a joy that the world could never give. I am very grateful for the invaluable lessons I received during my year of service and I have no doubt that the FrancisCorps experience will continue to bear fruit in my life for many years to come.
Tristen Paraiso – FC24
My FrancisCorps year was truly one of the best experiences of my life. I learned how to cherish the gift of friendship, embrace simple living, and find joy in all that life brings. And of course, I have carried the Franciscan spirit with me in all that I have done since then!
Chloe Alviz – FC25
Living simply, giving time to those in need, sharing the Catholic faith in community are by no means revolutionary ideas, but my experience with FrancisCorps exposed me to them in a new way through the Franciscan Charisim. It was in this new context I found the most joy and was drawn closer to a relationship with Christ.
Matthew Tate – FC25
IN ONE YEAR
A FrancisCorps
Volunteer Devotes
1,880hrs
Directly Serving the Poor.
129hrs
Praying as a Community.
33days
On Retreat or Pilgrimage.
FrancisCorps has made and continues to make a lasting and indelible impact on the lives of our volunteers and the communities they serve.
385,400
hours of service and counting…
but not a minute of it is possible without you!
Support Our Volunteers as They
- Experience a deepening relationship with God
- Directly serve the poor
- Become people dedicated to service throughout life
