• MISSION INTERNSHIP

    A year of service that will change your life forever.

We live, serve, and pray together so that our work is filled with love.

Our Mission Interns are rooted in a life of prayer and community in the Catholic tradition. This allows them to pour out their hearts into the neighborhoods in which they live and serve.

We dare to enter the mess of one another’s lives and learn what it means to give in sacrificial love.

Join us in a year of joy-filled service that will change your life forever!

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Important
Dates

Full Year Application Opens:
October 2024

Full Year Application Closes: 
May 2025

Summer Internship:
June-July 2025

Mission Intern Start Date:
August 2025

Mission Intern End Date: 
August 2026

  • Pillars

    Founded on our Catholic faith, the Mission Internship seeks to form young adults to be mature, integrated agents of change in their community, and advocates for service, solidarity, and justice through our four pillars.

Prayer

We cultivate silence to encounter God and more deeply encounter each other. This is punctuated by Adoration, Liturgy of the Hours, Mass, readings from Scripture, and the lives of the saints.

Community

We are committed to intentionally living and working with one another in a community, in the heart of the neighborhood we serve, so that the care we have for each other flows into the larger community.

Service

We walk with those in our community through our collective meals, mentoring, and other opportunities. We also develop nonprofit management skills in day-to-day Community Food Center operations.

Formation

We discuss our experiences from the Food Center to foster growth in our spiritual and personal lives. Together, we explore Catholic spirituality, community living, and social justice.

  • “I love this work because this community is teaching me so much about life, the beauty of the struggle, and how to love amidst hardship.”

    -Eva, class of 2021

What else do I need to know?

 
  • Want to know more about our Mission Internship? Check out this packet with information about our impact, quotes from past interns, and potential job descriptions.

    MISSION INTERN PACKET

  • 7:30-8:30 Silent Adoration

    8:30-11:30 Food Center Prep

    12 Mass

    1 Lunch and Formation

    2-4 Individual Jobs

    6:30-8:30 Community Night

    *each day varies slightly

  • How does our faith relate to our work? Click here to learn more about our Catholic Identity!

  • Have a question that hasn’t been answered yet? See our FAQ page for more answers!

  • Interested in visiting for a weekend to see our work or have further questions? Contact our Mission Intern & Formation Manager to set up a time.

    samantha@kinshipmke.org

  • History

    Of the Mission Internship

How did the Mission Internship start?

In 2012, a small group of friends were reading way too much Dorothy Day, which challenged them to bring their faith in touch with local injustices. Through prayer and study, they felt called to live out more deeply the Works of Mercy

Around the same time, these friends stumbled upon a local nonprofit called the Riverwest Food Pantry. They intentionally chose to move into the same neighborhood as the food pantry and found themselves beginning to build friendships with residents of the neighborhood, parishioners, and volunteers.

From this came the beginning of the Mission Internship.

The Mission Internship has “officially” had mission interns since 2015. We have found that it is essential to have a small community that lives deeply within our culture of prayer, generosity, and friendship, to carry love to the larger community. In this we have rediscovered what it means to be “neighbor” or “kin” with everyone else we encounter.

This work is really the fruit of a living relationship with a God who is in love with us, who encounters us in the Sacraments in church, as well as in the streets and homes of our neighborhood.

Shannon & Samantha, the first two friends to move into the Riverwest neighborhood with a desire to live among those whom they served.

Past Mission Intern Classes

  • Our Current Mission Intern Class

  • Follow Along

    Join us on Instagram to see what the Mission Interns are up to!

  • “The only solution is love, and that love comes with community.”

    -Dorothy Day

Thanks to our generous sponsor The Crivello Family Foundation and Phoenix Investors for making this growing program possible.