Our sisters are currently working in 31 countries around the world. We have sent volunteers to work in our missions in Albania, Argentina, Chile, Guyana, Peru, and Taiwan.

Our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI highlighted the global nature of charity in his encyclical, Deus Caritas Est:

"Concern for our neighbor transcends the confines of national communities and has increasingly broadened its horizon to the whole world. Significantly, our time has also seen the growth and spread of different kinds of volunteer work...For young people, this widespread involvement constitutes of school of life which offers them a formation in solidarity and readiness to offer others not simply material aid but their very selves (30).

In 2009, two young women from Maryland traveled to Guyana during Lent. They organized and ran ‘after-school activities’ for children throughout the Essequibo Coast and Pomeroon River (the area of mission served by our small religious family). From the moment they arrived, they did not lose a moment in learning about the culture, in meeting the people, and in truly spreading the joy that comes with being a Catholic Christian.

See a slide show about volunteering as a lay missionary!

E-mail us at laymissionaries@servidoras.org to begin the application and interview process.

Learn more about the experiences of past lay missionaries.