Service Immersion
Service Immersion
Campus Ministry offers several domestic and international service immersion experiences.
Andre House
When: Spring Break
Where: Phoenix, AZ
When to apply: Applications release in January 2027
Cost: TBA
Contact:
Reilly Johnston
rjohnst2@providence.edu
Spend a week with fellow PC students serving experiencing homelessness at Andre House in Phoenix, AZ.
NOLA (New Orleans, La.) Immersion
When: Last Week of Winter Break
Where: New Orleans, La.
When to apply: TBA
Cost: $200
Contact:
Reilly Johnston
rjohnst2@providence.edu
The purpose of the NOLA Immersion is to cultivate, through active service and the lens of faith, a sense of solidarity with people living on the margins in New Orleans, La. Participants live simply and in community together, with prayer and reflection central to the experience. The NOLA Immersion welcomes participants with a diversity of spiritual and religious backgrounds.
International Immersions
When: upon conclusion of the spring semester in May
Where: San Lucas Tolimán, Guatemala
When to apply: beginning of spring semester
Cost: $500
Contact:
Reilly Johnston
rjohnst2@providence.edu
Each year upon the conclusion of the spring semester in May, Providence College students along with faculty/staff leaders travel abroad to volunteer and experience different cultures.
Each immersion includes weekly meetings during the second half of the spring semester. After each immersion, participants return to Providence College for a retreat facilitated by Campus Ministry staff and student leaders.
Guatemala Immersion
Guatemala immersion participants will volunteer with the Friends of San Lucas organization – a non-profit organization that works with San Lucas Mission in San Lucas Tolimán, Guatemala. San Lucas Tolimán is an indigenous Maya village on the shores of the beautiful Lake Atitlan in central Guatemala. Perhaps one of the most well-known missions in Guatemala, San Lucas Mission’s long-term devotion has been the enhancement and enrichment of the whole person – spiritually, intellectually, and physically – by addressing both the immediate effects of poverty and its underlying causes.
Ten students and two PC staff participate in the Guatemala Immersion each year.
