Service Learning
Forming Lay Leaders for Service in the Church
Welcome to Service Learning at the McGrath Institute
The McGrath Institute for Church Life forms undergraduate and graduate students through teaching, pastoral formation, and direct service that bridges the Catholic intellectual tradition and the life of the Church. We invite young men and women to grow in knowledge and love of the Church and to discover how they are being called to serve and build up the Church, the Body of Christ.
Undergraduate Programs
Embrace a dynamic call to service and discipleship
Explore McGrath's unique programming for undergraduates like Notre Dame Vision Mentors-in-Faith, the Catechist Academy, and the Sullivan Undergraduate Saints Fellowship—all designed to cultivate leadership, faith, and service.
Each of these service-learning opportunites offer unique and transformative experiences for undergraduates to learn, serve and build up the Church, bridging the academy and the wider Church.
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"Do not wait, but respond enthusiastically to the Lord who calls us to work in his vineyard. Do not delay, roll up your sleeves, because the Lord is generous and you will not be disappointed! Working in his vineyard, you will find an answer to that profound question you carry within you: what is the meaning of my life?"
Pope Leo XIV
General Audience: June 05, 2025
Graduate Programs
Learn more about our Echo Graduate Service Program which prepares young adults for pastoral leadership and meaningful service in the Church.
If you're a young adult discerning a call to ministry or seeking a meaningful path of leadership and service in the Church, Echo offers comprehensive formation rooted in deep learning, meaningful service, and holistic formation. Echo prepares students to serve with both compassion and competence—ready to meet the pastoral needs of today’s Church.
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"As Co-Workers in the Vineyard of the Lord reminds us, if it is the whole person who ministers, teaches, and leads, then the whole person is the proper subject of formation. We develop programming that simultaneously engages Catholic leaders in every dimension of human life—the pastoral, the personal, the spiritual, the intellectual—and provide opportunities for these dimensions to be in conversation with one another."
Colleen Moore, M.Div.
Associate Director, McGrath Institute for Church Life
Contact Us
Have questions about how to get involved? Want to explore your own interest, curiosities or talk about your own discernment? Schedule a conversation with Scott!
Scott Boyle, M.A.
Director of Undergraduate Engagement and Student Recruitment
Service Learning Inquiry Form
Echo Graduate Service Program
Echo integrates service, study, and Catholic leadership in a two-year, tuition-free MA program.
Vision Mentors-in-Faith
Spend the summer mentoring high school students exploring God’s call in their lives
Catechist Academy
Deepen your own faith by teaching children to know and love God
