Campus Ministry Internships 2010-2011
Spiritual Interns: Info Sheet

Canisius College strives to journey with members of the Canisius College community in their desire to be “men and women for and with others”, one of the essential characteristics of Jesuit education and spirituality. To deepen the spiritual component of holistic education, Campus Ministry provides student leadership positions to work individually to coordinate and engage other students’ involvement in spiritual events for the campus community. This includes but is not limited to: retreats, evenings of reflections, spiritual webpage, special liturgical services (i.e. Remembrance Service, Reconciliation Service) and other spiritual events.

Download the 2010-2011 application here (.pdf).

A “Spiritual Intern” would:
  • be attentive and faithful to their own spiritual life and to be a witness to its value.
  • meet regularly with the Coordinator of Retreats
  • Attend the formation session/retreat prior to the new academic year and any training and reflection events throughout the year.
  • Be responsible for a designated area(s) discerned together with the Coordinator of Retreats: this includes
    • helping recruit a team of students/staff to run the designated event.
    • marketing the event
    • responsibility for students recruited to work on a special project (i.e.4th Day team)
    • planning and facilitating meetings with their team
    • reporting to the Campus Minister in planning and coordinating the event(s)
    • attending the event
    • evaluating and providing campus ministry with a report/manual for the event.
  • communicate regularly with Supervising Campus Minister
  • contribute on occasion to spiritual webpage as requested by intern coordinator
  • Prepare and run the 1st Year retreat(s) with the other interns
Qualifications
  • Must be a person of faith.
  • Must be at least a sophomore.
  • Must have attended at least (2) Canisius retreats .
  • Must have strong experience leading retreats either in High School or college
  • This includes: giving witness talks, facilitating small groups, and leading prayer
  • May not have a job or responsibility that interferes with training and/or weekend retreats
  • Must maintain a 2.5 GPA
There are some samples of the type of internships available. Each internship has different responsibilites:
Internship 1: To Coordinate the 4th Day retreat in the fall and spring
Internship 2: To be the Special Assistant to the Kairos program : prayer vigils, homecomings, marketing, palancas and special prayer services
Internship 3: To be the Kairos Rector, assisting coordinator with parent letters, housing details, alum cooks, and coordinating one Kairos retreat.
Internship 4: To assist with RCIA and be a retreat generalist.
Questions: Contact Sue Fischer at 716-888-2425 or fischers@canisius.edu.

Timeline
Application deadline: March 29, 2010
Interviews and decisions will be made in April.

Compensation: A stipend or tuition waiver of $1200 per year.

Students may apply for more than one internship. Students can hold only one campus ministry internship at a time. Students can apply for a second year if desired. Students must be full time students at Canisius and be at least in their second year at Canisius during the year of internship.