On a Mission

Volunteers International for Development, Education, and Solidarity (VIDES) is a lay volunteer program in which young adults serve short-term or long-term missions domestically and internationally with the Salesian Sisters and priests. From June 6 - 20, six young women are participating in the new volunteer orientation in Colorado Springs. As a part of their formation, they are also helping the Sisters run a week of Vacation Bible School for elementary and high school-age boys and girls. Leeshia Rocha will be doing an internship at the VIDES office at the UN in Geneva, Jess Sardina will be spending a year with our Sisters at a boarding school in Saltillo, Mexico, Nancy Salazar will be volunteering at one of our schools in Texas, Betsy Nieto will spend a year with our Sisters in Sicily working with migrants and refugees, and Janine Snyder and Celinda Lopez will be part of a retreat program run by our Sisters in Scotland. These amazing young women are excited to serve in the mission to which God has called them. They greatly appreciate your prayers! Learn more about our current volunteers, or for more information about becoming a volunteer, go to www.vides.us