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Service • Simplicity • Faith • Friars • Fellowship Cap Corps East is based on the principals of communal living, service, prayer, and simple living.

For one year (mid-August through the end of July), volunteers work full time at various placements in Cleveland, OH and Washington, DC. Each volunteer works at a different placement and is supported through communal living and prayer. Work placements include medical, education, and social service placements.

06/07/2026

Look at all these Cap Corps alumni in one place!🤎

This group of alumni were among a packed church and reception hall in Pittsburgh yesterday, June 6th, to witness and celebrate the ordination to the priesthood of Capuchin friars Fr. Luke Kim, Fr. Stephen Cantwell and Fr. Ryan Schmeltzer. Praise be to God!

The new priests aren’t pictured because they were in high demand giving their first blessings 😇 See for a beautiful highlight post.

Shout out to 2024-2025 alumni Peter, George and Tim who (epically) planned to attend both of the Mass of Thanksgiving today for their house friars, Fr. Ryan and Fr. Stephen… on different sides of the state of PA! 🫶🙌

06/01/2026

Alumni: Mark your calendars now 📅

Our 3rd Cap Corps Alumni Retreat will be Fall 2027. 🍁🍂

05/29/2026

🚨Cap Corps Blog!🚨

Included the Spring Newsletter emailed today was a reflection written by current volunteer Kathryn Bowers. In it, Kathryn reflects on her spiritual journey while in Cap Corps. She shares gratitude for the people and saints who support her along the way, and encouragement for you too.

See link in bio.'

If you want to be added to our newsletter, email [email protected]

05/27/2026

Guys being guys👀😂 These fellas were hungry after our hike on Spring Retreat, making for a stellar communal chip-eating candid!

More from our Spring Retreat a few weeks ago is coming in our Newsletter the end of this week. For now, enjoy some other great moments from the final retreat of the year. 🙂

05/06/2026

The 2nd Cap Corps Alumni Retreat was a success! 🤎

We were blessed to again have volunteers spanning the decades, united in shared experiences of their service year. We all left with a renewed sense of what is means to live Franciscan Joy… and with hearts full of joy! Bonus: We got to celebrate two birthdays as well 🎉

More to come in our Spring Newsletter coming out end of May/early June. Email [email protected] to be added to the mailing list.

04/07/2026

Join us in wishing Cap Corps volunteer, Elias Rivera, a very happy birthday today!🎉🎂🎈

Elias serves at the Spanish Catholic Center of Catholic Charities and has been a valuable addition to their team. He supports the Medical Clinic once a week and assists the Employment and Social Services department the remaining four days.

Elias is a blessing to his Cap Corps community with his easy-going nature, contagious laugh, love of the Saints, and all the fun "Gen Z" quips! We give thanks for the gift of his life today and the blessing he is to Cap Corps and the community in which he serves. 💙

03/17/2026

This is more than a mostly empty plate, chicken wing and hot sauce.

This image represents the joy, creativity and bonding of a Community Night with current volunteers Kathryn, Elias, Logan, Alex and House Director Br. Pablo.

🤔What is Community Night?

While Kyra, our director, likes to joke that community night is really every night, THE weekly Community Night is a special evening for bonding, fun and/or formation. The House Friar joins the volunteers for dinner, prayer and then some activity to come together—the sky is the limit! Crafts, movies, games, cooking, outings, spiritual content, education. You get it.

🍗Where does the chicken wing come in?

On this particular night the group opted to do a competition inspired by family stories told on winter retreat: who can handle the hottest hot sauce! Each dipped a chicken wing (or vegan nugget!) into some real spicy sauce and proceeded to read the opening lines of Gospel of John. The winner was Kathryn, who seemed completely unphased (video proof🎥😱) Br. Pablo was maybe the most expressive and entertaining…🥵 More importantly, all had tons of fun, built memories and laughed a lot.

Cap Corps loves community!

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03/10/2026

🏀It's that time of year again...the Cap Corps Bracket Challenge for the Men's and Women's NCAA Basketball Tournament! 🏀

Selection Sunday is March 15th, brackets will go live later that night Mark your calednars! Please invite friends and family who get into the madness. 🙂

If you have any questions, contact Kyra at [email protected].

03/05/2026

Registration for the 2nd Cap Corps Alumni Retreat is OPEN!
➡Scan the QR Code or see link in bio

What to expect...???

🟫Cap Corps alums spanning the 30+ years of Cap Corps
🟫Fellowship with friars (Br. Ross Henley, Br. Bob Herrick, Fr. Phil White & more!)
🟫Talks & reflections led on the theme of Franciscan Joy
🟫Special opportunity to come together in the 800th year of St. Francis death
🟫Mass at the Alverno Chapel
🟫Space to rest, pray and encounter the beauty of Alverno
🟫A weekend of lifegiving community

03/03/2026

Last week Cap Corps hosted part one of our two-part formation series on Catholic Social Teaching (CST). We all enjoyed cozy living room vibes and spirited conversation!

Grace de Zamaroczy, a local high school Religious Studies teacher in the Archdiocese of Washington, led an interactive, informative and reflective presentation on the seven themes of CST.

Program Director Kyra Koons was present as was House Director, Br. Pablo Lopez OFM, Cap. We look forward to part two this month, which will feature a deeper dive into case studies and particular topics chosen by the volunteers.

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