Agape Community

Agape Community Internships long and short term are available. Interested in climate change? Ecology? The environment? Living green? Agape is open to all!

The Agape Community is a residential community, ecumenical and interfaith in outreach and practice, with a focus on sustainable living, prayer, meditation, education in nonviolence co-founded in 1982. Nonviolence in personal relations/global change? Then check out the Agape Community, located on 34 acres of land in the Quabbin Reservoir (central Massachusetts). A spiritually based/residential comm

unity, Agape is interfaith in outreach and perspective, founded as lay Catholic Christian community. Ecologically based, Agape has a strawbale house, compost toilet, solar energy and hot water, organic garden, wood heat, and a grease car which runs on vegetable oil. Since 1982, college students, both grads and undergrads, and post grads have journeyed to Agape for internships, workshops, retreats,and to volunteer. We welcome people from all walks of life and age groups, emphasizing the current need for live-in residents who will commit to a long-term covenant leading to community membership. Agape needs you to continue our environmental lifestyle and to spread the word that nonviolence is green!!!

** We are currently accepting applications for our internship program! Please see our website for an application form and more details.**

Long term applicants welcome! Join our Agape Community Group to share your experience! https://www.facebook.com/groups/58694301291/


www.agapecommunity.org


Please take a look at our most recent edition of Servant Song:
http://www.agapecommunity.org/ServantSong/tabid/63/Default.aspx

Please join us Saturday, June 13th for our annual open house and work day!  Together we'll be splitting and stacking woo...
05/14/2026

Please join us Saturday, June 13th for our annual open house and work day! Together we'll be splitting and stacking wood, gardening, making new friends, and performing other important homesteading tasks.

Join us for our annual community homesteading event.  We'll be splitting and stacking wood for next winter. Come to meet...
04/23/2026

Join us for our annual community homesteading event. We'll be splitting and stacking wood for next winter. Come to meet new friends and bring a friend too! Bring a lunch and a dish to share for a potluck dinner. Please RSVP!

04/05/2026
Hi, we’re reaching out from the Agape Community in Hardwick in search of an office assistant to work with us on-site and...
03/12/2026

Hi, we’re reaching out from the Agape Community in Hardwick in search of an office assistant to work with us on-site and part-time. We are hoping that you might know someone who might be interested. Here is a little bit about the position:

We’re looking for an assistant with high school or college education to work 15-20 hours per week on-site at Agape.

A part-time office assistant would advance the Agape mission of sustainability, nonviolent education, and the importance of small, faith-based communities

The assistant will be involved with general office duties like editing in Microsoft Word, printing, responding to emails and promoting Agape events.

Transportation, punctuality and organizational skills are a must.

If you think you or somebody you know would fit the bill for this, then please reach out to us by phone or email as soon as you can. Call us at 413-967-9369 and leave a message and we will call you back. Email us to inquire at [email protected]. https://agapecommunity.org/2026/01/21/employment-opportunity-office-assistant-needed

Thanks so much for your consideration and looking forward to hearing from you,

Suzanne Belote Shanley & Brayton Shanley
Co-Founders, Agape Community

{image: Students from Holy Cross at our rural immersion, March 2026}

We are seeking an office assistant within ~30miles of the community or in the Ware/Hardwick area. Check out our website ...
03/05/2026

We are seeking an office assistant within ~30miles of the community or in the Ware/Hardwick area. Check out our website for more information!

Agape Mission Statement: Members of Agape, permanent residents, interns, and volunteers, seek to create and to preserve a peaceful and nonviolent way of life. As lay Catholics, Agape’s co-founders are grounded in the practice of the gospel nonviolent teachings of Jesus. We are rooted in interfaith...

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2062 Greenwich Road
Hardwick, MA
01082

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