Amate House

Amate House is a year-long social justice leadership development program for college-educated adults between the ages of 21-29. Our program model includes full-time service, faith formation and community living. Based on their professional interests, Amate House matches young adult leaders with full-time volunteer positions in non-profit organizations, schools and ministries in Chicago’s most under-resourced communities. These young people live together in an Amate House residence and receive faith formation based on Catholic Social Teaching as well as intensive leadership development programming. In addition to a vocation of service, Amate House emphasizes the personal, professional, and spiritual development of its fellows, creating passionate leaders for our church and world through social justice leadership development