Program Manager (California) – Jesuit Volunteer Corps
The Jesuit Volunteer Corps is hiring a Program Manager in Santa Clara, California. The Program Manager of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps is a key member of JVC’s domestic program team and JVC’s presence on...
View ArticleTim “Timbo” Shriver to Lead Jesuit Volunteer Corps
Timothy “Timbo” Shriver has been named President of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC), one of the nation’s longest-running service organizations, effective October 12, it was announced today by the...
View ArticleJV Reflects: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
More than once while passing through the plaza, I have witnessed a tourist, often white, stand in front of the old woman to take photos of her. They cannot communicate with her, but they feel a freedom...
View ArticleIgnorance is Bliss
I thought I was well educated on the topic of immigration, but after my trip with JVC to the Arizona/Mexico border, it turns out that, in fact, I was pretty ignorant.
View ArticleJesuit Volunteer Reflects: On Harry Potter and Privilege
The Jesuit Volunteer Corps brought me here—some 1800 miles from my home in California. To this place where leaves actually change, falling from the trees when October arrives. JVC brought me here. To...
View ArticleJesuit Volunteer Reflects: Advent in Prison
For the first time in my life, I was inside a prison. So far, my placement as a Jesuit Volunteer with the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth had only included long distance communication with...
View ArticleJesuit Volunteer Reflects: Learning How to Receive
Coming out of my JVC International Orientation, I felt so pumped to enter into the role of a Jesuit Volunteer in Belize. I left energized with a mentality that I am not here to ‘help’ anybody. I am not...
View ArticleOffice Manager – Jesuit Volunteer Corps
Jesuit Volunteer Corps is hiring an Office Manager in Baltimore, MD.
View ArticleAdvancement Associate – Jesuit Volunteer Corps
The Jesuit Volunteer Corps is hiring an Advancement Associate in Baltimore, MD. The Advancement Associate is an integral part of the advancement and organizational operations for the Jesuit Volunteer...
View ArticleA Letter to My White Ignatian Family
Editor's Note: Today's reflection is written by Kristen Trudo, a 15-16 Jesuit Volunteer, and was inspired by her recent experiences working in St. Louis, Missouri. Read her previous reflection about...
View ArticleJesuit Volunteer Reflects: On Harry Potter and Privilege
The Jesuit Volunteer Corps brought me here—some 1800 miles from my home in California. To this place where leaves actually change, falling from the trees when October arrives. JVC brought me here. To...
View ArticleTied in a Single Garment
I felt a gut-wrenching sense of tension: as an advocate, pride in what Pope Francis said about justice; as a gay man, disappointment and betrayal. As hundreds around me cheered, I stayed in my chair...
View ArticlePigs Just Know
Jesuit Volunteer Reflects: Because, like the pigs, I know when I'm home. It's a feeling deep down in my heart and in my core. I know when I'm home when I'm called to be more loving. I know when I'm...
View ArticleThe Orlando Shooting and My Holy Anger
And, after the massacre at Pulse that left 50 dead and 53 injured–and innumerably more permanently psychologically, emotionally, and spiritually scarred–I am angrier than I thought possible.
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter: A Reprise
I wonder about the Church’s collective inaction and silence, in response to this pillaging of black bodies. I wonder how it drifted from the message of this revolutionary Jesus: challenging the...
View ArticleEl Salvador: Baptism by the People
I think to my time in El Salvador, and I reflect on the killings of black and brown bodies in our country this past week. For myself, I hope I can be baptized by the people. The stories they share, the...
View ArticleThe Imperfect Expression
This is not the perfect mass. A dog comes in and lays down next to me to escape the heat. Somewhere a baby is crying as another set of kids crawl across the sanctuary chasing the chickens out of the...
View ArticleIgnatian Solidarity Network Welcomes New Directors: Vince Caponi, Betty Anne...
The Ignatian Solidarity Network (ISN) Board of Directors has unanimously voted to welcome Vince Caponi, Betty Anne Donnelly, Tina Facca, Richard Hogan and Maggie Murphy Stockson as directors.
View ArticleRe-kindling the Fire of Justice
Cassie Clemente, Jesuit Volunteer Corps Director of Advancement, reflects on the JVC community's call and ability to re-kindle the fires of justice and hope.
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