What is Ignatian Volunteer Corps
The lgnatian Volunteer Corps® (IVC) provides men and women, most age 50 or better, opportunities to serve others and to transform lives. IVC matches the talents of experienced Volunteers with the greatest social needs of our time.
IVC works in partnership with hundreds of community partner organizations. These nonprofit organizations provide lVC members with substantive work to serve individuals who have slipped through this country’s safety net. And hundreds of community organizations are on waiting lists to get an lVC service corps member.
Find IVC in Your Region
Regional Directors and Coordinators administer the local IVC program in their geographic area. They recruit and place new IVC members, spiritual reflectors, and social service partner agencies. If you don’t see your area listed, we would love to have you join our Virtual program, where you can serve from anywhere!
What’s New?
Serving Virtually with Jesuit Worldwide Learning: Hope, Opportunity and Challenge
My IVC placement is with Jesuit Worldwide Learning. JWL fulfils a pressing need and provides hope and opportunity to students on the margins. Indeed, one student wrote to thank me for offering the course that she characterized as “the most important thing in my life at the moment.” I am humbled.
Here’s what others have to say about IVC.
“What makes IVC special – they come with a wealth of experience, with professional backgrounds, with a maturity, and above all with a passion to be in service for the marginalized and those in need of help.”
— Gizachew Emiru, former Executive Director of TASSC International, Washington DC