Would you like to serve as an Ignatian Volunteer or be a partner agency with IVC Albany? For more information, please contact:
Kathleen H. Burgess
Region Director
kburgess@ivcusa.org
518.209.1738
Stories from Albany
Meet IVC Albany member Judi England
Judi England lives in Albany and has been serving as an Ignatian Volunteer Corps member at Unity House in Troy since IVC Albany’s inception in 2019. Judi offers her reflection about her service with IVC.
Meet IVC Albany member Paula Hamilton
Paula Hamilton is an Ignatian Volunteer Corps member serving at the Ronald McDonald House in Albany. Paula and her husband David live in Delmar. Paula offers her reflection about her service for Ronald McDonald House at Albany Medical Center.
Meet IVC Albany Spiritual Reflector Eileen Shirey
Eileen Shirey serves the IVC Albany community as a Spiritual Reflector. Eileen was part of the team that provided the firm foundation that led to the approval of IVC Albany as a region in 2019. Since then, Eileen serves as a Spiritual Reflector to plan the monthly spiritual program for the IVC Albany community. Eileen and her husband Dick live in Watervliet and are parishioners at St. Vincent de Paul Church in Albany.
Mixing paint and prayer, local artist Jennifer Richard-Morrow creates a stunning portrait of St. Ignatius for Ignatian Volunteer Corps Albany
Icons, a style of liturgical painting commonly associated with the Orthodox Church and monasteries, are as unique as the “image writers” who produce them. Meet Iconographer Jennifer Richard-Morrow who this year brought her years of work as an artist and a student of icon paintings to deliver an icon for the local chapter of the Ignatian Volunteer Corp.
With one foot raised – Meet Spiritual Reflector Ann Hodgson
Ann Hodgson is a Spiritual Reflector for IVC Albany and is part of the team that plans the monthly prayerful gatherings for the IVC Albany community. Ann and her husband, John, live in Guilderland and are parishioners of Christ the King Church.
Meet Ignatian Volunteer Dan Persico
Ann Hodgson is a Spiritual Reflector for IVC Albany and is part of the team that plans the monthly prayerful gatherings for the IVC Albany community. Ann and her husband, John, live in Guilderland and are parishioners of Christ the King Church.
With one foot raised – Meet Spiritual Reflector Ann Hodgson
Ann Hodgson is a Spiritual Reflector for IVC Albany and is part of the team that plans the monthly prayerful gatherings for the IVC Albany community. Ann and her husband, John, live in Guilderland and are parishioners of Christ the King Church.
God numbers the stars, and gives to all of them their names. – Psalm 147: 4
Dear Friends of IVC Albany, Just over 500 years ago, St. Ignatius of Loyola began his spiritual journey when he was hit, literally, with a cannonball. The effect of this “cannonball moment” was so spiritually transformative that the ramifications are still evident...
David McCallum, S.J.: “The Heart of Discerning Leadership: Growing Beyond Polarization”
Join David McCallum, S.J., Founding Executive Director for the Discerning Leadership Program, for a reflective webinar on “The Heart of Discerning Leadership: Growing Through Polarization” at 10 AM ET on April 9.
With one foot raised… meet Ignatian Volunteer Corps member Jeanne Derwin
My desire to join IVC started the day I read Kate Burgess' article in The Evangelist in April 2019. I can remember saying, "This is for me; I need to check it out as soon as I retire!" I attended the commissioning of the new Ignatian Volunteers at the Hubbard...