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.
Are you retired or finished raising your family? Do you want to give back, enrich your spiritual life, and build community with other mature adults? Register now and learn how you can deepen your faith and make a difference in the world.
“Lent is indeed the “favourable time” to return to what is essential, to divest ourselves of all that weighs us down, to be reconciled with God, and to rekindle the fire of the Holy Spirit hidden beneath the ashes of our frail humanity. Return to what is essential. It is the season of grace when we put into practice what the Lord asks of us at the beginning of today’s first reading: “Return to me with all your heart” (Jl 2:12). Return to what is essential: it is the Lord.”
Pope Francis Daily Message, February 14, 2025.
Join us for a virtual panel discussion on February 26, 2025, at 3:00 PM ET, hosted by Holy Trinity Catholic Church’s 55+ group and sponsored by the Ignatian Volunteer Corps. Retirees, spiritual reflectors, and faith leaders will share stories and insights on finding purpose, building community, and deepening faith in retirement. Don’t miss this chance to reflect and connect!
IVC invites you to celebrate the publication of Christine Marie Eberle’s latest book, Finding God Along the Way: Wisdom from the Ignatian Camino for Life at Home, published by Paraclete Press. The book traces the 2022 journey of 25 pilgrims—ranging in age from 55 to 84—who hiked a 300-mile pilgrimage across Spain as part of IVC’s 25th anniversary celebration.
Across cities, small towns, and neighborhoods, networks of compassionate, creative, and entrepreneurial individuals have built social service nonprofits to support their neighbors seeking to overcome poverty, addiction, homelessness, illiteracy, marginalization, and more—bringing renewal, empowerment,
and hope to their communities.
