Jun 3, 2014
This blog post by Peggy Scanlan Brown was originally published in the IVC Chicago Footprints Blog. Am I the only impatient volunteer in...
Apr 11, 2014
“Here I am in this middle-class, pretty affluent suburb. My problems have been what my children and I call ‘first-world...
Jan 14, 2014
This post, by IVC Chicago Spiritual Reflector and alum, Theresa Stanner, appeared first in IVC Chicago’s Footprints Blog. I joined...
Nov 5, 2013
I was meeting Fr. “Bo” T. M. Lyons, spiritual director extraordinaire, for dinner at Hogwild, a great barbeque place. I had ordered the...
Jun 18, 2013
During the last days of my husband’s life, God provided for us the blessing of Midwest Care Hospice Center. I call it a blessing because...
Apr 30, 2013
During my two years as an IVC volunteer, I served at Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly, an organization dedicated to providing...