IVC Stories
Keeping a Room for Christ
In Denver, Colorado, you can see God’s glory at work at a Safe Outdoor Spaces (SOS) site, an initiative started in December 2020 by the Colorado Village Collaborative (CVC). CVC was founded in 2017 by a group of young people committed to justice along with members of the Denver homeless community. Together they have developed a model — providing insulated tents, privacy, safety, and services for people experiencing homelessness — that is being considered in cities across the country.
Dare to Dream: The Zach Presutti, S.J. Story
IVC Milwaukee presents an IVC Webinar: Dare to Dream, The Zach Presutti, S.J. Story. Founder of Thrive for Life Prison PRoject – transforming lives behind and beyond U.S. prison walls.
IVC Portland Service Corps Member Maryann Murray Reflects on Her Experience
Maryann Murray reflects on her experience as an IVC Portland service corps member in this short video. Maryann has extensive experience in nonprofit fundraising, marketing, and communications, and is sharing her skills as an IVC volunteer at Portland Adult Education....
Service Corps Member David Hilleary and Spiritual Reflector Fr. Paul Sullivan, SJ, Describe Their IVC Experiences
In this short video, IVC Portland service corps member David Hilleary and Fr. Paul Sullivan, SJ, who serves as a spiritual reflector, describe their experiences with IVC. David retired after 40 years in commercial banking and now through IVC serves with STRIVE in...
IVC-Portland Hosts Morning of Reflection with Christine Marie Eberle
The IVC-Portland (Maine) community gathered on September 9, 2021, for a Morning of Reflection led by Christine Marie Eberle, author of Finding God in Ordinary Time and a regional advisory council member for IVC-Philadelphia/South Jersey. Thirty IVC-Portland service...
Journeying With Youth
If you check out Boston’s Casserly House’s website and click on “Meet the Team,” you’ll see the organization, under the leadership of the Sisters of St. Joseph, is staffed entirely by volunteers tied to the Jesuit mission: three Ignatian Volunteer Corps Members and at...
Caring for our Common Home
After a 27-year career with the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington DC, Jamal Kadri and his wife, Kate, knew he would need something to keep him busy, but also help him find meaning in retirement. His wife learned about IVC, and Jamal joined the Corps in the...
Helping Show the Way to God
Some 20 years ago, a sense of spiritual restlessness called Paddi Amador to attend a Jesuit retreat. Since then, Ignatian Spirituality has animated her life, her work, and her faith. Paddi serves as a “spiritual reflector” for the Service Corps Members (SCMs) in IVC’s...
Walking with the Excluded
So how does IVC do all the wonderful work they do? How do we walk with the excluded, the poor; with youth in crisis, the disabled, the trafficked, the forgotten? How do we do it? We walk hand-in-hand with our amazing service partner agencies—large and...