IVC Stories
IVC and Cristo Rey Network Schools
IVC partners with Cristo Rey Network Schools in 6 regions - New York Metro, Chicago, Cleveland, Minneapolis/St. Paul, and New England, matching Ignatian Volunteers' talents with the schools' tagline, "the school that works". Cristo Rey Network schools provide a high...
Finding God in all Things
Before I joined the Ignatian Volunteer Corps in August, the phrase “finding God in all things” was foreign to me. Even though I was raised Catholic, attended Catholic schools and taught Religious Education in my parish for many, many years, the belief that St....
Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep’s Experience with Ignatian Volunteers
This piece was submitted by Hugo Chavez, Managing Director of the Corporate Work Study Program Situation: Summer of 2012 - we use the summer to train incoming students and also make job assignments for our open positions at our business partners. We have a combination...
Serving Mothers and Infants at Our Lady’s Inn in St. Louis
by Gerry Hempstead, Ignatian Volunteer, St. Louis, MO In May, I retired from my law firm and was looking for opportunities to be of service. I was aware of the Ignatian Volunteer Program through my retreats at the White House Retreat run by the Jesuits and also from...
Thank You
This reflection/letter comes from Sam Schloemer as he retired from his position as IVC Regional Director in Cincinnati I’m sending you a “Thank You” in this format to enable you to read what I have to say. There are so many people I want to thank, hand writing about...
Standing Shoulder-to-Shoulder with the Mission of Habitat for Humanity
At a time of high unemployment, rising costs of housing, food, and other necessities, more and more families across the United States struggle to find and maintain adequate, safe, and affordable housing. Families live on the brink of personal housing crises and risk...
Ignatian Spirituality/ Spiritual Humanism
The Amtrak train corridor running from Boston to Washington D.C. and points south is the busiest in the country. Trains on this system now travel at speeds up to 150 mph. and rival air travel time. I can’t tell you the number of trips I’ve made on that system over...
Growing as Contemplatives in Action
Sr. Rose Mary Dougherty, SSND, guided almost 70 IVC participants from Baltimore, Northern Virginia, and the DC/ Metro Maryland Regions in our opening fall retreat at Loyola-on-the-Potomac retreat house. As we returned to previous or new commitments, we were...
An Interview with 22-year IVC Spiritual Reflector, Kathleen Curtin
You have been part of IVC since its founding. What can you share of this vision for IVC? The genius of its founders, Fr. Jim Conroy, SJ and Fr. Charlie Costello, SJ was to establish service and praying and reflecting in the Ignatian tradition as the two pillars of...