IVC Stories
Retirees turn over new leaf serving at North Philadelphia Sanctuary Farm
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — “I have spent most of my career, about 40 years, in higher education,” said Jane Seaberg. “And I really wanted an active retirement that I would continue to grow intellectually, socially and spiritually.”
IVC Milwaukee Members Visit St. Bakhita Catholic Worker House
St. Bakhita House is a Catholic Worker House in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, teaching and practicing the Beatitudes and providing a supportive community for women escaping the exploitation of human sex trafficking. Recently, IVC Milwaukee members had the opportunity to...
Finding God in Relationship: Meet IVC New England Corp Member Ron Nix!
Ron Nix has been volunteering with IVC New England for seven years, and has spent the past six years serving at Cotting School. Located in Lexington, Massachusetts, Cotting is a private nonprofit special educational organization that enables students ages 3-22 with a...
Thrive for Life and IVC: Transformation is for Us All
Prisoners and formerly incarcerated individuals do not immediately invite empathy or even sympathy. Yet, a Jesuit-led prison ministry, Thrive for Life, has committed itself to the transformation of members of this oft-neglected population, accompanying them in their...
IVC Philadelphia/South Jersey Member Profile: Tom Volkert, NETWORK
Many IVC volunteers want to work with organizations that provide direct service to individuals, but for others, their IVC commitment is a chance to be part of an effort to change the system itself. Tom Volkert, for example, moved from a volunteer hospital ministry to...
IVC Denver Service Profile: Ann and the SAME Café
One of the founding IVC Denver service corps members, Ann has served as Development and Internship Coordinator at So All May Eat / SAME Cafe for the past four years. Beginning her service in the SAME Cafe, Ann experienced how this innovative participation-based...
IVC Denver Member Profile: Molly Smolen
St. Rose of Lima Catholic Academy’s vision is for all of our students to go to college and get to heaven. This small poster greets everyone who enters St. Rose of Lima Catholic Academy. St. Rose is a pre-K through eighth-grade school serving 26 zip codes throughout...
IVC Members Provide “Invaluable” Support at Our Lady’s School
Stepping onto the campus at Our Lady's School (OLS), you can't help but feel that the school's tradition of nurturing the spiritual, academic, social, and cultural growth of its students is alive and well. As San Diego's oldest Catholic elementary school, OLS traces...
IVC New Orleans Member Profile: Jerry Alexander
In his “Richness of Many Years of Life” address, Pope Francis declared that “Old age is not a disease; it is a privilege.” Jerry Alexander, IVC New Orleans volunteer, embodies that statement. When he told his regional director in spring of 2022 that he was diagnosed...