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A Perfect Birthday Gift

by Tony Albrecht The Phone rings ...Not another Vendor! I say Good news, It’s my oldest son. “Hey Dad,” he says “where do you want to celebrate your birthday this year?” Filled with good will at this unexpected question I start to say “Here in Bethesda it’s closer for...

“Ask for the Grace of Never Closing the Doors of Reconciliation and Pardon”

By Nancy Brouillard McKenzie This post is reprinted from a publication of the Columban Center for Advocacy and Outreach (CCAO) and used with permission of CCAO, an IVC Partner Agency. On November 20, 2016, Pope Francis concluded a Year of Mercy by symbolically closing...

Golden Gauze

by Louise Sandberg I thank God that I had my IVC gathering the day after the election. Also that my IVC animator, Fr Damian, had led a prayer vigil the Sunday before the election. Our coordinator, Maryellen, shared with our group that she is glad to be with good...

January

This blog post from Fr. William Barry, SJ, is a reflection on Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, written by Bryan Stevenson. Ignatian Volunteers across the country are reading and reflecting in community on this book this year. This piece is written on...

What’s New?

by Fr. Randy Roche, SJ New Year’s celebrations vary according to local customs throughout the world, seemingly in hopes that all will be well, or that things will be better than in the previous year. But hope does not depend upon customs and traditions as somehow...

Thoughtful, Prayerful Service

by Roberta "Robbie" Sabin This blog post is a presentation made by Ignatian Volunteer Robbie Sabin at IVC Baltimore's Advent Evening of Joyful Anticipation, which we asked her to share with our national IVC community. Good evening, my name is Robbie Sabin. I am an...

December

Gratitude and Heaven’s Waiting Room

by Linda Wihl St. Ignatius believed ingratitude to be “the cause, beginning, and origin of all evils and sins.” Thanksgiving is all about gratitude and thus the antithesis of evil. I love e. e. cummings. I often contrast his thoughts, “i thank thee God for most this...