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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
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...
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...
November
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...
Lord, Take Me Where I’m Most Needed Today
This blog post from Ignatian Volunteer Marta Sayeed was originally published in IVC Chicago's Footprints blog. For several years, I have volunteered as a chaplain assistant at Stroger (formerly Cook County) Hospital. Earlier this year, it took me longer to decide if...
October
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...
I Find God in All Things These Days
by Sandy Yates Ignatian Spirituality came to me by way of the IVC. I was mired in the depths of a deep and dark depression. My 27 year old son had died three years previously and I was stuck in a prolonged period of grief. Having retired from a twenty-eight year...
September
This blog post from Fr. William Barry, SJ, is a reflection on Just Mercy, 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 the Introduction and Chapter 1 of...
Judge
by Fr. Randy Roche, SJ The judges in many of the Olympic Games were required to observe precise specific behavior of athletes in the various competitions, and then quickly decide upon an appropriate quantitative score of the action they had just watched. We expect...