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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...
Where Did I See God in my Service Ministry?
by Bill Mackey My service work through IVC is tutoring kindergartners in the after school program at Winton Hills Academy. The students and tutors meet three times a week and work with materials and a curriculum developed to help students increase their reading...
The Kingdom of God is Like a Treasure Hidden in a Field
By Jim Haggerty It is well known that, for over a decade, three elves frequented the home of our two great nephews and great niece in northern New Jersey. The elves’ presence was focused on an old trunk in the attic. They communicated with written rhymed...
Working at ACTS
by Joe Delfico After spending a few years enjoying retirement: traveling with my wife Virginia and trying to improve a deteriorating golf game; I developed a deeply felt desire to use the gifts and talents God gave me to help people in need. Virginia and I both came...
Retreat Poems
For this week's reflection, we share a collection of poetry written by IVC Volunteers and Core Community Members during an IVC Retreat of the DC-Metro Maryland and Northern Virginia communities. There Is Nothing I Shall Want The world is my refuge And all creation...