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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...

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Will We Walk in His Shoes? Responses to Laudato Si’

In his papal encyclical letter Laudato Si’ On Care for Our Common Home, Pope Francis urgently asks “every person living on this planet” to see and take responsibility for what environmental degradation is doing to the earth ─ “our common home” ─ and the vulnerable poor.

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Is It the End of a Service Year?

By Linda Wihl Friday, May 20th, Gloriajean Wallace, Ignatian Volunteer with the Greater Cincinnati Region, graduated from United Theological Seminary in Dayton with a Masters in Divinity.  Not only did she win a prestigious award but gave the sermon at the Eucharistic...

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Holy Communion

by Louise Sandberg Another year of IVC comes to a pause. It is never an end. Some of us will take time off from our service positions. Others of us will work through the summer, without our monthly gatherings. Before the May meeting I received a call from Bette, my...

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How can the heart not be touched?

This blog post comes from Ignatian Volunteer Mark Wong of Baltimore, who presented these remarks to the IVC National Board at their meeting in February. Good morning. I’m Mark. First, I would like to express my gratitude to you for your sacrifice and all the work that...

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“Being Helpful” and “Jesus Is All Heart”

This blog post from Fr. William Barry, SJ, is a reflection on David Fleming’s Book, “What is Ignatian Spirituality”, which Ignatian Volunteers are using for spiritual reflection in many regions this service year. Fleming notes that Ignatius often wrote of ministry as...

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What’s it All About?

by Si Smith, SJ             Here’s a little challenge: ask any ten friends to describe in detail what happened on the first Easter Sunday. You’ll likely get ten different answers. In addition, it seems everyone has their own personal interpretation of what it all...

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