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Love & Lunch
Little Millie said to her mother, “Can we go to see Luisa today?” It was Wednesday, Love & Lunch at Our Lady of Loretto Food Pantry and Parish Social Ministry in Hempstead Long Island. Her mother explained that she had many things to do. Millie insisted that she...
Lost and Found
Stories abound of characters in very difficult circumstances who say: “I’m lost!” Such an exclamation conveys intense pain, confusion, or hopelessness, deriving its power from the feelings of a person who is literally lost, and is in the fearful situation of having...
Recruiting
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven…” (Ecclesiastes 3:1) As with every organization IVC has seasons: recruiting...
“Dad, you don’t get it, do you?”
This article by my son John in America Magazine explains exactly what I had to learn many years ago on my first service trip with John and accompanying students while we were working with Haitians and Dominicans in the Dominican Republic. I share the article and my...
Worrywart
As a consultant who works for myself, I know well the vagaries of clients and cash flows. In the seven years I’ve operated my own business, I’ve had some good stretches, and a few not-so-good stretches where I would find myself sleeplessly staring at the ceiling in my...
Need to Know
In government or businesses where secrecy is an issue, certain information is only made available to a restricted number of persons who need to know, in order to meet their responsibilities. In our relationship with God, secrecy is completely irrelevant and altogether...
By the Hand
This week’s blog post by Ignatian Volunteer Marta Hernandez Sayeed was originally published in IVC Chicago's Footprints blog. Sometimes, it is hard to believe that I am finishing my fourth year as an assistant chaplain at Stroger Hospital. By the end of my third...
Reflections and Transformations
This is the second in a two-part reflection from Sue and Craig Schoenfelder, a married couple who are Ignatian Volunteers in St. Louis. To read the first piece in this series, click here. We began our service at Midtown Catholic Charities in St. Louis in October...
The Journey – Whose Is It Really?
A Christian retirement expert wrote: “the Holy Spirit gives us time, talent and strength to define our life meaning.” As IVC volunteers, we all have made a conscious decision to search for life’s meaning for us. We have found IVC as the conduit to our continued...