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Happy New Year! No, it is not that day we celebrate with champagne and football each January 1. It is the beginning of a new year of service for all IVC regions across the United States and we celebrate a bit differently. First of all, the IVC New Year follows a...

To: People of Influence (Aren’t you all?) Have you ever felt like you share a secret that could change the world if only you had the influence to do so? I feel that way about the Ignatian Volunteer Corps.  Today many nonprofits are struggling to finance their work....

Every year at work, we host thousands of volunteers in groups, from adults all the way down to middle school students. Usually, there is a designated leader for the group, sometimes two. Typically, this is the same person who has taken the time to contact us, set up...

Airline flights between the Hawaiian Islands and the U.S. mainland are non-stop; there are no fueling places along the way, and the planes cannot land in the water. The Kolea, a golden plover, flies non-stop from Hawai’i to Alaska for the summer, and makes a return...

It was that time of year again.   Time for me to consider attending the School of the Americas (SOA) Vigil.  It was always a busy time of year for me, and I wondered what difference would one person make anyway.   I had attended the last three years, made financial...

It was the early seventies, and the MacNamara family was on the road to Feakle from their home in Tulla, two small towns in County Clare, Ireland. The father drove while his two teenagers chatted in the back seat. The van rattled as it climbed a steep hill while...

In this age of acronyms and abbreviations, I hereby offer a set of initials that carries no patent, is not described in Wikipedia, is not explained away in Urban Legends and will not be found in any dictionary: G.O.F. for Gift of Faith. We do not need to think about...

When IVC volunteers serving in the greater Los Angeles area were asked why they joined IVC their answers were enlightening as well as inspiring. Here are some of their responses:      “I have been blessed with a beautiful family, a full life with good health.   It is...

Trees continually grow. When they stop growing, they die. Like trees, we also grow, as long as we live. We do not increase in height; we certainly do not put out additional appendages, such as arms or legs, but even physically our bodies continually grow new cells...