Click any of the following links to read what others have to say about the Ignatian Volunteer Corps.

Retirees find fulfillment helping the poor
Courier Post Online, September 2, 2006
Volunteers from the Philadelphia region share their experiences.

Over 50 and willing to do hard work? You can be an Ignatian Volunteer
Catholic Star Herald, August 4, 2006
A look at IVC volunteers in the Diocese of Camden.

A Week in the Life of the Ignatian Volunteer Corps
Partner's Magazine, Spring 2006
"Retirees 50 and over connect with the Jesuit tradition to serve where the need is greatest and find God in all things."

Retirees volunteer, help the needy, make a difference.
Courier Post Online, April 17, 2006
Ignatian Volunteers from IVC's Philadelphia/Camden region, Michael Vahey, John Trumbore, and Dennis Diamond, share their volunteer experiences in South Jersey.

Ignatian Volunteer Corps seeks new members
The Catholic Telegraph, April 14, 2006
Cincinnati native and new IVC Regional Director, Sam Schloemer, describes how the IVC program is getting started in Cincinnati

Lifetime Preparation for Today's Mission
Catholic Herald, March 3, 2006
Two days after Jim Kelly (right) retired from the State Department, he began to serve two days a week at the Lamb Center in Fairfax as a member of the Ignatian Volunteer Corps (IVC).

In Search of Something More
The Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus (www.marprovjesuits.org), March 2006
Back in 1995, John Trumbore was considering a change in his life. He explains "When I first learned about IVC, I wasn’t sure that it would work for me," he said. "I decided that to be fair, I would give it a try for three months. That was in 1995 and I'm still there." Read about his experience with IVC and Holy Name of Camden-Jesuit Urban Service Team (JUST).

Experience in Action 2006 Calendar
“The culture around us is saturated; overstimulated to the point we’re numb.  Yet what we seek most is meaning.” –Jim Conroy, S.J.
This quote by IVC co-founder, along with two beautiful pictures of IVC volunteers, was featured in the Experience in Action 2006 Calendar created by Civic Ventures and the Gerontological Society of America. The calendar was handed out at the White House Conference on Aging in December 2005.  IVC is also listed as a place where older Americans can put their experience into action.  (Click here to read more or purchase the calendar from the Gerontological Society)

IVC on EWTN!
IVC founder, Fr. Jim Conroy, S.J. and IVC Chicago Regional Director George Sullivan were guests on the Eternal Word Television Network’s (EWTN) program EWTN Live with Fr. Mitch Pacwa, S.J. on Wednesday November 16th 2005.
You can purchase a DVD, Videotape or audio CD of the show

IVC Chicago Regional Director, George Sullivan, IVC Co-founder, Fr. Jim Conroy S.J. & EWTN Live host Fr. Mitch Pacwa, S.J.

Ignatian Lay Volunteer Corps comes to LA
The Tidings, September 2, 2005
Jennifer Mangali had never heard of the Ignatian Lay Volunteer Corps until she was working on her master's degree in theology earlier this year at Jesuit-run Loyola Marymount University. But since April, the 30-year-old South Bay resident has also been working to kick-start the innovative volunteer program here in Los Angeles.

Ignatian Lay Volunteer Corps of Retirees Work for Better World
Jesuit USA News, June 17, 2005
The Ignatian Lay Volunteer Corps (ILVC) has come to the Newark Archdiocese.

Retired serve Christ in ministering to the poor and less fortunate
The Catholic Advocate, April 20, 2005
The Ignatian Lay Volunteer Corps (ILVC) has come to northern and central New Jersey, tapping into one of our finest resources: the wisdom and experience of our senior citizens.

Ignatian Lay Volunteers Combine Action and Reflection
The Southern Cross, April 22, 2004
While teaching a Catholic evangelization workshop, Josie Piranio looked out at her audience and posed the following question: Did anyone feel God was calling them to something more, to a vocation deeper than the one they had chosen? Immediately, hands shot up into the air and over three-quarters of the audience admitted there was something missing in their spiritual lives.

The Most Important Work of My Life
Partners Magazine, Winter 2003
An interview with Maureen Treanor of the Ignatian Lay Volunteer Corps

Loyolans Grow in Spirit As Ignatian Lay Volunteers
Loyola Magazine, Summer 2003
Jean Vanier first stirred the imagination of Frank O'Hara as a Loyola undergraduate. Vanier's 1964 invitation to a group of developmentally disabled adults to live and work with him in a community home sparked an interfaith movement that now supports more than 120 such communities worldwide.

Staying Active and Humble
Catholic Review, November 6, 2003
Ignatian Lay Volunteer Corps offers service and spirituality components.  

Finding God in All Things
Innovations, Vol. 6, Summer 2003
Civic Ventures, an organization devoted to expanding opportunities for elder Americans to make a contribution to society, features the Ignatian Lay Volunteer Corps in their latest issue.  On the Innovations web page, scroll down to the issue entitled "Finding God in All Things: Ignatian Lay Volunteer Corps." The page contains links to the issue's photo gallery and text.

Retirees Find New Meaning in Jesuit Sponsored Service Program
Catholic News Service, May 2003
Last summer, Joseph O'Connor was at loose ends. Retired five years after a career in reinsurance, the business of insuring insurance companies, he was restless and wanted to do something. He preferred that "something" involve helping others.

All in a Day's Work
Company Magazine, Winter 2002/03
Tutoring adults in English, helping battered women get back on their feet, or cooking dinner for kids at a Boys Hope/Girls Hope home are All in a Day's Work for Chicago's Ignatian Lay Volunteer Corps. Meet eight of these ILVC retirees who are back on the job, this time in a special Jesuit ministry.

Brothers and Grandparents Make ILVC's Inaugural Year a Success 
Partners Magazine, Summer 2002
He is semi-retired, has raised his children and has grandchildren, but on this night he sits at a dinner table full of bright young faces. "It's like someone rolled back the clock twenty years to when the table was full of my own children," says Dana Hayes, a Chicago ILVC member, of his work at the Boys Hope Girls Hope house in Evanston, IL.

Ignatian Lay Volunteer Program Combines Work, Reflection
Minneapolis/St. Paul Star Tribune, April 13, 2002
It's a modest volunteer program by national standards -- several hundred men and women who are typically Roman Catholic, retired, and want to help attack problems of poverty.

Retirees Put Grace and Wisdom into Action in Volunteer Program
Southern Cross, January 31, 2002
Blaise Pope was a school teacher and a lawyer.  Today she is the school liaison for the Catholic Charities Foster Grandparent Program.  It's not a job, but mission service through the Ignatian Lay Volunteer Corps. 

Loyola alumnus, George Sullivan, runs local chapter of ILVC 
Loyola Magazine, December 2001
When retired lawyer George Sullivan (A&S 66) explains the philosophy behind the Ignatian Lay Volunteer Corps (ILVC), he embraces the words of T.S. Eliot: “I had the experience, but I missed the meaning.”

Help Wanted: Jesuits Seek Seniors for Volunteer Jobs
The Catholic New World, May 20, 2001
If you're a man or woman over 50 looking for a way to “give something back,” George Sullivan has a job for you.

Back to Work
Company Magazine, Spring 2001
The Ignatian Lay Volunteer Corps has a simple idea: match up retirees eager to volunteer with places eager for their wisdom and experience. It's making a difference.

Ignatian Lay Volunteer Corps -- Seniors Volunteering With Jesuit Spirituality
Partners Magazine, Spring 2001
"In working with the poor, we are always the beneficiaries, " says Fr. Bill Creed, S.J., Jesuit contact in the Chicago area for the newly forming Ignatian Lay Volunteer Corps (ILVC).