Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest engages women and men in a transforming experience of full-time volunteer service. Jesuit Volunteers serve for a year or more in solidarity with persons living on the margins of society and with vulnerable places in the Pacific Northwest.
Rooted for over fifty years in the Jesuit Catholic tradition emphasizing spiritual openness and depth, Jesuit Volunteers in the Northwest examine and act on the causes of social and environmental injustice to promote peace and structural change. Jesuit Volunteers live in communities that commit to simple living embodying a healing and sustainable presence on the Earth.
After a five day orientation at a camp in Portland, myself and my 7 house-mates will make our way up to Anchorage which we will call home for the next year! Working in a domestic violence shelter, living with 7 new people, experiencing endless days of sun and full days of dark, and moose counting (can't wait to see those creatures) should make for some pretty entertaining stories. If you want to follow me on this adventure I invite you to!!!!
"Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, than falling in love in a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the mornings, what you will do with your evenings, how you spend your weekends, what you read, who you know, what breaks your heart and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love, stay in love and it will decide everything." - Pedro Arrupe, SJ.
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