Contemplations on Service & Spirituality
A prayer for Inauguration Day.
Come To Me, All You Who Are Weary and Burdened, And I Will Give You Rest: A Contemplation On Our Time
Watch IVC’s Ignatian Advent Meditation
We are pleased to offer you a recorded version of our Ignatian Advent Meditation as well as a transcript of Fr. Conroy's reflection. Thank you for joining us in prayer!Journeying In A Storm A reflection by Rev. Jim Conroy, SJ, Cofounder of IVC Thank you for joining...
We Cannot Yet Be Satisfied – Michael J. Goggin
As members of the Ignatian Volunteer Corps (IVC), we have witnessed the justifiable outrage, especially in 2020, at the systemic racism that is still pervasive in our country and we express solidarity with those seeking lasting change. IVC is a service corps of people...
Six Observations that Bring Hope – Rebecca Ruiz
Looking to the Upper Room to Make Sense of our Times: Six Observations that Bring Hope as we Journey toward Pentecost IVC…
Stand and Wait – Caroline Park
Stand and Wait Caroline Park is a vocalist, pianist, violinist and guitar player. She performs folk, jazz, and other genres with her quartet, The Caroline Park Quartet, and enjoys songwriting and arranging music. On a different note...she is a fisheries attorney with...
Waiting for Pentecost: The Key to the Next Door – Rev. Kevin Burke, SJ
We ponder Pentecost, the coming of Spirit, in a time of global pandemic, of Eucharistic hunger and fasting. The days of waiting between Ascension and Pentecost recall “Holy Saturday.” That day of silence between the cry from the cross and the cry of Resurrection...
The Stone Which the Builders Rejected… – Barbara J. Menard
“The Stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone…" One of the blessings of the “Stay-At-Home-Order” or “Sheltering-in- Place” is the fact that each day is open-ended. I don’t need to hurry up to get ready to drive to work because I am working from...
Pentecost during Pandemic: A Reflection on Invitations and Challenges – Kathy Coffey-Guenther, Ph.D
While our Old and New Testament readings can invite our own musings and imaginings of invasions by locusts, blight, and varying plagues, I doubt that many of us ever imagined that we would actually be part of this global reality in contemporary times. And as our...
Shelter Me – Fr. Michael Joncas
The following is an excerpt from The Catholic Spirit, the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. The full article can be found here. Father Michael Joncas, a prolific liturgical composer whose best-known hymns include “On Eagles’ Wings,”...