JVC Northwest Community Advent Gathering Returned In-Person | | |
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The JVC Northwest community came together at the Loyola Jesuit Center in Portland, OR last Thursday for our annual Advent Gathering.
After a festive potluck, we convened for a prayerful service including music led by former JVE Nancy Molina and her band, along with reflections from current Jesuit Volunteer Kim Wagner (serving at Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon) and JV EnCorps member Sheryl Carrubba (serving at St. Andrew's Emergency Aid and Food Pantry). Thanks to all who participated!
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Paid Opportunity
Seeking Retreat Facilitators
We are looking to expand our list of community members in the Pacific Northwest who would be interested in facilitating a JV retreat. JVs gather for multiple retreats each year including our two regional retreats: "People For and With Others" and "Contemplatives in Action," along with two annual BIPOC retreats. If you would like to be considered as a facilitator for a future retreat, please fill out this form to let us know.
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Virtual Connection
BIPOC JV & FJV Meetup
JVC Northwest is convening a virtual hangout and support gathering for BIPOC JVs and FJVs this coming January. If you are an FJV who identifies as BIPOC and would like to participate, please email Laura at lkeating@jvcnorthwest.org. In your email, please include any evenings in January that would not work for you to gather. Thank you!
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Reflection Opportunity
Values Challenge e-Newsletter
Looking for more ways to connect with the JVC Northwest values during Advent? Subscribe to our new "Values Challenge" newsletter. Each week, receive a short reflection and practical exercise to challenge yourself in living the values.
The remaining newsletters in our four-week Advent series will be sent on 12/11 and 12/18. Click here to subscribe.
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Community-Building
FJV Retreat Planning Workshop
For at least 10 years, FJVs in New England have planned and executed their own FJV retreat which brings together 40 FJVs across the region yearly. Other FJVs throughout the country have expressed interest in starting a retreat in their region, but don’t know where to begin. If that’s you as well, save the date for this online workshop with FJVs Lauren McCabe (Grays Harbor ’15-16) and Moriah Bauman (Berkeley ’15-16) who will teach the basics of grassroots FJV retreat planning.
“How to Plan an FJV Retreat”
Co-Sponsored with JVC:
Feb. 2, 2023, Online
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Upcoming Event
FJV Happy Hour (Denver, CO)
Thursday, Jan 12 from 7-9pm
Avanti Food & Beverage (3200 N Pecos St, Denver, CO 80211)
Hosted by Abbey Greer (Juneau, AK '21-22). Register here.
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JV EnCorps Members Serve at Dandelion House Catholic Worker | |
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JVEs who meet monthly at Jesuit High School in Portland, gathered at Dandelion House in early October with shovels and clippers in hand! Dandelion House is a newly forming Catholic Worker intentional community seeking to respond to the intersecting crises of homelessness, climate change and social collapse by housing and gathering people who are dedicated to a world rooted in radical justice, nonviolent resistance, and contemplative practice. The mission deeply resonant with our Ignatian values called to our willing hearts and hands!
We began our morning of service with prayerful reflection and heard from Dandelion House founder and director, Fumi Tosu (former JVC Northwest staff member), about the Catholic Worker movement and the vision for this place. With goodness and inspiration in our hearts, we trimmed, pruned, shoveled and made ready a garden for new growth in the coming season!
Visit jvencorps.org to learn more about continuing the Ignatian journey!
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Racism, Poverty, and Mass Incarceration: Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Join The Washington Poor People’s Campaign in collaboration with Families Shoulder to Shoulder for a film screening and panel discussion of the movie “Since I Been Down,” which tackles the issues of incarcerated youth, creating community, and defining justice within an unjust system. Participation can be virtual or in-person at 2pm on December 10 at Plymouth Church UCC, 1216 6th Ave in downtown Seattle. Click here to learn more.
Prophetic Communities: Organizing as an Expression of Catholic Social Thought
Co-sponsored by Jesuits West, this gathering for organizers, theologians, and all committed to social justice work will explore the intersection between Catholic Social Teaching and community organizing through panel conversations, workshops, guided discussions, and spiritual grounding. February 9-11 at the University of San Francisco. Register here by December 15.
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Job Opportunity
Executive Director
Ignatian Spirituality Center
Seattle, WA
Apply here
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Job Opportunity
Assistant Director of Communications
The Ignatian Solidarity Network
Remote
Apply here
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Spirituality Opportunity
Ignatian Young Adult Ministries: Advent Mass on Sunday, Dec 11.
St. Mary’s Chapel on the Boston College campus
Boston, MA
All are welcome! We look forward to this opportunity for our young adult community to pray with the wider Ignatian family in Boston. Reception following Mass.
RSVP here.
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Academic Opportunity
The School for International Training (SIT) Graduate Institute
Brattleboro, VT (online and in-person opportunities)
SIT Graduate Institute and JVC Northwest have teamed up to offer benefits to JVC Northwest alumni seeking to continue their pursuits of social justice through an SIT master’s degree program. This partnership highlights the values of both organizations in integrating the power of education and service as tools to promote greater understanding across cultures.
Benefits:
- Two scholarships of $10,000 each will be awarded annually on a competitive basis to JVC Northwest alumni.
- Application fee waiver
Learn more.
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Academic Opportunity
Saint John's School of Theology and Seminary
Collegeville, MN
Saint John’s School of Theology and Seminary invites applicants for a new program, Conversatio. Students admitted to Conversatio earn a Master of Divinity degree with a 100% tuition scholarship + free on-campus housing + a living stipend. While pursuing their M.Div., students work 8-12 hours a week in a local rural parish in areas such as youth ministry, liturgy, or faith formation. Interested candidates can request more information or contact the SOT directly at gradschool@csbsju.edu.
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Suzie Leonard Weller (Seattle '78-80) is a spiritual coach, teacher, and writer, and has created a 2022 Advent Reflections Calendar to share with the community. Today's reflection is
Thursday, December 8: Honor this Bodhi Day of Mahayana— or Buddha’s Enlightenment by expanding your capacity to respond vs. react.
Click here to view the full calendar.
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This is Public Health (TIPH) Book Club
A fellow Public Health AmeriCorps partner, the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH), organizes an online public-health focused book club. Visit their Goodreads page for many great book recommendations related to public health.
To learn more about JVC Northwest's Public Health AmeriCorps partnership, click here.
Speaking of book clubs, the next round of JVC Northwest's Ruined Readers Book Club will be starting up in the next couple of months. Stay tuned!
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Thank you to all who supported JVC Northwest last week during our GivingTuesday campaign! If you didn't get a chance to give last week, there's still time to make a tax-deductible gift before the end of the year. Click the link below to support JVs and JV EnCorps members serving throughout the Northwest. | |
We acknowledge and honor the Clackamas People as the traditional inhabitants of the land upon which our office resides and this newsletter is published. We pay respect to Elders both past and present. We are committed to deepening our knowledge and perspectives of this land's history as the first step toward a future of justice and understanding. To learn more about the history of where you live, visit Native-Land.ca.
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