Ignatian Volunteer Corps
The Jesuit Volunteer Corps is a national and international program operated by five regional offices. Thus JVC staff can continue to understand local needs, retain regional ties, and provide the strong personal and programmatic support to the volunteers that is the hallmark of JVC.
In all, about 250 JVs each year work in the United States and in seven countries around the world. Hundreds of grassroots organizations across the country count on JVs to provide essential services to low-income people and those who live on the margins of our society.
JVs work for and with people who are homeless unemployed, refugees, people with AIDS, the elderly, street youth, abused women and children, the mentally ill and the developmentally disabled. JVC has become the largest Catholic lay volunteer program in the country.
JVC is more than just a job. Social justice, simple living, community and spirituality: these values provide the cornerstone for living out a commitment to faith and justice.