Alliance for Catholic Education
Jesuit Volunteer Corps
Post-Graduate Opportunities
Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC)
The JVC is a domestic and international program which takes volunteers all over the world. Hundreds of grassroots organizations across the country count on the Jesuit Volunteer Corps to provide essential services to low-income people and those who live on the margins of our society.
Jesuit volunteers serve:
- the homeless
- the unemployed
- the elderly
- the mentally ill
- the developmentally disabled
- refugees
- street youth
- people with AIDS
- abused women and children
JVC has become the largest Catholic lay volunteer program in the country.
Domestic JVC placements require a one-year commitment; international placements require two years. Work schedules depend on the job description; most follow a 40-hour week with weekends off; some jobs require evening, overnight, and weekend work.
The JVC has four values volunteers are expected to live by: Community, Simple Living, Social Justice, and Spirituality.
For more information regarding JVC, visit their website at http://www.wju.edu/jesuits/volunteers.html.
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For more information, contact The Office of Volunteer Services
at:
Sherrer House, 171
North Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711
(570) 208-5810
Or
e-mail Dawn Morton:
dmmorton@kings.edu