Jesuit volunteers in the Northwest

Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC) Northwest connects women and men with one or more years of volunteer service that focus on the core values of community, spirituality, simple living and social and ecological justice.  JVC Northwest provides opportunities for young, motivated individuals to reach out to persons living on the margins of society and vulnerable places throughout the Pacific Northwest.  Jesuit Volunteers have the opportunity live and work with partner agencies in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. 

Read a blog from a jesuit volunteer in Bethel, Alaska

Discover what life is like for one Jesuit Volunteer currently living in the small town of Bethel, Alaska. Visit her blog to see pictures and learn more about her experience! Check out what other Jesuit Volunteers are experiencing all over the Pacific Northwest.  Click here

Mark your calendar for two upcoming events

JVC Northwest invites you to attend an upcoming event where Former JVs and friends have the opportunity to join together and celebrate our past, our present, and our future!  On April 25, 2009 we will celebrate 25 years of history in Yakima, Wash. and May 9, 2009 marks the fourth annual fundraising dinner in Seattle, Wash.  For more information, visit our events page.    

Jesuit Volunteer corps northwest mission statement

Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest engages women and men in a transforming experience of full-time volunteer service.  Jesuit Volunteers work 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.