HOW SAYING YES LED TO A LIFE TRANSFORMED BY THE EUCHARIST When my foot hit Honduran soil, my heart was pounding and my mind was filled with questions about what the next year of my life would hold. As months passed, I quickly felt at home walking the streets of our neighborhood or gathering in […]
Category: SERVICE STORIES
Service Shapes Futures: Something Was Missing
Sure, I had a great job using my talents and skills. Sure, I was a member of a terrific parish community,making new friends, growing in my faith, and yet, something was missing. At a faith-sharing group onenight, I simply admitted I truly felt nothing, that I couldn’t discern God’s presence. And a wise friendreplied, well, get […]
Service Shapes Futures: A Year That Shaped Everything
By Victor Jose Jaimes, Jesuit Volunteer Corps Alum Many of my college friends entered Catholic volunteer programs after graduation. As a Lasallian university grad, most of them joined the Lasallian Volunteers — but I yearned for something bigger. I decided to join the Jesuit Volunteer Corps and journey to Philadelphia. What drew me there was […]
Service Shapes Futures: A Yes That Became a Way of Life
Ignatian spirituality has quietly shaped the way I see and move through the world. From an early age, I learned that faith is not something to hold but something to live—faith as action, as presence, as service. Over time, I discovered that this action springs from a deeper movement: to praise, reverence, and serve God […]
Food is My Love Language: Finding Connection & Growth at a Refugee Food Pantry
¡Hola! Salaam! Bonjour, namaste! These are words I get to use every day—with a smile and perhaps a slight bow, a handshake, or a hand over the heart—as I welcome clients into the multicultural food pantry at Nationalities Service Center (NSC).My service site is a refugee resettlement agency in the bustling center of Philadelphia. Each […]