Subject: December Community News
From: "JVC Northwest" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 08:20:40 -0500 (EST)

Monthly Newsletter from JVC Northwest with news, updates, resources, & job opportunities. Mike Benton passed away on last week after being in hospice for a short time at home. Mike inspired 25 years of JVs at Orientation with his songs and wisdom each morning, accompanying musicians and singers throughout the week in preparation for the Missioning Liturgy. He was such a joy and uplifting presence – down to earth, funny, and insightful. He attended Orientation twice on kidney dialysis. He suffered other illnesses as well but never complained, taking all in stride. We wrapped him a healing quilt made by current staff member Martha McElligott at the Missioning Liturgy in 2013 – he continued to come back until his last Orientation in 2016. Let us keep Mike in our hearts and Beth, his wife, in our prayers. Learn more about services at his CaringBridge site. Message from the Executive Director This Advent we prepare for the rebirth of Emmanuel in our hearts. We remember Jesus’ birth in a humble manger, in poverty, away from Mary and Joseph’s home in Nazareth because of the need to obey Roman dictates of enrollment in the empire. After Jesus’ birth, the family must flee to Egypt, refugees in fear of acts from a tyrannical leader threatening Jesus’ life. Our very Christian roots in this story call on us to welcome those in need and those who come to our land seeking safety and a new life – the Dreamers, the refugees, immigrants seeking safety and a new life. One Jesuit ministry, the Ignatian Solidary Network, provides ways for members of the Ignatian family to engage their faith in action. I invite you to visit their website at https://ignatiansolidarity.net. Blessings in this Advent Season! -Jeanne Haster Want to find or create FJV events in your area? Connect with our new staff members: Outreach and Events Coordinator Taylor Ciambra and Alumni Coordinator Anthony DeLorenzo! Taylor Ciambra served as a JV with Brave Heart Volunteers in Sitka, AK in 2014-15 and is originally from New Haven, Connecticut. As the Outreach and Events Coordinator, Taylor is helping former JVs in the five Northwest states stay connected with JVC Northwest. Taylor will work with alumni councils in Seattle and Portland to create fun and meaningful opportunities for connection as well as coordinating larger events for our growing community, like our May Seattle Event. As the new Alumni Coordinator, Anthony DeLorenzo (Newark, NJ ’08-09 and Portland, OR ’09-10) works with former JVs currently living outside the Northwest. Along with supporting alumni to build networks in their own cities, he will coordinate the Ruined Readers Book Club and the JV/FJV Mentoring Program. This is Anthony’s second time on the JVC Northwest staff, previously filling the role as one of the Program Coordinators in the Cascade Retreat Region from 2010-13. Have suggestions for FJV events or community-building activities you want to see, or have other ideas for connecting with the JVC Northwest community? Email Taylor ([email-masked]) and Anthony ([email-masked]) or call 503-335-8202. Join us in Extending the Table this Christmas Season At our August Orientation, we invited JVs to Extend the Table during their year of service, to honor a spirit of radical hospitality--an unnamed yet often practiced value of JVC Northwest. This Christmas season, we are asking you to join in our efforts to extend the table to current and future generations of volunteers. Click here to make a donation and extend the table today. JVC Northwest welcomes our new Tacoma JV EnCorps Community! With the volunteer leadership of the Tacoma JV EnCorps Program Lead Colleen Mulligan, and the Core Team, we have established our sixth JV EnCorps community in Tacoma, Wash. The community has launched with 19 JV EnCorps members and has already had a successful inaugural opening retreat. We are very grateful for the support of St. Leo Parish, Bellarmine Preparatory School, and the larger Tacoma community! Crossroads Call Send in your FJV Updates! We are preparing for the Spring 2018 edition of our biannual newsletter, Focus, and are asking former JVs to send in their news for Crossroads, the alumni updates section of the newsletter! This info can include weddings, births, adoptions, awards, promotions, milestones, community reunions, etc. Send in your 2-3 sentence blurb and include a picture if possible, to Taylor by January 19, 2018. Who should be the next JV? Encourage friends and family to apply!   Know someone who’d be a great JV? Interested applicants can fill out this Online Interest Form to learn more; send the link to anyone who you think is a great candidate to be “ruined for life.” The application is now live and February 12 is the Priority Deadline. Save the Date: 2018 Seattle Gathering and Fundraiser May 20th, 2018, Seattle University This year's annual fundraising gathering will continue the theme of “Extending the Table” from Orientation. A morning mass and brunch will be included in the program as well. All from the JVC Northwest community are invited to attend. If you are in the Seattle area and are interested in helping coordinate the event, please email Taylor at [email-masked]. Looking to connect with the JVC Northwest core values this Advent? The JVC Northwest staff has gifted each JV community with four Spirituality Nights for the four weeks of Advent – with cinnamon ornaments to correspond with each week! We thought you might enjoy exploring these Spirituality Nights too, so we’re sharing them digitally with you here! You can even enjoy the enticing smell of inedible cinnamon ornaments with a recipe to make your own. AmeriCorps Stories of Service JV AmeriCorps member Emily Breakell (Portland, OR '17-18)  “It is hard to dig deep into the complexity, to unearth the truth that we are all fiercely resilient people with a capacity for joy amidst pain and that caring for people with HIV/AIDS means caring for humanity.” In honor of World AIDS Day, JV AmeriCorps member Emily Breakell (Portland, OR ’17-18) reflects on her service supporting individuals living with HIV/AIDS in the HIV Day Center in Portland, OR. Click here to read our December AmeriCorps blog posts. Events, Resources, & Reflections Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service January 15, 2018, Nationwide Do you have plans on the MLK Day of Service? Each year, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) spearheads the effort to encourage Americans to volunteer in their communities during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. CNCS provides tools and resources for organizations and individuals to become engaged in service activities, including grants to organizations to support volunteer projects across a state or throughout a multi-state region. Click here to learn more. Arrupe Leaders Summits  February 2-4, 2018, Mt. Hermon, Calif. March 2-4, 2018, Parma, Ohio March 9-11, 2018, Sparks, Md. The ISN Arrupe Leaders Summit invites emerging student leaders and faculty/parish chaperones from Jesuit high schools and parishes nationwide to deepen their understanding of “a faith that does justice,” share ideas and resources for social justice programming, and become empowered to effect positive social change in their local and global communities. Learn more here. Jesuit Parish Justice Summit June 17-18, 2018, Denver, Colo. You’re invited to join a community of parish ministers and parishioners seeking to build parish communities with vibrant faith-justice engagement. Share best practices, form new connections within the broader Jesuit network, and explore strategies and ideas around parish work for social justice inspired by the Ignatian charism Interested in joining the planning committee? Email Kim Miller for information.  Jesuits West Celebrations  The Oregon and California Provinces have been in a multi-year process to merge into a new, larger Province called "Jesuits West." This new Province stretches from the Arctic Circle to the US/Mexico Border. In celebration, many local communities and parishes are hosting events to honor Jesuits West in the coming year. Click here for a full list of celebrations. Catholic Volunteer Network Launches Staying Connected Staying Connected is a quarterly newsletter and resource to help former volunteers find inspiration, direction, and opportunities for networking and story-sharing. To view the fall edition of Staying Connected, click here. To receive Staying Connected in your inbox, click here. Catholic Volunteer Network Discernment Retreats Catholic Volunteer Network now hosts discernment retreats for current volunteers and alumni who are contemplating their next steps. Join CVN for a weekend retreat and enjoy the opportunity to get away from the busyness of life and join with others in the spirit of discernment. These retreats are made available free of charge thanks to the support of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. Travel stipends are also available. Retreats will take place all across the U.S. in the upcoming months. Click here for more details. JVC Northwest Recommends Below are things being discussed in the JVC Northwest community. Do you have a blog, book, movie, podcast, song, poem, article, etc. you want to share? Email Anthony. Considering joining the Ruined Readers book club? Pick up the 2018 Spirituality Selection of Learning to Walk in the Dark by Barbara Brown Taylor. Learning to Walk in the Dark challenges our tendency to associate the darkness with evil, and asks us to explore what God has to teach us “in the dark.” "No matter what issue you bring to the table, no matter what moves you personally...every social justice challenge that faces us in the United States is entangled with or exacerbated by racism against persons of color and African Americans in particular." Click here to watch Fr. Bryan Massingale's entire keynote speech addressing racism at the Ignatian Family Teach In. Employment Opportunities Positions available at JVC Northwest No positions available at this time Other Job Opportunities Our job opportunities are organized geographically, scroll for the region that best meets your need. Refer to our Opportunities and Resources page of our website for more information. Pacific Northwest Development Director On-Call Night Shelter Monitor Northwest Housing Alternatives, Milwaukie, Ore. 6th Grade Girls Basketball Coach St. Andrew Nativity School, Portland, Ore. Coordinator, Reciprocal Mentoring Lab Greatheart Consulting, Seattle, Wash. Office Administrator Door to Grace, Portland, Ore. Development Director Krista Foundation for Global Citizenship, Seattle, Wash. Veterans Services Case Manager Transition Projects, Portland, Ore. KNOM Radio Volunteer Fellowship KNOM Radio Station, Nome, Alaska Director of Youth Ministries & Associate Director of Bend Youth Collective Bend Youth Collective, Bend, Ore. Multiple Positions  Cascades AIDS Project, Portland, Ore. New England/Mid Atlantic Associate Director Collaborative Center for Justice, Hartford, Conn. Pastoral Assistant (Part Time) St. Mary- St. Catherine Parish, Boston, Mass. Executive Assistant Oblates of the Virgin Mary, Boston, Mass. Philadephia Partnership for Resilience Case Manager Nationalities Service Center, Philadelphia, Pa. Recruitment Manager Avodah, Baltimore, N.Y. CRS Rice Bowl & Speakers Tour Program Officer Catholic Relief Services, Baltimore, Md. Home Repair Project Director Bethlehem Farm, Alderson, W. Va. Associate Director Collaborative Center for Justice, Hartford, Conn. Community Partnerships Director City Year, Boston, Mass. Impact Manager City Year, Boston, Mass. Community Outreach Coordinator KaBOOM!, Washington, D.C. Education and Learning Coordinator- Department of Migration and Refugee Services United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, D.C. Admissions Coordinator Jesuit Volunteer Corps, Baltimore, Md. Admissions Representative Northeast Catholic College, Concord, N.H. Student Program Assistant (Memorial Church) Harvard University, Boston, Mass. Hurricane Housing Recovery Project Coordinator The National Low Income Housing Coalition, D.C. Program Specialist Open Society Foundations, D.C. Case Manager Syracuse Behavioral Healthcare, Syracuse, N.Y. Theology Teacher Fairfield College Preparatory School, Fairfield, Conn. Sacristan Associate Director of Music Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore, Md. Southeast Associate Minister and Director Missions and Outreach Belmont University, Nashville, Tenn. Adoption Caseworker (Post Adoption) Commonwealth Catholic Charities, Roanoke, Va. Associate Project Director- Institute for Ministry Loyola University New Orleans, New Orleans, La. Program Coordinator Southeast Conservation Corps, Nashville, Tenn. Community Relations Coordinator Hands on Nashville, Nashville, Tenn. Site Leader Bon Secours Volunteer Ministry, Richmond, Va. Midwest Communications Coordinator Giving Voice, Chicago, Ill. Early Childhood Educator (Multiple Openings) One Hope United, Chicago, Ill. Full-Time Assistant (Live-In) L’Arche, St. Louis, Mo. Manager of Vincentian Formation Society of St. Vincent de Paul, St. Louis, Mo. Social Worker- Vincentian Support St. Vincent de Paul Society, Cincinnati, Ohio Family Case Manager  Catholic Charities of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. Female Homeless Advocate (Live-In Associate Volunteer Program) Lydia’s House, Cincinnati, Ohio. Coordinator- School Resources The Hay Boys Campus at Mercy Hom for Boys and Girls, Chicago, Ill. Manager- Friends First Mercy Home for Boys & Girls, Chicago, Ill. Program Director Br. David Darst Center, Chicago, Ill. Campus Ministry Graduate Assistantship Creighton University, Omaha, Nebr. House Coordinator L’Arche St. Louis, St. Louis, Mo. Assistant Director, Campus Ministry College of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph, Minn. West/Southwest Community Member (Full Time, Live-In Volunteer Staff) Oakland Catholic Worker, Oakland, Calif. Program Coordinator Jesuit Volunteers, San Jose, Calif. Mental Health Clinician North County Lifeline, San Diego, Calif. Stewardship and Database Manager Cristo Rey De La Salle East Bay High School, Oakland, Calif. Paralegal- Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project Catholic Charities of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif. House Mother for Transitional Housing- Room and Board Included Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Denver, Denver, Colo. Natural Resources Crew Coordinator Conservation Corps North Bay, San Francisco, Calif. Membership and Volunteer Coordinator San Francisco Village, San Francisco, Calif. Case Manager/ Emergency Services (Bilingual English/Spanish) Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego, San Diego, Calif. Beirne Director of the Center for Catholic Studies St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Tex. Senior Program Director Resource Media, San Francisco, Calif. Multiple Locations Director of Finance and Operations Global Catholic Climate Movement L’Arche Assistant  L’Arche USA Community News is your monthly JVC Northwest online news source. Do you have something to share with the JVC Northwest community? Send submissions by the 10th of each month to Anthony DeLorenzo. Update Your Info STAY CONNECTED       A direct and compelling headline Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest | P.O. Box 22125, Portland, OR 97269 Unsubscribe [email-masked] Update Profile | About our service provider Sent by [email-masked] in collaboration with Try it free tod