Subject: July Community News
From: "JVC Northwest" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2018 11:45:29 -0400 (EDT)

Monthly Newsletter from JVC Northwest with news, updates, resources, & job opportunities. JVC Northwest News Partner agencies need your help Encourage friends and family to apply for open JV positions   There are still 20+ JV positions open for the 2018-19 service year, including positions with St. Paul Grade School, Sitkans Against Family Violence, The Poverello Center, Paschal Sherman Indian School, and more. Can you help recruit folks to fill these final positions? If you know someone you think would be a great JV, encourage them to apply! Interested applicants can fill out this Online Interest Form to learn more, or can contact Christie Costello, Recruitment and Marketing Manager, at 503-225-8202 or [email-masked].  Crossroads Call Send in your FJV Updates! We are preparing for the Fall 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 Amy by August 31, 2018. JV EnCorps accepting applications for 2018-19! Apply today to be part of the JV EnCorps Program JV EnCorps convenes and supports volunteers 50 and older in part-time, meaningful service positions where they have a direct impact on people living on the margins. JV EnCorps members gather monthly from September-June to explore the four core values of community, social and ecological justice, simple living, and spirituality. There are JV EnCorps communities in Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, and Vancouver, Wash., as well as Portland and Bend, Ore. The application deadline for the 2018-19 year is August 15th. Click here to apply. AmeriCorps Blog: Pumped for Produce: Stories of Connecting Families with Fresh Food JV AmeriCorps Member Melissa Mardo (Spokane, WA '17-18) In our latest AmeriCorps blog, current Spokane JV AmeriCorps member Melissa Mardo shares how she spent her service year ensuring community members have access to healthy and affordable food while learning about other's desires to eat nutritious food and care for themselves and their neighbors. Read more about Melissa's experience serving with Catholic Charities of Eastern Washington here. Banquet & Missioning Liturgy Friday, August 10, Camp Adams, Molalla, Ore. Help us bless and send forth the '18-19 Jesuit Volunteers at the Banquet & Missioning Liturgy on Friday, August 10. FJVs, Board Members, Staff, and Support People from our communities will gather for a celebratory dinner followed by a Missioning Liturgy. There will be limited lodging available (priority for elders and those with disabilities), along with room to camp in the meadow. RSVP here or contact [email-masked], with questions. Join the Orientation Values Fair! Friday, August 10 1-3 p.m. Are you crafty? Do you have experience facilitating justice cafés, book clubs, or other mindful, meaningful conversations? Is there an (intentional) fermentation station at your home? Are you creative with the ways you avoid or utilize technology? Are you passionate about composting? Come share your passion and skills that engage the JVC Northwest core values of community, simple living, spirituality and reflection, and social and ecological justice at the Values Fair at Orientation! You are invited to stay and join for the annual Orientation Banquet and Mass that evening. If interested, email Jessica at [email-masked]. Submit Letters for Incoming JVs We are beginning to collect letters from FJVs to give to the incoming JVs at the Orientation Banquet on Friday, August 10. These letters are a tradition started several years ago and offer words of wisdom, advice, stories, or support for the new JVs as they prepare to enter their service locales. Letters can be short, long, specific to one community, or generalized for any incoming JV. Letters to a specific JV are also accepted. Please send your letters to [email-masked] or mail them to JVC Northwest, PO Box 22125, Portland, OR 97269. Email [email-masked] with any questions. Events, Resources, & Reflections Casa de Clara looking for Full Time Catholic Worker The San Jose Catholic Worker is looking for new community members! The community is rooted in Jesus' vision of God's reign among us, committed to a shared life of prayer and action in joyful service to people on the margins. For more information click here. Contemplative Leaders in Action Applications for the 2018-2020 Cohort Extended! Are you in your 20's or 30's and searching for a community of peers who are striving to be purposeful leaders grounded in faith? Contemplative Leaders in Action (CLA) is a two-year faith formation and leadership development program for young adults (20's and 30's) rooted in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. While the program nurtures individual growth, it also strives to develop a cohort of leaders who can bring the dynamics of faith and justice to lead their families, co-workers and communities. Click here to learn more and apply. Want to join an online info session? Click here to sign up. Social Action Summer Institute July 15-19, 2018, St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia What is the role of creativity in the work for social justice? That is the question animating the 31st Annual Social Action Summer Institute (SASI), which will be taking place at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia from July 15-19, 2018. Our theme draws it inspiration from a Pope Francis quote: Cultivating Creativity in Social Justice Ministry: 'Love requires a concrete, creative response.'  Art with the Jesuits: An Immersion in Ignatian Art and Faith August 5-11, the Grunewald Guild Join us in a one-time retreat doing art and exploring Ignatian Spirituality with four Jesuits. No previous art experience necessary! For class information see this flyer. To register go the Grunewald Guild website or call 509-763-3693 Save the Date: Annual FJV New England Retreat September 28-30, 2018 More information and registration will be available later this summer. 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 Amy. "30 lines below the famous quote 'All men are created equal' the Declaration of Independence refers to Natives as 'merciless Indian savages.'” For centuries white Americans and Native Americans have had vastly different experiences of Independence Day. In The Dilemma of the Fourth of July, Navajo tribal member Mark Charles explores this gap and invites us to end our day of celebrations with a prayer for common memory. “This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn." Jenn M. Jackson's My Conflicted Feelings on the Fourth of July, describes how her experience of this holiday, like most Black Americans, has been a complicated mix of nostalgic childhood memories, an awareness of the systemic racism she and her ancestors have lived through, and how those two things influence what observing this holiday means today. Employment Opportunities 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 Live-In Assistant L’Arche, Portland, OR Bilingual Housing Specialist Northwest Pilot Project, Portland, OR Executive Director From Mission to Mission, Flexible Location News Director Lead Reporter Executive Assistant to the General Manager KNOM Radio Mission, Nome, AK Development Director Krista Foundation for Global Citizenship, Seattle, WA Volunteer Coordinator (Part-Time) Catholic Community Services and Catholic Housing Services of Western Washington, Seattle, WA Program Coordinator NPH Seattle Institute, Seattle, WA New England/Mid Atlantic Community Engagement Specialist Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Baltimore, MD Paralegal Public Justice Center, Baltimore, MD Bon Secours Young Adults Program Coordinator Sisters of Bon Secours, Baltimore, MD Site Leader Bon Secours Volunteer Ministry (BSVM), Baltimore, MD Admissions Coordinator Jesuit Volunteer Corps, Baltimore, MD Campus Minister Saint Peter’s University, Jersey City, NJ Associate Campus Minister University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA Director of El Camino Faith Formation Program Seton Education Partners, New York, NY Community Support Associate Idealist, New York, NY Assistant Director of Service and Immersion Iona College, New York, NY Client Relationship Manager – Corporate Work Study Program Cristo Rey New York High School (CRNYHS), New York, NY Language Arts/English Teacher La Salle Academy, New York, NY Director of Communications Director of Mission Advancement  Maryknoll Lay Missioners, Maryknoll, NY Director of Case Management YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School, Philadelphia, PA Campaigns Manager Faith in Public Life, Washington, DC Communication Specialist and Webmaster Mercy Education System of Americas, Washington, DC Communications Manager Catholic Mobilizing Network, Washington, DC Project Coordinator Grant Writer Elevate, Washington, DC President Lutheran Volunteer Corps, Washington, DC Executive Assistant to the President of AJCU Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC Administrative Assistant and Media Specialist St. Ignatius Church, Boston, MA Marketing Associate Archdiocese of Boston, Boston, MA Development Associate Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, Portland, ME Midwest Coordinator- Marketing Operations Mercy Home for Boys and Girls, Chicago, IL Office Manager (Part-Time) Amate House, Chicago, IL Employment Specialist CST Recovery Counselor Trilogy Behavioral Healthcare, Chicago, IL Service Coordinator Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, Chicago, IL Full-Time, Live-In Female Community Engagement Coordinator Lydia’s House, Cincinnati, OH Advancement and Marketing Associate Saint Martin de Porres High School, Cleveland, OH Marketing Coordinator (Part-Time) National Catholic Reporter Publishing Company, Kansas City, MO Campus Minister Diocese of Kansas City – St. Joseph, Kansas City, MO Community Leader/Executive Director L’Arche Heartland, Overland Park, KS Theology Teacher Sacred Heart-Griffin, Springfield, IL Associate Director of Campus Ministry: Undergraduate Outreach Coordinator Catholic Student Center at Washington University, St. Louis, MO West/Southwest Program Coordinator – Bilingual Centro San Juan Diego – Archdiocese of Denver, Denver, CO Program Services Coordinator Director of Organizing Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance (KIWA), Los Angeles, CA Program Supervisor Archdiocesan Youth Employment Services of Catholic Charities, Los Angeles, CA Associate Director, Center for Service and Action Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA Teaching and Staff Opportunities Lumen Christi Academies, Oakland, CA Religious Studies Teacher Saint Mary’s College High School, Oakland, CA Full-Time Live-In Staff Member Oakland Catholic Worker, Oakland, CA Case Manager, Adult Services Lutheran Social Services of Northern California, Sacramento, CA Coordinator of Catholic Student Association University of Georgia, Athens, GA Director of Youth Faith Formation St. Thomas More Catholic Church, Atlanta, GA Campus Minister University of Texas, Austin Catholic Center, Austin, TX Associate Director Office of Young Adult and Campus Ministry, Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Houston, TX Associate Director, Marianist Student Initiatives St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, TX Community News is your monthly JVC Northwest online news source. 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