JVPFI

Virtual Conversation: Laudato Si' and Covid-19 Global Pandemic

Two members of the Jesuit Volunteers Philippines, Dean Tony La Viña B2 and Patria Gwen M.L. Borcena B9, are actively engaged in environmental issues both locally and internationally. In 2015, Dean Tony and Gwen held a talk "On the care for our common home", based on Pope Francis’ second encyclical, Laudato Si'. The talk was held a month after the encyclical was released during the Ignatian Festival at the Ateneo de Manila University.

On the occasion of Laudato Si’s Special Anniversary [May 24, 2020 – May 24, 2021], our two JVPs will again share about the encyclical vis-à-vis its challenges and implications amid the coronavirus pandemic. This time, they will be joined by three fellow Ateneo alumni – Fr. Albert E. Alejo, SJ Ph.D., Prof. Fabian M. Dayrit, Ph.D., and Prof. Donna Paz T. Reyes, Ph.D. who are all environmental advocates.

This significant virtual event will take place on two Sundays - April 18, 2021, and May 9, 2021, from 10:30 AM - 12:00 NN. For inquiries, reservations, and zoom link/meeting ID and passcode, kindly email at companions2011@gmail.com. Please join the conversation and help promote the event.

Who we are

The Jesuit Volunteers Philippines Foundation Inc. (JVPFI) engages in nation-building by recruiting, training and sending volunteers
for a year of service to marginalized communities and areas with the greatest need. Jesuit volunteers empower these communities as teachers,
formators, community organizers, or enterprise development officers assigned to under-resourced schools, parishes, and NGOs across the country.

VISION

A just society that celebrates the fullness of life realized with the help of a community embodying Ignatian Spirituality.

MISSION

We aim to form a community composed of volunteers, former volunteers and associates who nurture and live out the principles and values of Ignatian Spirituality embodied in and realized through their individual vocation.

HISTORY AND REACH

In 1980, nine young Jesuit Volunteers set off to serve in the peripheries of Mindanao. Now on its 39th year, JVPFI has successfully deployed over a thousand volunteers to 317 partner institutions in marginalized communities across the nation, serving where they are needed most.

CORE VALUES

SERVICE that builds.
SOCIAL JUSTICE that empowers.
SPIRITUALITY that loves.
SIMPLICITY that frees.
SOLIDARITY that unites.

JVP COMMUNITY

JVPFI has Local Chapters in Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Manila, Naga and Zamboanga.
Former Jesuit Volunteers form the Network of Leaders who support the Volunteer Service Program through recruiting and supporting current Jesuit Volunteers and organize activities to promote volunteerism, camaraderie and the JVP Core Values.

VOLUNTEER SUPPORT

Guided by the wisdom from over 39 years of experience, JVP, through its Volunteer Service Program, is able to provide the necessary support to ensure the volunteers are effective in their service.

•Skills Training
•Formation and Spiritual Direction
•Financial needs
•Community
•Parents’ meeting
•Ensuring safety and security

Reach Us

jesuitvolunteersph@jvpfi.org

Visit Us

National Office: Room 220 MVP-CSL Building, Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, 1108 Quezon City

Contact Us

Direct Line: 426-5908
Trunkline: 426-6001 local 4880
+63 966 901 8554
+63 928 481 7837

Ang Paglalakbay

A Story of a Mangyan Jesuit Volunteer

BE A JESUIT VOLUNTEER

Bringing Hope to the Nation's Margins.
Be where you are needed most.

For 42 years, Jesuit Volunteers have been sent to work with schools, parishes or non-government organizations (NGOs) to:

Teach in under-served areas.
Train grass-root community leaders.
Assist cooperatives.
Implement livelihood projects.
Minister to the disabled and abused.
Engage in youth formation.
Advocate environmental issues.
Uphold the dignity of Indigenous peoples.
Fight for the right of the oppressed.We are inviting brave souls who are eager hearts to take the road of loving service for God and country.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Single, under 35 years of age
A college graduate or a graduating student
Physically fit and emotionally-balanced
Willing to serve, share knowledge and skills in a community for at least 10 months
Determined to make a positive difference in the lives of others
Sincere in the desire to serve where there is a need

Consider JVP.

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