JVP Batch 47 recruitment
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Count It All Joy
This journey has taught me that service is not about achieving perfection, but about embracing presence. To be with people, not above them.
Full of Wonders
by Cheska Abella, JVP Batch 43 If I were to describe our zonals experience in one phrase, it would be “full of wonders”. Firstly, I am surprised by the bountiful energy that my co-volunteers and I had in store for this trip. For us Siargao volunteers, our weekend journey started with an almost 9-hour travel…
Grace is Gratuitous
by Carmelo Garcia, JVP Batch 43 I am now part of a larger network of people than the seminary where I came from and even larger than my home diocese. Deciding to be a JVP volunteer is one of the right choices I made after I decided to take a break from the seminary. Di…
Where I’m Supposed To Be
A Reflection After My First Month In The Mission Area by Renz Nikolai C. Flores, JVP 43 A month has gone by since I was missioned to Siargao as a volunteer to work at The Sun Crew as Education Support Officer and much has happened since. Yet out of the many things that occurred, I…
Just Enough Light: A Year-End Reflection
by Teresa Kristel V Banta, B42 “Were not our hearts burning within us, while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” (Luke 24:32) There is a lot to be said about the mission year that was. Batch 42 (the “Batch”) finished with seven courageous volunteers, six of whom were new, which…
JVP Naga President’s Visit
by Shayne Bonavente B32 Finally, after almost three years into the pandemic and after many cancelled and postponed schedules, the chapter visit to the Naga LC of the Foundation President Tim Gabuna pushed through last Saturday (August 27, 2022) at the Ateneo de Naga University. Tim was able to present and report updates from the…
Always Worth It
by Esa Banta, JVP B41/42 [Esa is a lawyer who is now on her 2nd year of volunteering as a community organizer among the Tagbanua Indigenous Communities in Culion, Palawan] On my first year as a Jesuit Volunteer in Culion, I experienced almost instantly how challenging community organizing could be. “But it is always worth…
My Problems Are Superficial
by Neil Delos Reyes, JVP B42 [Neil is a certified Public Accountant (CPA). In August 2021, he started volunteering as a High School Teacher, and at the same time, as academic coordinator at Loyola College of Culion in the island of Culion, Palawan.] I felt a mix of worry and excitement, just like every time…