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Claver Jesuit Mission
Founded in Cincinnati in 2000, the Jesuits of the Claver Jesuit Mission make themselves available to the community in Winton Hills and South Cumminsville through a variety of ministerial objectives. The Jesuits there have made an effort to reach out to the local African-American population in the city which has endured tremendous racial strife in recent years.
contact:
post: 3838 Llewellyn, Cincinnati, OH, 45223-2352
web: home.fuse.net/claver
phone: (513) 681-8500
e-mail: clavermin@fuse.net


Heartland Center
Since 1987, Heartland Center has served the people of Northwest Indiana through research on social issues, educational programs, leadership training, and community coalition building. Its mission is to work in solidarity with all segments of society, especially the poor, to construct a more just and human society. Since its founding, Heartland Center has produced a number of major studies and briefs designed to provide churches, community groups, governments, and businesses with quality social analysis on significant regional issues that enables them to work towards sound social policy and action.
contact:
post: 7128 Arizona Ave., Hammond, IN, 46323
web: www.heartlandctr.org
phone: (219) 844-7515
e-mail: mail @heartlandctr.org


Ignatian Volunteer Corps

The Ignatian Volunteer Corps (IVC) was founded in Maryland in 1995. The Chicago Province opened a chapter in Chicago in 2001. The program provides opportunities for individuals over the age of fifty to serve the poor and reflect on the experience in the Ignatian tradition.
contact:
post: 2050 N. Clark St., Chicago IL 60614
web: www.ivcusa.org or visit the chicago chapter website
phone: (773) 975-6871
e-mail: gsullivan@ivcusa.org


Ignatian Spirituality Project
In 1998, Fr. Bill Creed, SJ, founded the Ignatian Spirituality Project (ISP). In the years since, ISP has offered retreats to hundreds of homeless men in Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, and Gloucester, MA. ISP was founded to make the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola more widely available, particularly to those who can use the Exercises to improve the quality of their lives.
contact:
post: Fr. Bill Creed, SJ, director Ignatian Spirituality Project, 1030 W. Loyola Ave., Chicago IL 60626
phone: (773) 508-2179
e-mail: billcreed@aol.com


Jesuit Refugee Service

The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) is an international Catholic organization with a mission to accompany, serve and defend the rights of refugees and forcibly displaced people. JRS undertakes services at national and regional levels with the support of an international office in Rome. JRS programs are found in over 50 countries, providing assistance to refugees in refugee camps, to people displaced within their own country, to asylum seekers in cities and those held in detention. The main areas of work are in the field of Education, Advocacy, Emergency Assistance, Health and Nutrition, Income Generating Activities and Social Services.
contact:
post: 1616 P Street NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20036-1408
web: www.jrsusa.org

phone: (202) 462-0400


Jesuit Volunteer Corps

Since 1956 more than 7,000 individuals have committed themselves to working with the poor as part of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. All Jesuit volunteers commit to living out four core values: social justice, simple life-style, community, and spirituality. All Jesuit volunteers in the Chicago Province are part of JVC Midwest, which is headquartered in Detroit.
contact:
post: Jesuit Volunteer Corps Midwest, PO Box 21936, Detroit, MI 48221-0936
web: www.jvcmidwest.org
phone: (313) 345-3480
e-mail: jvcmw@jesuitvolunteers.org


Poder Learning Center
Poder Learning Center, which opened in 1997, provides educational opportunities for adult immigrants to acquire the skills and tools they need to pursue their dreams. The Center opened in 1997 with six students. Today it serves 375 students with a variety of classes, workshops, and special events. Poder course offerings include a variety of classes designed to strengthen English language skills, GED preparation classes, and citizenship classes.
contact:
post:1637 S Allport, Chicago, IL 60608
web: www.poderlc.org
phone: 312-226-2002
e-mail: info@poderlc.org

 

 

 
   
   
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