Ignatian Volunteer Corps of San Diego

10/15/2026

Join us on Saturday for this free event!

Register here: https://forms.gle/wFXjm7iAmYGfDyRh6

10/15/2026

A giant check - and an even bigger impact! 🎉

We are incredibly grateful to The St. Augustine Foundation for its continued support of IVC San Diego's Catholic Schools Initiative! Yesterday, Foundation Executive Director David Canedo presented us with our Year 3 grant funding, helping us continue this important work.

Through this initiative, experienced IVC members are making a meaningful difference in Catholic schools throughout San Diego, supporting teachers, mentoring students, and enriching school communities.

🎥 See the impact for yourself! Watch this special video featuring the voices of IVC volunteers, school principals, and students whose lives have been touched by this initiative.

👉 https://youtu.be/b1WTU_OaPQI?si=9uA7g2MtWWgL1_NU

Thank you, St. Augustine Foundation, for believing in this mission and making it possible! ❤️

10/12/2026

10/06/2026

⛳ Come join the fun!

Our Mini Golf event is October 17 at Hilltop Park - a free and fun opportunity to connect with friends from across the IVC community. Whether your mini golf skills are impressive or highly questionable, we’d love to see you there! 😄

Please RSVP today: https://forms.gle/4dhwYfKAQGy8a5td6

See you on the course! ⛳

09/22/2026

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09/21/2026

What a wonderful way to welcome our newest IVC San Diego Service Corps Members!

At Saturday’s New Member Orientation, we explored the three pillars at the heart of the IVC experience: spirituality, service, and community. We were especially grateful to several current IVC members who shared their own experiences and reflections on what each of these pillars has meant to them during their time with IVC.

Just as importantly, the day gave our new members an opportunity to connect with one another, begin building relationships, and learn more about the community they are joining.

We’re grateful for the gifts, experiences, and enthusiasm each of our new members brings to IVC, and we look forward to the year ahead together! Big thanks to the University of San Diego for hosting us in their beautiful Ministry Center.

09/17/2026

TODAY is San Diego Gives!

The official San Diego Gives Day of Giving is here, and IVC San Diego is proud to join nonprofits across our region for this celebration of local generosity and impact.

This year, our goal is to raise $5,000 to welcome and support 10 new IVC Service Corps Members who have begun a year of meaningful service, community, and spiritual growth.

These newest Ignatian Volunteers are bringing their experience, talents, and compassion to nonprofit Partner Agencies throughout San Diego, supporting students, older adults, families, and others in our community.

And today, your gift can have TWICE the impact! Thanks to the generosity of Menard Family Foundation, donations are being matched dollar for dollar, up to $2,500.

Every gift helps us prepare, place, and support our Corps Members so they can make a lasting difference at the organizations and communities they serve.

👉 Make your San Diego Gives gift today at www.ivcusa.org/donate and select San Diego as the region for your gift.

Thank you for believing in the mission of IVC San Diego and for helping us welcome our 10 newest Ignatian Volunteers!

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09/17/2026

It was a pleasure yesterday to visit our Partner Agency, St. Paul's PACE in El Cajon, part of St. Paul's Senior Services.

I was especially impressed by the attentive and compassionate care the PACE staff provide to the older adults who come to the center. It was wonderful to see firsthand the welcoming community they have created and the many ways they support their participants.

And an added bonus: getting to reconnect with my former colleague, Stephanie! A great visit all around, and we’re grateful for IVC’s partnership with St. Paul’s.

09/15/2026

San Diego Gives is just TWO DAYS away!

This Thursday, September 17, San Diegans will come together to support the local nonprofits making a difference throughout our community, and IVC San Diego is proud to be part of it!

This year, our goal is to raise $5,000 to welcome and support 10 new IVC Service Corps Members as they begin a year of service, community, and spiritual growth.

Your support helps us prepare and accompany these new Ignatian Volunteers as they bring their experience, skills, and compassion to nonprofit Partner Agencies throughout San Diego - serving students, older adults, families, and others in our community.

And your gift can have TWICE the impact! Thanks to the generosity of Menard Family Foundation, gifts will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $2,500.

You don’t have to wait until Thursday to give. Early giving is open now!

👉 Give at www.ivcusa.org/donate and select San Diego as the region for your gift.

Help us welcome our 10 newest Ignatian Volunteers and send them into a meaningful year of service! 💙

09/14/2026

We were grateful to join together on Friday for the first monthly gathering of our new Program Year!

It was a wonderful opportunity to welcome new and returning Service Corps Members, reconnect with one another, and look ahead to the year to come. We celebrated Mass together with Fr. Scott Santarosa, SJ, and introduced this year’s spiritual resource, God’s Voice Within by Fr. Mark Thibodeaux, SJ.

We also began some of the reflection that will accompany us throughout the year, considering questions such as: What does it mean to practice a faith in which justice is an essential part? And how did we discern the call to become Ignatian Volunteers?

We’re grateful for this growing community and excited for another year of service, faith, reflection, and friendship together.