Answer the Call
A Year of Service,
A Lifetime of Impact
As a Jesuit Volunteer, you’ll live in community and serve alongside those in need to build a more hopeful and just world.
Join a community of volunteers that serve, grow, and work for justice together.
Our Values, Your Growth
Spirituality
Discover purpose by engaging in faith and reflection
- Explores Jesuit toolkit for meaningful contemplation and discernment in daily life
- Contributes to the richness of community through shared faith and deep attention to the common good
We engage with diverse spiritual perspectives to build a deeper understanding of faith and justice. Through reflection and dialogue, we cultivate lives rooted in purpose and service.
Simple Living
Live intentionally, prioritizing sustainability and relationships
- Nurtures gratitude and mindfulness in everyday choices
- Inspires responsible stewardship of resources
By embracing simplicity, we create space for gratitude, connection, and intentionality. Prioritizing relationships, we learn to live with purpose and sustainability.
Community
Build meaningful connections
- Fosters deep, intentional relationships across differences
- Encourages collaboration in addressing injustice
We cultivate intentional communities that challenge and inspire. Through active listening and mutual respect, we foster spaces where all voices are heard and valued.
Social Justice
Serve, advocate, and create lasting change
- Hands-on learning and insights of systemic injustice through direct service
- Equips individuals with tools for critical reflection, activism, and global perspective of inequity
Rooted in justice, we work to dismantle barriers to equity. Guided by discernment and reflection, we take action to build a more compassionate and just world.
Community Impact
The Jesuit Volunteers at Cristo Rey Boston have done fantastic work for our community. Each of them has brought their unique gift to serve the students of our community.
Cristo Rey Boston High School
JVC partners with community groups on the front lines of social justice
Our agency partners are the experts on the needs of the communities that they serve. Jesuit Volunteers step into direct service roles with these organizations and add critical capacity to their work for justice. Many of our partners have hosted JVs for decades and serve as trusted, local voices with shared values.
Strengthen Your Impact with a Dedicated Jesuit Volunteer
Imagine the possibilities with a Jesuit Volunteer serving alongside your community—an individual committed to service, justice, and deep engagement.
Partner with JVC to expand your capacity, advance your mission, and make lasting change in your community.
Agency Partner
- Environmental Stewardship
- Employment
- Affordable Housing & Access
- Education
- Hunger Relief
- Developmental/Physical Disabilities
- Ministry
- Children & Youth
- Healthcare
- Addiction Recovery
- Legal Service
- Women’s Issues
- Environmental Stewardship
- Employment
- Affordable Housing & Access
- Education
- Hunger Relief
- Developmental/Physical Disabilities
- Ministry
- Children & Youth
- Healthcare
- Addiction Recovery
- Legal Service
- Women’s Issues
70 Years of JVC Impact
For nearly 70 years, the Jesuit Volunteer Corps has been a leading institution in the service landscape. We are one of the oldest and largest full-time volunteer programs in the world, with a legacy of over 12,500 alumni who have continued to live out the values and mission of JVC well beyond their volunteer experience.
- 1956
A group of college students arrive in Alaska's Copper Valley to help build and teach at a school for the Native Alaskan population - the first Jesuit Volunteers!
- 1960s - 1980s
Six regional programs develop and spread this new model of service, sending JVs to thousands of agencies across the country and around the world.
- 2009
JVC East, International, Midwest, South, and Southwest merge to become the Jesuit Volunteer Corps that we know today.
- 2010s - 2020s
The Jesuit Volunteer Corps draws on decades of history to respond to the most urgent challenges of the moment, grounded in the same values and close relationships.
- 2025
108 Jesuit Volunteers begin their journey with JVC, providing vital service in 20 communities across the United States!
We're sure you have some questions!
Who can serve with JVC?
JVC invites young changemakers (21-25) with a passion for social justice. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds—regardless of culture, gender, or economic status. Volunteers must be U.S. permanent residents, unmarried with no dependents, and have a college degree or relevant work experience.
Curious to learn more about the process to become a Jesuit Volunteer? Click here.
Where do volunteers serve?
Jesuit Volunteers serve in 19 cities across the U.S., working alongside over 100 partner agencies including nonprofits, schools, and grassroots organizations.
I’m interested, but not sure if JVC is the right fit for me.
Committing to a year of service is a counter-cultural choice and we know that raises a lot of questions! Will my spiritual background feel at home with this community? How will this help me take the next steps in my career? What if I’m still figuring out how I want to live into these beliefs?
We promise you’re not the first to have these questions and we’re here to find some of those answers together. Click here to read more FAQs, including some of the most frequent hesitations we encounter.
Volunteering sounds great, but what is a Jesuit?
The “J” in JVC references the Society of Jesus, an order of Catholic priests and brothers more commonly known as Jesuits, who embrace the challenge of living as “contemplatives in action.” Our formation program draws inspiration and direction from the Jesuit order as we pursue balance between spiritual reflection and the work for justice.
Click here to learn more about the Jesuits – and how spirituality guides the JVC experience.
Have more questions?
Speak with a JVC Team Member
We're here to support you as you figure out if JVC is the right choice! Our process is built around relationships and mutual discernment. Connect with us and we can talk through any questions or concerns you have.
Talk to a Team Member
Casey Driscoll
(Baltimore, MD 2022-23)
Recruitment Team
LIVE: JV Journey
DisOrientation Retreat 2026
After eleven months of shared service, the 2025–2026 Jesuit Volunteers recently wrapped up their final retreat of the year, DisOrientation. This retreat acts as dedicated time for the JVs to pause and process their year of service, and the transition that lies ahead. It is an opportunity to reflect on personal and professional growth, while celebrating shared accomplishments, finding closure, and discerning next steps as they soon become Former JVs. Grounded in the experience of the past year, DisOrientation invites volunteers to honor their journey. From all of JVC staff… thank you to our Jesuit Volunteers for their deep commitment to a more just and hopeful world!
My onsite experiences have made me think about who I am in the world and who I could be. Thanks to JVC, I’m making connections (with people, places, ideas, and goals) that I never could have imagined. I highly recommend the program.
Reflection from a JV at DisO
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