Civic Ventures :: Innovations Documentary Series

Ignatian Lay Volunteer Corps: Finding God in All Things

The Ignatian Lay Volunteer Corps draws people age 50 and older who have retired from their midlife careers but choose to continue working – with food banks, homeless shelters, prison ministries, literacy programs, and other groups that offer services for the poor in their communities. By design, the volunteers are not only doing much-needed work but also reflecting on what it means in their own lives.

ILVC volunteer Tom Coyne. Photo credit and copyright by Alex Harris.

Ignatian Lay volunteer.
Photo credit and copyright by Alex Harris.

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Ignatian Lay Volunteer Corps

801 Saint Paul St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 752-4686
www.ilvc.org

Innovations

Photographs by Alex Harris
Essay by Rob Gurwitt
Audio Production by Elana Hadler
Introduction by Marc Freedman

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