Last weekend the southern-half of the communities in JVC East gathered for our October weekend retreat. Communities from Raleigh, Washington DC, Baltimore, Camden, Newark, and Philadelphia met in Upper Marlboro, Maryland (about 45 minutes from Washington) to spend four days together getting reacquainted on the mission of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. It was time for our community to reflect and check on how the past several weeks have progressed. We also broke into our Apostolate groups where we had discussions with other JV's who are working in similar placements. The weekend was very relaxing and offered some much needed time to revisit my personal mission of why I am a Jesuit Volunteer.
This week our program coordinator from the JVC is spending the week with us to observe our placements and community life. My college and hometown friend Blake is visiting Washington this week on his fall break; also coming this weekend are my brother Tommy and two friends from New York. It's going to be an active week and I am continually grateful for my experience in Washington as a Jesuit Volunteer.
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