Jesuit volunteers
Jesuit Volunteers (JV) is an international voluntary service for adults aged 18 and over in a social project of the Jesuit Order . JV is a cooperation of the Jesuit Missions in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, led by the German Jesuit Mission in Nuremberg. JV was formed in early 2012 from an association of Jesuit European Volunteers (JEV) and Jesuit Mission Volunteers (JMV).
The approximately 30 volunteers annually work, for example, with refugees, street children or the disabled, in schools and social institutions in developing countries or at memorials, in vocational training or in pastoral care. The assignments are tailored according to the training and competence of the applicants. The Jesuit Volunteers live in community and in connection with a Jesuit or sister community. They should reflect on their experiences on the basis of Christian faith and rediscover their personal relationship with God (although membership of a Christian church is not a requirement). The Jesuit volunteers are supported by an accompanying program, which is usually led by a Jesuit or a religious sister and also includes seminars and retreats . Part of the support program takes place in the Center for Global Learning at Caritas Pirckheimer Haus (Nuremberg). The costs of the mission are financed by donations; JV is also funded by weltwärts , the development policy voluntary service of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) .
Jesuit European Volunteers (JEV) was a voluntary service of the Jesuit order for young adults, founded in 1986 by Horst Knott SJ. The assignments were limited to a period of one year (longer in the case of assignments abroad) and took place in locations in Germany, Austria, Eastern Europe, Colombia and Mexico. The volunteers worked with people on the fringes of society, such as the homeless , people with disabilities, mothers and children in difficulty, old and sick people, and asylum seekers, and lived in small, Jesuit-assisted residential communities. YEN was comparable to the voluntary social year and therefore recognized as community service. According to the order, around 1000 young people have participated in YEN since it was founded.
Jesuit Mission Volunteers (JMV) was a voluntary service without any commitment to the "Voluntary Social Year" and without an upper age limit, but was also recognized by the BMZ. A completed professional training was required for the missionaries on time. With connections to branches of the Jesuits in Africa, Asia and Latin America, the volunteers worked in the areas of poverty reduction, refugee aid, school education, vocational training, pastoral work, health care, human rights, ecology and agriculture.
In the English-speaking area, the JV operate as the Jesuit Volunteer Community (USA: Jesuit Volunteer Corps ), in the French-speaking area as Jeunes Volontaires Internationaux (JVI).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carolin Auner, Judith Behnen: Jesuit Volunteers. In: JESUITEN 63, No. 3, 2012, ISSN 1613-3889 , pp. 30–32 ( PDF; 1.0 MB ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ).
- ^ German Province of the Jesuits: 1000 YEN years. An interview with Luzia Pfeiffer. ( PDF; 33 kB ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ).
Web links
- "Jesuit Mission - Jesuit Volunteers" Official homepage