(G-1) GLENMARY HOME MISSIONERS Box 46404, Cincinnati, Ohio 45246 (513) 874-8900 Personnel Requested: Nurses, Mission Parish Workers General Information: Summer programs in mission areas. Program mainly geared toward young men open to a Church related career, but there are some openings for nurses and other short term volunteers. Contact: Rev. Wayne Swatlowski (G-2) GOOD SHEPHERD MOVEMENT Kawaramachi Sanjo, Agaru, Kyoto 604, Japan Kyoto 075-211-9341 Personnel Requested: English Conversation Teachers General Information: Age 22 to 30. Single. Female. College degree or equivalent job experience. Living expenses. Health insurance. Transportation from Japan to home. Term of service one year contract. Contact: Rev. Graham McDonnell, Associate Director (G-3) GROUP SEVEN Route 1, Brasstown, North Carolina 28902 (704) 837-7060 Personnel Requested: Teachers, Nurses, Catechists, Social Workers, Dentists, Doctors, Skilled Tradespeople, Professionals and Semi-professionals Area: Glenmary Home Missions in rural United States (primarily Appalachia and deep South), Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, etc. General Information: Age 21 and over. Male/Female. Single/Married/Religious. With/without dependents. Term of service 2 years minimum commitment. (The idea in mind is that personnel will make homes in assigned areas.) Group 7ers work in present occupation and are self-supporting. Private living quarters. Mission and Ministry: "to witness through daily life and activities the Good News at work, in mission parish and community at large," and "to serve the whole person through ordinary means in rural U.S.A." (Group Seven Constitution) Contact: Bob Fink, Director (H-1) HOLY REDEEMER MISSION-APPALACHIAN APOSTOLATE Route 1, Box 6-A, Vanceburg, Kentucky 41179 (606) 796-3052; (606) 796-2767 Personnel Requested: Catechists, Co-op Manager, Mechanic Area: Rugged mountainous area of Kentucky ("Hollers') General Information: Male/Female. Yearly and summer programs. Opportunities for local involvement. Openings for Lay or Religious, Eucharistic Community. All household duties shared. Insurance. Catechists teach in Bible School. "Mercy Wheels." Appalachian Industries: Furniture, Pottery. Contact: Rev. Patrick O'Donnell, Pastor and Administrator (1-1) INNISFREE VILLAGE Route 2, Box 506, Crozet, Virginia 22932 (804) 823-5400 Personnel Requested: Co-workers in a community of 50 people on a 400 acre farm, with responsibilities of house parenting and homemaking, as well as working in wood shop, garden, bakery, and weaving shop. Area: In the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, 17 miles west of Charlottesville, Virginia General Information: Room and board. Medical and dental ex penses, Moderate allowance provided. Term of service 1 year minimum. Some experience working with the mentally handicapped perferred. Contact: Heinz Kramp, Director; Carolyn Ohle, Coordinator. (J-1) JESUIT VOLUNTEER CORPS EAST 18th and Thompson Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19121 (215) 232-0300 Personnel Requested: Community Organizers, Teachers, Outreach Workers, Research Workers, Youth Workers, Social Workers, Fund Raisers, Lawyers, Counselors, Nurses, Parish Workers, Environmental Specialists, Secretaries, MaintenanceHandypersons Areas: Urban and Appalachian areas: North Carolina, Maryland, Washington, D.C., West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, New England states. General Information: Age 21 or over. Single/Married. Male/Female. Without dependents. Term of service 1 year. Insurance. Stipend. Room and board. Community House quarters. Transportation. Opportunity for local involvement. Social justice, Christian community, simple life-style. Interdenominational. August to August program. Orientation. Contact: Rev. David J. Hinchen, S.J., Director (J-2) JESUIT VOLUNTEER CORPS MIDWEST 3601 Whitman Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44113 (216) 281-5181 Personnel Requested: Teachers, Teacher Aides, Group Home Staff, Youth Workers, Parish Workers, Community Organizers, Lawyers, Secretaries, Counselors, Nurses, Maintenance Workers, Skid Row Workers Areas: Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, and smaller cities in Ohio, Illinois, and Michigan General Information: Age 21 and over. Single. Male/Female. Without dependents. Term of service 1 year. August to August. Orientation. Room and board. Community quarters. Insurance. Social justice, Christian community, simple lifestyle. Opportunity for local involvement. Interdenominational. Contact: Rev. Dennis T. Dillon, S.J., Director (J-3) JESUIT VOLUNTEER CORPS NORTHWEST (503) 228-2457 P.O. Box 3928, Portland, Oregon 97208 Personnel Requested: Teachers, Nurses, Parish Workers, Group Home Workers, Secretaries, Cooks, Maintenance Men, Construction Workers, Radio Workers, Mechanics, Electrical Engineers, Dorm Prefects, Community Organizers, Day Care Center Workers, Youth Workers, Religious Instruction Personnel Areas: Cities of the Northwest: in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska. Indian Reservations and Missions in Alaska "When through one man a little more love and goodness. a little more light and truth. comes into the world. then that man's life has had meaning Father Alfred Delp General Information: Age 21 and over. Single/Married, without dependents. Male/Female. College degree required for teachers and nurses. Room and board. Community living; some private quarters. $30-$40 p/mo. Insurance, Transportation. Term of service 1 full year, beginning in August. Some work at a regular job to help support the mission. Needed: a Christian orientation, a sense of humor, a simple life style and grit. Contact: Rev. Laurence L. Gooley, S.J., Director (J-4) JESUIT VOLUNTEER CORPS SOUTHWEST 920 Peralta, Oakland, California 94607 (415) 465-5016 Personnel Requested: Teachers, Tutors, Community Organizers, Program Coordinators, Nurses, Group Home Workers, Campus Ministers, Parish Workers, Public Defenders/Workers for Alternative Sentencing, Prison Reform Areas: Inner-cities and Indian Reservations of the Southwest: Fresno, Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Ana, Santa Monica, and on the Navajo Reservation at St. Michaels/Fort Defiance, Arizona General Information: The JVC: Southwest places lay volunteers in Christian based communities working with the poor and oppressed of our society. Actual hiring is done by the placement agency which meets all monetary needs of the volunteer. Term of service is generally one year. Applications are reviewed in the spring, and the actual work begins in mid-August at the JVC: Southwest Orientation. Room and board. Insurance. Transportation. $50.00 p/month stipend. Retreats and other support provided. Jesuit Volunteer Corps stresses the community living arrangement as a valuable support system for volunteers. Work is always with the poor. College education or work experience required. Contact: Rev. Robert Marino, S.J., Director (L-1) LAOS, INC. ("THE WHOLE PEOPLE OF GOD"-Greek) 4920 Piney Branch Road, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20011 (202) 723-8273 Personnel Requested: Physicians, Dentists, Nurses, Teachers, Community Organizers, Agriculturalists, Others Areas: United States and limited overseas areas |