Eleven Recent Holy Cross Grads Serving as Jesuit Volunteers

Of the 260 current members of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, 11 are recent Holy Cross graduates. Ten members of the Class of 2007, and one member of the Class of 2006, are currently serving in locations around the globe. The 11 alumni have dedicated themselves to a year or more of living and working for social justice alongside people living in poverty or on the margins of society.

In the United States this year, 207 Jesuit volunteers will minister by teaching students of all ages, providing legal services, working with refugees and immigrants, serving with social services and at community centers, organizing in low-income communities and caring for people with HIV/AIDS.

Internationally, 53 volunteers are fulfilling a two-year commitment to Jesuit Volunteers International in Belize, Nicaragua, Peru, Nepal, Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Tanzania. The volunteers accompany the poor in these developing countries while they work in schools, with youth and in parishes. The Jesuit Volunteer Corps was founded in 1956, and there are currently more than 12,000 former Jesuit volunteers. More information is available at www.jesuitvolunteers.org.

The 11 Holy Cross alumni who are serving as Jesuit volunteers this year are:

Rebecca Bates ’07 is living in Camden, N.J., and working at Ethel Lawrence Homes.

Nora Blumenstein ’07 is living in Sitka, Alaska, and working at Sitkans Against Family Violence.

Francesca Bove ’07 is living in Newark, N.J., and working at Covenant House Youth Advocacy Center.

Matthew Mann ’07 is living in Philadelphia and working at Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project.

Caroline Burke ’07 is living in Dar-Es Salaam, Tanzania and working at Loyola High School.

Caitlin Corneliess ’07 is living in Chuuk, Micronesia and working at St. Cecilia’s School.

Rufino deSantos ’06 is living in Punta Gorda, Belize and working at Julian Cho Technical as a teacher.

Sarah Schufreider ’07 is living in Mobile, Ala., and working at Bay Area Food Bank.

Ashley Sonson ’07 is living in Nashville, Tenn., and working at Oasis Center, Inc.

Jason Hernandez ’07 is living in Los Angeles and working at Chrysalis Center.

Cara Ryan ’07 is living in Sacramento and working at Women’s Empowerment.

Related Information:

• Volunteer Fair allows students to learn about various post-grad opportunities