Sixteen Members of the Class of 2009 to Serve as Jesuit Volunteers

Sixteen members of the Holy Cross Class of 2009 will serve in locations around the globe as Jesuit Volunteers next year. The 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.

Jesuit Volunteers minister by teaching students of all ages, providing legal services, working with refugees and immigrants, serving with social services and at community centers, organizing low-income communities and caring for people with HIV/AIDS. Although numbers have not yet been finalized, about 250 Jesuit Volunteers each year work in the United States and in seven countries around the world.

The following students will be serving as Jesuit Volunteers next year:

East: Bridget Croutier, Alana DiPesa, Sarah Durkin, Elisabeth Flaherty, William Landergan, Rachel Snyder

International: Patrick Flynn, Joseph Howell, Maureen McCarty

Midwest: Sean Kiely

South: Meaghan McCormick, Amy Mullen

Southwest: Edward Hairston, Kaitlin Juleus, Amanda McLaughlin, Lindsay Williams

Throughout the last decade, Holy Cross has been one of the largest contributors to Jesuit Volunteers Corps:

• 2008-2009: 8 • 2007-2008: 11 • 2006-2007: 21 • 2005-2006: 18 • 2004-2005: 19 • 2003-2004: 7 • 2002-2003: 19 • 2001-2002: 26 • 2000-2001: 16 • 1999-2000: 32 • 1998-1999: 27