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Pedro Arrupe Volunteers

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Put your faith into action by volunteering in our community!

Who are we?

We are a multifaith and interfaith student led community with the mission to accompany our Bronx neighbors in prayer, service, solidarity, and reflection.

Our community welcomes you to join us as we engage with the struggle for justice with our neighbors through a variety of service opportunities. Our ultimate goal is community engagement; Nurturing and sustaining relationships between the Fordham community and our neighbors here in the Bronx.

What do we do?

We work with churches and other organizations in our Bronx community, collaborating with various projects including:

  • Soup kitchens
  • Midnight Run meal preparation and distribution for people experiencing homelessness
  • Habitat for Humanity Neighborhood Restoration
  • Health and Resource Information fairs
  • Tutoring school-age children at Belmont Library
  • Early literacy days at Belmont and Tremont Libraries
  • Engaging with children and seniors with community partners

The level of commitment ranges from participating in one or more projects to joining the Pedro Arrupe Leadership Council and helping to organize our projects.

We value the relationships we have made with our community. If you commit to volunteering on a particular day, we trust that you’ll be there. Please let us know as soon as possible if you will no longer be able to attend a project.

How do we build community?

We build a community with fellow project volunteers and our neighbors in the Bronx by immersing ourselves in service opportunities, prayer, reflection, and community gatherings.

We challenge volunteers to lean into discomfort--we encourage open minds in order to best feed their souls!

Why do we pray?

We are present in our own faith backgrounds, with an openness to meet our neighbors wherever they are. We seek to share in meaningful experience with all those we encounter and to acknowledge our shared human dignity.

We ask that you take a moment to remove yourself from the task at hand and recognize the shared humanity in our work.

We encourage you to reflect on your experiences allowing intentional thought as you are present in service.

We are people of many different faiths, in service with others.

Who is Pedro Arrupe?

"To be just, is not enough to refrain from injustice. One must go further and refuse to play its game, substituting love for self interest as the driving force of society." - Fr. Pedro Arrupe, S.J.

Pedro Arrupe, S.J., served as Superior General of the Society of Jesus from 1965 to 1983. He is remembered for his commitment to social justice and serving the needs of the poor. Our community emulates Fr. Arrupe's example of love for "the least of our neighbors" and his call to "proclaim the Gospel" that demands of us "a commitment to promote justice and enter into solidarity with the voiceless and the powerless."

How do I get involved?

Projects are open for sign-up for the fall semester.

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