IVC LOS ANGELES 2007 DELLA STRADA AWARD

The Ignatian Volunteer Corps Los Angeles will hold a Recognition Reception honoring Fr. Michael Kennedy, SJ, recipient of the 2007 IVC Della Strada Award on Sunday, October 14, 2007, 2:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m., at Mijares Mexican Restaurant in Pasadena.

Fr. Michael Kennedy, SJ, is a Jesuit priest and has has served in parish ministry developing Christian Base Communities in Latin America and California. He most recently completed 10 years as pastor of Dolores Mission Church in Boyle Heights. He has authored four books of meditation on Ignatian spirituality. He is currently involved in a ministry combining the Spiritual Exercises and Restorative Justice.

The Della Strada Award is named after Sancta Maria della Strada, the first church used by Ignatius and the early Jesuits used to serve the urban poor in the center of Rome. The award honors an individual whose life reflects the Ignatian values of service to the poor, and of working and educating for a more just society.

For more information on this fundraising event, contact Jenn Mangali, IVC Los Angeles, at (310) 937-8280, or by email at jmangali@ivcusa.org .

Ignatian Volunteer Corps is a faith-based, non-profit organization that provides men and women 50 and over the opportunity to serve the needs of the materially poor and marginalized, to work for a more just society and to grow deeper in the Christian faith by reflecting and praying in the Ignatian tradition.

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