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  • Sugar Land, TX

USD Graduate Daniel Hernandez Serves in Jesuit Volunteer Corps

2012 Oct 18

Daniel Hernandez, who graduated last spring from the University of San Diego, has answered the call to serve with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. Hernandez is from Sugar Land, Texas.

Hernandez is volunteering with the Brooklyn Jesuit Prep in Brooklyn, NY.

Hernandez majored in theology and religious studies and Spanish.

As a Jesuit Volunteer, Hernandez will be dedicated to living simply and working for social justice in a spiritually supportive community of other volunteers who are working with people who live on the margins of society.

There are 323 Jesuit Volunteers living in 38 cities in the United States and six other countries across the globe. Jesuit Volunteers work at schools, health clinics, legal clinics, parishes and nonprofit organizations to provide essential services, saving these organizations a combined estimate of $6 million each year, in comparison to the cost of a salaried employee.

"Each year it is inspiring to welcome a new group of women and men, like the graduates of the University of San Diego who want to serve with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps," said Kathleen Haser, Acting President of the JVC. "Jesuit Volunteers support local organizations in their work by dedicating a year or more of their life to full-time service working with people who are poor and marginalized here in the United States and abroad. The Jesuit Volunteer Corps is a transformative experience that prepares young men and women for a lifetime of putting faith into action."

Based in four core values -- social justice, simple living, community, and spirituality -- Jesuit Volunteer Corps offers women and men an opportunity to work full-time for justice and peace. Jesuit Volunteers are called to to the mission of serving the poor directly, working for structural change in the United States, and accompanying people in in developing countries. For decades, Jesuit Volunteer Corps has worked in collaboration with Jesuits, whose spirtuality the volunteers incorporate in their work, community and prayer life. More than 250 grassroots organizations across the world count on Jesuit Volunteers to provide essential services. During their one or two years of service, volunteers integrate Christian faith by working and living among the poor and marginalized examining the causes of social injustice. The Jesuit Volunteer Corps offers volunteers an experience that will open their minds and hearts to live always conscious of the poor and committed to the Church's mission of promoting justice in the service of faith.

The University of San Diego (USD) is a Catholic institution of higher learning committed to teaching, the liberal arts, the formation of values and the creation of ethical leaders. Chartered in 1949, the school enrolls approximately 7,800 undergraduate and graduate full-time equivalent students. USD has a long history of public service and was recently recognized as a Changemaker Campus by Ashoka, the global association of the world's leading social entrepreneurs. The university's eight academic divisions include the College of Arts and Sciences, the schools of Business Administration, Law, Leadership and Education Sciences, Nursing and Health Sciences, Peace, the Department of Engineering and the Division of Professional and Continuing Education.