Ignatian Service Immersion
The Ignatian Service Immersion (ISI) program began in 1993 with Loyola University Ministry staff and three medical students. Since its inception, over 1,800 members of the Loyola community have immersed themselves in communities around the world, intentionally embracing the core ISI values of simplicity, solidarity, spirituality, service and social justice.
Through the participation of students and professionals from various disciplines including medical students, nursing students, biomedical graduate students and public health students, physicians, nursing clinicians, public health practitioners, and chaplains, the ISI trips focus primarily on education and programming rooted in addressing the social determinants of health and health disparities. Situated within a Jesuit University, ISI extends beyond the common parameters of a global health immersion experience to unite the personal and the professional through engagement in extensive preparation, reflection, and thorough evaluation.
We hope to return with experiences that will yield a lasting impact in our personal and professional approach to providing holistic and culturally appropriate healthcare.
Donations are applied to...
Travel funds for ISI participants to the following countries and community partners:
Belize City with Hand in Hand Ministries
El Salvador and US-Mexico Border with CRISPAZ
Guatemala with Augsburg University
Palacios, Bolivia with Centro Medico Susan Hou
Quito, Ecuador with the Center for Working Families
Why are donations necessary?
The Ignatian Service Immersion Program (ISI) is a collaborative effort of the entire Loyola Health Sciences community. Students cannot serve and the program could not exist without the generous donations of time and financial contributions we receive.
If you would like to support our immersion experiences, please consider a donation to our program. We greatly appreciate any amount you can donate!