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- Father Greg Boyle, S.J. and former gang member, Lami Glenn, join their friend, Laura Miera, Homeboy Industries Art Therapist and JST student, for this final session on Lenten joy and prayer on March 18, 4-5 p.m. PDT. Zoom Link.
- Everyone is invited to our Lenten Reconciliation Service on Tuesday, March 30, 5:15 p.m. PDT, led by M.Div. students, Silvana Arevalo and Joel Thompson, S.J. Zoom Link.
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JST Announcements
- “Embracing the Community of Creation: Lenten Conversations on Faith, Animals, and Eco-Justice”: JST M.Div. student Alyssa Moore hosts this Lenten discussion series on Fridays at 12:30 p.m. PST. Zoom Link
- Don't forget that Daylight Savings Time starts this Sunday, March 14. 2:00 a.m. PST becomes 3:00 a.m. PDT. Not all countries in the world change or change at the same time. For a succinct description of the upcoming changes, see Upcoming Time Zone Changes.
- On Wednesday, April 21, noon-9:00 p.m. PST, you are invited to take part in the reading of Laudato Sí for SCU's tUrn week. You would read aloud for 20 minutes. If interested, please sign up here. Dean Mueller will read from 1:40-2:00.
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Of Interest Elsewhere |
JST Alumna Offers Reflection at Our Lady of Lourdes
Mary Reilly, 2019 MDiv alumna teaching at St. Francis High School in Mountain View, CA, will offer a reflection on the readings this Sunday at the liturgies at Our Lady of Lourdes in Oakland. Current STL student, James Ferus, S.J. will preside. Mass will be live in the courtyard at 9:00 a.m. PDT and livestreamed at 11:00 a.m. at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URZYl_9hiZM
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JST Events |
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Jesuit Higher Education, State Repression, and Solidarity in Nicaragua
Noon - 1:30 p.m., Benson Memorial Center, Parlor A
Faculty & Staff Reading Group
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Contemplative Hike
1:30 - 4:30 p.m., Gesu Chapel Bell
Join us for our monthly Contemplative Hike! Meet at the chapel bell at 1:30 PM. We plan to be back around 4:30pm. Email Laryn at Lkovalik@scu.edu to organize the carpool.
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JST Weekday Liturgy
5:15 p.m., Gesu Chapel
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JST Community Liturgy
5:15 p.m., Gesu Chapel
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Synodal Moments: Welcoming A Diversity of Ministries in a Listening Church
Noon - 1 p.m., Online
The Division of Mission and Ministry and Jesuit School of Theology invite you to a conversation with Cardinal Robert McElroy on how to become an all-missionary synodal church that welcomes the vocations and ministries of all its members. Cardinal McElroy will be joined in conversation by Dr. David DeCosse, Director of Religious and Catholic Ethics and Campus Ethics Programs in the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara.
Registrants will be sent a zoom link one week prior to the event.
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JST Weekday Liturgy
5:15 p.m., Gesu Chapel
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Contemplative Walk
2:30 p.m.
Join others to reconnect to the world around us. Check the Magis for specifics each week. In general, those walking meet at the bell and depart at 2:30.
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JST Student-Led Liturgy
5:15 p.m., Gesu Chapel
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JST Weekday Liturgy
5:15 p.m., Gesu Chapel
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SCU Events and Announcements |
tUrn week at SCU
Spring 2021 tUrn4 will be April 19-23.
HEADLINERS + RESOURCES + PARTNERS + U = tUrn for climate change!
tUrn is designed as a dynamic interplay of transformative headliner events, resources grouped by themes to spark conversation and action, and partners near and far who are making it all happen +, most importantly, U!
Contemplate, converse, and activate new behaviors and actions to make a u-turn for the planet and future generations.
For the headliner events, see https://www.scu.edu/turn/headliners/
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Intentional Integrity
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. PDT via zoom
A conversation with Rob Chesnut, author, Intentional Integrity: How Smart Companies Can Lead an Ethical Revolution, and Ann Skeet, senior director, leadership ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics about leadership, ethics, and the importance of integrity within corporate culture.
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GTU News and Events |
Summer 2021 Interreligious Research Grant: Madrasa-Midrasha Program
The Walter & Elise Haas Fund has provided funding to the GTU in support of the Madrasa-Midrasha Program, a collaborative interreligious effort co-sponsored by the Center for Islamic Studies and the Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies. We are pleased to announce research grants for GTU students (M.A. and Ph.D.) working on interreligious projects related to Judaism and/or Islam. Grants will range from $250 to $500 for individual projects and $500 to $1000 for joint projects, which are strongly encouraged. Proposals of no more than one single-spaced page (or not exceeding 500 words) along with a budget should be submitted to the Director of the Madrasa-Midrasha Program, Dr. Mahjabeen Dhala (mahdhala@gtu.edu), no later than Monday, April 5, 2021. For more information, see https://www.gtu.edu/news/summer-2021-interreligious-research-grants-madrasa-midrasha-program.
Turning the Page: CARe online exhibition
Now - May 2021
Last year was like no other; it was truly disorienting and difficult. This exhibition lets the images do the talking. Here we have gathered together artists from CARe's past and invited them to share an image that captures their hopes for 2021. The photographs included look to the future, while incorporating the lessons learned and hardships weathered over the last year. Take a moment out of your day to browse through the collected photographs and ponder your own hopes for 2021 and beyond.
Saturday Meditation
Meet weekly on Saturdays from noon - 1:15 p.m. PST for meditation led by GTU Ph.D. student, Stefan Waligur. It follows a format of chanting, prayer, silence and conversation (in large group and in break out rooms). All are welcome!
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CLGS Souls A'Fire 7: an online national gathering on Black Queer Theology
March 13, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., March 14 8:00 a.m. PST, via zoom
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conversations@cjs: Homeland, Exile and Diaspora, Contemporary Jewish Reflections
12:00 p.m. PDT online
Please join CJS for a conversation on "Homeland, Exile and Diaspora, Contemporary Jewish Reflections" as the next installment in a series on critical topics in the field of Jewish Studies. Joining the conversation will be Daniel Boyarin, Taubman Professor of Talmudic Culture and Rhetoric at the University of California Berkeley, Rabbi Jill Hammer, Director of Spiritual Education at the Academy for Jewish Religion, a pluralistic rabbinical and cantorial seminary in Yonkers, NY, and Susannah Heschel, Eli M. Black Distinguished Professor and chair of the Jewish Studies Program at Dartmouth College.
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Visions for a Viable Future: Sustainable Societies Conference II
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. PDT via zoom
In the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic and climate calamity, when the linked injustices of economic, social, and environmental inequity are on the rise, what answers can our religious traditions provide? These are the questions we’ll be exploring at Visions for a Viable Future: Sustainable Societies Conference II.
Register now for our virtual conference, held concurrently with the AAR/Western Region conference.
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American Academy of Religion, Western Region Conference: Religious Studies after COVID-19: The Role of Religion in Times of Pandemic, Sustainability, Marginalized Communities, and Social & Economic Justice
March 19-21, PDT via zoom
The Graduate Theological Union will host the 2021 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Western Region (AAR/WR) March 19-21, 2021. Fee: $15 -50.
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CLGS Online Lavender Lunch: The Formation of Gay Male Spiritual Discourse in Midcentury Softcore
12:15-1:15 p.m. PDT via zoom
Richard Lindsay will discuss beefcake magazines (softcore gay male pornography) from the 1950s and 1960s that served as a site for erotic exploration and development of a nascent gay community. Of particular focus will be the creation of queer spirituality based on popular Greco-Roman themes in the magazines, as well as the contributions to a theology of embodiment by queer clergy like Reverend Robert Wood, who published short essays in the beefcake magazine Grecian Guild Pictorial.
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Introducing Dr. Mahjabeen Dhala as Director of the Madrasa-Midrasha Program
6:00 p.m. PDT via zoom
Please join us in introducing Dr. Mahjabeen Dhala as the Director of the GTU's Madrasa-Midrasha Program.
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Community Events and Resources |
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Environmental Justice: A Conversation with Activist Hilton Kelley
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. PDT online
Co-sponsored by Catholic Health Association with the Catholic Climate Covenant (CCC), the webinar features Mr. Kelley and will address how and why low-income and communities of color are victims of environmental injustice and how to work with community members to advocate for improved environmental health. Members of the Catholic Climate Covenant may register for free. Non-members $100.
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"The Seven Last Words of Christ"
7:30 p.m. PDT, livestream
St. Ignatius Parish offers Haydn’s “The Seven Last Words of Christ" with The Porch Quartet (Heidi Wilcox, violin; Monika Gruber, violin; Daria D’Andrea, viola; and Farley Pearce, cello) live on YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UC6Q6VxDyz20OviuRaMhFt6w. For more information, contact Franca Gargiulo, fgargiulo@usfca.edu
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Religion and Medicine Conference: True to Tradition? Religion, the Secular, and the Future of Medicine
March 22 - 24, 8:00a.m. - 3:30 p.m. PDT
The medicine we know today has a history, and that history sets the terms for what we expect medicine to become in the future. What are the historical sources of contemporary medicine? What has been lost that should be recovered? What should be left behind? In particular, what do we know about the Hippocratic tradition? How has that tradition been taken up, modified, and developed in Jewish, Christian and Muslim cultures? What resources, if any, does that tradition offer to practitioners today? What aspects of the medicine of the past should ground the medicine of the future? Student registration is discounted to $50.
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Solidarity on Tap: Mary Wardell Ghirarduzzi, Ph.D.
6:00 - 7:00 p.m. PDT, livestream
Dr. Mary Wardell-Ghirarduzzi brings passion for creating more equitable, inclusive and caring campus climate and culture for all. She is an executive leader skilled at building organizational capacity through strategic initiatives with over 20 years experience in California higher education in academic affairs, student life, community engagement, and diversity and inclusion. Currently she is the Vice Provost for Diversity Engagement and Community Outreach and an associate professor of organizations, communication and leadership at the University of San Francisco.
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Care for Creation is our Soul Work
April 23-35, 4:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. PDT Live at San Damiano in Danville or zoom
As a celebration of Earth Day we will reflect upon how Laudato Si leads us to our soul work in the world. Are there times you wish you were more connected to your life’s purpose? Are you seeking the meaning of being alive in this challenging time? What does it mean to follow Jesus today?
Anne and Terry Symens-Bucher are founders of Canticle Farm, an intentional community in Oakland, California experimenting at the intersection of faith, social justice, and Earth-based activism.
Retreat both in house at San Damiano, 710 Highland Drive, Danville, and on zoom. Sliding scale fee.
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Calls for Papers, Grants and More |
Lucile Murray Durkin Scholarship for Women Discerning Priestly Ordination
Scholarship applications are open to women and non-binary persons enrolled or accepted into an undergraduate or graduate studies program, or relevant coursework. To be eligible the candidate must be enrolled or participate in at least one class or significant volunteer ministry of comparable scope that they believe would forward the discernment of their call to a life in ordained ministry. This scholarship is primarily directed to women and non-binary people who wish to be ordained Catholic priests (including Ecumenical Catholic and Roman Catholic Women Priests). Secondarily it is open to those who are seeking priestly ordination in other denominations. Applications are accepted through April 29, 2021. For more information, see https://www.womensordination.org/programs/scholarship/
Job Announcement: Admission and Residence Life Coordinator
PLTS is seeking to fill the position of Admission and Residence Life Coordinator. Under the direction of the Director of Admission and the Associate Dean for Student and Academic Affairs, the position is responsible for planning and executing admission processes and events, and coordinating housing for students. The Coordinator supports the Admission Office by overseeing the admission and residence life experience at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary ( PLTS). Applications close on 3/21/21.
Administrative and Communications Coordinator for Wisdom & Money
Wisdom & Money, a San Francisco Bay Area non-profit, seeks qualified candidates for this half-time position. See the Administrative and Communications Coordinator job description for details.
Call for Papers: Open Theology
CALL FOR PAPERS (click to download) for a topical issue of Open Theology: Phenomenology of Religious Experience V: (Ir)Rationality and Religiosity During Pandemics in collaboration with the Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience. Given the astounding denials of both trivial-ontic-empirical and scientific facts of epidemics and the gripping realities of global misinformation, the relationship between the reason—in action, politics, press, local decision-making—and the subjective dimension of religiosity stand out in this new light, calling for phenomenological reporting and reflection, which must precede the care and the cure. While religious experience has been shown to have emancipatory value and enhance resilience and decrease stress, we’d like to clarify if this assessment still stands in this new situation.
Submissions will be collected from September 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021, via the on-line submission system at http://www.editorialmanager.com/openth/ Choose as article type: “Topical Issue Article: Pandemics”. Further questions about this thematic issue can be addressed to Olga Louchakova-Schwartz at olouchakova@gmail.com.
Call for Papers, Toronto School of Theology Graduate Students' Association Conference
The conference, "Traditioning Sources for Contemporary Theological Engagement," is seeking abstract submissions from graduate level students currently enrolled in masters or doctoral programs. Proposals are due Monday, April 5, with the conference being held virtually on June 11, 2021. All inquiries can be directed to tgsaconferences@gmail.com.
Call for Papers: Science, Faith and Religious Life
This special issue of Review for Religious will treat science, faith, and religious life. Manuscripts on any aspect of this topic will be considered. Of particular interest are essays that treat the challenges of religious education in an age of science. How, for instance, can we meet the challenges in evangelizing those who seem indifferent to the great questions about the meaning of life and assume that contemporary science alone is sufficient? All submissions must be received by June 15, 2021. For more information, see http://www.reviewforreligious.com/callforpapers/
Spring Blooming from Arrupe House. Photo by Joe Kraemer, S.J.
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