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The zoom meetings will be shown in Manresa on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. PDT. Come and hear from fellow classmates and from other students around the world.
| Liturgy NewsOn Thursday, 9/23 at 5:15, staff member Mary Beth Lamb will preside over a Taize Prayer of Remembrance and Consolation in our first lay presided liturgy of the semester.
Everyone is invited to attend the Mass of the Holy Spirit at the SCU campus on Wedensday, Sept. 29, noon, with picnic lunch to follow. All attendees must wear a mask and present their SCU Access card. Those unable to attend in person may watch the livestream of the Mass here.
Presider Schedule
Tuesday 9/21 8:00 Marko Pavlič, SJ 5:15 Brent Otto, SJ
Wednesday 9/22 8:00 Michael Oluwadare, SJ 5:15 Chris Hadley, SJ
Thursday 9/23 8:00 Oscar Angaga Nduri, SJ 5:15 Mary Beth Lamb
Friday 9/24 8:00 Peter Omondi, SJ 5:15 Michael Tyrrell, SJ
Saturday 9/25 8:30 Heritier Kinzamba, SJ |
JST Announcements
- Two moodle courses are open for students, faculty and staff: JST Community Life, Prayer and Liturgy; and JST Student Services. Please check the Community Life course regularly for information about events, liturgy and prayer. The Student Services course offers information about the many services we provide.
- Sign up now for JST's writing program, Writing in the North American Academy, Thursdays via zoom, 3:30- 5:00. Starts September 23. Contact Laura Dunn, ldunn@scu.edu for more information and to register. Also see the individual calendar entries under JST Events.
- Sign up for soccer on Saturday mornings, 9:30 - 11:00, at the field located on the rooftop of the La Loma Parking Structure at the corner of La Loma & Hearst Ave (2701 Hearst Avenue). Players of all abilities are encouraged to join! For questions and information, please email Annie Hayes (ahayes@scu.edu) or Manu Santamaria Belda, SJ (msantamariabelda@scu.edu).
- The second issue of New Horizons is now posted here. New Horizons is a peer-reviewed journal edited by JST students, featuring work of graduate students. We commend the editorial board and all those students whose work is featured in this new issue, "At a Crossroads." You can submit papers on the theme "Whose Call? Whose Church" by Nov. 1 at newhorizonsjst@scu.edu.
- Faculty, students and staff, please fill out the Photo Directory Authorization Form if you are new to JST or if there are any changes to your directory information from last year. You can access last year's directory in the Moodle Course, JST Community Life, Prayer and Liturgy.
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JST Events |
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JST Weekday Liturgy
5:15 p.m., Gesu Chapel
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The Adventure Continues 10/18/2023 – 5/15/2024
6:30 p.m., To be held online on the 3rd Wednesday of each month through May 15, 2024 from 6:30 to 7:45 PM
We invite you to a follow-up program to the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises to begin on September 20th sponsored by your friends at Santa Clara University. This series is open to anyone who has completed the 19th Annotation or the 30-day Exercises with Santa Clara or elsewhere.
We will meet monthly on the third Wednesday of the month from 6:30 to 7:45 PM (except for Dec. we will meet on the second Wed.). We will use the book by Kevin O’Brien, SJ called Seeing with the Heart: A Guide to Navigating Life’s Adventures, which is his follow-up book to The Ignatian Adventure. We are asking you to purchase the book by Sept. 20th if you wish to participate in this Ignatian spirituality adventure.
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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 Weekday Liturgy
5:15 p.m., Gesu Chapel
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JST-SCU Commencement Mass & Reception
5:15 - 8 p.m., JST Gesu Chapel
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JST-SCU Lay Sending Service
10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., JST Gesu Chapel
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JST-SCU 2024 Commencement Exercises
3 - 5 p.m. Join us for the 2024 Commencement Exercises of the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University. Light reception to follow
Please RSVP here by Mary 8, 2024
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SCU Events and Announcements |
Metaphor, Myth and Politics: Art from Native Printmakers
De Saisset Museum at SCU features recent prints by Kenojuak Ashevak (Inuit), Marwin Begaye (Diné [Navajo]), Nicholas Galanin (Tlingit/Aleut), Wendy Red Star (Crow), C. Maxx Stevens (Seminole/Muscogee), and other Native and Indigenous printmakers from across the globe, all drawn from the collection of UC Davis’ C.N. Gorman Museum. These inventive works reveal the diverse points of view and styles of art present in the world of contemporary Native printmaking. Traveling exhibition Metaphor, Myth, & Politics: Art from Native Printmakers is the product of a partnership between the C.N. Gorman Museum at UC Davis and Exhibit Envoy. This exhibit is all online, October 1 - December 2.
http://scupresents.org/performances/exhibition-metaphor-myth-politics-art-native-printmakers
Archive Exhibit: The Samurai and the Cross: Life and Death in Christian Japan, 1549-1650
Curated by Prof. M. Antoni J. Ucerler, S.J., Director of the Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History, this exhibit explores the reality of Jesuit missionaries in Japan in the late 16th and early 17th centuries through use of Japanese texts, European rare books, paintings, and other written and visual media. Many of these missionaries were martyred by Japanese authorities and went on to develop mythical proportions in Jesuit rhetoric.
The gallery space is on the third floor of the Learning Commons and Library, next to the Archives & Special Collections Reading Room. Exhibit hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday when the learning commons is open and by appointment. On display from September 20 through December 10. For more information: https://www.scu.edu/library/asc/exhibits/samurai/
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Mass of the Holy Spirit
Noon PDT
Join the entire Santa Clara University Community for a special Mass followed by a picnic on the St. Ignatius lawn. Mask and SCU ACCESS ID required to attend. Those unable to attend in person may watch the livestream of the Mass here.
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COVID-19, Vaccinations and Back to School: The Pandemic's Impact and Vaccinations in Kids
11:00 - 11:30, PDT via zoom
The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics will elaborate further on the impact that the pandemic is having on children, as well as vaccinations for 12-18-year-olds and the outlook on COVID-19 vaccinations for children under 12.
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The Water Project
Oct. 1 & 2, 8:00 pm., Oct. 3, 2:00 p.m. PDT, Mayer Theater, SCU
A multi-media performance work of collaboration between five departments which integrates dance, choral music, animation, and projected imagery. The Water Project explores all things water: its sacred essence and beauty, its positive and destructive power, and humanity’s role in controlling and commodifying water. This performance addresses our strong reliance on water and the impending crisis that could impact life as we know it today.
A talk back will follow the Friday & Saturday shows.
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Water Justice in the 21st Century - Near and Far
5:00 p.m., Dance Studio A, SCU Campus
A public talk by Dr. Iris Stewart-Frey (Environmental Science) and Dr. Ed Maurer (Civil Engineering)
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Faculty Recital: Hans Boepple
7:30 p.m., PDT, Music Recital Hall at SCU
Professor Boepple will devote his recital to masterworks by two of his favorite composers, J. S. Bach and Frederic Chopin. Included will be Bach’s Partita No. 4 and Chopin’s Barcarolle and Scherzo No. 2.
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GTU News and Events |
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GTU Welcome Reception
4:00 p.m. PDT
The GTU Dean’s Office cordially invites all members of the GTU Consortial Community, new and returning MA and PhD students, faculty, and staff to a virtual GTU Welcome Reception. Please join us online in celebration of the new academic year!
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A Strigilated Universe: the Cosmogonic Significance of Primordial Gravitation Radiation
5:00 p.m. PDT via Zoom
Dr. Kirk Wegter-McNelly, Dona and Marshall Robinson Assistant Professor of Science, Philosophy and Religion at Union College in Schenectady, New York, will review developments in the observation of gravitational waves and discuss their implications for our understanding of how the visible universe began. He also will discuss a related tension in the construction of theories of the early universe that sheds light on the challenge of doing physics on “the whole.”
This event is free and open to the public. Please email Matt Hartman, mhartman@gtu.edu to register and receive the Zoom link. For more information please see the CTNS Fellowship page.
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Biblical Exegesis Workshop
10:00 a.m. via zoom
Join librarian Naw San KD to learn to use both print and online resources for biblical exegesis available through the GTU library and on the Internet
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GTU Students and Family Picnic Potluck
4:30 - 8:30 p.m. PDT, Codornices Park, 1201 Euclid Avenue, Berkeley
Hosted by the Beloved Community Students Union, come and share your favorite dish from your culture. Reconnect with fellow students and meet new friends. Games and prizes! Family members welcome!
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Engaging Hypotheticals: Groundwork for the Study of Theology in a Secular Academic Context
1:00 p.m. PDT via zoom
In this paper, Dr. Kirk Wegner-McNelly explores the potential fruits of treating theological claims not from a confessional perspective as products of “faith seeking understanding” but from a secular perspective as hypotheses to be investigated alongside those of science. His analysis hinges on the notion that hypotheses worthy of our consideration are not always testable hypotheses.
This virtual event is free and open to the public. Please email Matthew Hartman (mhartman@gtu.edu) with any questions. For more information please see the CTNS Fellowship page.
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Library Resources for Out of State Students (or Just out of the Bay Area)
9:00 - 9:30 a.m. PDT via zoom
Are you away from the Bay Area? Learn about using the ATLA reciprocal borrowing program (US & Canada), Interlibrary Loan, and Worldcat.org to get print materials for your research.
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Excellence in Academic Writing
10:00 a.m. PDT via zoom
You are invited to a workshop on "Excellence in Academic Writing," facilitated by Dr. Ted Peters.
RSVP to cmotupalli@gtu.edu for Zoom information.
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Embodied Virtue: Self-sacrifice of the Bodhisattva in Early Buddhist Narrative and Art
noon - 1:00 p.m. PDT via zoom
CARe’s Post Doctoral Fellow in East Asian Art & Religion, Dr. Dessi Vendova, will be giving our first event of the semester -- a presentation of her recent work on the life of the Buddha.
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Landscapes and Inscapes: A Pilgrimage Through Art
6:00 - 7:30 p.m. PDT via zoom
From the earliest centuries to today, humans have mapped one sacred landscape onto another to engender an experience of closeness to their ancestors, to their homeland, or to the divine. It is a practice that crosses cultures and time – from the Jain mandalas linked to far-away Mount Meeru to seven-circuit labyrinths in turf and stone. Such kinetic, synesthetic, and haptic artistic expressions have taken on a particular urgency in this time of pandemic as travel was curtailed and loved ones were far out of reach. In this talk Dr. Kathryn Barush will explore the idea of installation art as an embodied experience of pilgrimage that helps foster a sense of connection and communitas.
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GTU Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Event
1:00 - 2:00 p.m followed by office hours, via zoom
Those interested in learning more about CPE in the Bay Area are welcome to attend. For more details about CPE please see: https://www.acpe.edu/. Please contact Mary Beth Lamb (melamb@scu.edu) for the Zoom meeting invite.
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Community Events and Resources |
Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice
Women Engaging the Catholic Social Tradition
JST MDiv student Elise Dubravec is working with the Lane Center for Catholic Social Thought at USF on the Women Engaging the Catholic Social Tradition initiative, begun by a group of scholars who recognize how women-identified persons have shaped the Catholic social tradition (CST) in thought and action even as their experiences and voices are marginalized in Catholic social teaching. It further hopes to transform CST in light of women’s lived experiences and struggles for justice.
In the months ahead, the Lane Center seeks to advance this vision to include Catholic women from all identities, ministries, and vocations. On the form, you can give consent to having your reflection shared on the website and social media. They want to hear your voice and welcome you to share your reflection to the following question:
In what ways does CST reflect or fail to reflect your joys and hopes, griefs and anxieties?Reflection responses can be submitted HERE.
Forming Our Consciences: Practicing our Faith in a World of Gray
Sponsored by St. Ignatius Parish in San Francisco, Forming Our Consciences: Practicing Our Faith in a World of Gray is a six-part series examining the formation of one’s conscience in a world that is often not black nor white, but gray. The series of six interconnected talks, delivered by distinguished spiritual guides and leaders, will take place over the course of the fall in 2021, and will include remarks around hot-button social issues that challenge our faith, alongside the opportunity for reflection and sharing.
Held on several Sundays, September 12 - December 5, 11:30 PT via zoom.
Register Here. Speakers include JST's Lisa Fulham and Lucas Sharma, SJ
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The Rising Global Cancer Pandemic: Health, Ethics and Social Justice
6:00 a.m. - 3:10 p.m. PDT, Boston College, Live and via zoom
Hosted by the Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good in the Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society in partnership with the Theology Department of the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences, the conference will bring together a distinguished group of scholars–from Boston College, across the United States, and internationally–in ethics, law, public policy, economics, global public health, and cancer prevention to examine the ethical challenges facing global cancer control in the 21st century.
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Calls for Papers, Grants and More |
Call for Papers: New Horizons-- NEW!!
In Volume 6 Issue 1, New Horizons, JST's peer-reviewed Graduate Journal, invites submissions on the themes of discernment, power, participation, and authority in the church. See the Call for Papers for more details.
Academic papers should be formatted according to the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th. Ed., and comprise between 2,000-4,000 words. Homilies and pastoral reflections are held to the same word count. Poetry, prayer, artwork, and photography are highly welcomed components of the journal.
Submissions should be uploaded by 5pm on November 1, 2021 to newhorizonsjst@scu.edu. Accepted submissions will be published in February 2022. Please email bkozee@scu.edu with any questions or inquiries.
Women of WIT (Women in Theology)
Are you a woman who occasionally writes a theologically informed reflection life, work or practice? Do you have something to say about an issue in your community, church, or the world at large? Preachers, do you have a sermon you want more than just your parish to hear?
Are you a woman of color who thinks white feminists need a bigger dose of womanist, mujerista, minjung or liberationist theology?
Are you NOT in North America and would like a largely English-speaking white feminist audience to hear and engage with your wisdom?
WIT (Women in Theology) is looking to expand our blog by adding more regular guest posts! So, if you are a woman with experience in the academic study of Christian theology—either as a graduate student or as a professor—and have some topics that you have been thinking about recently that you would like to get out to the public, please reach out to us!
If you are interested in contributing a guest post, please send us your post by email to witheology@gmail.com. Blog posts should be around 500–1000 words and we are open to any topics that you think would fit well with the aim of our blog. You should include a brief biographical statement to be included with your post that explains some of your theological background. See our other guest posts for examples of these biographical statements: https://womenintheology.org/category/guest-post/
We accept guest posts from women in all Christian denominations. Women of color, trans and queer women, international scholars, and those who do comparative theology are encouraged to participate. Please contact the editors at witheology@gmail.com with any questions.
For more information please visit the website.
FASPE Seminary Fellowships in Professional Ethics
FASPE is an intensive, two-week study program in professional ethics and ethical leadership. FASPE is neither a Holocaust studies course, nor a genocide prevention program. Rather, the curriculum is designed to challenge Fellows to critically examine constructs, current developments and issues that raise ethical concerns in their professions in contemporary settings in which they work.
The Fellowship is fully funded for between 12 and 16 applicants. FASPE Seminary applicants must either be enrolled in graduate school preparing for work as a religious leader at the time of application or they must be working as clergy with a relevant graduate degree received between May 2020 and January 2022. Those applying as students may be studying at a seminary, divinity school, rabbinical school, Muslim chaplaincy program or other graduate program related to religious OR theological training.
More information is available at this link. If you would like further information about FASPE or its programs, please visit the website www.faspe-ethics.org. Additionally, FASPE will host a virtual information session on October 26, 2021 at 9 a.m. PST. Potential applicants can register here.
In line for the BBQ after the Mass of the Holy Spirit in the CDSP courtyard. Photo by Wilson Ngema.
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