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| Liturgy NewsEveryone 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.
Wednesday, September 29, 5:15 will be a Mass in Spanish.
Presider Schedule
Tuesday 9/28 8:00 Soo Young Park, SJ 5:15 Anh Tran, SJ
Wednesday 9/29 8:00 Trieu Nguyen, SJ 5:15 Mass in Spanish: Rossano Zas-Friz, SJ
Thursday 9/30 8:00 Kapyunga Nyirenda, SJ 5:15 Marty Connell, SJ
Friday 10/1 8:00 Ming-Te Hsu, SJ 5:15 Marko Pavlič, SJ
Saturday 10/2 8:30 TBA |
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Of Interest Elsewhere |
Unpacking Histories: Reflecting on the relations of Indigenous Peoples and Jesuits in what we currently call the U.S. and Canada
This academic year, the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the U.S. will host a learning series on the relationship between Indigenous Peoples and the Jesuits in North America. Over four sessions, they will feature Indigenous and Jesuit voices to reflect on the history between Jesuits and Indigenous Peoples.
There is no single version of this history, one that is full of brokenness and beauty, so it will be looked at from many angles. Session topics will include: an introduction to Jesuit ministries to Indigenous peoples, history of Jesuit-run Indigenous boarding schools, Indigenous spirituality, and opportunities for legislative advocacy.
Kick Off Thursday September 30th: 9:30amPT-1:15pm PDT. Later dates, Dec. 2, January 20, and March 17, all 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. PST.
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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 |
Dialogue Circles - Diversity
As we begin the 2021-2022 academic year and in the spirit of fostering a community of belonging, the Office for Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) is coordinating a series of Dialogue Circles over the first two weeks of the Fall 2021 quarter as an opportunity for members of the SCU community (faculty, staff and students) to talk and engage with each other.
Sept. 27 and 29, 3:30-5:00 p.m. PDT, Sept. 30, 12:00-1:30 p.m. PDT, Oct. 1, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. PDT
See the website to register: https://www.scu.edu/diversity/education-and-training/dialogue-circles/
8 minute Lunchtime Examen
Join SCU’s Division of Mission and Ministry for a weekly 8-minute Lunchtime Examen every Friday, 12:51-12:59 p.m. PDT. A team of faculty, staff, and students will take turns leading the Examen each Friday over Zoom. Aware of just how much we are all going through these days, the team hopes to provide a calm, welcoming presence as we journey together in community through the Examen. We hope students, faculty, and staff from any religious, secular, or spiritual identity feel supported and welcomed in this experience. No need to register. Click HERE for zoom details.
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 the Mass in person may access the livestream 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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Curator's Talk and Guided Visit for The Samurai and the Cross Exhibit
4:00 - 5:30 p.m. PDT, SCU Library and Livestream
Join us in-person* or virtually for a curator’s talk and guided visit by Fr. M. Antoni J. Ucerler, S.J., consultant for Martin Scorsese’s film Silence, of the exhibit The Samurai & the Cross: Life and Death in Christian Japan, 1549–1650, now on display in the Archives & Special Collections Gallery.
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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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Out and About: Celebrating SCU's LGBTQ+ History - A Night with BD Wong
5:00 - 7:00 p.m. PDT TBD
Join the Rainbow Resource Center as we host a night with BD Wong, the 2021-22 Frank Sinatra Artist-in-Residence. We will hear from BD about his experience with BIPOC/LGBTQ+ activism while discussing LGBTQ+ history. The program will end with a Q&A with BD.
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BD Wong: An Actor's Journey, An Artist's Vision
7:00-8:15 p.m. PDT, SCU Mayer Theater and livestream
Join this year’s Sinatra Artist-in-Residence BD Wong for a performance kicking off his residency at Santa Clara University. In person tickets are reserved for students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University. The general public will be able to view the event via livestream. Registration will open soon.
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GTU News and Events |
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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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"Post-Gay": How Queer Values Benefit All Peoples with Rabbi Joshua Lesser
1:00 p.m. PDT via Zoom
This High Holy Day season, Rabbi Lesser will reflect on whether “post-gay” is a form of assimilationism or a way to demonstrate how queer values benefit everyone.
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A Play for the End of the World: A Conversation with Author Jai Chakrabarti
12:00 p.m. via zoom
Join the Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies and the Mira & Ajay Shingal Center for Dharma Studies for a conversation between Jai Chakrabarti and Dan Schifrin about Chakrabarti's dazzling debut novel, A Play for the End of the World (Knopf). The book, which takes place during the Warsaw Ghetto and 1970s India, is a provocative exploration of the role of art in times of political upheaval, and a moving reminder of the power of the past to shape the present. Chakrabarti and Schifrin will discuss the intersections of Indian and Jewish culture, and the complicated ethics of literary channeling vs. cultural borrowing.
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The Bible But Make it Kinky: A Queer Reading of Traumatic Bible Stories: A CLGS Lavender Lunch with Kendra Twenter
12:15-1:15 p.m. PDT via zoom
In this CLGS Lavender Lunch Kendra Twenter centers women of the Bible who were abused, unnamed, and used to justify the inappropriate crossing of boundaries. Based upon a video series that she created for her Final Project for a Certificate of Sexuality & Religion from Pacific School of Religion, Kendra will discuss some essential aspects of kink and sex as they appear in the biblical accounts of Bathsheba, the Whore of Babylon, and the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. She will also explore aspects of the ongoing abuse and mistreatment of women today.
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Madrasa-Midrasha| Psychoanalysis in Judaism and Islam
noon PDT via zoom
Join us for a conversation on Psychoanalysis in Judaism and Islam with Dr. Naomi Seidman (University of Toronto) and Dr. Omnia El Shakry (UC Davis).
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The Role of Latinx Faith Communities in HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care with Carolina Ramos: a CLGS Queer and Latinx Faith Conversation
noon - 1:15 p.m. PDT via zoom
Join us as we explore CLGS’ new LGBTQ+ Latinx Health Guide on HIV/AIDS for Faith Communities with Carolina Ramos!
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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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CLGS Annual Georgia Harkness Lecture
6:30 p.m. PDT via zoom
Veiled metaphors and transgressive embodiments of Hebrew and Greek bibles have been ignored, forgotten or intentionally omitted forgotten. Using early Christian and Medieval art as inspiration, Bishop Rohrer will make an unapologetic case for reading scripture with a genuinely trans aesthetic.
The Rev. Dr. Megan Rohrer (they/he) is the first openly transgender Bishop of a mainline Christian denomination, currently serving as Bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
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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 |
Double Vision: Art from Jesuit University Collections
An exhibit inspired by the Stations of the Cross, it features art from three Midwest Jesuit campus museums: Loyola University Museum of Art (Loyola University Chicago), the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art (Saint Louis University), and the Haggerty Museum of Art (Marquette University). The exhibit features an online interactive space, as well as a digital catalogue with an introductory essay contributed by noted Jesuit artist and historian, Rev. Tom Lucas, S.J. Double Vision will be featured at Marquette's Haggerty Museum through December 19.
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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Who is My Neighbor? Washington, Afghanistan, Haiti
4:00 - 5:00 PDT via livestream
This event will focus on the haunting and timely question of “Who is my neighbor?” in the midst of an ongoing global pandemic, humanitarian crises in Haiti and Afghanistan, and a racial reckoning here in the nation’s capital and across the United States.
This unique virtual gathering of young people will begin with a welcome from Cardinal Wilton Gregory, and then move to a conversation with a young Latino who works at Catholic Charities and a Muslim woman working on issues of inclusion and democracy on the message of Pope Francis and challenges of Fratelli Tutti for young people across the boundaries of faith, background, and politics. Then the conversation on “Who is my neighbor?” will continue with a recently arrived Afghan refugee, a Haitian leader with Catholic Relief Services, and a principal at a Catholic elementary school in Washington, DC.
This dialogue is an extension of the Theology on Tap programs of The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington and the Salt and Light and Latino Leader Gatherings of the Initiative. The Archdiocese and Initiative are grateful to Scholas Occurrentes for their partnership with this gathering.
All who have RSVP’d will receive an email with instructions on how to join the livestream.
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Calls for Papers, Grants and More |
Call for Book Proposals for book series, Phenomenologies of Religious Experience--NEW!!
This series invites proposals in classical phenomenology, French phenomenology, pre- and post-phenomenologies, and in methodologies that bridge phenomenology and analytic philosophy. In accord with Husserl’s original intent, the series welcomes attempts to locate spiritual or religious experience within a broader theory of the sciences (Wissenschaftslehre) and to expand phenomenology towards transcendental philosophy and metaphysics.
The series is published in cooperation with the Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience, www.sophere.org.
Click here For More Information
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.
Call for Papers: New Horizons
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.
Renewal Program on a trip to the UC Botanical Garden: Marvin Felipe, Liza Mbinkar, Carrie Rehak, Mary Gladys Diyen and Deusdedit Byebalilo. Photo by Marvin Felipe.
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