"As the world around us surges into a frenzied and festive December, let's take a step away from the party and ask the Holy Spirit to prepare our hearts for a deeper and truer celebration of Christmas — one that is not undermined by lamentation, but that is made more potent because of it."
― Kerry van der Vinne, Advent: Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room
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Featured Event
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Juan Diego & Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass & Fiesta
Friday, Dec. 9, 2022 | 5:15 PM Mass | 6:15 PM Fiesta | Gesu Chapel
Come celebrate the feasts of Juan Diego & Our Lady of Guadalupe as well as the end of another brilliant semester with a special evening Mass and fiesta to follow.
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Laudato Si Student Focus Groups
The Laudato Si Action Team is seeking input from students regarding your experience of ecological justice at JST. Dan Dixon and Annie Hayes have planned four focus group meetings during the first two weeks of December.
Please come talk with us on Tuesday, Dec. 6th right after Mass at 6pm at Chardin House (snacks and refreshments provided)!
If interested, please sign up on this sheet. We would love to have your voice be heard.
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What's Happening at JST
Sign Up for JST's Advent Prayer Series
Waiting in Joyful Hope is a daily Advent prayer series. Receive the daily reading and a reflection and prayer written by JST students, faculty, staff and contributors from the wider JST and SCU community. It's not too late to join! Subscribe here.
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Included in this Week's Magis
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Liturgy News
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| 8:00AM | 5:15PM |
Tuesday, 12/6 |
Yoda
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Griener |
Wednesday, 12/7
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T. Nguyen |
Tran w/ J. Rubio Preaching
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Thursday, 12/8
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Agbo
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Hadley w/ A. Pierre Preaching
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Friday, 12/9 |
Connell |
Fernandez |
Saturday, 12/10 (8:30AM) |
Havyarimana |
No Liturgy |
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A Note of Gratitude:
Our chapel’s preparation for Advent reflects the generous availability of Ryen Dwyer, Mack Griffith, Annie Hayes, Paul Kircher, Megan MacIver, and Mairead O’Regan. Thank you!
Spiritual Formation Offerings
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Occasions for Personal Prayer
Morning Meditation | Gesù Chapel
Tuesday -Friday 7:15 AM - 7:45 AM*
Afternoon Meditation | Gesù Chapel
Tuesday & Thursday 1:30-2:00 PM
Spiritual Direction
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Pilgrimage: Open Paths for the Wayfaring Spirit
Use this developing Pilgrimage Paths 2022-2023 catalog to identify or imagine your own pilgrimage.
Tickets for CARNE y ARENA are available for any interested student. The exhibit at the Craneway Pavilion in Richmond runs through January 28.
Email Stephen (sszolosi@scu.edu) to receive information about CARNE y ARENA.
Ministerial Formation Offerings
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RCIA/OCIA Faith Formation Webinars
Did you know that the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) ritual text has been undergoing a process of revision? The newly-revised translation for the dioceses of the United States will be renamed the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults.
The Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions (FDLC) is hosting a free webinar series on the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA). All webinars will be offered in both English and Spanish. Join the webinars live or view the recordings. |
Prophetic Communities: Organizing as an Expression of Catholic Social Thought
University of San Francisco | Thursday February 9th -Saturday February 11th, 2023
English with simulcast interpretation to Spanish
This conference will explore how Catholic theology and social thought has given rise to community organizing and how community organizers embody and shape the Catholic social tradition. Convened at the University of San Francisco, this three-day event will bring together scholars across disciplines with community organizers of various networks to build relationships, knowledge, and capacity for theological reflection and praxis. Our hope is that bridging the church, academy, and social movements, this conference will foster the solidarity and synodality that Pope Francis has envisioned. Please see: https://rsvp.usfca.edu/event/5bdcf7e5-b758-47e8-9d24-f7047c902f35/summary
Save the Date
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JST Offices will be CLOSED: December 22-January 2
Happy Holidays!
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GTU Events
Welcome Winter Celebration | GTU Spiritual Care & Chaplaincy Network
When: Wednesday, December 7th
Time: 5pm (Pacific) to whenever – Stop by anytime. Stay as long as you like.
Location: 2564 Virginia Street, Berkeley, and over Zoom (see details below)
RSVP: MEngle@ses.gtu.edu
Meet and network with other spiritual care and chaplaincy students and staff across the GTU-member schools! Expect a lightly guided informal conversation among like-minded persons focused on spiritual care, building relationships, and enjoying good company. This is about getting to know each other. Pizza and beverages will be provided at 2564 Virginia Street.
https://gtu.zoom.us/j/91284187770 NOTE: Because of the informal nature of this event, this event will not be recorded.
For more info, please email MEngle@ses.gtu.edu
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Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience (SOPHERE) Conference 2023: Religious Experience and the Phenomenology of Nature | 16th – 19th August 2023
CFP deadline: March 15 2023
(Hosted by the University of Galway and St. Angela’s College, Sligo)
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Abstracts/Papers
If you wish to present a paper, please send either an anonymized paper of no more than 3,000 words or an abstract of no more than 600 words free of any identifying information, and in Word format, to conferencegalway2023@sophere.org by March 15th 2023 (midnight Irish time). Although we are accepting abstracts, preference will be given to completed papers. In a separate document, send identifying information. You should receive an email acknowledging your submission.
We welcome abstracts from multiple perspectives, including from postgraduate researchers. Areas of interest include the first-person phenomenological perspective and research of religious experience in the following contexts (though not limited to these)
- Natural Theology and Revelation
- Religious Nature Poetry
- Eco-feminism
- Nature Aesthetics
- Environmental Aesthetics
- Naturphilosophie
- Eastern, Northern, and Southern Perspectives
- Nature and Grace
- Philosophy of Nature in Different Religious Traditions
- Metaphysics of Nature
- Subjectivity and Nature
- Phenomenology of Spiritual Practices in Nature
- Eco-phenomenology and Religious Experience
If you have any questions about the conference, please email the conference organizers:
Professor Felix Ó Murchadha: felix.omurchadha@universityofgalway.ie
Dr. Mary Shanahan: mshanahan@stangelas.ie
Professional Development Program Workshops
These workshops are primarily geared toward GTU doctoral students, but other students are welcome.
PDP Workshops GTU F22
Community Events
Undoing Time: Art and Histories of Incarceration at BAMPFA
September 3-December 18, 2022
The most recent Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archives exhibit considers the foundational roots of confinement from philosophical, sociological, theological, and art historical perspectives to better understand the fact that today's mass incarceration crisis has been centuries in the making.
Resources
COVID-19 Vaccines & Other Immunizations
Please the SCU Prepared Site for all COVID Related Information
Free COVID-19 Vaccine Locations Near JST:
word on the street: An OML/RRC Podcast
Word on the street is that the word on the street podcast is where it's at! We in OML (Office of Multicultural Learning) and the RRC (Rainbow Resource Center) continue to bring you new episodes of our podcast, word on the street. If you are not already subscribed to the podcast, click on the link above to follow us on Spotify! If you would like to record an episode with us, please send us an email at oml@scu.edu.
Mental Health Resources through SCU | CAPS 24/7
JST-SCU students have access to
- 24/7/365 Mental Health Support Line - 408-554-5220 (press 1 to reach the 24/7 support line)
- Free telehealth or off campus face-to-face counseling sessions
- Access to multiple mental health educational resources
See the Cowell Health Center for more details
We're Hiring - Student Employee Positions Available
Please see the this page for information on openings for student employment.
JST Calendar Highlights
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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 Weekday Liturgy
5:15 p.m., Gesu Chapel
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