“Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love…When we understand love as the will to nurture our own and another’s spiritual growth, it becomes clear that we cannot claim to love if we are hurtful and abusive. Love and abuse cannot coexist.” - bell hooks (1952-2021)
Featured Event
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Solidarity Supper
Valentine's Day Screening of "The Letter"
Tuesday, February 14 | 6:00PM | Manresa Lounge
Show your love for the Earth this Valentine's day by joining the Laudato Si Action Platform Initiative Committee for the screening of The Letter: A Message for our Earth.
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What's Happening This Week at JST
Q&A and Documentary Screening | Fr. Greg Boyle and Homeboy Industries
Wednesday, February 15 | 3:00-5:00PM | JST Manresa Lounge
Want to know about Homeboy Industries' roots and programs before Fr Boyle's talk on February 21? JST Students Laura Miera, from Homeboy, and Tomi Korsa, from HB's birthplace (Jesuit parish Dolores Mission) will lead a Q&A and show excerpts from 2 acclaimed documentaries about Father Greg.
25 signed copies of Fr Boyle's classic book Tattoos on the Heart will be given away to attendees at the screening event.
Liturgy in Spanish
Wednesday, Feb. 15 | 5:15PM | Gesu Chapel
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FREE Books Available until February 17
We have organized the Montserrat Lounge (JST basement) bookshelves for you to scan through and take all the books that might be useful for you. Everything is for free and it will be on a first-come, first-serve basis.
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Included in this Week's Magis
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Kudos Corner
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Congratulations to our new JST trivia champions, The Trivia Watchers, who unseated our reigning champs by .5 points!
Also a special thank you to our biblical studies faculty, Gina Hens-Piazza, James Nati, and Jeremiah Coogan, for preparing and serving a phenomenal supper!
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We want to celebrate our community's achievements! Please let us know if you have something to celebrate such as an award, a recognition, the completion of a major project, etc. |
Spiritual Formation & Liturgy
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Prayer Periods | Gesù Chapel
Tuesday to Friday, Feb. 14-17, 12:30-1:15PM
Next week, from 12:30 PM until 1:15 PM, we will hold space for common, silent prayer in the chapel. We will toll the bell at the beginning of these prayer periods. Stop in for a moment or sit for the entire period!
Bibliodrama
Wednesday, March 1, 7 -9 PM
What is Bibliodrama?
On Wednesday, March 1, from 7-9 PM, we hope to gather 6-12 JST community members to participate in a lenten Bibliodrama. Susanne Rushmann, a trained facilitator, will support this group's engagement with Scripture.
Please inform Susanne or Stephen directly or utilize this form to share that interest: https://forms.gle/dTa1Dw1gCyGzdnCv7 |
Lay Retreat
Friday - Sunday, April 14- 16, 2023 Not too late to share your interest! Share your Availability for Lay Retreat to support our reservation of a facility. Use the form or email Stephen right away!
Mass in Spanish
On Wednesday evening, Mass will be celebrated in Spanish.
Liturgy Presider Schedule
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Tuesday, 2/14 |
Wednesday, 2/15 |
Thursday, 2/16 |
Friday, 2/17 |
Saturday 2/18 8:30AM |
8:00AM |
Kinzamba |
Santamaria Belda |
Koffi |
Hsu |
KImpeye |
5:15PM |
Zas Friz |
Yoda |
Funes |
Ngwenya |
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Save the Date
JST Memorial Mass for Fr. Joe Mueller, SJ
Saturday, February 25 | 10:30AM PST
Saint Mary Magdalen Church
2005 Berryman St., Berkeley, CA
Tuesday Night Solidarity Supper Programming
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February 21 | Conversation with Fr. Greg Boyle, Homeboy Industries with JST Student Laura Miera
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February 28 | Screening of the Film, The Descendant
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March 7 | Jerome Bible Commentary Editor Panel
Annual JST Talent Show
Friday, March 17, 2023 (doors open 7:30pm, show at 8:00pm) | Manresa and Compania
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Special Programs
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Upcoming Conferences
RECongress
February 23-26, 2023 | recongress.org
The Los Angeles Religious Education Congress is the largest annual gathering of its kind in the world. This four-day event is held at the Anaheim Convention Center and is sponsored by the Office of Religious Education for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. RECongress began in 1956 as an institute for religious education teachers. Since then, RECongress has grown to include people of all ministries, vocations, and faiths.
If you are interested in attending the congress, please contact Carlos Rodriguez (crodriguez2@scu.edu). Angelenos and LA Congress veterans are especially welcome!
CHA Theology and Ethics Colloquium
March 15-17, 2023 | St. Louis, MO
As part of an effort by the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA) to help prepare graduate students for a career in Catholic health care ethics, CHA is offering a limited number of scholarships to the 2023 Theology and Ethics Colloquium, "Catholic Identity and American Culture," Wednesday, March 15, to Friday, March 17, 2023 at the Chase Park Plaza Royal Sonesta Hotel in St. Louis. The scholarships are designed to support the educational and professional development of the next generation of ethicists and theologians for the Catholic health care ministry.
Scholarships will include complimentary program registration, roundtrip coach airfare to and from St. Louis, and hotel accommodations the evenings of March 15 and 16, 2023.
Application which is due February 10, 2023: 2023 Theology & Ethics Colloquium: Scholarship Opportunity
Feel free to contact nhibner@chausa.org with any questions.
Climate & Environmental Justice Conference
April 27-28, 2023 | Santa Clara University
The Environmental Justice and Common Good Initiative is pleased to announce the 2023 free conference, entitled “Climate & Environmental Justice Conference: Faith-based, community-based, and academic collaboration for action” to be held at Santa Clara University and online from April 27– 28, 2023. The conference will advance the work of organizing community-university alliances and partnerships to promote climate and environmental justice in Northern California, across Latin America, and throughout Jesuit higher education. See the preliminary program and stay tuned for future announcements about how to engage. Registration is open and it is free.
Check the conference website frequently for updates, and, please direct questions to environmentaljustice@scu.edu.
SCU Events
Exploring the Integration of Faith, Justice, and the Intellectual Life in Jesuit, Catholic Higher Education
As the first director of the Bannan Institute (now the Bannan Forum), Robert Senkewicz premised his original vision “on the notion that struggling with the question of our Catholic and Jesuit identity is one way in which we can become a better and more genuine university.” This issue of explore returns to and continues that vision.
Current Art Exhibitions at Santa Clara University
Threshold.
February 7 - March 16, 2023 | Edward M. Dowd Art and Art History Building | Artist: Daren Kendall
More Information
con. Text. Portraits by Bryan Ida | New Art Exhibition
January 24 - June 17, 2023 | de Saisset Museum | Artist: Bryan Ida
Winter Hours | January 24 - March 17 | Tues-Sun 11am-4pm
More Information
GTU Events
The Sixth Annual Borsch-Rast Lecture feat. Dr. Kate Barush
Friday, March 3 | 5:00PM | GTU Dinner Board Room | 2400 Ridge Road Berkeley, CA
The Graduate Theological Union is pleased to host Dr. Kathryn Barush, Thomas E. Bertelsen Jr. Associate Professor of Art History and Religion, as the sixth annual Borsch-Rast Lecture for 2021 publication, Imaging Pilgrimage: Art as Embodied Experience (Bloomsbury Visual Arts). Dr. Barush will be joined by Dr. Simon Coleman, who will be responding to her book. Dr. Coleman is Chancellor Jackman Professor, Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto and his most recent book is Powers of Pilgrimage: Religion in a World of Movement.
Contact Sabrina Kennedy by February 21 by 5:00pm at skennedy@gtu.edu if you would like to attend in person.
Zoom registration found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-sixth-annual-borsch-rast-lecture-tickets-520051166037
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CALLS FOR PAPERS
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GTU Graduate Student Conference on Women and Religion
When: All proposals must be submitted to Diane Saunders at wsr@ses.gtu.edu no later than the CFP deadline, March 1, 2023. The committee will contact you by March 24, 2023 to notify you of its decision. If your proposal is accepted, please be prepared to share a copy of your paper with your moderator and fellow panelists by March 31, 2023.
Where: This conference will take place in the Dinner Board Room, on the 3rd floor of the Flora Lamson Hewlett Library.
Please direct any questions to WSR Program Coordinator Diane Saunders at wsr@ses.gtu.edu
More information & Submission Form Link
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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 | Hosted by the University of Galway and St. Angela’s College, Sligo
CFP deadline: March 15 2023 | More Information & Full Call for Papers
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Spring 2023 GTU CARe Writing Prize
Write an essay of 1200-1500 words on artwork, themes, and/or content from a current or upcoming Doug Adams Gallery exhibition for the chance to win $250!
Deadline for submissions is Monday, March 20, 9am (Pacific Time) and all papers should be sent to care@gtu.edu.
Find out more at www.gtu.edu/caregrants or email lwebster@gtu.edu with any questions!
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Summer 2023 Interreligious Research Grants | 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 cosponsored 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 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.
Deadline: Monday, April 3, 2023 | More information & Submission Guidelines
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Community Events
Diocese of Oakland Job Fair
Saturday, March 4, 2023 | 10:00am - 12:00noon St. Theresa Parish | 4850 Clarewood Drive Oakland, CA 94618
Resources
COVID-19 Vaccines & Other Immunizations
Please the SCU Prepared Site for all COVID Related Information
Free COVID-19 Vaccine Locations Near JST:
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
Campus Safety Services
Campus Safety Services encourages students, faculty, and staff to be an active participant in your personal and community safety. The following safety reminders will help keep campus safety a priority:
- Always lock your vehicle and residence upon exiting and at night; if you live off-campus, consider investing in a doorbell camera device
- Never store valuables in your vehicle
- Use fortified locks when securing your bicycle or skateboard
- Be aware of your surroundings and report suspicious activity to Campus Safety and/or the Berkeley Police Department
- CSS: (408) 554-4441
- BPD: 911 or from a cell phone call 510-981-5911
- Prioritize and respect your own mental health; encourage others to do the same
Hours of Operation
Campus Safety Service is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We have two shifts to serve you, 6a-6p and 6p-6a respectively. Our dispatch center is located in the Main Parking Structure (Building 714). Please contact us anytime at (408) 554-4441. You can also go to https://www.scu.edu/campus-safety/
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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