Our nation's legacy with Thanksgiving is complex, deeply tainted by genocide and injustice, yet filled with loving tradition and the yearning to do better, be better. We hope that everyone has time this week to rest and be filled with gratitude as you are surrounded by friends and family. We offer the short film of reflection for your prayer and your table. Have a safe and peaceful Thanksgiving, JST community.
Thanksgiving Address – Skä•noñh
Featured Event
Inaugural Thea Bowman Lecture with Dr. M. Shawn Copeland
Thank you to everyone who attended!
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What's Happening this Week at JST
Transgender Day of Remembrance 2022: A CLGS/PSR Chapel Service
Tuesday, November 22 | 11:10-12:00 PM | Zoom or PSR Bade Museum
The Center for LGBTQ & Gender Studies (CLGS) is partnering with Pacific School of Religion to host a special chapel service to commemorate Transgender Day of Remembrance, the day we remember the trans lives lost to anti-transgender rhetoric, policy, and violence.
JST Student Life will be walking over to PSR at 10:55am and warmly invites you to join us.
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Virtual Book Launch: "The Spiritual Exercises Reclaimed, 2nd Edition"
Tuesday, November 22 | 12:00-1:40 PM | Online
Elizabeth Liebert and Annemarie Paulin Campbell have published a 2nd edition of the popular book, The Spiritual Exercises Reclaimed: Uncovering Liberating Possibilities for Women, used by spiritual directors around the globe in accompanying women through the Spiritual Exercises. This 20th anniversary edition acknowledges obstacles the Exercises hold for women and does justice to women’s experience across cultural contexts and social locations. Drawing on new and younger women’s voices, the revised edition opens up new ways in which the Exercises offer liberating possibilities for women worldwide.
More Information and How to Register
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Thanksgiving Mass
Thursday, November 24 | 10:00 AM | Gesu Chapel
Come start your Thanksgiving off with community and gratitude at the 10AM Thanksgiving Mass.
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What's Happening Next Week at JST
Gumbo Night - Hosted by the Jean Donovan Lay Community & JST Student Life
Tuesday, November 29 | 6:15 PM | Manresa Lounge & Compania
Our Louisiana native, Alex Bishop (MDiv. Student) will be sharing her take on gumbo with the JST community. Join us after the Tuesday evening liturgy for a time of good food and reconnection after Thanksgiving break.
International Student Advising with Melissa Heid
Wednesday, November 30 | 8:30-4:00 PM | Cardoner
Director of SCU's Office of International Students and Scholars, Melissa Heid, will be making her final visit of the Fall semester on November 30th. International students have received an email and are encouraged to meet with Melissa by signing up at this link to get questions answered.
M.Div Student Lunch
Wednesday, November 30 | 12:00-2:00 PM | Manresa Lounge & Compania
M.Div students are invited to lunch with Deborah Ross, Chris Hadley, and Heidi Kallen.
Please RSVP to Mack Griffith (mgriffith@scu.edu) by Monday, November 21.
Lay-Led Advent Reconciliation Service
Co-Presiders: Joanna Elvis & Chris Williams
Thursday, December 1 | 5:15 PM | Gesu Chapel
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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, 11/22 |
Agyapong
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Connell |
Wednesday, 11/23 |
Ouedraogo |
Griener
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Thursday, 11/24 10AM Thanksgiving Mass
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Jayaraju
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No Liturgy
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Friday, 11/25 |
No Liturgy |
No Liturgy |
Saturday, 11/26 (8:30AM) |
Ndayisenga |
No Liturgy |
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Upcoming Lay-led Liturgies
Come to the chapel on Monday, November 28, 2022, to assist with a preparation of an Advent wreath.
Looking ahead, note today that on December 1, the JST community will gather for an Advent Reconciliation Service. Joanna Elvis and Chris Williams will co-preside.
Spiritual Formation Offerings
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Occasions for Personal Prayer
Morning Meditation | Gesù Chapel
Tuesday, 11/22 & Wednesday, 11/23 7:15 AM - 7:45 AM
Afternoon Meditation | Gesù Chapel
Tuesday, 11/22 1:30-2:00 PM
Spiritual Direction
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Advent Retreat in Daily Life
Enrich your Advent by participating with a week of retreat. Get the details and sign up here.
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, inquire about a ticket, propose an alternate pilgrimage, or simply trade pilgrim stories.
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. |
Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice 2022 Video Recordings
The Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice (IFTJ) is an annual gathering during which members of the Ignatian family (including Jesuit and other Catholic schools, parishes, and organizations) meet to reflect on social justice and advocacy. The Ignatian Family Teach-in October 22-24, 2022, took place in Washington D.C. Video recordings may be viewed here here: https://ignatiansolidarity.net/iftj/iftj-2022-livestream/.
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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Call for Papers - New Horizons | JST's Peer-Reviewed Student Journal
New Horizons, JST's peer-reviewed graduate student journal, is accepting publications this month for their next issue "This Is My Body." New Horizons invites pastoral, academic, and multimedia submissions that provide theological reflection on the Eucharist, sacramentality, liturgy, and the incarnation. Read the full call for papers and submit by 5pm on November 30. Email mlmetzger@scu.edu if you have any questions.
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Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass and Fiesta Dinner
Friday, December 9, 2022 | Mass at 5:15pm | Fiesta at 6:15pm | Gesu Chapel
To celebrate the feasts of Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe as well as the end of a wonderful semester, join us for a special fiesta dinner at 6:15pm following the 5:15pm liturgy.
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SCU Events
Native American Heritage Month
November 1st begins Native American Heritage Month! Join OML and the RRC as we honor and celebrate our Native and Indigenous community - locally, nationally, and globally. Stay tuned to our social media for more information about upcoming events and collaborations. In the meantime, take a listen to our Native American Heritage Month playlist on Spotify to support Native and Indigenous music artists!
GTU Events
Conversations: Engaging Ethiopian Iconography
Bonnie Hardwick, former director of the Graduate Theological Union Library and long- time iconographer, explores the multicultural influences expressed in the Ethiopian iconographic tradition. The conversation is multivalent: the iconographer’s engagement with the subject, the relationship between the icon and the viewer, the conversation within the icon itself, and ultimately an encounter with the Divine.
Exhibition | Sept. 1-Dec. 16, 2022
Location | Blackfriars Gallery, 2301 Vine St., Berkeley, CA
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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