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| March 4, 2024 | Issue Twenty-One |
Featured Event
What's Happening at JST
Monday | Mar. 4
Tuesday | Mar. 5JST Community Night | Professor Jennifer Wright Knust “Gospels, Historical Distance, and the Truths of Resemblance”Tuesday, Mar. 5 | 6:00 PM Supper | 7:00 PM Lecture (Loyola) Wednesday | Mar. 6Midweek Mindfulness1:00-1:15pm | Gesu Chapel | Zoom | Instagram: @JSTSCU We welcome you to join with others in a quiet mindfulness practice. This is a perfect practice to explore this Lent! Come by gently guided to center breath, realign presence, and reconnect to Spirit. Zoom Meeting ID: 946 3140 0969 Thursday | Mar. 7Contemplative Walk2:30-3:30 PM | JST Chapel Bell Meet at the chapel bell to join others to reconnect to the world around us. Saturday | Mar. 9Planting Justice Immersion9:00-2:00 PM | El Sobrante Join a JST group and come volunteer for a morning with Planting Justice at their farm site in El Sobrante. Planting Justice is an organization that works to transform the food system, providing produce to local and food desert communities, and jobs for formerly incarcerated persons. See https://plantingjustice. Come, Get Involved!
Included in This Week's Magis
Kudos Corner
Spiritual Formation & Liturgy
Contemplative Walk: Th, 2:30 - 3:30 PMJoin Laryn Kovalik for a contemplative walk; meet her and others re-engaging with the world by meeting by the JST bell on Thursday. Midweek Mindfulness: Beginning February 14, weekly on Wednesdays through Spring Semester. 1:00-1:15pm.
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Friday, 3/8 |
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| 8:00AM | Krol | Ngwenya | Ghattamaneni | Moloney |
| 5:15PM | Hadley | Murphy | Taize Service: T. Korsa & J. Almeria | Musoni |
On Thursday, Tomi Korsa and Julius Almeria will preside at a Taize service around the cross.
On Friday at 1 PM, Alexandra Bishop will preside at a simple Lenten Stations of the Cross in the chapel.
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Chaplaincy Innovation Lab Book ClubFor the Spring 2024 season of the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab Book Club, participants will discuss Shelly Rambo’s Spirit and Trauma: A Theology of Remaining. For further details and to register please see: https://chaplaincyinnovation.org/resources/book-club
Spiritual Infrastructure for the FutureThis 4-meeting course, offered through Union Theological Seminary’s Lifelong Learning program, will consider the “Spiritual Infrastructure of the Future,” where chaplains fit into it, and how those interested in the work of spiritual care can begin pursuing leadership in this area. The course is a partnership between Chaplaincy Innovation Lab and Union Theological Seminary. For further details, please see: https://chaplaincyinnovation.org/event/spiritual-infrastructure-future |
Listen to Dean Bator talk to the SCU community about "The Future of a Listening Church." |
This spring 2024, JST-SCU will be hosting a series of convening moments to dialogue and engage with the process of the synod within our global Church.
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Recording Available | Restoring Catholic Women to the Permanent Diaconate: Is Now the Time?For those who were unable to join us on 2/22 for Ellie Hildago's presentation, the recording is now available: http://tinyurl.com/discerningdeacons |
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Synodal Moment: How to Celebrate and Welcome the Gifts of Women in Ministry in a Synodal Church with Maria Cimperman, RSCJThursday, March 21 | 12:00 PM PST | Online |
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Synodal Moment: How to Become an All-Missionary Synodal Church that Welcomes the Vocations and Ministries of All its Members with Cardinal McElroyWednesday, April 24 | 12:00 PM PST | Online |
Toward a Constitutively Synodal Church
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The Third Intercontinental Massive Online Course will be offered asynchronously at no cost during the month of March and is organized by Dr. Rafael Luciani, Dr. Serena Noceti, Dr. Carlos Maris Galli, Dr. Agenor Bridhenti, and Dr. Felix Palazzi. The course will include a presentation about the Synod on Synodality as well as lectures on Decision Making Models, Charisms and Ministries, and Structures for a Synodal Church. You can access the course via this link: https://formaciononline.bc.edu |
Women and Synodality: Where Can We Go From Here?
Thursday-Friday, May 2-3, 2024 | In-Person RSVP
Writing Program Email List Sign-Up
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IHEAR Summer Training Program
Applications Due: March 4, 2024
The UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health offers a summer training program focused on Integrative Health Equity and Applied Research (IHEAR) for students in health professions and behavioral and social sciences doctoral programs. Integrative health equity is an emerging field focused on applying integrative approaches to improving health among underserved and vulnerable populations and testing models to improve access to integrative medicine in inadequately resourced settings.
This NIH-funded program aims to build the capacity and diversity of the integrative medicine research workforce to advance health equity.
The 2024 program runs from June 10 - August 2, 2024. Applications are due by noon PST on Monday, March 4, 2024. To apply or learn more visit: https://osher.ucsf.edu/education/ihear. Please direct inquiries to Yvette Coulter at yvette.coulter@ucsf.edu.
Digital Humanity?: Artificial Intelligence, Spirituality, and the Art of Human Connection
In-Person Registration Closes: March 15, 2024
Online Registration Closes: March 21, 2024
Register here for Digital Humanity?: Artificial Intelligence, Spirituality, and the Art of Human Connection, the 4th annual graduate student conference hosted by the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston college. This conference is free and open to the public.
"The God of us All: Praying with Black Spirituality" | Jesuit Anti-Racism Solidarity 8 Day Retreat
Interested in attending this summer’s Jesuit Anti-Racism Sodality 8-day Retreat? “The God of us All: Praying with Black Spirituality” is an individually directed retreat that offers participants an opportunity to spend time in song, prayer, and community to experience the transformative nature of the Spirit moving through two deep traditions: Black Spirituality and Ignatian Spirituality. The retreat will be June 24-July 3 at the Loyola Retreat and Ecology Campus (LUREC) in Woodstock, IL. Click here for more information and to express interest. Space is limited to 15 retreatants.
Lenten Day of Recollection
Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology
Mar. 9 | 2301 Vine Street Berkeley, CA 94708 | RSVP Here
Guest speaker: Fr. Patrick Rooney, O.P. | Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Ávila.
Light breakfast and lunch will be provided. Reach out to bbermudez@dspt.edu with questions.
"Homeward Bound" | Cantare Chorale Concert
Saturday, March 16 | 7:30 PM | Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church
Sunday, March 17 | 4:00 PM | First Presbyterian Church, Oakland
See the concert site for more details
Paul Kircher invites you to "Homeward Bound," Cantare Chorale's 25th anniversary concert of favorites from our repertoire over the last 25 years. We present a program of music by American composers, including "Chichester Psalms," a set of psalms in three movements composed in 1965 by Leonard Bernstein for the Chichester Music Festival, which we will perform in Hebrew with adult choir and boy solo. Other highlights include American folk melodies, a Spiritual, a Gospel praise song, and several other selections. The chorus of over 120 singers will be joined by full orchestra. Please join us:
Paul is offering discount tickets in advance at $20 for JST faculty/staff and associates, and free tickets for JST and GTU students.
Please contact Paul at pkircher@scu.edu as soon as possible to reserve your tickets.
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary | 2024 Luther Lecture
"When Ethics Kills: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Story of Us" | Dr. Reggie Williams
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 | 10:00 am | 2000 Center Street, Suite 200 Berkeley, CA
In-Person Registration | Online Registration
The real challenges we face in our work to cultivate healthy community and human flourishing are not the ones that typically catch our attention and focus our efforts. The problems are more than the overt injustices; they exist as unidentified, and thus, intractable, presumptions that animate our efforts towards the good. Dietrich Bonhoeffer offers an example of this challenge.
He offers a sincere and lasting Christian response to the crisis in Germany that was contrast to the near wholesale acquiescence that was common among the general protestant German population. Yet, he also struggled with a common presumption, the problem of the human, i.e. an ideal to which we aspire without question. In this lecture we will take a brief look at this problem by looking at Bonhoeffer’s effort, with the help of the Black Radical Tradition as exemplified by Cedric Robinson.
The Inclusive Excellence Division in collaboration with Human Resources and the Division of Mission & Ministry will be coordinating a series of Community Conversations focused on the current and ongoing Israeli-Palestinian situation.
Our SCU community continues to be affected by the current situation in distinct ways. As a follow-up to the Community Conversations held in the aftermath of the October 7th attacks and other ongoing efforts, we wanted to provide spaces for SCU students, staff and faculty to engage and dialogue with each other.
We have scheduled multiple engagement opportunities for flexibility and accessibility by the SCU Community.
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| Monday, March 4th: 3:00pm - 4:00pm | Via Zoom: Registration Required |
| Thursday, March 7th: 4:00pm - 5:00pm | Via Zoom: Registration Required |
| Monday: March 11th: 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Via Zoom: Registration Required |
Call for Submissions - Solito Inspired Art and Creative Writing
Submission deadline: April 24, 2024
The Community Read Committee is accepting submissions of creative works inspired by Javier Zamora’s Solito.
The theme of this exhibit is Art and Social Change - Exploring the Themes of Solito. Art is integral to social change movements and has been used to raise awareness of issues, to protest injustice, or to share a vision for a better future. We invite you to submit your own original art – whether a visual piece or written work – and are especially interested in works that connect social change to themes of the book such as borders, migration, family, and identity.
All students, faculty, staff, and community members are encouraged to submit works for consideration!
Submit your Visual Art or Creative Writing via this Google Form.
See this PDF, Solito - Call for Submissions, or email Suzie Kim (skim6@scu.edu) for more information.
The JST-SCU Culture of Care: Keeping One Another Safe and Healthy
Testing
With new variants circulating, infections and hospitalizations are back on the rise, testing plays a critical role. COVID-19 rapid antigen tests are available from the JST Front Desk.
- Before coming to campus, please test for COVID-19 using an at-home rapid antigen test. If you test positive, please report your test result and observe all isolation protocols and precautions. Do not come to campus if you have tested positive.
- We strongly recommend you test three to five days after arriving on campus.
- Please take a test if:
- you experience symptoms,
- 3-5 days after you have been exposed to someone with COVID-19,
- when you return from traveling, or
- before interacting with vulnerable or high-risk individuals.
Masking: Masks are a simple and effective way to reduce exposure to COVID-19 and other airborne viruses. Although not required in indoor campus locations, masks are highly recommended. In addition, faculty members have the option to require masks in classrooms.
If you are experiencing any illness symptoms we always recommend staying home. If you are testing negative and feel good enough to come to campus we strongly encourage you to wear a mask. If exposed to COVID-19, you do not need to quarantine. Test 3-5 days after your last exposure and wear a mask. If you test negative, consider testing again 48 hours later to confirm a negative result; if experiencing symptoms, test again 48 hours after the second negative test.
Isolation: If you test positive, you must report your positive test result, isolate for at least 5 days and wear a mask through Day 10. Isolation during your infectious period means you may not go to class, work, lab, or other activities. Please notify your professors, supervisors, and close contacts. Faculty have been encouraged to accommodate students who need to isolate.
If you test positive for the flu, RSV, or if you are ill with another respiratory virus, please stay home to help with your recovery and to limit transmission to others.
COVID-19 Dashboard SCU monitors positive cases, virus levels in wastewater, and workplace exposures on campus. Results are shared on our COVID-19 Dashboard.
For questions or additional information on COVID-19, please visit Prepared SCU or email us at covid19@scu.edu.
COVID-19 Vaccines & Other Immunizations
Please the SCU Prepared Site for all COVID Related Information
Free COVID-19 Vaccine Locations Near JST:
- CVS Minute Clinic (within walking distance of JST and free with your student health insurance)
- City of Berkeley Vaccine Clinics
City of Berkeley News
CAPS (Counseling and Psychological Services) Short-Term Therapy
CAPS continues to offer short-term therapy. The basic steps to getting started in CAPS are outlined below, and the CAPS website has more detailed information on short-term therapy services:
- First Step: Phone consultation. Students can call 408-554-4501 to schedule a phone consultation, which takes 15-25 minutes. During this call, CAPS staff assess if the therapeutic support a student is seeking fits within the short-term therapy model at CAPS. Collaboratively, the therapist and student will determine next steps.
- If short-term therapy is recommended, a CAPS therapist will then reach out to the student to schedule a 50 minute intake appointment via the SCU Health Portal.
- If referral to an off-campus therapist or services is recommended, an appointment with the Cowell Center Clinical Case Manager will be offered to support the referral process.
*Reminder: There are no limits on the number of therapy sessions and no fees at CAPS, but services are designed to be short-term.
Our JST CAPS Liaison, Estrella and Gaurie, will be at JST on February 7th. Come meet them to learn more about this resource!
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-
For more information on the featured jobs and more resources to help with your job search, visit JST's new Career Connections Webpage.
Preparing for What Comes Next!
Stay tuned for future opportunities for professional development and preparation for your future career!
Career Opportunities
Academic Coordinator and Assistant to the Assistant Principal of Academics
St. Ignatius College Prep, San Francisco, CA | More Information & How to Apply
Theology Teacher
Cristo Rey Orange County, Santa Ana, CA | More Information & How to Apply
Leader
Ethical Society of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO | More Information & How to Apply
Minister - Part time
Unity Spiritual Center of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA | More Information & How to Apply
Vice President for Mission Integration
Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY | More Information & How to Apply
Religious Studies Teacher
Saint Mary's College High School, Berkeley, CA | More Information & How to Apply
On-Campus Work Opportunities
JST is Hiring NOW - Student Employee Position Available
Please see the JST Student Employment page for information on openings for student employment.
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