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“I have enough for myself, but if I stop working I have not enough for others."
― Venerable Pierre Toussaint One of the Six Black Catholic Americans Currently on the Path to Sainthood
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Featured Event
Celebration of Vocation
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Friday, Nov. 10 | 12:00-2:00 PM | Manresa
Join us for a BBQ celebration of all those who have recently taken vows or been ordained. Come help us give thanks for vocations and for the opportunity to accompany our siblings on their journeys.
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What's Happening at JST
Monday | Nov. 6
Spring 2024 Registration | Nov. 6 -17
Registration for Intercession '24 and Spring 2024 begins today and will last until November 17. This is a two-week registration period and we encourage you to register as soon as you are able. Your next opportunity will be during late registration beginning January 15.
Please see the October 30th email from Jim Oberhausen, JST Registrar, for specific directions on registration steps. All students who are not new this year, should also see Jim's Nov 1 email in which he asks you to please review your academic record in Workday. The attached flyer has information about 2024 intersession course offerings.
Tuesday | Nov. 7
Contemplative Walk
11:30 - 12:30 PM
Join us for a brisk, 30-minute stroll on Tuesday morning! Meet Laryn and others at 11:30 AM at the chapel bell.
FASPE Fellowship Informational Session
12:45 - 1:34 PM | JST Cardoner
FASPE Alumn Mike Tedone, SJ will host an information session about Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE). FASPE provides a unique historical lens to study contemporary ethics in the professions. FASPE offers fellowships to students pursuing professional degrees in business, journalism, law, medicine, seminary, and design & technology, as well as to early-career professionals in these fields. Fellows in each of FASPE’s six programs spend two intensive weeks in Germany and Poland, visiting Auschwitz and key historical sites in Berlin and Krakow, and participating in rigorous seminars led by experts in their respective fields.
48th Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture | Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake
5:00 PM | Dinner Board Room, Flora Lamson Hewlett Library
Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake will present the 48th Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture titled, “Howard Thurman: Seeking, Queering, and Transcending" on November 7, 2023, at 5:00 PM PST.
The Rev. Dr. Blake is Faculty Associate, Leadership and Social Transformation, at Pacific School of Religion, a member school of the GTU. He also served for six years as Dean of Faculty and Visiting Professor of Spirituality and Prophetic Justice at Starr King School for the Ministry, a former member school of the GTU.
The event will be hybrid with an in-person audience located in the GTU Dinner Board Room, Flora Lamson Hewlett Library. Contact Sabrina Kennedy by October 25th by 5:00 pm at skennedy@gtu.edu if you would like to attend in person. Register on Eventbrite to attend online.
More Details
Wednesday | Nov. 8
"The Church We Want" and Synodality | Dean Orobator
Wednesday, Nov. 8 | 12:30 - 1:45 PM | Gesu Chapel
The Dean will give a short talk on the hopes for the kind of "Church We Want" hopes vested in the first session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on The Synodal Church.
In 2015, Dean Orobator edited a volume, The Church We Want: Foundations, Theology, and Mission of the Church in Africa - Conversations on Ecclesiology, which strongly leaned toward an inductive synodal approach. This conversation will refer to this book, but it aims to hear from the dean about the hopes that spring from the Synod. Students, Staff, Faculty, and Friends are all invited.
Midweek Pause
1:00 - 1:20 PM | Sept. 20-Dec. 6, 2023
In-person (Gesu Chapel & Online https://scu.zoom.us/j/98945588764?pwd=QnBndThQL3VEVVdsWkNXMlVjSFN1QT09. Meeting ID: 989 4558 8764 | Password: 088250
Faith and Film Screening Series | U-Carmen eKhayelitsha
6:00 PM | Manresa Lounge
Mark Ngwenya will facilitate a reflection following the screening of this South African film.
Friday | Nov. 10
JST Study Hall
8:30 - 11:30 AM | Compania
Need time and space to study quietly, work together, or discuss courses? Come to the first floor of JST between 8:30 and 11:30 AM on Fridays for time, space, and snacks for study and discussion. You can work silently among friends, work collaboratively, or put down the books in favor of a lively discussion.
JST Talent Show Planning Meeting
10:00 - 10:45 AM | Cardoner
Come join us in the first planning meeting for the Spring 2024 JST Talent Show! We will pick a date, a theme, and a few other details. All JST Students are invited to join the Talent Show Planning Committee!
Celebration of Vocation
Friday, Nov. 10 | 12:00-2:00 PM | Manresa
Join us for a celebration of all those who have recently taken vows or been ordained. Celebratory refreshments will be provided. Come help us give thanks for vocations and for the opportunity to accompany our siblings on their journeys.
Saturday | Nov. 11
Mercy Night
7:15 PM | St. Albert the Great Priory
Join the Dominican Friars at St. Albert the Great Priory for Mercy Night on Saturday 11/11. We will begin with Night Prayer followed by Adoration guided by music and meditation with Confessions and Prayer ministry available. A time of fellowship and refreshments will follow.
SCU v. Cal Berkeley Men's Basketball Game | Saturday, Dec. 2
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JST Students, Staff, and Faculty, are you interested in watching SCU face off against Cal Berkeley in basketball right here in Berkeley? The Broncos are playing the Golden Bears on Dec. 2 and you could get tickets!
Come see Jenny or Mack to express your interest in tickets!
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Included in This Week's Magis
Kudos Corner
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Congratulations to the many JST students who have taken vows in the past year: Lisa Calvez VDMF, Thomas Mazzocco OSB Cam., Christopher Alt SJ, Brendan Coffey SJ, Ryen Dwyer SJ, Daniel Everson SJ, Hongcheol Jeong SJ, C-Y Kao SJ, David Krol SJ, Bryan Paulsen SJ, Mike Tedone SJ, Elvis Fru SJ, Alendro Mequita Da Costa SJ, Velenson Gomes SJ, Archie Prus SJ, Eddie Odhiambo SJ, Justin Grosnick SJ, Cedric Mouzou SJ, and Bao Loi Nguyen SJ.
Come celebrate these students' vocational milestones at the Celebration of Vocation on Friday, Nov, 10 from 12:00-2:00 PM.
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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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Contemplative Walk - Tuesday, Oct. 31 | 11:30 AM
Join Laryn and others for a neighborhood walk. We’ll be out and back in an hour. Come and enjoy the fall! Meet by the bell at 11:30 AM!
Faith and Film Series: Nov. 8 (6 PM): U-Carmen eKhayelitsha
Mark Ngwenya will facilitate a reflection following the screening of this film on Wednesday. Make a note to join others for this contemplative screening and a third this term: Wednesday, December 6 (6 PM): Tree of Life with Parker Smart facilitating. |
Adoration: Upcoming Opportunities for Prayer
Join others in Gesù Chapel for a period of Eucharistic adoration on the following occasions: Friday (11/10) 4-5 PM, Wednesday (11/15) 4-5 PM, Saturday (12/2) 5:15-6:15 PM, Monday (12/11) 4-5 PM. Our hope is that these periods of prayer will serve as a preparation for and extension of our communal liturgical life, and so support our walk with Christ, our gratitude to the Creator, and our response to those who hunger and thirst.
Midweek Pause: Wednesday - 1:00 - 1:20 PM; September 20-December 6, 2023
In-person (chapel or Laudato Si Terrace & Online) A quiet space hosted by Jenny Girard-Malley to center breath, realign presence, and reconnect to our spirit amid our academic lives. https://scu.zoom.us/j/98945588764?pwd=QnBndThQL3VEVVdsWkNXMlVjSFN1QT09 Meeting ID: 989 4558 8764 | Password: 088250
Liturgy Presider Schedule
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Tuesday, 11/7 |
Wednesday, 11/8 |
Thursday, 11/9 |
Friday, 11/10 |
8:00AM |
Musoni |
Nguyen |
Ngwenya |
Nyirenda |
5:15PM |
Tran |
Martinez (Spanish) |
Orobator w/ Deacon D. Krol
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On Wednesday evening, the 5:15 PM liturgy will be celebrated in Spanish.
On Thursday evening, David Krol will serve as Deacon and preach.
Upcoming Departures from Tuesday Evening Community Liturgies Please note now that the Tuesday liturgy on December 5 will be a reconciliation service.
Later that week, on Friday, December 8, we will celebrate our Solemnity of our Beloved Mother, Immaculate Conception and Patroness of the Americas.
Ministerial Formation
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JST Workshop: Giftedness and Growth: Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
November 8, 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Room 216
The Myers-Briggs Type indicator (MBTI) is a self-report instrument designed to help us understand our personality type, strengths, and preferences. Based on the work of psychologist Carl Jung, it also provides a positive approach for understanding and valuing individual differences. This workshop will provide a review and interpretation of the MBTI, focusing on our giftedness and areas of potential growth. Time allowing, other aspects of the MBTI will be explored. Bring your experience, insights and questions! |
Facilitator: Clare Ronzani
Clare Ronzani taught courses in spirituality for many years at JST. She also served as JST’s career advisor and has offered retreats and workshops for the JST community.
Students who have registered for this workshop, please return your questionnaire packets to Mack Griffith as soon as possible.
Instituto Hispano
Questions? Contact jstinstitutohispano@scu.edu |
Conversando en Familia
November 13 | 12:00 - 1:00 PM | LaStorta (JST 229)
The first Conversando en Familia meeting will take place on Monday, Nov 13, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. at La Storta. A group of interested students will gather over lunch to learn about Hispanic/Latina/o culture and its pastoral realities. If you are interested in joining this conversation, email jstinstitutohispano@scu.edu. The Latina/o Theology and Ministry Leadership Network is hosting this event. |
React or Act? Practical guide for conflict resolution (November)
November 18 | 9:00-3:00 PM | Zoom | Register Here
This workshop offers the opportunity to know and become aware of the learned ways of thinking, feeling, and acting that shape our personality; identify the origin of conflicts in our personal, group, and social interactions; and explore various ways to process them creatively.
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Save the Date
JST Community Night Programming
Mass: 5:15 PM | Supper: 6:15 PM | Program: 6:45 PM
- Tuesday, November 14 - JST Film Screening | A Place at the Table: African Americans on the Path to Sainthood
- Tuesday, November 28 - JST Liturgical Planning Conversation
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Black Catholic History
JST Film Screening | A Place at the Table
Tuesday, Nov. 14 | 6:00 PM (following the 5:15 PM liturgy) | Manresa
Join us for a film screening of A Place at the Table: African Americans on the Path to Sainthood. For more information on this film, see https://www.blacksaintsmovie.com/
Lay-Preaching | Ed Stewart
Tuesday, Nov. 21 | 5:15 PM | Gesu Chapel
Ed Stewart, Director of Enrollment Management and Marketing, will serve as our lay preacher on Tuesday evening.
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Food that Feels like Home | Lunchtime Food Sharing
Tuesday, Nov. 21 | 12:00-2:00 PM | Manresa
Is there a particular dish that reminds you of holidays and home? In honor of Thanksgiving, join us for a lunchtime opportunity to share the foods that are special to us. Bring a dish or dessert to share and get to know our community members on a deeper level.
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Dean's Town Hall
Friday, Dec. 1 | 12:30-1:30 PM | Manresa
Join Dean Orobator for a chance to discuss his time at the Synod as well as his vision for the JST.
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Cookies & Cocoa
Tuesday, Dec. 5 | 11:00 AM | Manresa
Take a break from studying for finals and writing papers to celebrate the coming holidays with cookie decorating, hot cocoa, and community!
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Our Lady of Guadalupe Fiesta
Friday, Dec. 8 | Following the 5:15 PM Liturgy
Join us after Mass for a festive celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe and the end of another wonderful Fall semester.
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Upcoming Enrichment Opportunities
8th Annual Graduate Conference in Religion and Ecology (GCRE) | Yale Divinity School
Proposals Due: Nov. 26, 2023 | GCRE Call for Papers & Creative Projects
The GCRE is an interdisciplinary conference held jointly by Yale Divinity School and Yale School of the Environment. This year’s conference theme is ENTANGLEMENTS, and will take place at Yale Divinity School on February 23, 2024.
If you have any questions about the conference and/or Call for Submissions, please reach out to the conference planning team: gcre@yale.edu.
Boston College Graduate Student Conference | Call for Papers
Proposals Due: December 31, 2023 | BC Graduate Student Conference Call for Papers
The BC Department of Philosophy will be hosting its 24th annual Graduate Student Conference from 22–23 March 2024, and I am tasked with organizing this year's conference. While sponsored by the philosophy department, graduate students from any discipline are welcome and encouraged to submit proposals. This year's conference theme is The Imagination: Powers and Possibilities.
Below please find the CFP with details on the theme and instructions for submissions, as well as the initial conference poster. If you would kindly circulate these to the graduate students in our philosophates and theology centers, I would appreciate it; they may find it of interest. Proposals are due by 31 December 2023, with notifications on decisions by 25 January 2024.
2024 FASPE Seminary Fellowship
Application Due: Jan. 2, 2024 | Application Link Here
Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) provides a unique historical lens to study contemporary ethics in the professions. FASPE offers fellowships to students pursuing professional degrees in business, journalism, law, medicine, seminary, and design & technology, as well as to early-career professionals in these fields. Fellows in each of FASPE’s six programs spend two intensive weeks in Germany and Poland, visiting Auschwitz and key historical sites in Berlin and Krakow, and participating in rigorous seminars led by experts in their respective fields. Fellows begin their studies by examining the roles their professional counterparts played in Germany and elsewhere from 1933-1945, and then draw on historical, cultural, philosophical, literary and discipline-specific sources to explore the ethical issues facing their fields today.
There will be an informational session with FASPE Alum Mike Tedone, SJ MDiv '25 on Tuesday, November 7 (12:45-1:45) at JST.
SCU Events
Lunchtime Examen
Thursday, Nov. 9 | 12:45-1:00 PM | Zoom
Join the Ignatian Center each Thursday over Zoom for a 15-minute Ignatian Examen. Students, faculty, and staff from any religious, secular, or spiritual identity are welcomed in this experience of Ignatian Spirituality.
June Wayne: Artist, Feminist, Social Entrepreneur
Tuesday, Oct. 31 - Dec. 1 | 11:00-4:00 PM | de Saisset Museum (SCU)
An exhibition of 27 lithographs curated by SCU students (now alumnae).
June Wayne: Artist, Feminist, Social Entrepreneur showcases 27 lithographs June Wayne (1918-2011) created over a 40+ year period, drawn from the de Saisset Museum’s permanent collection and works on loan. Wayne discovered her passion for printmaking upon moving to Los Angeles in the 1940s. Her commitment to the medium led her to establish the Tamarind Lithography Workshop that lives on today as the Tamarind Institute at the University of New Mexico.
GTU Events
Beit Midrash
Tuesday, Nov. 14 | 12:45 PM | GTU Library
Join CJS for a weekly beit midrash [house of study] program in Fall 2023. This program will provide an opportunity for students, faculty and community members to come together and engage in more traditional modes of Jewish learning—slow reading, working through Hebrew sources, and engaging in conversation. The program will be hosted by Deena Aranoff and Sam S.B. Shonkoff with additional guest teachers.
Madrasa-Midrasha Program on Islamic & Jewish Law
Wednesday, Nov. 15 | 11:30 AM | GTU Library Multiuse Room & Zoom
Please join the GTU's Madrasa-Midrasha Program for an event featuring presentations by Madeline Wyse (UC Berkeley) and R. David Coolidge (GTU). This event is a preview of the upcoming Madrasa-Midrasha course, HRIR-1501: Islamic & Jewish Law, to be offered in Spring 2024.
This is a hybrid event, with the in-person portion taking place in the Multiuse Room of the GTU Library. A light lunch will be provided for those who attend in-person.
Weaving Prayers of Peace | Co-Facilitated by Laryn Kovalik
Wednesday, Nov. 15 | 5:15 - 7:00 PM | Doug Adams Gallery (GTU Library)
Everyone is invited to come and be a part of a communal work of peace hosted by Creatives’ Cove, which is a student group that is supported by the Center for the Arts & Religion at the Graduate Theological Union. The work of peace is an ongoing process. Keeping this in mind, we are embarking on a collective journey. On November 15, students, faculty, staff, and anyone else that is affiliated with the GTU or one of its member schools are invited to come, gather, and prayerfully create strips that symbolize, that represent, that embody peace. You can use fabric, yarn, or whatever medium you desire. While we will be supplying some materials, we also invite you to bring your own yarn, fabric (old t-shirts, extra fabric, etc.), and anything else that can be crafted into strips to the event. In the Spring, we will weave these strips together. After that, we will invite communities to place the communal weaving in the sacred spaces of their respective communities and continue to pray for peace. That way this woven prayer for peace will travel and be engaged with people within and beyond the Creatives’ Cove.
Community Events
Mercy Night
Saturday, Nov. 11 | 7:15 PM | St. Albert the Great Priory
Join the Dominican Friars at St. Albert the Great Priory for Mercy Night on Saturday 11/11. We will begin with Night Prayer followed by Adoration guided by music and meditation with Confessions and Prayer ministry available. A time of fellowship and refreshments will follow.
Resources
Earthquake Safety & Preparedness
Here in the Bay Area, an earthquake can strike at any time. By strengthening our preparedness, we will become a more resilient campus community.
Additional resources on earthquake preparedness:
For Undocumented or DACAmented Graduate Students
Erin Kimura-Walsh, the Chair of the Undocumented Student Working Group and Director of the LEAD Scholars Program, is inviting undocumented or DACAmented graduate students to self-identify if they are interested in learning more about available resources and connecting with the undocumented/DACAmented community on campus. If you are DACAmented or undocumented and would like to connect, please complete this brief form. If you filled out this form last year, please fill it out again so that we have updated information for everyone who is enrolled this year.
Students who are in the US with a visa status that allows or requires study (F-1, H-4, etc) are not considered undocumented/DACAmented. If this is your situation, please do not use this form. Instead please contact the International Students and Scholars Office at iss@scu.edu with questions or concerns.
COVID-19 Vaccines & Other Immunizations
Please the SCU Prepared Site for all COVID Related Information
Free COVID-19 Vaccine Locations Near JST:
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.
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/
Career Connections
Preparing for What Comes Next!
Stay tuned for future opportunities for professional development and preparation for your future career!
Career Opportunities
Social Action and Digital Media Coordinator
Archdiocese of San Francisco Chancery, San Francisco, CA | More Information & How to Apply
National Field Organizer
Pax Christi USA, Washington, DC | More Information & How to Apply
Director of Campus Ministry
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, 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.
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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