For this reason, a healthy ecology is also the result of interaction between human beings and the environment, as occurs in the indigenous cultures and has occurred for centuries in different regions of the earth. Human groupings have often “created” an environment, reshaping it in some way without destroying it or endangering it. The great present-day problem is that the technocratic paradigm has destroyed that healthy and harmonious relationship. In any event, the indispensable need to move beyond that paradigm, so damaging and destructive, will not be found in a denial of the human being, but include the interaction of natural systems 'with social systems'."
- from the Apostolic Exhortation Laudate Deum of the Holy Father Francis to all people of good will on the climate crisis, October 4, 2023
Featured Event
JST Community Night Faith & Film Night | También la lluvia
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Tuesday, Oct. 10 | 6:00 PM following the evening liturgy
In line with the Laudato Si symposium theme: “Responding to the cry of the poor” and the upcoming Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we are inviting you to watch this 2010 Spanish drama set in the context of the Bolivian Water War of 2000. An interesting discussion will follow led by enthusiastic students. Pizza and popcorn will be served.
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What's Happening at JST
Tuesday
Contemplative Walk
Oct. 10 | 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.
Wednesday
11th Hour Prayer Service
Oct. 11 | 11:00 AM | JST Front Terrace
Join us on the 11th when we witness with prayer to the demands of this 11th hour in the climate crisis. We will mark 11 minutes of prayer with a tolling of the bell 11 times. October’s service will remember especially Indigenous people and the environmental threats posed to their communities.
Midweek Pause
1:00 - 1:20 PM | In-person Laudato Si Terrace | Zoom Online ID: 989 4558 8764. Password: 088250
A quiet space hosted by Jenny Girard-Malley to center breath, realign presence, and reconnect to our spirit amid our academic lives.
Thursday
Lay-Led Liturgy of the Word
5:15 PM | Gesu Chapel
Lisa Calvez and Jesús Muñozask that you gather on the patio for a procession into the chapel and note that following the proclamation of the day’s Gospel, congregants will be invited to offer a brief echo of the reading in response to the Word. Our service will also invite community members to prayerfully lift up the hopes we have for our church, the Synod, and all that we carry in our hearts.
Friday
Contemplative Walk
Friday, Oct. 13 | 1:30 - 4:30 PM
Our monthly hike will be this Friday! Meet us at 1:30 PM at the chapel bell and then we’ll carpool to Tilden Park to enjoy Lake Anza. We will return from the hike at about 4:30 PM. RSVP to Laryn at lkovalik@scu.edu if you can so we can organize rides.
Pilgrimage Through the Senses
Friday, October 13 | 5:00-8:00 PM | JST
JST is hosting a Pilgrimage Through the Senses Fundraiser on Friday, Oct. 13 at JST! Professors Barush and Hadley are leading us through the Camino Ignaciano, and wine expert, Aric Asimov, will be sharing the wines of the regions and sustainable winemaking techniques. Guests will be served wine samples and tapas. Register here to attend. Funds raised will be directed towards the Immersions programs, Laudato Si Action Platform, and the Berkeley Art and Interreligious Pilgrimage Project. We also need help with the event! If you are interested in helping out, sign up here.
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Help Wanted: Join the JST Talent Show Planning Committee!
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Last year, a phenomenal team of students helped make the Spring Talent Show a massive success. The Office of Student Life is looking for another brilliant team of students to help plan this year's festivities!
Please indicate your interest via this Talent Show Planning Team Interest Form or the sign-up sheet on Mack's door (JST 107).
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JST Fall 2023 Directory Now Available!
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The JST Fall 2023 Directory is now available on the Life at JST page of the JST website. To protect the privacy of our community, this directory is only accessible to those able to log in using SCU email addresses. Please reach out to Mack Griffith (mgriffith@scu.edu) to correct any errors in your information. |
What do you want to see happen at JST?
We invite you to fill out our JST Community Life Survey to let our team know what would interest you.
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Included in This Week's Magis
Kudos Corner
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Congratulations to Fr. Fikiri Deogratias (JST MTS, STL '22) on his recent presentation at the Presbyterians for Earth Care conference, The Climate Crisis and Empowering Hope. Fr. Fikiri presented "Ubuntu Philosophy & Ethics - We Are All Siblings from Mother Earth." |
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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, 11:30 - 12:30
Join us for a brisk, 30-minute stroll on Tuesday morning! Meet Laryn and others at 11:30 AM at the chapel bell.
Our monthly hike will be this Friday! Meet us at 1:30 PM at the chapel bell and then we’ll carpool to Tilden Park to enjoy Lake Anza. We will return from the hike at about 4:30 PM. RSVP to Laryn at lkovalik@scu.edu if you can so we can organize rides.
Faith and Film Series
Tuesday evening’s community night program will introduce a new series that will bring members of the community together to screen films with a contemplative spirit prior to a period of shared reflection and conversation. Speak with Jake Braithwaite, Parker Smart, Mark Ngwenya, or Stephen Szolosi if you would like to participate. |
Occasions for Adoration
Please speak with Maureen Ahyuwa or Stephen Szolosi if you would appreciate occasions for Adoration in our chapel. Those interested will be asked to discuss with one another how to proceed.
11th Hour Prayer Service
Wednesday, Oct. 11 | 11:00 AM | JST Front Terrace
Join us on the 11th when we witness with prayer to the demands of this 11th hour in the climate crisis. We will mark 11 minutes of prayer with a tolling of the bell 11 times. October’s service will remember especially Indigenous people and the environmental threats posed to their communities.
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, 10/10 |
Wednesday, 10/11 |
Thursday, 10/12 |
Friday, 10/13 |
8:00AM |
Nyirenda |
Sunghera |
Agbo |
Connell |
5:15PM |
Connell |
Carnecer |
L. Calvez & J. Munoz
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Diaz |
Tuesday Night - All available to support the choir are asked to come to the chapel at 4:30 PM on Wednesday to allow for rehearsal.
Wednesday Night - Our liturgy will be celebrated in Spanish.
Thursday Night - Lisa Calvez and Jesús Muñozask that you gather on the patio for a procession into the chapel and note that following the proclamation of the day’s Gospel, congregants will be invited to offer a brief echo of the reading in response to the Word. Our service will also invite community members to prayerfully lift up the hopes we have for our church, the Synod, and all that we carry in our hearts.
Ministerial Formation
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GTU Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Event
The GTU will be hosting a virtual Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) event on Wednesday, October 18, from 3:00-5:00 p.m. This will include CPE Center Presentations and office hours. Those interested in learning more about CPE in the Bay Area are welcome to attend. For more details about CPE please see: https://www.acpe.edu/. Please contact Mack Griffith at mgriffith@scu.edu for the Zoom meeting invite. |
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!
Participants are asked to complete the MBTI questionnaire before the workshop so that individual scores can be provided. (If you have already taken the MBTI and can provide your scores, there is no need to take it again unless you choose to.)
Facilitator: Clare Ronzani
Please register with Mack Griffith (mgriffith@scu.edu) by Friday, October 20, 2023. Participants will receive the questionnaire once they register.
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.
Instituto Hispano
Questions? Contact jstinstitutohispano@scu.edu |
Getting to know the “General Directory for Catechesis” 2020
October 28 | 9:00-3:00 PM | JST & Zoom | Register Here
Dive deeper into the following topics: the relationship between catechesis and evangelization Identity and formation of the catechist Divine pedagogy of who should be the catechists of today. |
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.
Subscribe to the Writing Program Email List
Save the Date
JST Community Night Programming
Mass: 5:15 PM | Supper: 6:15 PM | Program: 6:45 PM
- Tuesday, October 17 - JST Trivia Night
- Tuesday, October 24 - Reading Week | Pancakes with a Purpose
- Wednesday, November 1 - All Saints' Day Celebration
- Tuesday, November 7 - GTU Distinguished Faculty Lecture
- Tuesday, November 14 - Film Screening: "A Place At the Table: African Americans on the Path to Sainthood"
- Tuesday, November 21 - Lunchtime Gratitude: Sharing Our Family Meal with One Another
- Tuesday, November 28 - JST Liturgical Planning Conversation
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Diaconate Ordination
Saturday, Oct. 21 | 10:00 AM Cathedral of Christ the Light | 2121 Harrison St., Oakland, CA
Live streaming is also available at youtube.com/@ctlcathedral/streams
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Pancakes with a Purpose
Tuesday, October 24 | 8:30 AM | JST
Join our JST Community for a delicious breakfast with engaging conversation during Reading Week. Over pancakes, we will engage in an informal discussion about how we are continuing to respond to and live into our own unfolding theology, asking, “How are our academic pursuits guiding us and challenging us?”
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Upcoming Academic Opportunities
Water Drawing / Rituals of Return: A Pilgrimage for Sukkot
During the festival of Sukkot, we invite you to explore a seasonal offering from the Berkeley Art and Interreligious Pilgrimage Project: Water Drawing: Rituals of Return.
The title, "Water Drawing," is a play on words translating the ancient practice of the Simchat Beit Hashoevah roughly translated as 'house of the water drawing', which was the one time a year, over Sukkot, where the priests performed a water libation.
This pilgrimage, guided by artist SaraNoa Mark and Dr. Akiva Sanders (Dan David Society of Fellows, Tel Aviv University) invites a practice of returning to a body of water daily for a week, mirroring the weeklong festival of Sukkot, deepening our relationship with this place through repeated rituals.
Join us on this route, either on foot or in your own home, by visiting the BAIPP website.
New Horizons Journal | Call for Papers
Papers Due: October 30, 2023 at 12:00 PM (Pacific)
New Horizons Journal is peer-reviewed by students of the Jesuit School of Theology (JST) at Santa Clara University. New Horizons seeks to uplift the voices of emerging graduate student writers of various disciplines within the field of theology. Because the Journal shares in JST's commitment to academic excellence, the Journal will accept only the highest quality material for publication, material which echoes JST’s dedication to the pursuit of culturally contextualized theology.
The latest issue "This is My Body" has been published (editor MyLan Metzger). We invite our community to access this edition here.
There is a Call for Papers for the next edition (editor Jesus Munoz), the title of which will be "The Synodal Way of the Laity." What is the future of the laity in the Church? What is the synodal way of the laity? New Horizons invites submissions on the theme of lay ministry and ecclesial unity. Details are posted on the JST campus and also located at this website.
Submissions should be uploaded by 12 PM on October 30, 2023, to newhorizonsjst@scu.edu. Accepted submissions will be published in February 2024. Please email Jesús Muñoz (jemunoz@scu.edu) with any questions or inquiries.
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
tUrn Week Efforts
Oct. 9-12 | In-Person (SCU) w/ Zoom Opportunities
Our colleagues through tUrn have developed a series of additional Indigenous-related events that coincide with Indigenous People’s Day and throughout this week. The programs are listed and more information is available via the tUrn website.
Poetry Reading and Conversation with Eco-Poet David Baker
Tuesday, Oct. 10 | 4:00-5:30 PM | Learning Commons (SCU) & Zoom
David Baker, Guggenheim and NEA Fellow, is author of over 15 books of poetry and essays. His work is published by W.W. Norton and has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The Kenyon Review, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and elsewhere.
Details and Zoom Information
Rev. Francis L. Markey Women in Ministry, Sister Nancy Schreck, D.Min.
Tuesday, Oct. 24 | 5:30 - 8:30 PM | Mission Church (SCU) & Live-streamed
Join Sister Nancy Schreck to explore the challenge of making a difference in our neighborhood, church, civic community, and the world in a time unlike any other! And it all begins with a commitment to do the inner work which is as large and necessary as the outer work. To do so takes energy, courage, and big dreams. As Lisa Haish says “Leadership is not about the role, it’s always about the goal.”
More Details and Live-stream Information
Bannan Memorial Lecture I: The Synodal Way and the Transformation of Catholicism
Thursday, Oct. 26 | 4:00 - 5:15 PM | Nobili Dining Room (SCU)
Join the Ignatian Center’s Bannan Forum for the 2023 Bannan Memorial Lecture, featuring Fr. Allan Deck, S.J.
Father Deck will unpack the main features of this unique Pope’s vision for an extroverted, synodal church on the move, engaging and accompanying the world with the Good News of Jesus Christ with creative fidelity in stressful times of epochal change.
More Details and Registration Information
GTU Events
A Celebration of Spirit
Saturday, Oct. 14 | 1:00-4:00 PM | 2400 Ridge Road Berkeley, CA 94709
Join us for a celebration welcoming the GTU community to experience the reimagined Hewlett Building on Holy Hill! This community block party will take place on Saturday, October 14th, from 1-4pm PT, featuring an exciting lineup of events and activities for attendees of all ages, including an official ribbon cutting, food and drink, live music, and a live dance performance.
We hope to see you there!
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Community Events
Advent Scripture Symposium
Oct. 12 | 1:00 - 3:00 PM | St. Mary Magdalene Parish Norton Hall
Noted scripture scholar, Gina Hens-Piazza, Ph.D., will talk about the readings for Advent 2023 from the Lectionary for Mass on Thursday, October 12th, from 1:00 – 3:00PM in St. Mary Magdalen’s Norton Hall. This is an opportunity to plan homilies and liturgies for the upcoming Advent season.
RSVP by email to parish@marymagdalen.org.
“Bringing The Food System Home” Facilitated by Dr. Mary McGann, RSCJ
Oct. 24 | 7-8:30 PM | St. Mary Magdalene Parish Hall & Zoom | RSVP Here
Join us on Tuesday, October 24th for a talk facilitated by Dr. Mary McGann, Professor of Liturgical Studies at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley. Dr. McGann will lead us through an examination of the food system and our participation in it. From the importance of edible schoolyards to the spirituality of eating, Dr. McGann will provide parents, educators, and community members tangible ways to institute greater awareness in our daily practices of engaging with the food system.
Questions? Please connect with our PA Board at madpaboard@gmail.com and Speaker Series Chair, Dr. Kate Barush at kbarush@scu.edu
Resources
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:
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/
JST Calendar Highlights
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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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JST-SCU Commencement Mass & Reception
5:15 - 8 p.m., JST Gesu Chapel
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