Awaken your spirit to adventure; Hold nothing back, learn to find ease in risk; Soon you will home in a new rhythm, For your soul senses the world that awaits you.
From For a New Beginning by John O'Donohue
Featured Event
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JST Community Night
September 14, 2023 | 5:15pm Liturgy | 6:00pm Meal with program following in Manresa
After the student-led liturgy, you are invited to join for the first JST Community Night of the semester! We will share a meal of soup & bread with a time of fellowship to reconnect after our summer hiatus.
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What's Happening at JST
11th Hour Prayer Service
Monday, Sept. 11 | 11:00 am | JST Terrace
We gather in solidarity with the 11th Hour Calling - an interfaith collection of communities across the country who gather at the 11th hour on the 11th day of each month to call attention to the urgency of our ecological crisis. Contact Stephen Szolosi (sszolosi@scu.edu) if you are available to participate.
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Workshop: Walking with Hispanic Youth in the Age of Mixed-status Families
Monday, Sept. 11 | 7:00 - 8:30 PM | Online | Register Here
Growing up Latinx has never been so difficult. Hispanic teenagers are navigating the effects of mixed-status families, the criminalization of migration, and a society that refuses to see them. This workshop centers their voices and experiences and draws upon the wisdom of the Catholic social tradition. Panelists invite participants to join Pope Francis in dreaming of a community beyond borders and to accompany them through a conciencia con compromiso, as we engage each other in action oriented conversation.
Hosted by the Instituto Hispano in collaboration with University of San Francisco.
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SCU Convocation 2023
Tuesday, Sept. 12 | 3:30 PM | Live-stream in Manresa
Join us in the Manresa lounge to watch the SCU Convocation and hear president Sullivan address our SCU community.
For those unable to join us in Manresa, the live-stream can be found here.
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Contemplative Walk
Tuesday (9/12) 11:30 - 12:30 and Friday (9/15) 1:30 - 4:30 PM
Meet at the bell outside the chapel to join others taking an hour-long walk in the neighborhood. Note this Tuesday hour from 11:30 to 12:30 as a weekly opportunity for community and contemplative time outdoors.
The Friday walk is one of four scheduled for the fall that will include longer itineraries. Laryn Kovalik will set the itineraries and lead these walks.
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Laudato Si Student Interest Meeting
Thursday, Sept. 14 | 12:45-1:45 PM | Manresa
All interested students are welcome to join for a meeting to share ideas, experiences, and wisdom around the work of climate justice and care for our common home.
Come learn about what we have been doing at JST, opportunities to get involved this semester, and to dream about our future engagement in this pressing concern for our planet.
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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 Jeremiah Coogan, Assistant Professor of New Testament, on the approval of his membership to Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (SNTS), The International Society for New Testament Studies. This is an extremely selective and prestigious society, so we congratulate Jeremiah on this significant achievement. |
Thank you to Fr. Marco Martinez Salazar, SJ for leading our community in a conversation on Thursday (9/7) concerning the seizure of the Jesuit-run Central American University of Managua in Nicaragua. Thank you to all who joined us in person and over Zoom for this important time of dialogue, prayer, and solidarity.
For those who were unable to join us, the recording can be found here.
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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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Laudato Si Retreat | @Urban Adamah, Berkeley - September 22-24, 2023
Share your interest at this link without committing to attend the retreat: https://forms.gle/HX7sjesPJiyLzbZTA
Planning is underway, and we encourage your response today! All community members are invited to attend this Berkeley-based Laudato Si retreat. Fifteen overnight spaces are reserved at Urban Adamah. Please share your interest and a little about how you see the retreat supporting you or building on your past experience of ecological concern.
Faith and Film Series | Do you find cinema an invitation into your spiritual life?
Email Stephen (sszolosi@scu.edu) if you’d like to work with a small group generating opportunities for reflective, communal film screenings. An organizational meeting to discuss films and a spiritually enriching approach to our viewing and conversation is in the works. |
Contemplative Walk
Tuesday (9/12) 11:30 - 12:30 and Friday (9/15) 1:30 - 4:30 PM
Meet at the bell outside the chapel to join others taking an hour-long walk in the neighborhood. Note this Tuesday hour from 11:30 to 12:30 as a weekly opportunity for community and contemplative time outdoors.
The Friday walk is one of four scheduled for the fall that will include longer itineraries. Laryn Kovalik will set the itineraries and lead these walks.
11th Hour Prayer Service
11 AM - September 11, 2023: Meet at the Chapel Bell
During September’s Season of Creation, we gather in solidarity with the 11th Hour Calling - an interfaith collection of communities across the country who gather at the 11th hour on the 11th day of each month to call attention to the urgency of our ecological crisis.
Prayer Periods | Gesù Chapel
Tuesday and Thursday, 7:30 to 7:50 AM
Come by the chapel for silent prayer during these periods preceding the morning mass.
Liturgical Ministries: You are needed this year! complete this form
Broad participation supports our liturgical life, so your availability is encouraged! Thank you!
Liturgy Presider Schedule
The presiders for the upcoming week will be posted outside the sacristy on Monday.
On Wednesday, the liturgy will be celebrated in Spanish.
On Thursday, our student presiders Joanna Elvis and Sean Barry will lead the community in a Taize service. Choir rehearsal will be at 4 PM; the Tuesday liturgy will be a simple service following Friday’s Mass of the Holy Spirit.
Communion under both Species - Reception of the Precious Blood: At the end of last year, we recovered the practice of making communion available under both species. Those who wish to receive the Precious Blood should do so from the cup. In this regard, we follow the guidelines published by the Diocese of Oakland, which note that communicants may not self-intinct.
Ministerial Formation
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Chaplaincy Innovation Lab
Date: September 12, 2023 Time: 11.00 am-12:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) Location: Zoom | Register here (free)
Workplace Wellness: From Resiliency to Suicide Prevention and Grief Management
Join a team of contributors to the book Workplace Wellness: From Resilience to Suicide Prevention and Grief Management (Springer, 2023) as they discuss how chaplains can better support clinicians and staff in healthcare settings. Participants will learn about the particular workplace needs of healthcare professionals as well as current research on how spiritual care providers can support those professionals. |
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.
Save the Date
JST Community Night Programming
Mass: 5:15 PM | Supper: 6:15 PM | Program: 6:45 PM
- Tuesday, September 19 - Latino Hispano Evening
- Tuesday, September 26 - Spiritual Direction Evening
- Wednesday, October 4 - Laudato Si Evening
- Tuesday, October 10
- Tuesday, October 17
- Wednesday, November 1
- Tuesday, November 21
- Tuesday, November 28
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Upcoming Academic Opportunities
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.
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.
SCU Events
Virtual Examen with Jack Treacy, S.J. '77
Wednesday, Sept. 13 | 4:30-5:30 PM | Zoom
Decompress and process your day in a framework of gratitude as fellow Bronco, Fr. Jack Treacy ’77, leads us in a traditional Ignatian Examen prayer.
Register Here
GTU Events
Madrasa-Midrasha Emerging Scholars Colloquium
Wednesday, Sept. 20 | 11:30 AM | GTU Library Multiuse Room
Please join the GTU's Madrasa-Midrasha Program for an event featuring the work of current GTU students researching topics in Islamic Studies and Jewish Studies. Presenters include recent CIS graduate Dr. R. David Coolidge and CJS MA student Carey Averbook.
This is a hybrid event, with the in-person portion taking place in the Multiuse Room of the GTU Library.
Register Here
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The Black Woman is God Presents Dr. Christena Cleveland
Thursday, Sept. 21 | 3:00 - 5:00 PM | GTU Library Multiuse Room
Christena Cleveland, Ph.D. is a social psychologist, public theologian, author, and activist. She is the founder and director of the Center for Justice + Renewal which supports a more equitable world by nurturing skillful justice advocacy and the depth to act on it.
She recently published her third full-length book, God is a Black Woman (Harper Collins), which details her 400-mile walking pilgrimage across central France in search of ancient Black Madonna statues and examines the relationship between race, gender, and cultural perceptions of the Divine.
Registration Here
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Literature Review Tools & Zotero
Thursday, Sept. 21 | 3:00 - 4:00 PM | Zoom
Artificial Intelligence (AI) allows researchers to leverage online tools to visualize connections between books and articles. Learn to use AI integrations with Zotero to make your literature review process a bit smoother. Workshop attendees should be comfortable creating free accounts with a variety of websites; they should also be comfortable with the basics of navigating and using Zotero.
This workshop will be held online in Zoom (Join and use Meeting ID: 510 649 2501). No RSVP required, join anytime. Questions? Email Stephanie.
Pre-assignments: download Zotero 6.0 & the browser connector. and review basic functions of Zotero.
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Community Events
Water is Sacred
September 8 - October 8 | ACCI Gallery | 1652 Shattuck Ave.
“Water is Sacred” is a juried photography exhibition that explores the power of water in its various forms and how that power is manifested in our diverse environments. Photographer Susanna (Suzun) Lucia Lamaina will be our guest juror/curator. From rain to rivers to floods, moisture to lakes and oceans, water is a powerful force affecting the planet. It nurtures our gardens and devastates our lives when there’s a drought. It’s the basis of all life. We invite photographers to submit photographs that examine the myriad impacts of water. From the presence of water to its absence. Consider a broad spectrum of subject matter, such as extreme weather and climate changes, access to clean drinking water and everyday activities like bathing and doing laundry. This exhibition will explore the dynamics of water as sacred and its impact on our lives.
See here for more information
“Touching Ground, Putting Down Roots: Chinese in Berkeley,” Exhibition
September 8 - September 30 | Berkeley Historical Society & Museum | 1931 Center St.
The exhibit will tell the stories of prominent Berkeley residents of Chinese descent, including activists, artists, accomplished professionals, distinguished scholars and professors and even Madame Chiang Kai-shek. There will also be stories of regular family life and of workers and bosses in Chinese-owned laundries, restaurants, and other enterprises. Finally, the exhibit will document the remarkable increase in the numbers of Chinese and Chinese American students at Cal and the equally dramatic growth of Berkeley’s Chinese American population in the last three decades. For more than 150 years, people of Chinese descent have put down roots that have grown deep and spread in Berkeley’s rich social environment.
The exhibit was developed by a team chaired by Jeanine Castello-Lin. Introduction by Charles Wollenberg.
See here for more information
Career Connections
Preparing for What Comes Next!
Stay tuned for future opportunities for professional development and preparation for your future career!
Career Opportunities
Program Coordinator Rostro de Cristo, Quito, Ecuador | More Information & How to Apply
Director of Campus Ministry Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA | More Information & How to Apply
Executive Director Laudato Si Movement, Remote* | More Information & How to Apply
High School Social Studies Teacher St. Ignatius College Prep., San Francisco, CA | More Information & How to Apply
Director of Christian Service & Justice Christ the King Jesuit College Prep., Chicago, IL | More Information & How to Apply
Parish Life Coordinator - Executive Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians) Western Province, St. Louis, MO | More Information & How to Apply
Resources
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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 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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