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The JST building will be open Monday-Wednesday, December 20-22, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. PST.
The building will then be closed from December 23 through January 2.
JST will re-open on Monday, January 3.
Building hours for Intersession, January 3 through January 28, are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. PST.
 | Liturgy NewsOn Thursday evening, December 16, 5:15 p.m., we will have Advent Evening Prayer.
From December 20 through January 2, there will be no liturgy in Gesù Chapel.
Mass schedule for Intersession, January 3-January 29: Monday-Friday, 5:15 p.m., Saturday, 8:30 a.m.
Presider Schedule for next week:
Tuesday 12/14 8:00 Oscar Nduri, S.J. 5:15 Joseph Mueller, SJ
Wednesday 12/15 8:00 Peter Omondi, SJ 5:15 Jayaraju Rao Ghattamaneni, SJ
Thursday 12/16 8:00 Soo Young Park, SJ 5:15 Advent Evening Prayer: Paul Kircher
Friday 12/17 8:00 Trieu Nguyen, SJ 5:15 Fikiri Deogratias, SJ
Saturday 12/18 8:30 Heritier Kinzamba, SJ |
JST Announcements
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JST Lay Students: There will be a weekend retreat for JST lay students at the Jesuit Retreat Center in Los Altos, Friday evening dinner through Sunday lunch, March 4-6, 2022. Please respond on this form to indicate your desire to participate in the retreat.
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SUMMER PRACTICUM IN SPIRITUAL DIRECTION, June 20- July 15, 2022: To enable participants to refine a focus on religious experience in spiritual direction and retreat work, the practicum will combine theory and practical application to ministry through presentations, verbatims, role plays, case studies, journal exercises, group discussion, individual and group supervision. Each participant will direct at least four persons for one month. The program will be limited to fourteen persons. Directed by Jane Ferdon, O.P. and George Murphy, S.J.
An application and an interview will be required. Application deadline: February 1, 2022. Acceptances will be sent out by March 1, 2022. Tuition: $2500 with some scholarships available according to need.
For more information or to apply, please contact George Murphy, S.J., grmurphy@scu.edu
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New Student Faith Sharing Group For Women: Faith, Fellowship, Fun and Female (and yes, Food)! Spring Semester 2022: Inviting all JST women students to a new faith-sharing group where we can claim God’s dream for each of us. We want to empower each other to flourish in prayer and confidence. We hope for fun and laughter too! Please email Anne Zehren, M.T.S. student, at azehren@scu.edu if you are interested in being part of this new group. She would like group members (and the Holy Spirit!) to help lead and define the format.
- JST students who did not receive a grant from the ARP/HEERF III Fund can apply for assistance if they have a self-identified hardship need due to the coronavirus pandemic. The deadline for submitting request forms through eCampus has been extended to January 21, 2022. Additional information about this program can be found on the SCU ARP/HEERF III Fund FAQ page.
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Of Interest Elsewhere |
Four Dreams Jesuit Film Contest
Lights, camera, action! The year 2021 marks 500 years since Ignatius of Loyola began his journey of discovery. To commemorate this milestone anniversary in Jesuit history, the Society of Jesus has launched the Four Dreams Jesuit Film Contest. This contest is sponsored by the International Association of Jesuit Universities (IAJU) in collaboration with the General Curia in Rome.
The film contest offers an opportunity for students at Jesuit colleges and universities around the world to share their creativity and production talents. The theme of each film must be centered around one of the four “Universal Apostolic Preferences” (details are available at the contest website).
All films must be submitted by May 1, 2022. Five winners will be selected, including one grand-prize winner. Winning films will be presented at the IAJU General Assembly that will take place at Boston College in August 2022.
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JST Events |
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JST Weekday Liturgy
5:15 p.m., JST Gesu Chapel
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Contemplative Walk
2:10 p.m., JST Chapel Bell Meet others by the chapel bell to enjoy a contemplative walk in our neighborhood. We’ll gather and walk each Thursday apart from reading week and the Thanksgiving holiday. |
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JST Weekday Liturgy
5:15 p.m., JST Gesu Chapel
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JST Liturgy in Spanish
5:15 p.m., JST Gesu Chapel
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SCU Events and Announcements |
8 minute Lunchtime Examen
Join SCU’s Division of Mission and Ministry for a weekly 8-minute Lunchtime Examen every Friday, 12:51-12:59 p.m. PDT. A team of faculty, staff, and students will take turns leading the Examen each Friday over Zoom. Aware of just how much we are all going through these days, the team hopes to provide a calm, welcoming presence as we journey together in community through the Examen. We hope students, faculty, and staff from any religious, secular, or spiritual identity feel supported and welcomed in this experience. No need to register. Click HERE for zoom details.
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Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. PST via zoom
Exploring and explaining a litany of glitches, near misses, and mathematical mishaps involving the internet, big data, elections, street signs, lotteries, the Roman Empire, and an Olympic team, Matt Parker (known as the Standup Mathematician) uncovers the bizarre ways math trips us up, and what this reveals about its essential place in our world. Getting it wrong has never been more fun. |
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GTU News and Events |
Student Employment at GTU
The GTU seeks to hire student workers in the following areas: library circulation assistant, admissions representative and GTUx community manager. Go to https://www.gtu.edu/about/employment and scroll down to Student Positions for detailed job descriptions and how to apply.
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Islamic Studies at GTU: Dr. Sulaiman Mappiasse
4:00 p.m. PST, via Zoom
Dr. Sulaiman Mappiasse, a Fulbright Scholar from Indonesia at CIS/GTU, will share his research, “Social Relations in a Post-Religious Conflict Area, Poso, Indonesia: An Interreligious Learning Perspective.”
All are welcome to attend these events to learn from and with students, visiting/research scholars, alums, and faculty in Islamic Studies at the GTU. Please email Dr. Munir Jiwa (mjiwa@gtu.edu) for Zoom registration information. |
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Faiths in Conversation: Hinduism and Justice
2:00 p.m. PST via Zoom
This Faiths in Conversation series webinar on "Hinduism & Justice" features a conversation between CDS Director Dr. Rita D. Sherma and UT-Austin Associate Professor of Religious Studies Dr. Jonathan Wyn Schofer.
The event is Monday, December 13th at 4pm CT (2pm PT) |
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Spiritual Care in LGBTQ Deserts: a Lavender Lunch with Jude Johnson
12:15-1:15 p.m PST via zoom
In this online Lavender Lunch, Jude Johnson shares their experience of providing spiritual care for LGBTQ Veterans of the VA medical system in the Inland Empire of California. The desert cities in Southern California pose unique challenges in seeking support for LGBTQ individuals as the resources tend to be located in larger cities near the coast. Jude will also discuss experiences in educating allies in the VA medical system and advocacy for trans-competent health care. |
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Community Events and Resources |
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Santa Clara Chorale Concert, Remember Holidays
Dec. 10, 8:00 p.m., Dec. 12, 4:00 p.m. Mission Santa Clara
The Santa Clara Chorale will be performing their Christmas concert, "Remember Holidays", at the Mission Santa Clara de Asis on December 10, 8:00 pm and December 12, 4:00 pm. Their repertoire includes traditional carols and exciting festive songs. Discounted tickets are available for SCU employees, students, and seniors. Kids 18 and under attend for free! Reserve your tickets online: https://ci.ovationtix.com/35864/production/1081374
General admission ticket prices:
Adult: $27
Senior: $22
SCU staff: $22
Student: $5 |
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Saturday Morning Meditation: Find Peace in an Unpeaceful World
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. PST via Zoom
Before the Buddha became enlightened, he spent hundreds of lifetimes cultivating the heart-mind qualities that support the spread of benevolence, compassion, loving kindness, sympathetic joy, and equanimity, known as the Divine Abodes, or Bramaviharas. Join meditation teacher Arisika Razak for an embodied exploration of these qualities, which offer a way to balance our responsibilities to ourselves with our responsibilities to others. Learn how the Divide Abodes can help you find inner peace in the midst of a rapidly evolving global health pandemic, catastrophic climate change, and the lethal targeting of marginalized populations. This virtual meditation session is open to practitioners at all levels. Sponsored by the Asian Art Museum, $5 donation. |
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Calls for Papers, Grants and More |
Religious Studies Position at Woodside Priory, Portola Valley
Woodside Priory is seeking a part-time Theology Teacher to teach two semester-long Theology courses beginning in January. This is a part-time teaching position that may develop into a full-time position. For the job description and to apply, click here.
FASPE Seminary Fellowships in Professional Ethics
FASPE is an intensive, two-week study program in professional ethics and ethical leadership. FASPE is neither a Holocaust studies course, nor a genocide prevention program. Rather, the curriculum is designed to challenge Fellows to critically examine constructs, current developments and issues that raise ethical concerns in their professions in contemporary settings in which they work.
The Fellowship is fully funded for between 12 and 16 applicants.
FASPE Seminary applicants must either be enrolled in graduate school preparing for work as a religious leader at the time of application or they must be working as clergy with a relevant graduate degree received between May 2020 and January 2022. Those applying as students may be studying at a seminary, divinity school, rabbinical school, Muslim chaplaincy program or other graduate program related to religious OR theological training.
More information is available at this link. If you would like further information about FASPE or its programs, please visit the website www.faspe-ethics.org. Potential applicants can register here. Completed applications are due January 2, 2022.
Call for Papers: Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life
On February 26, 2022, the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College will host the 2nd Annual Graduate Student Conference on the theme: "Religious Activism and Political Change; Political Activism and Religious Change." Because of the lingering impact of COVID and to encourage a national presence at the conference, we will again hold the conference virtually. Given the number of topics implicated by this topic, we invite proposals from graduate and professional students in any discipline. Abstracts are due on December 12th, 2021, and should be sent to boisi.center@bc.edu.
Call for Papers: Lumen et Vita Spring Graduate Conference
“The Great Waters of the Kingdom of Matter”: Faith, Religion, Science, and Reality
Abstracts of no more than 300 words are due by 11:59 PM on January 20, 2022. Conference at Boston College, virtually and in person: Saturday, March 26, 2022. Sponsored by Lumen et Vita, The Graduate Journal of Theology, School of Theology & Ministry, Boston College. The three best papers (as determined by a panel of judges) will each be awarded $400.
Lumen et Vita Call for Papers
Call for Book Proposals for book series, Phenomenologies of Religious Experience
This series invites proposals in classical phenomenology, French phenomenology, pre- and post-phenomenologies, and in methodologies that bridge phenomenology and analytic philosophy. In accord with Husserl’s original intent, the series welcomes attempts to locate spiritual or religious experience within a broader theory of the sciences (Wissenschaftslehre) and to expand phenomenology towards transcendental philosophy and metaphysics.
The series is published in cooperation with the Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience, www.sophere.org.
Click here For More Information
Mary Beth Lamb and Ming-Te Hsu, S.J. at the Farewell Reception for Mary Beth on December 9. Photo by Lisa Hui.
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