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“It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.”
Fredrick Douglass (1817-1895)
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Featured Event
Prophetic Communities: Organizing as an Expression of Catholic Social Thought
University of San Francisco | Thursday February 9th -Saturday February 11th, 2023
English with simulcast interpretation to Spanish
This conference will explore how Catholic theology and social thought has given rise to community organizing and how community organizers embody and shape the Catholic social tradition. Convened at the University of San Francisco, this three-day event will bring together scholars across disciplines with community organizers of various networks to build relationships, knowledge, and capacity for theological reflection and praxis. Our hope is that bridging the church, academy, and social movements, this conference will foster the solidarity and synodality that Pope Francis has envisioned. Please see: https://rsvp.usfca.edu/event/5bdcf7e5-b758-47e8-9d24-f7047c902f35/summary
JST has a few remaining spots for the conference. Please contact Jenny in Student Life (jgirardmalley@scu.edu) if you would like to attend.
What's Happening This Week at JST
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FREE Books Available until February 17
We have organized the Montserrat Lounge (JST basement) book shelves for you to scan through and take all the books that might be useful for you. Everything is for free and it will be on a first come, first serve basis.
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Solidarity Supper
Trivia Night II: Biblical Studies Edition
Tuesday, February 7 | 6:00PM | Manresa Lounge
Time for a rematch! Join us after the 5:15PM liturgy for a supper provided by the biblical studies faculty and an exciting opportunity to show off your biblical studies knowledge in trivia.
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Tea with our Asst. Dean of Students
Wednesday, Feb 8 | 3:00-4:00PM | Compania Sofa Space
Jenny welcomes students to come chat and have some tea! Especially PENDING GRADUATES of 2023...those of you preparing to graduate, come share with me your ideas, feedback and needs as you start to look ahead to May. How can Student Life continue to support you?
Lay Led Liturgy of the Word
Thursday, Feb. 9 | 5:15PM | Gesu Chapel
Co-Presiders: Jesus Munoz & Sean Barry
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Funeral Services for Rich Tunstall
Saturday, February 11 | 11:00AM | Veteran's Hall | 16812 Orleans Street, Esparto, CA 95627
Rich worked for Santa Clara University for 25 years, serving as JST's lead maintenance technician for the last seven.
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Recordings of Dean Joe Mueller's Wake and Funeral Mass in Detroit can be found here:
Included in this Week's Magis
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Kudos Corner
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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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Prayer Periods | Gesù Chapel
Tuesday to Friday, Feb. 6-9, 12:30-1:15PM
Next week, from 12:30 PM until 1:15 PM, we will hold space for common, silent prayer in the chapel. We will toll the bell at the beginning of these prayer periods. Stop in for a moment or sit for the entire period!
Lay Retreat
RSVP by Friday, Feb. 10
Share your Availability for Lay Retreat Friday - Sunday, April 14- 16, 2023 to support the our reservation of a facility. |
Lay Liturgies
On Tuesday evening, the community will celebrate a liturgy of the word; Jesus Munoz and Sean Barry will serve as our presiders.
Reset the Chapel for Ordinary Time
Monday (2/6) 10:30 - 11:30 AM
Tomorrow morning, Monday, February 6, you can help set the chapel for Ordinary time by joining us at at any point between 9 and 11:30 AM.
Liturgy Presider Schedule
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Tuesday, 2/7 |
Wednesday, 2/8 |
Thursday, 2/9 |
Friday, 2/10 |
Saturday 2/11 8:30AM |
8:00AM |
Yoda |
Ouedraogo |
Nyirenda |
Ng'ang'a |
Agbo |
5:15PM |
Connell |
Griener |
Munoz & Barry |
Hadley |
No Liturgy |
Save the Date
JST Memorial Mass for Fr. Joe Mueller, SJ
Saturday, February 25 | 10:30AM PST
Saint Mary Magdalen Church
2005 Berryman St., Berkeley, CA
Tuesday Night Solidarity Supper Programming
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February 14 | Love The Earth on Valentines Day with "The Letter" Film https://www.theletterfilm.org/
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February 21 | Conversation with Fr. Greg Boyle, Homeboy Industries with JST Student Laura Miera
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February 28 | Black History Month Program
Annual JST Talent Show
Friday, March 17, 2023 (doors open 7:30pm, show at 8:00pm) | Manresa and Compania
Special Programs
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Greg Boyle Documentary with Tomi and Laura on Wednesday, February 15 @ 3:00pm-5:00pm
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Women 2 Women Tea with Homegirls, hosted by Laura Miera Wednesday, February 22 @ 3:30-5:00pm
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Upcoming Conferences
RECongress
February 23-26, 2023 | recongress.org
The Los Angeles Religious Education Congress is the largest annual gathering of its kind in the world. This four-day event is held at the Anaheim Convention Center and is sponsored by the Office of Religious Education for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. RECongress began in 1956 as an institute for religious education teachers. Since then, RECongress has grown to include people of all ministries, vocations, and faiths.
If you are interested in attending the congress, please contact Carlos Rodriguez (crodriguez2@scu.edu). Angelenos and LA Congress veterans are especially welcome!
CHA Theology and Ethics Colloquium
March 15-17, 2023 | St. Louis, MO
As part of an effort by the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA) to help prepare graduate students for a career in Catholic health care ethics, CHA is offering a limited number of scholarships to the 2023 Theology and Ethics Colloquium, "Catholic Identity and American Culture," Wednesday, March 15, to Friday, March 17, 2023 at the Chase Park Plaza Royal Sonesta Hotel in St. Louis. The scholarships are designed to support the educational and professional development of the next generation of ethicists and theologians for the Catholic health care ministry.
Scholarships will include complimentary program registration, roundtrip coach airfare to and from St. Louis, and hotel accommodations the evenings of March 15 and 16, 2023.
Application which is due February 10, 2023: 2023 Theology & Ethics Colloquium: Scholarship Opportunity
Feel free to contact nhibner@chausa.org with any questions.
Climate & Environmental Justice Conference
April 27-28, 2023 | Santa Clara University
The Environmental Justice and Common Good Initiative is pleased to announce the 2023 free conference, entitled “Climate & Environmental Justice Conference: Faith-based, community-based, and academic collaboration for action” to be held at Santa Clara University and online from April 27– 28, 2023. The conference will advance the work of organizing community-university alliances and partnerships to promote climate and environmental justice in Northern California, across Latin America, and throughout Jesuit higher education. See the preliminary program and stay tuned for future announcements about how to engage. Registration is open and it is free.
Check the conference website frequently for updates, and, please direct questions to environmentaljustice@scu.edu.
SCU Events
Exploring the Integration of Faith, Justice, and the Intellectual Life in Jesuit, Catholic Higher Education
As the first director of the Bannan Institute (now the Bannan Forum), Robert Senkewicz premised his original vision “on the notion that struggling with the question of our Catholic and Jesuit identity is one way in which we can become a better and more genuine university.” This issue of explore returns to and continues that vision.
Current Art Exhibitions at Santa Clara University
Threshold.
February 7 - March 16, 2023 | Edward M. Dowd Art and Art History Building | Artist: Daren Kendall
More Information
con. Text. Portraits by Bryan Ida | New Art Exhibition
January 24 - June 17, 2023 | de Saisset Museum | Artist: Bryan Ida
Winter Hours | January 24 - March 17 | Tues-Sun 11am-4pm
More Information
GTU Events
The Sixth Annual Borsch-Rast Lecture feat. Dr. Kate Barush
Friday, March 3 | 5:00PM | GTU Dinner Board Room | 2400 Ridge Road Berkeley, CA
The Graduate Theological Union is pleased to host Dr. Kathryn Barush, Thomas E. Bertelsen Jr. Associate Professor of Art History and Religion, as the sixth annual Borsch-Rast Lecture for 2021 publication, Imaging Pilgrimage: Art as Embodied Experience (Bloomsbury Visual Arts). Dr. Barush will be joined by Dr. Simon Coleman, who will be responding to her book. Dr. Coleman is Chancellor Jackman Professor, Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto and his most recent book is Powers of Pilgrimage: Religion in a World of Movement.
Contact Sabrina Kennedy by February 21 by 5:00pm at skennedy@gtu.edu if you would like to attend in person.
Zoom registration found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-sixth-annual-borsch-rast-lecture-tickets-520051166037
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CALL FOR PAPERS
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Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience (SOPHERE) Conference 2023: Religious Experience and the Phenomenology of Nature | 16th – 19th August 2023
CFP deadline: March 15 2023
(Hosted by the University of Galway and St. Angela’s College, Sligo)
If you have any questions about the conference, please email the conference organizers:
Professor Felix Ó Murchadha: felix.omurchadha@universityofgalway.ie
Dr. Mary Shanahan: mshanahan@stangelas.ie
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Spring 2023 GTU CARe Writing Prize
Write an essay of 1200-1500 words on artwork, themes, and/or content from a current or upcoming Doug Adams Gallery exhibition for the chance to win $250! The deadline for submissions is Monday, March 20, 9am (Pacific Time) and all papers should be sent to care@gtu.edu.
You have a choice of four exhibitions on which to write a paper. Please see the full list below.
Find out more at www.gtu.edu/caregrants or email lwebster@gtu.edu with any questions!
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Community Events
Cantre: Imagine | Songs by the Beatles feat. Chamber Ensemble
Friday, Feb. 10 | 7:30PM | Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley
Saturday, Feb. 11 | 7:30PM | Lafayette Community Center
Paul Kircher invites you to a concert of "Songs by the Beatles," with Cantare Chamber Ensemble, on Friday evening, February 10, in Kensington (near Berkeley) and on Saturday evening, February 11, in Lafayette. Please see the full details here. For discounted tickets of $20 for faculty/staff and $5 for students, please contact Paul Kircher at pkircher@scu.edu by noon on Thursday, February 9. Otherwise, tickets are available at the door.
Pueblo Revolt, by Dillon Chitto | World Premiere of Rella Lossy Award Winning Play
February 9, 10, 11 at 7pm, & Feb. 12th matinee at 2pm | $15 students/$25 general admission
Production by AlterTheater | Arts Research Center, Hearst Field Annex D23 UC Berkeley
Directed by Reed Flores | Featuring Steven Flores & Eduardo Soria
Pueblo Revolt explores the Pueblo Uprising through the eyes of a gay Pueblo teen, Feem, and his older brother, Ba’homa. Equally hilarious and poignant, the play weaves together history and Indigifuturism to examine queerness, family, religion, and survival.
Resources
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 the this page for information on openings for student employment.
JST Calendar Highlights
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JST Community Liturgy with Lay Preacher
5:15 p.m., JST Gesu Chapel
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JST Morning Liturgy in French
8 a.m., JST Gesu Chapel
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JST Weekday Liturgy
5:15 p.m., JST Gesu Chapel
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To submit items for publication in this newsletter, please send to jstmagis@scu.edu by 12:00PM Noon on Thursday of the week before you want it published.
Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University Assistant Dean of Student and Community Life 1735 Le Roy Avenue Berkeley, CA 94709 Phone: 510-549-5018 jstmagis@scu.edu |
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