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Issue Fifteen Feburary 5, 2021

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Liturgy News
  • Sunday Best Black History Month Service:   All are invited this Sunday, February 7, at 1 p.m. PST, as SCU Beloved Community and SCU Campus Ministry co-host this celebration in honor of Black History Month with a Protestant worship service in the African American tradition, featuring the inspiring preaching of Rev. Dr. Tanisha Sparks, JST Director of Finance and Administration.   For full information, scroll down to the SCU Events entry for February 7.
  • All are welcome for our Liturgy of Gathering and celebration of the Lunar New Year.   Please join us as we open the spring semester with this liturgy via Zoom on Friday, February 12, 5:15 p.m. PST. For the zoom information, please scroll down to the JST Events entry for February 12.
  • Ash Wednesday, February 17, we encourage the JST community to attend the SCU ritual at 3:30 p.m. PST to focus on each of our own roles in making JST/SCU an anti-racist institution. Scroll down to the SCU Event for Feb. 17 for information on how to register.

JST Announcements
  • There are several openings for student employment at JST. Go to https://www.scu.edu/jst/about/business-offices/office-of-finance-and-administration/ and scroll down to Student Employment. In particular, the search is still on for a GSA for Marketing and Communication.
  • Resources for Lent recommended by George Murphy, S.J.:
    • JST's Lenten series, A Heart Renewed: Daily Lenten Prayer, an online retreat with daily reflections emailed each morning, will start up on Ash Wednesday, February 17. If you subscribed previously and you would like to update your communication preferences, you may do so here. New participants may sign up here.
    • Lenten Reflection Guide from Maryknoll Global Concerns on Fratelli Tutti Of Pope Francis
    • Pray as You Go, daily prayer online from the Jesuits of Britain, around 10 minutes long, including music, scripture and meditative questions for reflection.
    • Sacred Space, daily prayer online from the Jesuits of Ireland. George Murphy, S.J. will lead a one hour weekly faith sharing group based on Sacred Space. If interested, contact melamb@scu.edu. Meeting time to be determined by the group. 
  • Please visit the Moodle course, "JST Community Life, Prayer and Liturgy" for full information on JST community and liturgical gatherings and activities. Under Holy Ground, you will find Lenten Online prayer resources.
  • Please visit "Working for Racial Justice," a new tile in the Moodle course, "JST Community Life, Prayer and Liturgy," where you will find resources for reflection, prayer and discernment on how we can work together for racial justice.
  • The Office of Spiritual Formation is hosting a Morning of Prayer in the Time of COVID: Journey through Lent as Pilgrimage, led by Professor Kathryn Barush, on Saturday, February 13, 10 a.m. - noon PST. Please RSVP with Mary Beth Lamb, melamb@scu.edu by Wednesday, February 10, if interested in attending.
  • If your contact information and/or city of residence has changed since the fall semester, please fill out a new Photo Directory Authorization Form so that we can place your new information in the Spring Addendum. You can check your current information in the Photo Directory, which is posted in the Moodle course: JST Community Life, Prayer and Liturgy, just under the Announcements. Contact Mary Beth Lamb, melamb@scu.edu with questions.
  • Registration Reminders:  Monday, Feb. 1st, begins the Add/Drop period which lasts till Friday, Feb. 12th.  You can make adjustments to your registration during this period without any penalty.  Also, Friday, February 5th is the last day to turn in your Special Reading Course and Course Upgrade forms for the spring semester.  Contact Jim Oberhausen (joberhausen@scu.edu) with any questions.

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Of Interest Elsewhere

Take a Breath with Mary and Matt: Lent 2021
Matt Wooters, S.J. and Mary Reilly, JST MDiv 2019, will send out a weekly newsletter starting the week of February 17 and offer optional 30 minute zoom prayer gatherings on Wednesdays throughout Lent. The theme of the newsletters and zoom prays will be fasting/letting go! To learn more, fill out this google form:  https://forms.gle/4dm1jMg486Mv1sXS7
Discernment Series: Racial Justice

It is still possible to participate in this series for discerning ways to work for racial justice, in the context of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola.  See https://www.stignatiussf.org/event/discernment-series-racial-justice for more information, or contact JST students, Teresa CariƱo (tcarino@scu.edu) or Lucas Sharma, S.J. (lsharma@scu.edu).

Call to Action Young Adult Cohort on Anti-Racism

Call to Action invites progressive Catholic young adults, aged 20-39, to participate in a cohort with other young adults focusing on anti-racism.   Cohort members participate in a monthly cohort call, receive the accompaniment of a mentor, and receive a stipend.  The deadline to apply is February 19.  For more information, see https://www.cta-usa.org/news/regen21


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