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• Starting Oct. 25 and continuing through Nov. 8 various countries in the world are changing time zones. For a succinct description of the upcoming changes, see Upcoming Time Zone Changes. 
• JST will host two virtual Town Halls for students on Monday, November 2.  The 7:30 a.m. PST session is specifically for international students who are currently living outside of the U.S.  The 1 p.m. PST session is for all JST students in all programs. 
• Eddie Fernández, SJ has recently been named the GTU's 2020 Distinguished Faculty Lecturer.  On 11 November 2020 at 6:30 p.m., Eddie will give his lecture, entitled “Haciendo Memoria: Revisiting Our Blessings at the GTU.”    You may register here for this Zoom event.
• This week we welcome all JST community members to "JST Community Life, Prayer and Liturgy." This is a virtual space in Moodle that serves as a locus for encounter and connection within the JST community.  In the various tiles, you will find postings and announcements of community events, gatherings, and activities. "Holy Ground: Virtual Prayer Space" is an online space for prayer and contemplation. Our first community prayer activities are the altarcito for our beloved dead and the altar of remembrance for those lost to police violence. We hope you will enjoy exploring this online hosting place for interaction, and invite you to return often to learn and to participate with others in the JST community.
• Tea at JST: Paul Kircher invites JST students for an informal social hour on Mondays from 1-2 p.m. Drop in any time for conversation with other students.  See this link for the zoom information.
• Liberating Religious Liberty:  Faith Organizing Within Catholic Communities - see this link for more information on this session on Tuesday, October 27, with Fr. Bryan Massingale and Rev. Dr. Roland Stringfellow, hosted by the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies of the Pacific School of Religion.
• The new student-run journal, New Horizons, is calling for submissions for its first issue, Dual Pandemics: Why Black Lives Matter.  For more information and submission guidelines see Call for Papers, New Horizons Journal.