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Dear JST Community,

I hope you are all finding some time for rest during this Reading Week.

During the month of November, we will honor our beloved dead and ancestors in faith. Please see Liturgy News about the altarcito, as well as an altar of remembrance for those who have been lost to gun violence, and especially Black persons and other persons of color who have died at the hands of the police.

We enter into Black Catholic History Month. May this be a time when we give thanks for the gifts of Black Catholics in the Church, while also contemplating and repenting for the racism in our Church and here at JST.  Please see the Liturgy News announcement about participating in the Novena for Racial Justice in preparation for our liturgy commemorating Black Catholic History on Friday, November 13.  May we proclaim in our prayer and our celebration that Black Lives Matter!

Finally, all are invited to a prayer service following the U.S. election, on Friday, November 6, at noon PST.   Please see Liturgy News for more information.

Peace and blessings,

Paul Kircher

• All are invited to Venerating the Saints: An Ancient Tradition Actual Today, this Sunday, November 1, at 1 p.m. PST.  On this Feast of All Saints, John W. O'Malley, SJ, University Professor of Theology at Georgetown University, will review the history of the veneration of the saints, consider the challenges it has faced, and reflect on its appeal in our day, concluding with a consideration of Jesuit saints.  The Jesuit School of Theology is a co-sponsor of this free event that is co-presented by the Lumen Christi Institute, the Bollandist Society, and America Media.  Click here to register.  
• 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, to address questions about JST's plans to continue online in spring 2021. 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.
• 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.