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Issue Two September 11, 2020

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meeting for 7:30 p.m. September 17, 2020

This session will be recorded for those who cannot attend the zoom meeting at the scheduled time.

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Liturgy News
  • We are looking for students/faculty and staff to lead, coordinate, or serve in online liturgies/ gatherings for prayer that would be regularly scheduled throughout the semester.  There are many opportunities for participation at different levels.  Please share your gifts and ideas with the community. If interested, fill out the following survey or contact Paul Kircher, pkircher@scu.edu. 
JST Announcements
  • The Office of Student Life is beginning to plan for various kinds of community life activities for the fall. Please fill out the following survey to indicate your interests.
  • Students, faculty and staff: the fall 2020 directory is in the works! If you need to make a change/correction to your information from the past, please contact Mary Beth Lamb, melamb@scu.edu. If you have never been in the directory before, please submit this survey. You can also upload a new photo if you don't want to use the one from your student ID, but it needs to be a headshot against a solid background.
  • Students interested in academic writing coaching and tutoring should contact the Writing Program Coordinator Laura Dunn by email at ldunn@scu.edu, or by phone (510) 519-8313 to set up an appointment. First priority is given to students writing their theses and dissertations. Writing labs (open to everyone) start on Wednesday, September 23, 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. PDT. The first will be an introduction to Academic Theology and Religion in the North American Academy. A recording of the lab will be posted on the writing program moodle page the following Friday. 
  • The 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge is a 21-day journey conducted online by the Ignatian Solidarity Network, with different opportunities to learn, pray, and act for racial equity.  It is designed to fit into one's daily life.  If you would like to make this journey in the company of others at JST, please contact Paul Kircher,  pkircher@scu.edu, and we will put those with the same interest in touch with each other to form a JST group.
  • The add/drop period for registration ends on Friday, Sept. 18.
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Of Interest Elsewhere
Ignatian Guide to Civic Engagement
In today's climate, politics seems messy and dysfunctional. We may find ourselves growing angry at those who see things differently, or simply detaching from current events out of frustration. Many think that the Church should stay out of politics altogether.
 
But Pope Francis reminds us that "Good Catholics meddle in politics... Politics, according to the Social Doctrine of the Church, is one of the highest forms of charity, because it serves the common good."
 
Faithful Catholics can and do disagree on which parties or candidates would best serve the common good. But good faith disagreements are no reason for inaction or for turning away. Instead, they are an invitation to humility and to deeper prayer, reflection, analysis and dialogue. To assist in this process, the Jesuit Conference Office of Justice and Ecology has created an Ignatian Guide to Civic Engagement.
Ignatian Carbon Challenge

SEPTEMBER 1-OCTOBER 4, SEASON OF CREATION:  In a time of quarantine, digital learning, racial injustice, intensifying storms, and mass migration, holding space to act on climate change can feel overwhelming. This Season of Creation, start simple with one new daily habit for a healthy planet.

Step one: Choose ONE daily action to repeat each day throughout the 34 days that will renew your relationship with creation or that will allow you to explore a radical new way of living with creation.

Habit Ideas: 

  • Make a plan and plant a St. Kateri Habitat at your house, Church or school to promote biodiversity and restoration of creation.
  • Avoid single-use plastics, food waste, or meat/dairy products.
  • Commit to a daily prayer practice dedicated to care for creation throughout the month.
  • Advocate on a different environmental issue each day of the month.
  • Read an article/book or listen to a podcast about climate change each day of the Season of Creation.
  • Choose your own habit to build.
Step two: Take the pledge to commit to ONE action repeated daily throughout the 34 days of the Season of Creation to build a new environmental habit you’ve been meaning to get around to but haven’t made time for.

Step three: Form and track your healthy habit for the planet! If desired, we will send a daily email or text message reminder to keep you motivated. 

For more information on the Ignatian Carbon Challenge, click here.

Voting is an Act of Love

This fall, exercise the right and responsibility to vote for candidates and issues that support the common good and concern for the most vulnerable people in our society. Join the movement. This movement is a partnership between the Ignatian Solidarity Movement and When We All Vote, a non-profit, nonpartisan organization that is on a mission to increase participation in every election and close the race and age voting gap.

People's History of Vatican II

Last year, CTA (Call to Action) introduced the People’s History of Vatican II, a project documenting the generational memory of the Second Vatican Council’s reforms and promises. Through conversation and reflection, they are co-creating a recorded and embodied archive, to root the lived experience of Vatican II in Call To Action’s current and future work.

Before COVID, Christine Haider-Winnett and People’s History intern Kascha Sanor conducted listening sessions with 13 elders and collected 116 written reflections. Bearing homemade bread, Kascha sat down with movement elders to better understand the impact of the Second Vatican Council on their lives. How did Vatican II shape individuals, Call To Action, and our Church as a whole?

In a second phase of this project, CTA is publicly documenting memories of Vatican II through a series of posts on their website. Kascha, summer intern Emma Calkins, and other CTA members will interpret and present the reflections. Through text, audio, photography, and video, the People’s History series will recall and honor our roots. 

New People’s History posts will appear every week from summer to fall.

 
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JST Events

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