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• JST Lay Students:   There will be a weekend retreat for JST lay students at the Jesuit Retreat Center in Los Altos, Friday evening dinner through Sunday lunch, March 4-6, 2022.   Please respond on this form to indicate your desire to participate in the retreat.

• SUMMER PRACTICUM IN SPIRITUAL DIRECTION, June 20- July 15, 2022: To enable participants to refine a focus on religious experience in spiritual direction and retreat work, the practicum will combine theory and practical application to ministry through presentations, verbatims, role plays, case studies, journal exercises, group discussion, individual and group supervision. Each participant will direct at least four persons for one month. The program will be limited to fourteen persons. Directed by Jane Ferdon, O.P. and George Murphy, S.J.

  An application and an interview will be required. Application deadline: February 1, 2022. Acceptances will be sent out by March 1, 2022. Tuition: $2500 with some scholarships available according to need.

  For more information or application, please contact George Murphy, S.J., grmurphy@scu.edu

• On Tuesday, December 7, at 1:00 in Manresa, Jeremiah Coogan, candidate for the New Testament position at JST, will speak on "Meddling with the Gospel? Elitism, Incompetent Readers, and Gospel Books". He will meet with students over lunch on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 11:30-12:30 and Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1:00-2:00 in Loyola. Please respond to the calendar invite sent by Teresa Bowes in order to sign up for lunch.

• New Student Faith Sharing Group For Women: Faith, Fellowship, Fun and Female (and yes, Food)! Spring Semester 2022: Inviting all JST women students to a new faith-sharing group where we can claim God’s dream for each of us. We want to empower each other to flourish in prayer and confidence. We hope for fun and laughter too! Please email Anne Zehren, M.T.S. student, at azehren@scu.edu if you are interested in being part of this new group. She would like group members (and the Holy Spirit!) to help lead and define the format.

• The SCU Arrupe Fellowship program brings together ten undergraduate students to work in community settings, supervise their peers doing social justice projects, and engage in advocacy and formation. An opportunity exists for a JST student to help manage this program in the spring 2022 semester and serve as a mentor for the Fellows while exploring new community placements for our experiential learning for social justice core requirement. Work for the Arrupe Fellowship program will be paid hourly. If interested, please contact Jennifer Merritt, Director of Community-based Learning for the Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education, email: jmerritt@scu.edu. Please apply by Friday, Dec. 3.

• JST students who did not receive a grant from the ARP/HEERF III Fund can apply for assistance if they have a self-identified hardship need due to the coronavirus pandemic. Request forms will be accepted through eCampus until Friday, December 17 at 5 p.m. PST. Additional information about this program can be found on the SCU ARP/HEERF III Fund FAQ page.