The Catholic Community at Stanford University is a family of students, faculty, staff, administrators, their families, and local community members. With the guidance of the Holy Spirit and through a variety of social, educational, liturgical, and community service programs, we seek to form the Christian conscience, help members appropriate the Catholic faith, educate for justice, facilitate personal development, and form leaders for the future. We support the University's efforts to achieve its goals in keeping with our own traditions and in an environment of religious and cultural diversity. We are a personal parish in the Diocese of San Jose under the pastoral care of Dominicans and lay leaders.
DAY @ THE BEACH
Have fun in the sun with C@S! We will be hosting a day at the Santa Cruz
Beach Boardwalk...with a Catholic twist. Spend some time enjoying the
sunshine as well as some time with God and fellow Catholics. The trip will
be on Saturday May 17 from Noon-6pm. More details to come but in the
meantime contact Estella (cestella@stanford.edu) with questions.
LAST UG DINNER OF QTR.
Join us in two Sundays for the last UG dinner of the quarter! Father Pat
has graciously volunteered to cook for you all and you should be excited
because he is an awesome cook! Plus, it will be a great way to chat with
Father Pat, as he’s leaving us very soon. We hope you can join us on
Sunday, May 18 at 5:45p, Third Floor of Old Union.
CROSSROADS FELLOWSHIP “GOD AND ME”
Join us this week to discuss our personal relationship with God. Why do we
pray? What’s the point of Mass? As the most important relationship in
our life, we relate to God in many ways. Join the exploration of this
topic Tuesday, 8pm, Common Room, 3rd floor Old Union. Contact Chris Hammen
(chammen@stanford.edu).
WEDNESDAY DISCUSSION SERIES
The Gospels are four distinct portraits of Jesus. We sometimes conflate
all the stories of the Gospels, making one composite picture of Jesus;
this ignores the fact that each of the four Gospels was written in a
specific time and place to address the issues facing a specific
community. In this latest discussion in the ongoing Wednesday Night
Series, Nancy Greenfield will explore how the majority of Catholic
Biblical scholars think the Gospels came about, what particular image of
Jesus each evangelist was emphasizing, and how these Gospels fit into
other early Christian literature. Please join us at 7:30 in the Seminar
Room on the third floor of the Old Union.
GRAD/POST DOC PUB NIGHT
Join GC@S at the Rose and Crown’s Trivia Night on Tuesday May 13th from
7:30-10:00 pm. Join a team or just be a spectator as teams try to answer
fun and oftentimes obscure trivia. The Rose and Crown is located at 547
Emerson in Palo Alto, off University. The first round will be on us but
you don’t have to drink to come and hang out with us. Rides will be
available and let us know if you can drive. Email one of the Interns with
questions, if you need a ride or can offer one.
GRAD/POST DOC DINNER
The next Grad/Post Doc dinner has been postponed to Sunday May 18th. As
always, it is at 6pm at the Catholic Community Annex, 1565 Stanford
Ave. Email the Interns with any questions.
GRADUATION MASS ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Catholic Graduation Mass Announcements are here! If you would like to
include the Catholic Graduation Mass Announcement (3x5 cards that have the
dates and times of the Catholic Masses on Saturday June 14th) in your
general graduation announcement, please pick up as many as you need from
the Interns. Our office is located on the Third Floor of Old Union, Room
305. The announcements will be placed on a labeled wooden flyer stand
right outside our office so if we’re not in the office, feel free to
grab them. E-mail the Interns with any questions.
BEAT WITHIN VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Interested in working with incarcerated youth? Love to write? Simply want
to make a difference? The Catholic Community at Stanford has been
volunteering this year with the Beat Within, a weekly magazine that
publishes incarcerated youth’s literary pieces. We facilitate writing
workshops at the Santa Clara County Juvenile Detention Center every
Thursday from 6-10p. It is a lot of fun and the youth are very talented
writers who love interacting with you. If you’re interested in
volunteering next year, shoot the Interns an e-mail and we’ll send you
more information. Also, check out the Beat at
http://www.thebeatwithin.org/news/.
ROSARY
Students meet daily to pray the rosary at 10 PM in Wilbur west dining hall
(Tuesday through Sunday) and on the third floor of Old Union during
Eucharistic Adoration (Monday), as well as at 5:45 PM on Sunday afternoons
in the interns. office on the third floor of Old Union. All are welcome to
join us; no experience with the rosary is necessary. Please consider
taking the time to deepen your spiritual life with this traditional
Catholic prayer. If you have any questions or would like more information,
please contact Charlie Capps (ccapps@stanford.edu).
MASS IN SPANISH
Next Sunday we will celebrate our last regular monthly Spanish Mass of the
school term. The Mass will take place at 3:00 p.m. in the side chapel of
Memorial Church. Fr. Matt will be the presider. All are welcome to join
in this celebration.
FORMER BOY SCOUTS AND EAGLE SCOUTS
Attention Former Boy Scouts and Eagle Scouts – A Community Service
Opportunity! The Boy Scouts of American, Pacific Skyline Council is
seeking former Boy Scouts and Eagle Scouts to assist the Boy Scouts
program in East Palo Alto. The Boy Scout meetings are held on Thursdays
from 4:00 – 5:00pm at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in East
Palo Alto. Other community service opportunities are available on other
days of the week with the younger Cub Scouts in East Palo Alto. For more
information, please contact Peter Barling (peter_barling@hotmail.com).
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - ST. ANTHONY’S SOUP KITCHEN
The Catholic Community at Stanford is committed to serving the needy,
elderly and homeless at St. Anthony’s Soup Kitchen in Menlo Park. If
you are interested in volunteering on Saturday May 31st from 8:30am to
1:00pm, please contact Peter Barling (peter_barling@hotmail.com) to have
a volunteer position reserved for you. Transportation from campus can be
arranged.
CRS AID TO CYCLONE VICTIMS
We ask you to pray for all the victims and families
devastated by Cyclone Nagris in Myanmar (Burma).
In an effort to help, we will be accepting donations
this weekend and next weekend. All collections will
be forwarded to Catholic Relief Services to support
Caritas International’s Work with the victims in
Myanmar. If you can help, please make checks
payable to: The Catholic Community at Stanford, on
the memo line note “Cyclone Relief” and place it in
the baskets in the back of Memorial Church or mail
to: P.O. Box 20301, Stanford, CA 94309. Thank you
for all your support!
CCAS HOSTS DIOCESAN PEACE AND JUSTICE
GATHERING
All are invited to meet on Saturday, May 17 with colleagues from the
diocese and other parishes who are interested in peace and justice
issues. Our gathering aims to help us more effectively share information,
talents, and resources; to engage in mutual encouragement; and to develop
joint projects. The gathering will begin at 8:30 am with a Mass in the
Sanctuary, then move to the Common Room, both on the third floor of the
Old Union, for information sharing sessions and lunch. For more
information, please contact Ed Ehmke (ehmke@stanford.edu).
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