WHITE MASS APRIL 14
CCAS will sponsor its first White Mass at 5PM on Monday, April 14, in the
Memorial Church, with a reception to follow. The White Mass, presided over
by the bishop, honors community members who work in the health care
professions. Please join us as we celebrate their service.
MELINDA HENNEBERGER TALK APRIL 16
Join us Wednesday, April 16 at 7:30PM in the Common Room on the third
floor of the Old Union for a talk by Melinda Henneberger, Commonweal
columnist, Newsweek contributing editor, and author of If They Only
Listened to Us: What Women Voters Want Politicians to Hear.
Henneberger's talk is entitled "Five Truths About Women Voters
in '08 (And Why They're Flat-Out False)" and is co-sponsored by CCAS and
the Office for Religious Life. For more information, contact Catherine
Wolff (cwolff@stanford.edu).
FR. NATHAN'S DISCUSSION SERIES
Due to the Melinda Henneberger talk on Wed. April 16th and another prior
commitment, Father Nathan will NOT be holding a discussion series session
on Wed. April 16th OR Wed. April 23rd. Please join us again on Wed. April
30th at 7:30pm in the Seminar on the 3rd Floor of Old Union when the
series resumes. For any questions, please contact one of the Interns.
CROSSROADS CATHOLIC FELLOWSHIP
We meet every Tuesday at 8pm on the 3rd Floor of Old Union, Common
Room. This Tuesday, we continue with a Lectio Divina session. Lectio
Divina is a form of prayer and scriptural reading that calls one to study,
ponder, listen and pray from God's Word. If you're interested in finding
out more about it or want to try it out, we'll see you on Tuesday. For
more information, contact Chris Hammen (chammen@stanford.edu).
PERFORMER MIKE MANGIONE
Join us on Thursday April 17th at 8pm at the Axe and Palm for a night of
music and fun! We'll be hosting Singer Mike Mangione, whose music is
inspired by Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body. Check out Mike and his music at
MySpace. Contact the Interns (cestella@stanford.edu) for more
info.
SPOON BREAKFAST WITH JSA
Join C@S and the Jewish Student Association early Monday morning in
cooking breakfast for the homeless! We will be cooking for around 70
people, beginning at 5:30am, and delivering the food to the Opportunities
Center in Palo Alto on Monday April 21 at around 8:30am. Contact Estella
(cestella@stanford.edu) to sign up.
GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIP
We will be holding our weekly Graduate Student Fellowship every Tuesday at
8 PM in the Seminar Room on the 3rd Floor of Old Union, including this
Tuesday April 15th. Anyone interested is invited to attend. For more
information, please contact John Hammen (jhammen@stanford.edu).
GRAD STUDENT & POST DOC NAPA TRIP
Join the Catholic Community as we sponsor a trip to Napa Valley on
Sat. April 19th from 9:30am-6:30pm. We'll head up, have lunch, and tour a
few wineries. Contact Andrew (abarba@stanford.edu) for more details or to
sign up.
GRAD STUDENT & POST DOC DINNER
Join us for a delicious meal prepared by your very own peers on Sunday
April 20th at 6pm. As always, the dinners are held at the Catholic
Community Annex (1565 Stanford Ave. Palo Alto, CA). Please e-mail the
Interns for directions.
SPRING UG DINNER HELP
We have two more dinners planned for our hungry undergrads in the Spring
and would absolutely cherish help in the form of cooking or patronage. The
dates are April 27 and May 18. If you would like to help (by donating or
cooking a main dish to feed between 50-60 students) please contact Estella
(cestella@stanford.edu).
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).
FUTURE OF THE CHURCH
SHS in Atherton announces a rare opportunity to hear Fr. Richard McBrien
on the Papacy of Benedict XVI and the Future of the Catholic Church. 7pm
Sunday, April 27, Campbell Center at Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton. All
are welcome.
NATIONAL REBUILDING DAY APRIL 26
This year the CCAS is again participating in National Rebuilding Day, Sat,
April 26, approximately 8:00AM to 4:00PM. Our assignment this year is
painting a house (inside and out) in East Palo Alto. Come join the
thousands of volunteers around the Bay Area who will help those in need at
various sites on the Peninsula. Food and t-shirts provided along with a
thank you BBQ dinner afterward. Contact Larry
(hudat@stanfordalumni.org).
COMMUNITY PRAYERS
Please pray for Claire Fitzgerald who is recovering from a serious
infection; please keep up the prayers for Gillonne Wachter and Sheila
Peterson who are seriously ill.
PRAYER PARTNERS
When good or bad news happens, the rest of the community would really like
to share your joy or support you in difficult times. We would like to
start putting in the bulletin the names of those who would like us to pray
for them and for their families, for whatever reason. Simply e-mail
Chaplain Nancy Greenfield (nanccas@aol.com) with your information by
Wednesday mornings, and she will make sure it gets in the bulletin the
following Sunday. Let's journey together!
MARTYR OF THE AMAZON:
THE LIFE OF SR. DOROTHY STANG
Author and Biographer Sr. Roseanne Murphy of Notre Dame
de Namur University in Belmont, will be speaking about the
inspiring life and work of Sr. Dorothy Stang on Sunday, April
27th at 7:00pm at St. Athanasius Parish, 160 N. Rengstorff Ave.,
Mountain View. For 31 years, Sister Dorothy Stang, SNDdeN,
was a missionary, living with and working for the poor in
the Amazon Forest of Brazil. Because of her work for justice
and for the preservation of the Amazon Forest, on February
12, 2005, she was assassinated on a lonely country road in
the small village of Boa Esparanca in Para, Brazil. This event
is sponsored by the St. Athanasius Justice and Peace Group.
There is no charge but donations for the continuing work of
the Sisters of Notre Dame in Brazil would be appreciated. For
more information call Mike Cavera (650/967-7939).
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
Today, Good Shepherd Sunday, is a special celebration of
World Day of Prayer for Vocations. The world-wide Church
honors all Christian vocations. We are called by name and
offered a special gift fo a Christian vocation. We pray that
we are open to God's call and ready to accept the gift. Jesus,
the Good Shepherd, is with us to guide and protect us on
our life journey.
FAITH IN ACTION
The Church works in both Sacramento and Washington to
bring Catholic values to proposed legislation. You can become
better informed and help affect the process at key times by
signing up to receive electronic news letters and action alerts.
Sign up for the national list with the U.S. Conference of
Catholic Bishops or the California Catholic
Conference (the policy arm
of the California dioceses). We can make a difference!
HOST FAMILY NEEDED FOR REFUGEE
Refugee Youth Seeks Temporary Host Family.....Catholic Charities has an
urgent need for a host family for a refugee youth, a young man aged 13
from the Sudan. We anticipate the need will be for several weeks to a
month. If you can host this youth or know of a family who can, please
contact Coleen Higa (408/325-5159, Coleen@ccsj.org) of our Refugee Foster
Care program.
COMPLINE
Featuring the Valley Presbyterian
Church Choir, under the direction of Raf Ornes. Compline is
a reflective 30-minute musical service of hymns, chant and
psalms sung by a variety of Stanford and local choirs in the
serene candle-lit ambiance of Memorial Church. Sunday, April
13, 9:00 - 9:30 pm, Memorial Church. Spring Quarter 2008
Compline dates, including this Sunday: Sundays, April 13, 20
& 27; May 4 & 18; June 1, 9:00 - 9:30 pm, Memorial Church. (In
observance of Mother's Day and the Memorial Day Weekend,
there will be no Compline services on Sunday, May 11, and
Sunday, May 25, respectively.)
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