Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University

Arturo Sosa, S.J., the Superior General of the Jesuits and therefore Chancellor of JST, has appointed Fr. Sean O. Carroll the new head of the USA West Province of the Society of Jesus. As the provincial of Jesuits West, Fr. Carroll will become a member of the JST Board of Directors. We are proud to note that Fr. Carroll is an alum of JST and are grateful for his service as the executive director of the Kino Border Initiative over the past decade. We also take this moment to express our gratitude to Fr. Scott Santarosa, current Provincial of Jesuits West, who has served JST very well on our board of directors since 2014.

As we begin the new year and celebrate the Solemnity of Mary, Joe Kraemer, S.J., considers Mary’s trust in God and her courage in the face of the unknown. To receive daily emailed reflections from our JST-SCU community through the Advent and Lenten seasons, subscribe here: https://bit.ly/3mkSnmR

On this last day of 2020, Dean Mueller reflects on what it means to greet a new beginning and bring to a close what has been an especially difficult year. To receive daily emailed reflections from our JST-SCU community during the Advent and Lenten seasons, subscribe here: https://bit.ly/3mkSnmR

On this Feast of Saint Stephen, the first martyr, Mary Reilly challenges us to consider how the Holy Spirit meets us in our grief and suffering and guides us to something new. To receive daily emailed reflections from our JST-SCU community through the Christmas season, subscribe here: https://bit.ly/3mkSnmR

Free and open to the public! JST is a proud co-sponsor of this upcoming event. For this year's Feast of All Saints, discover more about the history, appeal, and modern practice of the veneration of saints from the great Jesuit historian John O'Malley. Learn more and register at: lumenchristi.org/saints

Tonight at 7pm pacific! Learn from two legendary changemakers about how they used their voices and talents to express their deepest beliefs. This new speaker series features prominent individuals in conversations about their work and our shared commitment to racial justice. With voting in the general election already underway, it is critically important to hear wisdom from great leaders who have devoted their lives to racial justice and to producing transformative social change.

Merry Christmas! Today is The Nativity of the Lord and Fr. Paul Janowiak, S.J., contemplates a new sun rising in our midst, giving us the gift of the Incarnate One. To receive daily emailed reflections from our JST-SCU community through the Christmas season, subscribe here: https://bit.ly/3mkSnmR

On Saturday, eight of our students were ordained to the diaconate. Congratulations and blessings to these outstanding Jesuits as they begin their ordained ministry. AMDG!

Our school community, though scattered across the globe by the pandemic, unites in the joy of the season. We wish you and yours a blessed Christmas! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BLXeb9kT6o&t=2s

The faculty at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University stood in solidarity this week with the thousands of faculty members at colleges, universities, seminaries, and divinity schools around the United States who participated in #ScholarStrike on September 8th and 9th. This two-day action and teach-in was meant to underscore the urgent importance of addressing the grave injustices faced by people of color in the United States. Being committed to enlivening fa...ith, promoting reconciliation, laboring for justice, and participating in God’s mercy, the JST faculty were proud to take part in this action and to voice their support for students who did the same. The JST faculty participated in this action in various ways this week, including re-orienting course syllabi toward issues of racial justice, offering updated assignments that center these issues, directing students toward online resources for race and theology, and discussing a follow-up teach-in on racial justice later in the academic year.

Today we celebrate the Feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus. Join us as we gather virtually as a community to honor St. Ignatius and our heritage. Mass will be livestreamed from the Mission Church on the main campus at 12:00 p.m. (Pacific). President Kevin O'Brien S.J. will be presiding. Tune in today, July 31 at 12:00 p.m. (Pacific): https://www.facebook.com/SantaClaraUniversity/live/

Join Professor Lisa Fullam and Associate Dean Alison Benders for their lecture this Saturday in commemoration of the feast of St. Mary Magdalen: "I've Seen the Lord: Resurrection Hope in Turbulent Times." More information about this event can be found here: https://marymagdalen.org//upl/2020/07/Festival-Lecture.pdf

Professor Julie Rubio and Professor Paul Schutz from Santa Clara's Religious Studies Department received a grant from Fordham University’s Curran Center for American Catholic Studies as a part of the Taking Responsibility project, a multi-faceted study that aims to explore the relationship between the structures of Roman Catholic and Jesuit institutions of secondary and higher education and the phenomena of clergy sexual abuse and its systematic concealment. Through this research, Professors Rubio and Schutz seek to understand both how structural clericalism operates and how seminaries and other institutions might take steps to undo and counter these structures. Read more about their research project and Fordham's Taking Responsibility initiative at the link below. https://www.fordham.edu/info/29938/santa_clara_university

We stand in solidarity with our international students. The international character of our academic community is fundamental to how we approach and study theology at JST through a culturally contextualized perspective. As stated by our Assistant Dean of Enrollment, Drew Roberts, in his op-ed for America Magazine, Our community, our church, our worldwe all reap the benefits of the brilliance and passion that international students bring. https://www.americamagazine.org//trying-rescind-student-vi