Welcome Back Family Potluck
All Stanford Catholic young married couples and families are invited to a welcome back potluck on Saturday October 3rd 4-6pm. Kids are welcomed and encouraged to join! Please sign up and bring a favorite dish to share.
GSB Mass & Dinner
Join fellow GSB students for 4:30 pm Mass, followed by dinner at the Treehouse! Come meet new friends, reconnect, and build Catholic community at Stanford. All GSB students are invited: MBA, MSx, and PhD.
Sister Act Movie Sing-Along
Join us in singing our way through Sister Act. You don’t have to be good, you just have to have fun! Meet on the grassy area behind Memorial Church. Everyone is welcome!
Venture Like Saints
Venture Like Saints | Catholic VC Investing
Join the Altar Ventures team (Jesse Sullivan [GSB, 15, Deep Sinha [MS & PhD, 24], and Javier Cantu [MIP, 24) on campus for an evening on Catholic-driven investing: what it looks like to invest in and support Catholic founders who pursue venture-like returns while staying aligned with the teachings of the Church. Jesse Sullivan (GSB ’15), Managing Partner of Altar Ventures, will share how Altar invests in Catholic founders, what the firm looks for, and where students can plug in — whether you’re building something, hoping to learn about investing, or simply curious about where faith and entrepreneurship meet. We’ll open the evening with Vespers and close with fellowship and conversation over food and drinks. Students from across the whole university are invited: undergrad and grad — MS, MA, PhD, Law, GSB, and beyond.
Info/RSVP CLICK HERE
Volunteer at Common Roots Farm
Join fellow community members from the Catholic Community at Stanford as we head to Common Roots Farm in Santa Cruz for a morning of volunteering on Saturday, October 10! This opportunity is open to undergraduate and graduate students, young adults, and permanent community members. Work may include planting, harvesting, working soil, clearing beds, petting chickens, feeding sheep, or whatever needs to be done on the farm that day. The morning will begin at 9:30am and end around 12:30pm. We will provide lunch to those who wish to stay. We are unable to provide rides to the farm but will help volunteers coordinate carpooling. Sign up HERE by October 8 to allow us time to plan lunch and coordinate rides. Sign ups after this date are ok if you plan to arrange your own transportation. Contact Eric Lebel at elebel@alumni.stanford.edu with any questions.
Grad Talk & Dinner
Location: EVGR (specific room announced on grad WhatsApp announcements page)
Time: 6:00 p.m. free dinner, 6:30 talk
Stanford Catholic Film Group - Cal
Please join the Stanford Film Group on October 12 for the 1984 film Cal. Based on the novella by Bernard MacLaverty, the film is about a young man on the fringes of the IRA, who falls in love with Marcella, a Catholic woman whose husband, a Protestant policeman, was killed one year earlier by the IRA. It stars Helen Mirren and John Lynch, who were both nominated for BAFTA awards for this film. Helen Mirren won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival. Mark Knopfler composed the music.
We’ll be meeting at 7:30 on Zoom. It’s available very widely to rent or purchase.
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/cal-1984
A Zoom link will be sent the day before, so if you’re not on the email list currently, send a message stating “I’m Interested” to StanfordYRCFilm@gmail.com.
Everyone is invited!
Reunion Mass
Join us for our annual reunion Mass on Saturday, October, 17 at 2 PM. Mass will be followed by refreshments and a chance to meet and chat with current Catholic students from 3-4 PM.
St. Luke's Medical Society Mass & Dinner
All medical students and those in the medical profession at Stanford are welcome!
We meet at least twice per quarter. Once each quarter, we'll gather for Eucharistic Adoration and a talk connecting our Catholic faith with the vocation of medicine, followed by a social.
SAVE THE DATE! Taylor Black - The Human Question in the Age of AI: What Are We Building - and Who Are We Becoming?
Every technology carries assumptions about the people who will use it: what they want, what they need, and what makes a life go well. As AI reshapes how we learn, work, and relate to one another, those assumptions are becoming consequential design choices. Drawing on his work in AI, venture building, and the Leonum Institute, Taylor Black will explore what the Catholic intellectual tradition can contribute to the questions facing Silicon Valley and how its account of human dignity, freedom, and the common good can inspire technologies and institutions worth building. An invitation for believers and skeptics alike to consider what kind of future deserves our ingenuity.
Taylor Black is Director of AI & Venture Ecosystems within the Strategic Programs and Communities team at Microsoft’s Office of the CTO and the founding director of the Leonum Institute for AI and Emerging Technologies at The Catholic University of America. At Leonum, he brings together research, formation, and venture building in service of human dignity and the common good. His experience spans startup creation, investing, and teaching entrepreneurship at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business. Trained in philosophy and law, he explores how our understanding of the human person should shape the technologies and institutions we build. He lives in Seattle with his wife, Anne, and their three children.
Grad Talk & Dinner
Topic: Painting God’s Voice: Hymnody as Vision in Late Byzantine Church Murals
Speaker: Andrei Dumetrescu
Location: EVGR (specific room announced on the grad WhatsApp announcements page)
OCIA Launch
Our OCIA program for the new academic year begins Tuesday, September 29. If you’re curious about the Catholic tradition or are considering becoming Catholic, we’d love to hear from you. Please fill out our online Interest Form, or reach out to Oriana Li Halevy, our Director of Faith Formation, at orianatp@stanford.edu for more information.
Grad Talk & Dinner
THIS MONDAY: FIRST GRAD TALK & DINNER Graduate students are invited to our first Grad Talk and Dinner this Monday, September 28, at EVGR, with free dinner at 6 p.m. and a talk at 6:30 by Rhodes Scholar Angelin Tresa Mathew on “A Life of Friendship and Joy in Christ: Being Catholic in Academia.” Come meet fellow grads, bring a friend, and check the Grad WhatsApp for the room number!
Mass of the Holy Spirit
Sunday, September 27 at 4:30 p.m. we’ll be celebrating the Mass of the Holy Spirit. This Mass is a beautiful way to start the academic year as we ask for the Holy Spirit to guide us in our academic endeavors.
Please note, there will be NO 9:00 p.m. Mass, and the 9:00 a.m. Mass won’t have music. We encourage everyone to attend the 4:30 p.m. Mass of the Holy Spirit.
Student Welcome BBQ
Join us for the Student Welcome BBQ on Wednesday, September 23. We’ll have great food, play some games, and hang out until people leave. Come and go as you please.
Blessings & Donuts
Whether you’re new to Stanford or returning for another year, you want to get off to a good start. And what’s a better way to start off the academic year than receiving a blessing and having a donut? Stop by before your classes start for the day on September 22 and we’ll be happy to provide both!
Hike & Mass
Start the new school year with one of the best hikes in the area: Windy Ridge trail has sweeping vistas of the Bay, rolling grasslands, and shady forests. We carpool to the trailhead, and celebrate Mass at a beautiful viewpoint. Come meet other adventure-oriented individuals, and experience outdoor spirituality with Fr. Chrysostom.
Details:
- Meeting Location: bus island at the Tresidder Parking Lot near Starbucks (free parking on Sat). Look for a friar in white robes.
- Meeting Time: 9:00 AM
- Departure to Trailhead Parking: 9:15 AM sharp. (15 min drive) MAP LINK
~9:20 -1:30: Hike, Mass, Lunch, Return
~1:30 PM: Depart for Tresidder
~1:45 End.
Hike Information
- Trail: Windy Hill Loop (AllTrails link)
- Moderate difficulty.
- Distance: 6.4 miles
- Elevation Gain: 1,410 ft
- Hiking Time: ~3 hrs 20 min
- Add: 1 hr for Mass & Lunch
What to Bring
- 2L of water
- Snacks & Lunch.
- Sun protection (hat & sunscreen)
- Hardshell jacket if rain is possible
- Hiking shoes or sturdy runners
- Medication, like inhalers
- DO NOT brings speakers for music.
Come ready to pray, hike, and share a meal as we encounter Christ in both creation and the Eucharist! Join the the WhatApp chat for this hike for coordination.
Ice Cream Social
Stay after the 4:30 Mass for some ice cream and to hang out with friends new and old.
Reading Group: Magnifica Humanitas
Join us for three evenings of prayer, discussion, and fellowship as we read and discuss Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical together. All are welcome!
Dates: August 17, 24, 31
Location: EVGR (specific location TBD)
Questions? Contact Oriana at orianatp@stanford.edu
Reading Group: Magnifica Humanitas
Join us for three evenings of prayer, discussion, and fellowship as we read and discuss Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical together. All are welcome!
Dates: August 17, 24, 31
Location: EVGR (specific location TBD)
Questions? Contact Oriana at orianatp@stanford.edu
Summertime Adoration at EVGR
Summertime Adoration at EVGR
Take a break from the busyness of summer and spend an evening with the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. Join us for Eucharistic Adoration, with a priest available for Confession throughout the evening, followed by Benediction.
7:30 Exposition & Vespers followed by Adoration & Confessions
9:00pm Compline & Benediction
EVGR B166
All are welcome—graduate students, undergraduates, faculty, staff, friends, and anyone seeking a quiet place to pray.
Reading Group: Magnifica Humanitas
Join us for three evenings of prayer, discussion, and fellowship as we read and discuss Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical together. All are welcome!
Dates: August 17, 24, 31
Location: EVGR (specific location TBD)
Questions? Contact Oriana at orianatp@stanford.edu
Summertime Adoration at EVGR
Summertime Adoration at EVGR
Take a break from the busyness of summer and spend an evening with the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. Join us for Eucharistic Adoration, with a priest available for Confession throughout the evening, followed by Benediction.
7:30 Exposition & Vespers followed by Adoration & Confessions
9:00pm Compline & Benediction
EVGR B166
All are welcome—graduate students, undergraduates, faculty, staff, friends, and anyone seeking a quiet place to pray.
Neither Meat Machines Nor Visible Angels
We are pleased to co-sponsor the Harvard Catholic Forum event “Neither Meat Machines nor Visible Angels: The Human Person in Light of Neuroscience and Theological Anthropology” with Fr. Ezra Sullivan, O.P., Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Rome on Friday, July 17 at 6:00 PM EDT (in person and livestreamed).
Amazing recent and ongoing discoveries in neuroscience open up a broader understanding of who we are as human beings. But to understand the human person in full, neuroscience necessarily enters into dialogue with other disciplines, especially philosophy and theology. Fr. Sullivan invites us into that dialogue, drawing on the rich tradition of Thomistic thought.
Co-sponsored by the Society of Catholic Scientists, the Thomistic Institute at Harvard University, the Abigail Adams Institute, the Harvard Christian Alumni Society, the St. Benedict Institute at Hope College, the St. Kateri Institute at Williams College, and the Institute of Theology, Imagination, and the Arts at the University of St Andrews (UK).
Open to all. Registration encouraged; required for livestream. For details and registration, click here.
Common Roots Farm
Join fellow community members from the Catholic Community at Stanford as we head to Common Roots Farm in Santa Cruz for a morning of volunteering on Saturday, July 11! This opportunity is open to undergraduate and graduate students, young adults, and permanent community members. Work may include planting, harvesting, working soil, clearing beds, petting chickens, feeding sheep, or whatever needs to be done on the farm that day. The morning will begin at 9:30am and end around 12:30pm. We will provide lunch to those who wish to stay. We are unable to provide rides to the farm but will help volunteers coordinate carpooling. Sign up HERE by July 9 to allow us time to plan lunch and coordinate rides. Sign ups after this date are ok if you plan to arrange your own transportation. Contact Eric Lebel at elebel@alumni.stanford.edu with any questions.
Hike & Mass: Montara Peak
Join us for one of the most iconic hikes in the Half Moon Bay area: Montara Mountain North Peak Loop! This beautiful trail offers sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean as we make our way to the summit, where we’ll celebrate Mass in a scenic spot near the top. After the hike, you’re welcome to head back to Stanford with the group or join others for a bite to eat before returning. Also, 7/11 is free Slurpee Day at 7/11, so be sure to stop by the location in Half Moon Bay on the way home. Most of the trail is fully exposed to the sun, so be sure to bring plenty of water, sunscreen, and any other sun protection you’ll need. We are leaving early to avoid the hot afternoon sun.
Summertime Adoration at EVGR
Summertime Adoration at EVGR
Take a break from the busyness of summer and spend an evening with the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. Join us for Eucharistic Adoration, with a priest available for Confession throughout the evening, followed by Benediction.
7:30 Exposition & Vespers followed by Adoration & Confessions
9:00pm Compline & Benediction
EVGR B166
All are welcome—graduate students, undergraduates, faculty, staff, friends, and anyone seeking a quiet place to pray.
No Daily Mass
There will be no daily Mass the week of Monday, June 22. Daily Mass will resume, Monday, June 29 at 12:30 in the 3rd floor sanctuary in Old Union.
Volunteer at Common Roots Farm
Join fellow community members from the Catholic Community at Stanford as we head to Common Roots Farm in Santa Cruz for a morning of volunteering. This opportunity is open to undergraduate and graduate students, young adults, and permanent community members. Work may include planting, harvesting, working soil, clearing beds, petting chickens, feeding sheep, or whatever needs to be done on the farm that day. The morning will begin at 9:30 a.m. and end around 12:30 p.m. We will provide lunch to those who wish to stay. We are unable to provide rides to the farm but will help volunteers coordinate carpooling. Sign up HERE by June 18 to allow us time to plan lunch and coordinate rides. Sign ups after this date are ok if you plan to arrange your own transportation. Contact Eric Lebel (elebel@alumni.stanford.edu) with any questions.
Backpacking in the Sierra Nevada
Come celebrate the end of the school year with an unforgettable backpacking trip in the Sierra Nevada mountains. We’ll spend five days in the beautiful Stanislaus Wilderness surrounded by alpine lakes, granite peaks, and star-filled skies, Expect daily Mass and Adoration at camp, campfires, and time to rest and reconnect in creation.
Graduation Masses
We will celebrate two special Masses for our graduating students on Saturday, June 13. At 12:30 Mass will be celebrated in Spanish, and at 4:30 Mass will be celebrated in English. Graduating students are welcome to wear their stoles. All are welcome to attend to offer their prayers and support to our graduates as they embark on their new adventures.
12:30 Mass (Spanish)
4:30 Mass (English)
Corpus Christi Procession
Immediately following 4:30 Mass, we will hold a Eucharistic Procession through the Quad in celebration of the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. All are warmly invited to join us as we publicly honor, adore, and bear witness to our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.
Farewell Taco Picnic
THE END OF ANOTHER YEAR! Some say college is the shortest and sweetest time of our lives. Others are midway through a PhD. Tacos taste good either way. Join for one last Taco Dinner this year at our Farewell Picnic as we say farewell to graduating students and thank you to everyone who made this year of ministry so great.
Hope to see you there!
Common Roots Farm
Join fellow community members from the Catholic Community at Stanford as we head to Common Roots Farm in Santa Cruz for a morning of volunteering on Saturday, May 30! This opportunity is open to undergraduate and graduate students, young adults, and permanent community members. Work may include planting, harvesting, working soil, clearing beds, petting chickens, feeding sheep, or whatever needs to be done on the farm that day. The morning will begin at 9:30 a.m. and end around 12:30 p.m. We will provide lunch to those who wish to stay. We are unable to provide rides to the farm but will help volunteers coordinate carpooling. Sign up HERE by May 28 to allow us time to plan lunch and coordinate rides. Sign ups after this date are ok if you plan to arrange your own transportation. Contact Eric Lebel at elebel@alumni.stanford.edu with any questions.
Memorial Day Surfing
Join our Catholic Surfer’s group Memorial Day, Monday, May 25. Beginners welcome.
More info/rsvp on the WhatsApp.
Giants vs. White Sox
On Saturday May 23, everyone is invited to watch the Giants face off the White Sox at Oracle Park. The cost is roughly $50, and we will take Caltrain to San Francisco. Please RSVP using the link available at the table outside of Mass.
Undergrad Spring Formal
HELLO CATHOLIC PEOPLES!!! Are we ready for the event of the year?? That’s right, spring formal is upon us. Fun times, great music, crazy lit amazing food and Fr. Bart’s comments as we frolick the night away. See you on the ROWWWW!