The first YRC & All-Community Hike of the new year is at the Pearson/Arastradero Preserve on Sunday, January 12 after the 9:00 a.m. Mass. Meet outside the main doors of Memorial Church for carpooling OR at at 10:30 a.m. at Arastradero’s main parking lot. Dogs on leash permitted, restrooms available. All are welcome!
RSVP: Text/call Leigh Masi 925-321-0523 or Sue Mumby 203-788-0569

Celebrate the Christmas season with CC@S friends.

We also need volunteers to help with setup, hosting and cleanup. Please contact: Alicia Restrepo at restrepo@stanford.edu or better yet, sign up on this Google Sheet >>.

Wednesday evenings January 8 – February 26
We’ve just started the year of Luke. How does he tell the story? How does he understand who Jesus is? Each week, we’ll read a few chapters aloud and discuss their meaning for ancient Christians and for us. We’ll focus on the gospel as a unified story and how Luke portrays Jesus. Join Sr. Regena and Fr. Dominic for this timely Bible study. RSVP to Fr. Dominic at ddelay@stanford.edu.

Christmas Day Mass 12:30pm in Memorial Church; come early for caroling at 12:15pm

Gather with Stanford friends and community to celebrate the coming of Christ into the world.

(This event will take the place of both 4:30 and 9:00 PM Masses on this date.)

Celebrate the beautiful Catholic tradition of Las Posadas, honoring Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem with prayer, music by Mariachi Cardenal, delicious tamales, fun piñatas, and performances by Ballet Folklorico. Everyone is welcome, so bring your friends! We can’t wait to see you there!

Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose
Please join the Dominican Sisters to harvest olives. Bring your family and friends to take part in this fun annual tradition! Meet at 43326 Mission Circle in Fremont. RSVP to Sr. Gloria at gmjones@stanford.edu or text her at 650-793-3639. You can also let her know if you need or can provide transportation.

The Catholic community on campus will be praying the rosary together weekly on Wednesdays for the rest of fall quarter. Prayer will begin at 5:30 pm on the 3rd floor of Old Union (usually Room 304).

6 Monday Evenings at 7:00 PM, October 14–November 18

35% of the material in St. Luke’s Gospel appears only in that Gospel. An examination of those texts reveals a particularly Lucan understanding of life, ministry, and mission of Jesus. As we prepare to begin a liturgical year in which many of our Sunday Gospel Readings are taken from this Gospel, it is helpful to study those texts to know what themes can be expected in our worship life during this year. Fr. Bart will examine those texts thematically in 6 sessions.

STUDENTS: If you would like to participate in this class and need a ride, please contact Sr. Regena at srross@stanford.edu.

Ever wondered who your guardian angel is? Whether you have one on your shoulder to whisper good thoughts in your ear? Well, join us for “Your Guardian Angel and You”—a talk by Brother Scott Norgaard of the Dominican province of Most Holy Name of Jesus.

Come celebrate Mass with music, readings, prayers in Spanish.

Join fellow community members from Catholic Community at Stanford as we head to Common Roots Farm in Santa Cruz for a morning of volunteering. 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 by November 14 at noon >> [Google Forms] 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@stanford.edu) with any questions.

The Trivia Challenge is the annual fundraiser for Project Read of North San Mateo County. For the past many years, Larry Hu from our own CC@S, has assembled a group to compete in this event. Once again, he is looking for those interested to join him. Contact Larry Hu (lhu_ccas@yahoo.com)

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Come and pray in the meditative style of Taizé, amidst the candle-lit sanctuary of the church. May Divine mercy be attentive to our prayers for our world and our own lives.

students

The Office for Religious and Spiritual Life invites students of all faiths to connect and share a warm meal on Monday, November 11, 6:30-8:00pm, Old Union, 3rd floor Common Room. RSVP >> “I highly recommend this experience to our Catholic students!” – Fr. Dominic

St. Luke’s Catholic Medical Society & St. Thomas More Catholic Law Society will celebrate Mass for Catholic Medical and Law Students on Sunday, 10 November at 10:30am in the Grad Community Center. Brunch will follow! All Law and Med students are invited!

Online via Zoom.
The next film will be Leon Morin, Priest. This 1961 French drama, directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, is set in during World War II in Occupied France. Jean-Paul Belmondo stars as Leon, with Emmanuelle Riva as a jaded, lapsed Catholic widow of a Jewish husband who falls in love with Leon.
[ Read more on how to watch, how to join the group » ]

undergrad

Catholic Community at Stanford (CC@S) welcomes undergrads to participate in our annual Día De Los Muertos celebration on November 2nd behind Memorial Church. We will offer two rosary praying times, one in English at 6:30 PM and one in Spanish at 7:15 PM. Conchas y champurrado will be included! We will also construct an altar with photos of deceased loved ones, and we will print and frame the first 30 photos. RSVP through the CC@S app and see the altar from 5-9 PM.

¡Noche de Lotería! Join us on November 1 st at 7:30 in the Old Union 3 rd Floor Common Room as we play the traditional Mexican game, Lotería, to celebrate Dia de Los Muertos! We will have Pan Dulce (Mexican sweet bread), candy, and prizes. Bring a friend!

Holy Day of Obligation

Mass - Memorial Church

• 8:00 a.m.

• 12:20 p.m.

Confessions - Old Union 304

• 1:00 p.m.

“For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places” (Eph. 6:12).

The Catholic Undergraduate Community will be hosting Fr. Gary Thomas, former diocesan exorcist of 15 years, as he discusses spiritual warfare in faith life and his experience as an exorcist.

Come join your fellow alumni for a Reunion Homecoming Catholic Mass! If you’d like to participate in the liturgy as a lector, Eucharist minister, or musician, then arrive 45 minutes before Mass and we will get you involved! All community members welcome.

undergrad, grad student

Want to pray the rosary but need a new one? What if you could make your own? Join us for an on call on October 25 at 7:30 PM in the OU 3rd Floor Common room where we will be making our own rosaries. Snacks and supplies provided as well!

Do you pray the rosary? Because I want to spend decades with you!

undergrad

Want a break from the heat? Join CC@S for some fountain hopping on October 18 at 5 PM. We will meet at the fountain in Old Union Courtyard. Then join us later for a pizza party afterwards in OU 3rd floor Common Room around 6:30 PM. Let’s make a splash!

In the 500 years since Catholicism arrived on the shores of North America, the Church has canonized 13 people whose primary field of work was in what is today the United States of America. A quick study of the lives of these 13 Saints provides a rich look into the complex history of American Catholicism. Using their own words and contemporary testimonies about their lives, Fr. Bart Hutcherson, OP will paint a picture of the American Church and the great works of these men and women who shaped that Church. Refreshments will be served.

October 13 after the 9 AM and 4:30 Liturgies. All community.

As we approach the coming election,
• What for you is most important?
• What questions/concerns are you holding?
• What are significant insights in the U.S. Bishops’ document: Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship >> and Network’s Equally Sacred Issues >>? [usccb.org, networkadvocates.org]

(Highlights from the USCCB’s Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship >>)

We invite you to join other members of CC@S to join in respectful, open conversations on October 13 after the 9 AM and 4:30 Liturgies.

Pope Francis has asked Catholics around the world to pray the rosary for peace Monday, October 7, the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. The whole Catholic Community at Stanford is invited to join in the prayer, starting at 6:15pm. We’ll end with a moment of silence at 7pm. We have some rosaries from the Holy Land for those who need them. And we’ll provide sheets on how to provide the rosary.

Kick the Academic Year off Right with the Mass of the Holy Spirit With Guest Presider Bishop Oscar Cantú, Bishop of San Jose

Come celebrate with the entire Parish Community as we invoke the Blessings of the Holy Spirit for the New Year with Installation of Fr. Bart Hutcherson, OP as Pastor and Blessing of all the Ministries of the Parish for a New Academic Year. We would like to encourage the entire community to celebrate together at this Special Liturgy. This will be the only Mass celebrated for Stanford’s Catholic Community on Sunday October 6.

The community is invited to gather for a taco supper right after the Mass outside Mem Chu.