Join fellow community members from 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 9:30am 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. Additional details will be provided to those who sign up.

Sign-up by August 14 >> [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.

7:30 PM (Pacific Time) Online via Zoom
After our summer break we’ll meet again, via Zoom, on  Monday August 11th at 7:30 to discuss Niall Williams’ extraordinary novel John. We all enjoyed Williams’ Time of the Child last winter, but this is very different kind of book. It is a fictional imagining of the Apostle John, very old and blind, exiled with a small group of Christian disciples to the island of Patmos. A Zoom link will be sent closer to the date to those on the emailing list. Anyone interested who is not on the contact list can contact Albert Gelpi (agelpi@stanford.edu).

Join fellow community members from 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 9:30am 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. Additional details will be provided to those who sign up.

Sign-up by July 12 >> [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.

Due to unforeseen circumstances the 4th of July Beach Day for students is cancelled.

Open to graduating students and their families and all community

Come celebrate our graduates at one or both of our graduation Masses
12:30pm in Spanish and English
4:30pm in English (also streamed live on YouTube (@CatholicCommunityatStanford))
View Grad Mass (4:30, English) on YouTube >>
View, Download or Print Program (PDF) >>

The Mass at 4:30pm is the vigil for Sunday. We have no Masses on Sunday June 15 because of University Commencement events.

Graduates, be sure to bring your family and friends. And wear your cap and gown if you like.

Open to graduating students and their families and all community

Come celebrate our graduates at one or both of our graduation Masses
12:30pm in Spanish and English
4:30pm in English (also streamed live on YouTube (@CatholicCommunityatStanford))
The Mass at 4:30pm is the vigil for Sunday. We have no Masses on Sunday June 15 because of University Commencement events.

Graduates, be sure to bring your family and friends. And wear your cap and gown if you like.

undergrad

You are cordially invited to the Catholic Undergrad Spring Formal.... Jubilee Jam!! It will take place on Friday May 23 at 7:30 PM in CoDa: Simonyi Conference Center. Dinner and dancing are provided and formal dress is encouraged!

RSVP here: https://forms.gle/A5in7fooN2yV54wC8 [requires Google sign-in]

With so much chaos and unrest in our country and throughout the world, we are all seeking some peace and solace. The meditative prayer style of Taizé amidst the candle-lit sanctuary of Memorial Church provides the calm respite we need. All are welcome!

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

undergrads

Join us for this week’s undergrad social “Sing & Sip” for a night of karaoke and mocktails on Friday, May 9th at 7:30 PM in Old Union 3rd Floor Common Room. Bring a friend and your voice!

Online via Zoom

Join us May 8 at 7:30 p.m on Zoom for Compline, the evening prayers from the Liturgy of the Hours. This is a beautiful opportunity to dive deeper into prayer during this Easter season. Please contact Anthony Ordona at aaordona@msn.com for a Zoom link and a copy of the prayers.

Tuesdays May 6-May 27
Online via Zoom

Prayer is where we encounter the sacred, where we meet our God. This can be intimidating until we realize two things: God wants to be connected to us, and there are no bad prayers. That having been said, most of us do not pray as often as we would like. This is often because we wonder if God is listening, or because we find our prayer sometimes dry and boring, just fulfilling a perceived obligation. In this short four-week course we will discuss some of the questions we may ask ourselves about God and how those answers inform our prayer. We will learn that there is no such thing as “one size fits all”, and we will explore various ways of praying that feed us as unique individuals. All are welcome. Please email Nancy Greenfield (ngreenfield875@gmail.com) if you have questions or if you wish to receive a Zoom invitation.

In the spirit of community (and Cinco de Mayo!), everyone is invited to bring a friend to dinner at 5:30, after the 4:30pm Mass. Catch up with friends, make new friends, and enjoy great tacos together. ¡Nos vemos!.

Every day is a good day to bring a friend to Mass, but at all the Masses on Sunday, May 4, we’ll go out of our way to make other Christians and people of other faiths feel welcome and comfortable. We’ll have very brief introductions and explanations for each main part of the Mass, and our worship aid includes all the responses. So bring a friend to Mass!

All are welcome.

In-person Masses in Memorial Church at:
8:30am*, 4:30pm

*Note early time for morning Mass (changed to avoid interfering with University service that follows.)

Live stream at 4:30pm (see Sunday Mass page)

In-person in Memorial Church

The Easter Vigil features an extended Liturgy of the Word and the reception of the sacraments by those who have undergone the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. One may attend the Easter Vigil instead of a Mass on Easter Sunday.

In-person in Memorial Church and live stream

View Good Friday Liturgy on YouTube >>

View / Download / Print Program (PDF) >>

Come pray the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday. This is a beautiful and meaningful way to come together as a community to contemplate the events of Jesus’ ultimate sacrifice for us. At 7:00 p.m. we’ll be gathering at the Main Quad outside of Memorial Church. If you are interested in leading a station or carrying the cross, email Sr. Gloria at gmjones@stanford.edu.

Come pray the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday. This is a beautiful and meaningful way to come together as a community to contemplate the events of Jesus’ ultimate sacrifice for us. At 2:30 p.m. we’ll be meeting at the barbecue area of Lake Lagunita. If you are interested in leading a station or carrying the cross, email Sr. Gloria at gmjones@stanford.edu.

In-person in Memorial Church and live stream. Mass will be followed by Eucharistic Adoration in Memorial Church side chapel until 10:30pm.

View Holy Thursday Mass on YouTube >>

View / Download / Print Program (PDF) >>

In-person Masses in Memorial Church at:
8:30am*, 4:30pm, 9:00pm

*Note early time for morning Mass (changed to avoid interfering with University service that follows.)

The liturgies begin outside (in Main Quad) with a special Gospel reading and the blessing of palms, followed by entrance procession.

Live stream at 4:30pm
For live stream link, see Sunday Mass page >>

Online via Zoom.
The next film will be La Strada. This 1954 Federico Fellini film won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 1957, and stars Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina (Fellini’s wife) and Richard Basehart. It tells the story of Gelsomina (Masina), a simple- minded young woman bought from her mother by Zampanò (Quinn), a brutish strongman who takes her with him on the road.
[ Read more on how to watch, how to join the group » ]

The entire CC@S community is invited to take part in a beautiful spring hike on Sunday, April 6 after 9 AM Mass. We will begin with coffee outside at the Whisper Circle next to Memorial Church and then hike to Lake Lagunita on Stanford’s campus.
RSVP: Text/call Leigh Masi 925-321-0523 or Sue Mumby 203-788-0569

Come learn from leaders on the ground about the current environment for immigrants and ways to support them. Panelists:
Poncho Guevara—Executive Director, Sacred Heart Community Service
Huy Tran—Executive Director, Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network (SIREN)
Kate Young—Executive Director, St. Francis Center of Redwood City
Rosie La Puma Lebel—Immigration Attorney

Offered by Catholic Community at Stanford.  Lunch will be provided. All are welcome, from the greater Stanford area and all denominations. For more information, contact Nancy at nvwestcott@gmail.com.

RSVP >> [Google Forms] by Wednesday, April 2

undergrad

Join us for the first On Call of Spring quarter… Sushi Making! We will be learning how to make our own sushi on Friday, April 4th at 7:30 PM in the Old Union 3rd Floor Common Room.
RSVP >> [Google Forms]

undergrad, grad student

On Monday March 31, graduate and undergraduate students are invited to a dinner and talk about Blessed Carlos Acutis, soon to be canonized, in EVGR B 144 at 6PM. Zareens will be served!

Every Friday during Lent we will be having Stations of the Cross and a Soup Dinner on Fridays at 6PM in Old Union 215

Women of the Year-Round Community:
Do you want to do something a little extra for Lent? One of our community members has offered to facilitate a six week prayer group for women. It will meet on Tuesday evenings during Lent from 7:30 until 9:00 pm. The off-campus location is still TBD. The group members will explore the readings for the Sundays of Lent, following the gospel of Luke. This is not a bible study, but a prayerful faith-sharing experience. There are places still available, and if you are interested, email Nancy Greenfield at ngreenfield875@gmail.com. It will be one of the best things you can do for yourself this Lenten season!