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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.
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.)
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.
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)
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.
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 » ]
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.
This event is now full and registration is closed.
Our Fall Mostly Silent Retreat, “How Do I Know I Am Following God or Just Fooling Myself.” Pray in Paradise on October 25-27 with Sister Gloria, Father Bob and other seasoned spiritual directors at the beautiful Jesuit Retreat Center in Los Altos.
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.
Every day is a good day to bring a friend to Mass, but at all the Masses on Sunday, October 13, 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!
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.
Come celebrate our first Mass in Spanish of the year.
Music, readings, prayers in Spanish.
Bring friends!
Contact Teresa for more info, tpleins@stanford.edu
Before the busy reality of the Fall Quarter, Fr. Bart would like to offer one more opportunity for you to talk with him about the Parish. On Sunday, Sept 8, he will sponsor listening sessions after both of the Sunday Masses:
- After the 9 am Mass meet in the fountain plaza behind Memorial Church (Donuts will be served).
- After the 4:30 Mass, meet inside Memorial Church.
The atmosphere for both meetings will be informal and conversational. Come and meet Fr. Bart and share with him any concerns or hopes you have for the parish Community. He will share a little of his vision for the future and hopes to hear yours as well.
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 September 5 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.
New date
Online via Zoom.
The next film will be Chariots of Fire. This 1981 British drama film is about “the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, [when] two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics.” If you want to join us, please watch the film between now and August 19 (See https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/chariots-of-fire >> for a list of platforms where you can watch—you don’t want to miss it). If you haven’t joined the group yet, please also send an email to stanfordyrcfilm@gmail.com, with message “I’m interested”. The ZOOM link will be sent to the group the day before by email.
Morning Mass will be shifted in time and place on Sunday, August 25th. Join us for our annual All Community Mass and Picnic. Mass is at 11:00 AM, outside at Arbor House (the Dominican priests’ residence), under the trees and umbrellas. We provide the picnic. We will be providing a taco lunch. This is a great time to pray together, catch up with friends at the end of the summer and welcome new Year Round Community, Faculty and Staff. We also welcome grad students and early-arriving undergrads.
Volunteers needed to help at Arbor House in setting up (9:30am) before Mass and the picnic as well as break-down at the end of the party (around 1:45pm-2:30pm). To sign up to help:
Contact: Alicia Restrepo (restrepo@stanford.edu)
or add your name to the Sign Up on Google Sheets >>
Undergrads, Sign up to receive or give a ride >> from the Marguerite bus stop at Tresidder Parking lot at 10:20am. Last car leaves at 10:35. [Google Forms]
Open to graduating students and their families and all community
Come celebrate our graduates at one or both of our graduation Masses
in person in Mem Chu and streamed live on YouTube (@CatholicCommunityatStanford)
12:30pm in Spanish and English
5:30pm in English (different than our usual Sunday time)
The Mass at 5:30pm is the vigil for Sunday. We have no Masses on Sunday June 16 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
in person in Mem Chu and streamed live on YouTube (@CatholicCommunityatStanford)
12:30pm in Spanish and English
5:30pm in English (different than our usual Sunday time)
The Mass at 5:30pm is the vigil for Sunday. We have no Masses on Sunday June 16 because of University Commencement events.
Graduates, be sure to bring your family and friends. And wear your cap and gown if you like.
updated 2024-05-12
He’s Back! “Eric Clayton: The Sequel!” This time Eric will accompany us down a different way of approaching God: Contemporary Culture as an Avenue to Prayer, a Conduit to Finding God in All Things. Stories can be an escape. Novels, movies, plays and comics take us beyond our ordinary lives and into something epic. But what if instead of providing an escape, the stories of contemporary culture helped us expand our imagination? St. Ignatius of Loyola reminds us that we can and should find God present in all things.
Register by Wednesday, May 15 >> for either the morning or afternoon session. [ccas.ccbchurch.com]
updated 2024-05-12
He’s Back! “Eric Clayton: The Sequel!” This time Eric will accompany us down a different way of approaching God: Contemporary Culture as an Avenue to Prayer, a Conduit to Finding God in All Things. Stories can be an escape. Novels, movies, plays and comics take us beyond our ordinary lives and into something epic. But what if instead of providing an escape, the stories of contemporary culture helped us expand our imagination? St. Ignatius of Loyola reminds us that we can and should find God present in all things.
Register by Wednesday, May 15 >> for either the morning or afternoon session. [ccas.ccbchurch.com]
All are invited to join the newly Baptized, Received and Confirmed in our Mystagogy called Design Spirituality. The group meets on Tuesdays, April 2–May 14 at 7 PM in Old Union, Room 302. Our lives should be our work of art responding to the Spirit’s presence. We will explore prayer and personality, sacrament and service, and your talents and charisms to discern and design your response to God in your life. Your life should be a spiritual adventure.
RSVP appreciated >> [ccas.ccbchurch.com]
Online via Zoom.
The next film will be Of Gods and Men. This moving 2010 film was the true story of nine Cistercian monks living in Algeria, which was caught up in a civil war in 1996. If you want to join us, please watch the film between now and May 6 (See https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/of-gods-and-men for a list of platforms where you can watch—you don’t want to miss it). If you haven’t joined the group yet, please also send an email to stanfordyrcfilm@gmail.com, with message “I’m interested”. The ZOOM link will be sent to the group the day before by email.
Come worship together in Spanish. Mass will be in Memorial Church side chapel.
Presider/preacher: Fr. Dominic DeLay, OP
The original and the sequel together at one retreat house near you! A mostly silent, directed retreat.
Our Fall Retreat on Discernment and Decision-Making was such a hit that we are bringing it back for another round! Those who could not attend the Fall Retreat have another chance. Those who made the Fall Retreat are invited to participate in the Spring Retreat as well to examine the fruits of the previous discernment. The schedule is flexible, allowing personal time for academic work.
Begins with dinner on Friday and concludes with lunch on Sunday.
Registration is now closed for this retreat
How does our faith impact the way we participate in political advocacy? Learn how faith can ground us in our advocacy work and help us become stronger advocates and stay motivated when faced with political adversity. Participants will begin the session with a brief overview of racial justice work and terminology before learning about NETWORK’s process of “educate, organize, lobby.”
Register to attend >> [ccas.ccbchurch.com]
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