University Ministry: Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

Aug. 23, 2024

Welcome back, USF! 

It is refreshing to experience the sights and sounds of a bustling campus once again. We welcome new members to our community, especially the Class of 2028. We hope that USF will be a home away from home and a place where you'll grow into exactly who you want to be. 

University Ministry is back and excited to get started on what promises to be another great year. Check out the rest of our newsletter for some of our offerings.

Monday – Friday | 12:05 p.m. | St. Ignatius Church

Your Chief Mission Officer and Chancellor, John P. Fitzgibbons, S.J., in collaboration with University Ministry, invite you to Daily Mass at St. Ignatius Church, Monday through Friday at 12:05 p.m. Masses will begin on Monday, Aug. 26. 

Please note: On Tuesday, Aug. 27, the Mass of the Holy Spirit will be offered at St. Ignatius Church. 

Tuesday, Aug. 27 | 11:45 a.m. | St. Ignatius Church

Join us for a Jesuit tradition dating back to 1548 and celebrated annually at Jesuit educational institutions worldwide. Our community is invited to come together to pray for the wisdom and guidance of the Holy Spirit.

All faiths and beliefs are welcome to celebrate, and all faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community members are encouraged to attend. A community lunch will follow.

Thursday, Sept. 5 | 11:45 a.m. | University Ministry, Toler 122

Where faith meets over sweet treats! Come get the scoop on UM programs and a blessing, too!

Friday, Nov. 22 – Sunday, Nov. 24 | Maryknoll Retreat Center, Los Altos, CA

University Ministry is hosting the fall 2024 Ignatian Silent Retreat at the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers Los Altos. The retreat introduces the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. During the retreat, participants are invited to explore the Ignatian style of prayer by reflecting inward and taking a closer look at their own individual experiences of God and the sacred through the use of imagination and the Bible. For more information, please contact University Chaplain Donal Godfrey, S.J.

Cost: $100 for faculty and staff | $50 for students

Scholarships are available for students attending for the first time.

Join a program of daily prayer, reflection, and regular spiritual direction based on St. Ignatius's Spiritual Exercises in Daily Life (the 19th Annotation). The retreat begins in early September and extends through the entire academic year. People of all faith traditions are welcome to join this retreat.

The application deadline is Aug. 30.  

A conversation and letter of intent is required before making this retreat. If you are interested in joining the retreat, please email University Chaplain Donal Godfrey, S.J. 

Friday, Sept. 27 – Sunday, Sept. 29 | Walker Creek Ranch, Petaluma, CA

Join us for an experience building community through promoting and exploring the intersection of our queer and spiritual/religious identities. 

We will practice being radically and unapologetically you in a community that celebrates you.  

Transportation will be provided.

The registration deadline is Sept. 19.

For more information or questions, please email Rabbi Camille Angel.

Sundays | 7 p.m. | St. Ignatius Church

Join us every Sunday beginning Aug. 25 for our weekly student liturgies! Visit our website, or email Laura Díaz-Flaviani to learn more about our student liturgies. Sign up to be in the choir, or participate as an altar server, lector, or Eucharistic minister.

Thursdays | 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. | University Ministry, Toler 122

Qmmunity and Breaking Bread and the Binary begins this Thursday and continues every Thursday through the fall semester! Nourishment for the body and the soul and a place to celebrate your true fabulous self. Questions? Email Rabbi Camille Angel.

As part of the Arrupe Mexico Immersion trip to Mexico (DACA-Guadalajara), Professor Sergio de La Torre directed and produced a 30-minute video that includes testimonies from the DACA students who participated in this life-changing experience. In the video, we hear their reflections firsthand: returning to Mexico after 20 to 30 years of leaving the country, engaging with nonprofit organizations that provide support to migrants and deportees, and understanding how they can professionally contribute to these communities displaced by war, violence, and climate change, among other factors.

Thank you for reading our bi-weekly newsletter. If you would like to submit content for future newsletters, please make sure to fill out the UM Newsletter Intake Form. If you have any questions about submissions and deadlines, please email um@usfca.edu.

Content deadline for upcoming newsletter: Aug. 29