University Ministry: Final Weeks Ahead
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A few weeks ago, we had the joy of celebrating with the classes of 2020 and 2021 and their families. Our community will soon head into the final weeks of the spring semester. We wish our faculty, librarians, staff, and students strength for the journey! We are looking forward to celebrating the class of 2022 next month. In the meantime, check out our programs and continue to engage with University Ministry.
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| University Ministry Events
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Cooking for the Soul: Online Retreat
Friday, April 29 | 6–7:30 p.m. | Zoom
Food is a spiritual experience. How does it affect you? The food we eat impacts our lives even though we are not aware of it. Food nourishes the soul. There is a link between the food we eat and how it affects our spiritual being. If we are aware of this, then food becomes a source of strength on our journey to spiritual growth and awareness. Join Resident Minister Richard Alvia in a live cooking experience in conversation about spirituality and food. Open to all. Register by April 27 »
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Spring Commencement Mass
Thursday, May 19 | 3 p.m. | St. Ignatius Church
Are you graduating this May? If so, we invite you to be a minister at the Spring Commencement Mass. We are also looking for lectors, banner carriers, Eucharistic ministers, and gift bearers. Please contact Angélica Quiñónez to sign up or for more information. All students, faculty, staff, and librarians are invited to celebrate the Class of 2022 by joining the Spring Commencement Mass choir. Please contact Laura Diaz-Flaviani for more information.
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Call for Altar Servers
Are you a trained acolyte/altar server or someone who would like to learn how to be an acolyte/altar server at our liturgies? University Ministry is looking for a few current students who would like to become acolytes/altar servers at our student liturgies and commencement liturgies, including the Spring Commencement Mass on Thursday, May 19! If interested, please contact Angélica Quiñónez.
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| | Breaking Bread and the Binary
Thursdays | 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. | University Ministry – Romero Room (Toler 122)
Join us every Thursday as we explore the intersectionality between our unique spiritual traditions and our LGBTQIA+ identities.
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| | Student Liturgy
Sundays | 7 p.m. | St. Ignatius Church
Join our weekly Liturgies and engage in prayer and deep reflection with other students! All are welcome. Our remaining student liturgies for the semester are April 24, May 1, and May 8.
Would you like to be a lector, acolyte, Eucharistic minister, altar server, greeter, or choir member for any of these liturgies? If interested, please contact Ana Karen Barragán.
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Praise and Worship Night
Tuesday, April 26 | 7–8 p.m. | Fromm Hall Broad Conference Room (Room 111)
We invite you to join in a night of praise and worship as we bring our voices together in pray and reflection. For more information, please contact Resident Minister Mariah O'Grady.
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Mountain Meditation Retreat
Saturday, April 30 | 9 a.m.–1 p.m. | Tennessee Valley Trail (Marin County)
Join the University Ministry Retreat Team in an outdoor hiking retreat in Marin County. Students will have the opportunity to learn how to practice mindfulness and pay gratitude to our environment as we walk through the Tennessee Valley Trail. The trail is 3.5 miles long and will take approximately two hours to complete. Transportation will be provided and spaces are limited.
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| | Catholic Student Prayer Group
Wednesday, May 4 | 8–9 p.m. | University Ministry (Toler 122)
We hope you can join us as we gather in community prayer and discussion. For more information, please contact Mariah O'Grady.
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The mission of Red Cloud Indian School, a Catholic institution administered by the Jesuits and the Lakȟóta people, is to develop and grow as a vibrant church, through an education of the mind and spirit that promotes Lakȟóta and Catholic values.
We are in conversations with them to connect USF students with their volunteer program. For more information, please email Kique Bazan or Mariah O'Grady.
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Angélica N. Quiñónez PhD, director of University Ministry, was a guest speaker at the 75th "Online Briefing for Faith Leaders," hosted by the San Francisco Interfaith Council on April 7, 2022. She was joined by Associate Vice President for Equity & Community Frederick Smith from San Francisco State University, to discuss the complexities, joys, and challenges of student life and interfaith programs in higher education at their respective universities. The two spoke of the importance of religious and spiritual development in higher education and thoughts on building community during the pandemic. Watch the recording »
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