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schedule for february 1 - february 10, 2008
what, when, where

events:

Saturday, February 2:

Young Adults Board Game Night, 7:00pm, St. Albert the Great (more info...)

Sunday, February 3:

Undergrad dinner, 5:45pm, CIRCLE Common Room

Tuesday, February 5:

Francis Collins talk, 7:30pm, Memorial Auditorium (more info...)
Late-night bowling, meet at 9:45pm outside Memorial Auditorium (more info...)

Wednesday, February 6: Ash Wednesday

Mass at 8:00am, 4:30pm, 8:00pm, Memorial Church
Ecumenical service at 12:00 noon, Memorial Church

Sunday, February 10:

Mass in Spanish, 3:00pm, Memorial Church (side chapel)
Grad Student/Post-Doc dinner, 6:09pm, 1565 Stanford Ave.
Theology on Tap, 6:00pm, Sonoma Chicken Coop, Campbell (more info...)

sunday masses:

February 3: 10:30am (Tresidder Oak Room), 4:30pm and 10:00pm (Memorial Church)
preaching: Br. Emmanuel Taylor, O.P.

February 10: 10:30am (Tresidder Oak Room), 4:30pm and 10:00pm (Memorial Church)
preaching: Fr. Patrick LaBelle, O.P.

weekday schedule:
Monday, February 4 - Friday, February 8

Office hours Mon-Fri 9:00am - 4:00pm

Daily Liturgy 12:20pm

Mon - Mass in Memorial Church
Tue, Thur - Mass in the Sanctuary, 3rd floor of Old Union
Fri - Communion Service in Memorial Church

Confessions

Mon 7:30pm-8:30pm, Old Union, room 304
Tue 1:30pm-2:30pm, Old Union, room 319

Eucharistic Adoration Mon 9:00pm-10:30pm, Sanctuary, 3rd floor of Old Union (with rosary at 10:00pm)

Rosary Tue-Sun 10:00pm Wilbur West dining hall

announcements for february 3, 2008

SACRAMENTAL BLESSINGS
Welcome to the community the babies being baptized after the 4:30pm Mass this Sunday: Mateo Samuel Casillas Burgos, Mateo Minyoung Cuellar-Koh, Christopher Michael Von der Ahe. Blessings on you and your families.

RICE BOWLS AND LENTEN BOOKS
With Lent right around the corner, the interns will be distributing Lenten prayer books and rice bowls to aid the hungry around the world. Look for us after Mass this Sunday. Contact Estella (cestella@stanford.edu) if you need more.

UNDERGRAD DINNER
Yea, we know we're serving dinner while the Super Bowl winds down. We figure that not everyone is from New York & New England, but we know everyone loves gourmet Macaroni & Cheese paired with sumptuous Chicken. So, come out and share a meal with us this Sunday at 5:45 PM, Old Union, 3rd floor.

FAT TUESDAY BOWLING
Lent comes early this year, and that means Fat Tuesday is this week! To kick off the Lenten season, join us for some late night Palo Alto bowling. We meet outside of Memorial Auditorium at 9:45 PM and return to campus by midnight. $5 to play. Spots limited. Contact Andrew (abarba@stanford.edu) to RSVP.

FRANCIS COLLINS TALK: "GOD AND THE GENOME"
CCAS is co-sponsoring a talk by Francis Collins on Tuesday, February 5, at 7:30PM in Memorial Auditorium. One of the world's leading geneticists, Collins will speak about his search for answers to the great questions of human existence and the surprising harmony he has found between science and faith in God (more info...). Collins's book The Language of God is on sale for $5, after mass and in the intern office. Contact Andrew (abarba@stanford.edu) to purchase.

LENTEN REGULATIONS
Lent 2008: Ash Wednesday is February 6. This day marks our entry into the holy season of Lent. There will be Masses at 8:00 a.m., 4:30 p.m., and 8:00 p.m. There is also an ecumenical service at noon. All services are in Memorial Church.

Two elements especially characteristic of Lent should be emphasized: the recalling of Baptism, or preparation for it, and Penance. In this way, the Church prepares the faithful to celebrate the Paschal Mystery and the feast of the Resurrection.
The elements of penance--conversion--are not only the social consequences of sin but also the detestation of sin as an offense against God. During Lent penance should not only be internal but also external and social. Prayer for conversion and reconciliation in and with the Church should be encouraged.
Abstinence
Abstinence from eating meat is to be observed on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays during Lent. All persons are bound by the law of the Church to abstain from the day after their 14th birthday.
Fasting
The Church's law of fast binds on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. The law of fasting obliges from the day after one's 18th birthday until the day after one's 59th birthday. Fasting means that one full meatless meal per day may be eaten. Two other meatless meals may be taken sufficient to maintain strength, but together they should not equal a full meal. Liquids, including milk and fruit juice, may be taken between meals. If health or ability to work are affected, fasting does not oblige. Private, self-imposed observance of fasting on all weekdays of Lent is strongly recommended. Pastors and parents are to see to it that children who are not bound by the laws of fast and abstinence are educated in an authentic sense of penance, conversion, and reconciliation.
Lenten Observance
As is traditional, increased opportunity to participate in the Eucharistic Liturgy, and in the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation, should be provided. Other devotions, such as the Stations of the Cross, vigils, and prayer services (with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament if opportune), are encouraged. The traditional private practices of increased prayer, Scripture reading, Stations of the Cross, spiritual reading, alms, personal self-denial in food and drink, and increased care and service to the sick and needy are suggested.
Easter Duty Holy Communion
All the faithful, after they have been initiated into the most holy Eucharist, are bound by the obligation of receiving Communion at least once a year. This precept must be fulfilled during the Easter Season unless it is fulfilled for a just cause at some time during the year. In the United States of America the Easter Season is considered as the period from the first Sunday of Lent until Trinity Sunday.
Sacrament of Penance
A member of the Christian faithful is obliged to confess in kind and in number all serious sins committed after Baptism and not yet directly remitted through the keys of the Church or acknowledged in individual confession, of which one is conscious after diligent examination of conscience. It is recommended to the Christian faithful that venial sins also be confessed. After having attained the age of discretion each of the faithful is bound by an obligation faithfully to confess serious sins at least once a year.

MASS IN SPANISH
Our monthly Mass in Spanish will be held next Sunday, Feb. 10, at 3:00 p.m. in the side chapel of Memorial Church. Our presider will be Fr. Matt Carnes. All are welcome to attend.

GRAD/POST DOC DINNER
Dinner is next Sunday, February 10 at 6 PM. Enjoy gourmet cooking by your very own classmates and the interns promise to show up this time! Dinner is served at our Annex, 1565 Stanford Avenue. Contact Estella (cestella@stanford.edu) for directions.

GRAD/POST DOC RETREAT
This year's retreat takes place February 22-24 in Lafayette, CA. Themed "God's universe and your place in it: A Catholic Christian cosmology", Fr. Nathan will tackle the big questions in life from the Catholic perspective. Cost is $40, scholarships available. Contact Andrew (abarba@stanford.edu) for details and sign-up.

DISCUSSION SERIES WITH FR. NATHAN
During Winter quarter, Father Nathan will be holding a weekly discussion series on various religious topics, beginning with a three-part series entitled "I Am With You: God's Message in Matthew." At Masses through most of 2008 we'll be hearing the Gospel of Matthew. Why not take part in an overview study that will enrich your experience at Sunday Mass all year long? Meet on Wednesday evening, in the conference room on the third floor of Old Union, from 7:30 until 9:00pm. Please bring a Bible!

ACCOMPANISTS NEEDED
The music ministry is in real need of piano accompanists. We have been blessed to have wonderful players, but several have now graduated and we need 2 or 3 others to come in and play. You don't need to be here every week. Training is provided. Contact Teresa Pleins, Director of Liturgy and Music (tpleins@stanford.edu) if you can help.

NEW BABY
Alejandra Ducut Sigala, daughter of Jeannette and Paul Sigala arrived January 13. Her parents, members of the 10pm choir and the grad student community, are just thrilled! Congratulations from all of us at the Catholic Community at Stanford.

YOUNG ADULTS
Find out about fun spiritual, social and service activities going on in this and neighboring parishes by visiting our website: http://www.youngadultcircle.org/.

Young Adult Fellowship, Tuesday, February 5 -
This week Bible Study takes a break as we'll all attend the Francis Collins talk at Memorial Auditorium. Please gather beginning at 6:45PM at the fountain in front of Mem Aud (across from Hoover Tower) and we'll enter around 7PM. First come, first served seating. Contact Larry (hudat@stanfordalumni.org).
Theology on Tap, Sunday, February 10, 6PM -
Sonoma Chicken Coop, 200 E. Campbell Ave, Campbell. Women and the Church, lecture by Sr. Gloria Ines Loya, PVBM, Professor at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. Young Adults gather at local hot spots for food, drink and lively discussions about our Catholic faith. Doors open at 6PM. Sponsored by the Diocese of San Jose. More info at http://www.totsiliconvalley.com/.
Save the Date: Sunday, February 17, 7PM - Sunday Night Bowling at Strike Cupertino. More info upcoming.

PIA NEW CITIZENS CAMPAIGN
Peninsula Interfaith Action (PIA), in partnership with its Bay Area PICO affiliate organizations and Univision, is sponsoring a the Time is Now! New Citizenship Drive Campaign. We need English speakers, Spanish speakers, and bilingual volunteers to help with the kickoff event on Saturday, February 23, 11:30 at El Buen Pastor Church (St. Peter's Episcopal Church), 178 Clinton Street, Redwood City. Lawyers will be present to assist with the citizenship process, and there will be a "Know Your Rights" presentation of legal rights in the event of ICE/immigration Raids. Volunteers must attend a PIA Training Session on Tuesday, February 12th, at 7pm at Woodside Road United Methodist Church, 2000 Woodside Rd, Redwood City. (Corner of Alameda de las Pulgas) For more information contact Shoshanna at PIA (650/592-9181).

OFFICE FOR RELIGIOUS LIFE
COOKIES AND CONVERSATION IN THE CIRCLE - Students: Got milk? Got cookies? We've got both...plus conversation. Want to talk to someone about your personal struggles with religion? Interested in speaking to a leader from a religion outside your own tradition? Drop in for "Cookies and Conversation in the CIRCLE," sponsored by the Office for Religious Life and the Interfaith Council. The Deans for Religious Life and other religious leaders from various faiths are on hand in this informal setting to discuss how faith plays into your life as a Stanford student. Feel free to stay for as much - or as little - time as you'd like. Even if you don't want to talk, at least stop by to get some free cookies! Free and open to all Stanford students. Thursdays, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, The CIRCLE, Old Union, 3rd Floor.

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