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The Catholic Community at Stanford University is a family of students, faculty, staff, administrators, their families, and local community members. With the guidance of the Holy Spirit and through a variety of social, educational, liturgical, and community service programs, we seek to form the Christian conscience, help members appropriate the Catholic faith, educate for justice, facilitate personal development, and form leaders for the future. We support the University's efforts to achieve its goals in keeping with our own traditions and in an environment of religious and cultural diversity. We are a personal parish in the Diocese of San Jose under the pastoral care of Dominicans and lay leaders.

this week
a ten-day outlook
february 29 - march 9, 2008
what, when, where

events:

Sunday, March 2:
  • Busy Person's Retreat begins, 5:45pm, Memorial Church (more info...)
  • Grad Student/Post-Doc dinner, 6:09pm, 1565 Stanford Ave.
Tuesday, March 4:
  • CCAS Internship info session, 9:00pm, CIRCLE Common Room
Sunday, March 9:
  • Mass in Spanish, 3:00pm, Memorial Church (side chapel)
  • Undergraduate dinner, 5:45pm, CIRCLE Common Room, Old Union
  • Young Adults Indoor Mini-Golf, 6:30pm, Milpitas (more info...)

sunday masses:

March 2: 10:30am (Tresidder Oak Room), 4:30pm and 10:00pm (Memorial Church)
preaching: Fr. Carl Schlichte, O.P.

March 9: 10:30am (Tresidder Oak Room), 4:30pm and 10:00pm (Memorial Church)
preaching: Fr. Patrick LaBelle, O.P.


weekday schedule:
Monday, March 3 - Friday, March 7

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

Daily Liturgy 12:20pm
  • Mon, Wed, Fri - Mass in Memorial Church
  • Tue, Thur - Mass in the Sanctuary, 3rd floor of Old Union
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

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news and announcements for
march 2, 2008

WELCOME FR. CARL
Please join us in welcoming Fr. Carl back to The Catholic Community at Stanford. We are delighted in his return to us.

FR. PATRICK AWAY
Fr. Patrick will be away this week, March 3 - 7 attending a meeting of Dominican Religious Superiors.

LENTEN RECONCILIATION SERVICE
We will hold a Lenten Service of Reconciliation on Monday, March 10, 7:30 P.M., in Memorial Church. This is a communal prayer service with an opportunity to receive individual confession. Come and pray together for our world, our church, and ourselves.

MASS IN SPANISH
The monthly Mass in Spanish will be held NEXT Sunday, March 9, 3:00 P.M. in the side chapel of Memorial Church. Fr. Matt Carnes will be the presider. All are welcome to attend.

INTERN INFO SESSION
Ever wondered what Andrew and Estella do every day, besides hand out chapstick and make hot chocolate? Come find out what the Catholic Intern position is all about this Tuesday, March 4 at 8pm on the 2nd floor of Old Union, room 216C. The position is open to current seniors but we encourage anyone interested to come hear what the job is all about. Preferred application deadline is March 21. Submit a resume and a cover letter to the interns via e-mail or in person, Old Union, rm 305. Contact Estella (cestella@stanford.edu).

UNDERGRAD DINNER
The last undergrad dinner of the quarter takes place next Sunday, March 9th at 5:45PM on the 3rd floor of Old Union. Drop by after mass for some delicious food prepared by several of our very own community members.

CROSSROADS CATHOLIC FELLOWSHIP
Come to CrossRoads this week as we join in prayer and discussion to discern God's intentions for us as we plan next quarter. We are students who are looking to form a fellowship of Catholics centered on Christ and want your input! We will meet Tuesday night at 7pm in room 216C of the Old Union. Contact Chris Hammen (chammen@stanford.edu) for more information.

GRAD/POST DOC DINNER
Dinner will be served this Sunday at 6 PM. Enjoy gourmet cooking by your very own classmates. Dinner is served at our Annex, 1565 Stanford Avenue. Contact Estella (cestella@stanford.edu) for directions.

MARCH-HOLY WEEK-SPRING BREAK SCHEDULE
March
9(Sunday):regular Mass schedule
10 - 14(Monday-Friday): regular weekday schedule, except no regular Confessions Monday
10(Monday): Lenten Reconciliation Service, 7:00pm, Memorial Church
16(Palm Sunday):regular Mass schedule
17 - 21(Monday-Friday): regular office hours; daily liturgy 12:20pm Mon, Wed Memorial Church, Tue CIRCLE Sanctuary
20(Holy Thursday):Mass of the Lord's Supper, 8:00pm, Memorial Church
21(Good Friday):ecumenical service, noon, Memorial Church; Stations of the Cross in the Stanford Foothills, 3:00pm; evening service, 8:00pm, Memorial Church
22(Saturday):Easter Vigil Mass, 8:00pm, Memorial Church
23(Easter Sunday):10:30am Mass, Tresidder; 4:30pm Mass, Memorial Church
24 - 28(Monday-Friday): Offices are closed for the Spring Break: no office hours, no daily liturgy and no scheduled confessions. As always, if you need a priest please use the paging system 650/723-8222, pager #17736
30(Sunday):4:30pm Mass only, Memorial Church

WHITE MASS APRIL 14
CCAS will sponsor its first White Mass at 5PM on Monday, April 14, in the Memorial Church, with a reception to follow. The White Mass, presided over by the bishop, honors community members who work in the health care professions. Please join us as we celebrate their service.

ROSARY
Students meet daily to pray the rosary at 10 PM in Wilbur west dining hall (Tuesday through Sunday) and on the third floor of Old Union during Eucharistic Adoration (Monday), as well as at 5:45 PM on Sunday afternoons in the interns. office on the third floor of Old Union. All are welcome to join us; no experience with the rosary is necessary. Please consider taking the time to deepen your spiritual life with this traditional Catholic prayer. If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact Charlie Capps (ccapps@stanford.edu).

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/.
  • Bible Study, Tuesday, March 4, 7:30PM -
    1565 Stanford Ave. Join the Young Adults as we continue our study of the Acts of the Apostles. Contact Larry (hudat@stanfordalumni.org)
  • Indoor Mini Golf Outing, Sunday, March 9, 6:30PM -
    Great Mall ofthe Bay Area: It's indoor, glow-in-the-dark miniature golf. Join the Young Adults of Deanery 2 for a night of fun at Lunar Mini Golf (at the Great Mall in Milpitas) for a round of mini golf. $6.00/person. Afterwards, we can hop on over to Dave and Buster's for a nightcap. The course is located near entrance #5 of the Mall, over by the cinemas. Contact Larry (hudat@stanfordalumni.org). (Evite for this event...)
  • DSJ Co-ed Softball League is taking signups.
    The Circle All-Stars will once again take the field in 2008. This year our captains will be Laura Whitsitt (lilwhits@sbcglobal.net) and Scott Harrison (scott.a.harrison@gmail.com). The season runs from mid-April to mid-August, with games played on Sundays, but not all Sundays. Cost will depend on turnout, but is estimated to be in the range of $30 to $40 per person for the season. No experience necessary. If interested, please contact one of the captains to sign up. The deadline to sign up is Sun, 3/9, so please respond ASAP. (more info...)

PRAY FOR FR. TOM KRAFT, O.P.
Please pray for the healing of Fr. Tom Kraft, O.P. and his devotion to Mother Teresa. Following is a prayer for her canonization:

Jesus, you made Blessed Teresa of Calcutta an inspiring example of firm faith and burning charity, an extraordinary witness to the way of spiritual childhood, and a great and esteemed teacher of the value and dignity of every human life. Grant that she may be venerated and imitated as one of the Church's canonized saints. Hear the requests of all those who seek her intercession, especially the petition I now implore: the healing of Fr. Tom Kraft, O.P. May we follow her example in heeding Your cry of thirst from the Cross and joyfully loving You in the distressing disguise of the poorest of the poor, especially those most unloved and unwanted. We ask this in Your name and through the intercession of Mary, Your Mother and the Mother of us all. Amen.

GOOD FRIDAY WITNESS
Good Friday Witness, March 21, 6:45 a.m., Service of Worship and Witness, Livermore Nuclear Weapons Laboratory at Vasco & Patterson Pass Road, Livermore, CA. We will gather at the northwest corner of Livermore Lab. There will be music and speakers, followed by a procession to the gate and acts of witness. The keynote address will be offered by Fr. Louis Vitale, ofm.,recently returned from Federal Prison for his opposition to U.S. torture. For more information call 510/655-1162; or visit http://www.epicalc.org/. Locally, you may contact Ed Ehmke (650/326-7988, ehmke@stanford.edu). Sponsored by Ecumenical Peace Institute and Livermore Conversion Project.

OFFICE FOR RELIGIOUS LIFE
  • COMPLINE - Wrap yourself in the soothing balm of music. Join us for Compline, a calming 30-minute service of hymns and chant sung in the candlelit ambiance of Memorial Church. All religious and non-religious backgrounds are welcome. On March 2, Compline features the Threshold Choir, under the direction of Kate Munger. Sunday, March 2, 8:45 - 9:30 pm, Memorial Church.Please note that tonight's service begins 15 minutes earlier than usual to allow the music to usher you into the church. Remaining winter quarter Compline dates: March 2 and 9.

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