May 14: Arch & Vine - Upcoming Events, Deadlines & More!

IN THIS ISSUE

1. Important Announcements
2. Upcoming Events/Deadlines
3. Summer Programs

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Arch & Vine Question of the Week
  Answer the last Question of the Week here! Your answers will help DSPT serve you better! This week’s topic: the 2009 Commencement Events. Whether or not you are graduating this year, your responses will help us greatly as we plan graduation events in the future! Each week that you answer the Question of the Week, you will be entered in a raffle for some great prizes! Respond by Tuesday, May 19 for an opportunity to be entered in our final raffle of the year! Thank you to everyone who responded to last week’s Question of the Week! Your comments will be very helpful in determining how we schedule events next year.
• ASDSPT Elections
  If you are interested in knowing more about what the positions on the Council entail, see Elissa at the front desk for a description. Ballots have been distributed to all the students in their DSPT mailboxes. They are due in the ballot box (also at the DSPT front desk).
• GTU Food Service Survey
  In a continuing effort to provide foodservice options that meet the needs of all students, faculty and staff within the Graduate Theological Union, the GTU has engaged Porter Khouw Consulting, Inc., a nationally-recognized independent foodservice consulting firm, to assist us in examining campus dining options. As part of their assessment, Port Khouw Consulting has developed a survey. Contents of the survey are based on recent focus groups and interviews conducted at CDSP and PSR. To access the survey, please click on this link: http://www.porterkhouwconsulting.com/gtu/gtu.html. Please complete the survey and submit by May 15, 2009. The GTU is offering the following raffle prizes for participation: 3 grand prizes of $250 cash, one 1st prize of $100 cash and one 2nd prize of $50 cash. Winners will be drawn from the surveys submitted and will be notified by e-mail.
• DSPT Recycles: Ink and Toner!
  In an effort to reduce waste, DSPT is recycling ink and toner cartridges! So, if you have any empty ink or toner cartridges from your printers at home, you can bring them to DSPT to be recycled! Bring your empty ink and toner cartridges and deposit them in the bin with the green lid next to the copy machine or give them to Elissa at the front desk. If you have any questions, e-mail Elissa at emccormack@dspt.edu.
• Coffee Goodness Running Low???
  The cost of coffee to DSPT has increased exponentially this year! To keep the coffee goodness flowing, please place a small donation in the box next to the coffee machine. The suggested donation is $0.50 per cup. Remember: a small cup of coffee at Peet’s costs $1.70, which is what you’ll have to pay if the coffee goodness is forced to stop flowing!
• Recap of the Bishop’s Mass of Installation
  Visit www.oakdiocese.org to see the full wrap-up of information related to Bishop Codileone’s installation. This includes his homily in English and Spanish, PDFs of the installation publications, photos of the event, video links to selected portions of the Mass of Installation, and other information.
• The Heritage Foundation Religion and Civil Society Fellowship
  This fellowship is designed to help future pastors and religious leaders understand the relations between the church, the family, government, business, and other institutions of society and the roles they play in meeting people’s needs and sustaining ordered liberty. Such an understanding will serve participants not only in their personal studies and development, but also in their future ministry. Fellows will work alongside staff in the DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC. Fellowships will last approximately three months. Two will be available in 2009, one in the summer (mid-May to mid-August) and one in the fall (mid-September to mid-December). This is a paid position. For more information and an application, visit http://www.heritage.org/About/Internships/upload/ReligionCivilSocietyFellowship.pdf.

UPCOMING EVENTS/DEADLINES

• Thursday, May 14
  
  GTU Commencement
  Time: 4:00 p.m.
  Location: PLTS Chapel
  
  
• Friday, May 15
  
  Early Registration Deadline for Summer Session
  
  DSPT End-of-Semester BBQ Bash
  Time: 5:30 p.m. for Mass; 6:30 p.m. for the party
  Location: Mass will be at St. Mary Magdalen Parish (2005 Berryman St., Berkeley); the party will be at DSPT
  
  
• Saturday, May 16
  
  Women Empowered to Serve
  Time: 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
  Location: Berkeley Covenant Church Fireside Room (1632 Hopkins, Berkeley)
  This seminar will focus on female leadership in the church. We'll discuss some of the pertinent biblical passages and look at the example of key female leaders in the New Testament. There will also be time for feedback from women and men about their own experiences in church leadership. Sharon Gallagher (M.T.S.) is associate director and professor of Christianity and the media at New College Berkeley. She is also editor and film critic of Radix magazine. For program information and to register, visit the New College Berkeley website.
  
  
• Tuesday, May 19
  
  East Bay Theology on Tap: Universe Story: Sacred Story
  Time: Happy Hour at 7:00 p.m., Speaker at 7:30 p.m.
  Location: Kerry House (4092 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland)
  Speaker: Joseph Carver, S.J.
  The universe story, informed by modern science, invites us to expand the way we think about and respond to our God and to life around us. A theology of covenant helps us understand the interconnectedness of all creation.
  
  Faith in Human Rights Film Festival: Ten Canoes
  Time: 7:30 p.m.
  Location: DSPT Classroom 1
  Ten Canoes is a movie about Australian Aboriginal life in Central Australia around 1000 B.C. The film is narrated and acted by Aboriginal people of Central Australia. The presentation of the movie by Fr. Hilary Martin, OP will include a discussion of Aboriginal paintings by Virginia May.
  
  
• Wednesday, May 20
  
  Deadline to register for May GTU foreign language exam.
  
  Faith & Fiction Literature Discussion Group
  Time: 7:30 p.m.
  Location: DSPT Classroom 3
  For more information, contact Br. Peter Hannah at pjohannah@yahoo.com.
  
  
• Thursday, May 21
  
  College of Fellows Presentation: A look at society through a “Catholic Imagination”?
  Time: 2:00 p.m.
  Location: DSPT
  At the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology we are engaged in study that is rooted in the Catholic tradition and provides answers to the challenges of today. One way that our academics intersect the challenges of today is through the work of The Dominican School College of Fellows. Please join us for this special presentation by Fellows Andre Delbecq, Ned Dolejsi, Velma Richmond and Kevin Starr who will present an examination of their professions in teaching, business administration and communications through the lens of a “Catholic imagination”. Reception immediately following.
  
  DSPT Alumni Meeting
  Time: 5:00 p.m.
  Location: DSPT
  
  
• Friday, May 22
  
  DSPT/GTU spring semester ends.
  
  Final day to submit petition for incompletes for spring 2009 semester courses.
  
  Baccalaureate Mass
  Time: 10:00 a.m.
  Location: St. Mary Magdalen Parish (2005 Berryman St., Berkeley)
  
  Graduation, followed by reception.
  Time: 3:00 p.m.
  Location: DSPT
  
  
• Saturday, May 23
  
  Buddhist Chaplaincy Program Open House & Orientation
  Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
  Location: Jodo Shinshu Center (2140 Durant Ave., Berkeley)
  The open house will showcase the Institute’s Buddhist Chaplaincy Program which serves students wishing to pursue a chaplaincy career in hospice or health care, prison outreach, or the armed services. Registration is requested by Wednesday, May 20, 2009. Visit http://www.shin-ibs.edu/openhouse/ for more information or to register.
  
  The Novelist Who is Catholic of the Catholic Novelist? A Conversation with Writer Piers Paul Read
  Time: 7:30 p.m.
  Location: DSPT Classroom 1
  Is there such a thing as a novelist who happens to be Catholic? Is that something other than a Catholic novelist? St. Jerome had a dream in which he was accused of being more a follower of the Roman writer Cicero than of Christ. Can a writer be a novelist who happens to be Catholic without compromising the faith and becoming a purveyor of worldliness? Can a writer be a Catholic novelist without compromising the craft and becoming a propagandist? These and other issues will be addressed by renowned English novelist Piers Paul Read. Mr. Read has just published The Death of a Pope (Ignatius Press), a thriller involving a terrorist attempt to destroy the papacy. Read is a best-selling novelist, writer, and playwright with numerous popular books including Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors, Ablaze: The Story of Chernobyl, Alec Guinness: The Authorised Biography, The Templars, Monk Dawson, A Patriot in Berlin, Alice in Exile, and Hell and Other Destinations (Ignatius). He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a member of the Council of the Society of Authors, as well as an officer in the Catholic Writers' Guild of England and Wales. He received his BA and MA from Cambridge, and was awarded Ford and Harkness fellowships early in his career. His work has included dramatic non-fiction, novels, and screenplays, often focusing a journalistic eye on stories of tragedy and redemption. He has also written a number of television plays, and several of his novels have been filmed for cinema and television. He lives in London.
  
  
• Monday, May 25
  
  Memorial Day, Administrative holiday.
  
  
• Tuesday, May 26
  
  Theology of the Body Study Group
  Human Love in the Divine Plan: “on earth as it is in heaven”
  Time: 7:30 p.m.
  Location: DSPT Classroom 3
  A discussion group is reading through John Paul II’s revolutionary teaching on the Theology of the Body. For more information, contact Ed at ehopfner@oakdiocese.org or Br. Dominic David at dominic.david.op@gmail.com.
  
  
• Wednesday, May 27
  
  GTU Foreign Language Exam
  Time: 1:00 p.m.
  Location: GTU Library Dinner Boardroom
  
  Emmaus Road Initiative Session: Easter in the “Meantime” – “Do this in remembrance of me.”
  Time: 7:00 p.m.
  Location: DSPT Classroom 1
  As Enlightenment modernity has been gradually but relentlessly dissolving the sacramental sensibilities that are so indispensable to authentic Christian existence, post-Enlightenment post-modernity has been undermining our anthropological sensibilities. Without sacramental sensibilities we lose a sense of grace, and without Anthropological sensibilities we lose a sense of nature – human nature. Whatever particular tasks Christians may be called to undertake, their perennial task is to recognize and bear witness to the relationship between nature and grace – and between this world and the next. The Eucharist is where the Christian both participates in this mystery and is nourished for the work of witnessing to it. The Emmaus Road Initiative presentations are made by Gil Bailie, an author, lecturer, and the founder and president of the Cornerstone Forum. Visit http://www.test-cornerstone.org/VENUES/Berkeley-Dominican-School.html for information on the Emmaus Road Initiative.
  
  The Greening of Evangelical Christendom: How Green Should We Be?
  Time: 7:00 p.m.
  Location: Call New College Berkeley at (510) 841-9386 for location information.
  Speaker Clay Radke (Ph.D.) is professor of chemical engineering at U.C. Berkeley. He has been a National Science Foundation Overseas Postdoctoral Fellow.

See the DSPT Academic/Events Calendar here: http://www.dspt.edu/docs/news/calendar_list.asp

SUMMER PROGRAMS

• DSPT Summer Session: Learn. Reflect. Proclaim.
  DSPT is offering some exciting courses as part of this year’s summer session. Our offerings include some of our traditionally offered courses, like Icon: Sacred Image, Intro to Icon Painting, and Pray Like a Mystic I & II. We are also offering some exciting new courses like Lay Preaching, Youth Ministry Spirituality, Evangelizing Education I & II (the only courses in pedagogy offered at the GTU), and an intensive Latin course designed to prepare you to take the language exam. For more information about how to register, or for detailed course descriptions, visit our Summer Session website.Early registration for summer courses runs until May 15. Late enrollment is possible up until the beginning of the course, but is not guaranteed and late registration fees may apply.