SII Stuff

Hello!

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. All of us who were able to attend the SII Spring Retreat had a great time. Who doesn't love their own room and bathroom???? If anyone has pictures from the retreat feel free to post them!

Here are the happenings for the week:

Tuesday Night:
Fr. Kendall will celebrate mass with us at 6 pm
Following Mass, we will play Charades. I hope many of you will join us.

Other Items to Note:

March 5, Thursday: SO FAR FROM MEXICO CITY, SO CLOSE TO GOD
LM 100, 9:30-11:30am
Author and journalist Sam Quinones. So Far From Mexico City, So Close to God: True Tales of Why Mexicans Migrate.

Thursday, March 5, 4 - 5:30, Xavier Chapel, Fromm Hall -- How about an SII group attending this?
"Beauty and Love in Plato, Frankfurt, and Wojtila" by Dr. Giovanni Ferrari
Dr. Giovanni specializes in Ancient Philosophy, Greek Culture, Ancient Poetics and Rhetoric at UC Berkeley.

8th Annual Global Women's Rights Forum. (Good events for SII Students) A whole series of events!!
MONDAY, MARCH 2: IMMIGRANT WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN CALIFORNIA
Berman Hall, Fromm, 6-8pm
The 8th Annual Global Women's Rights Forum presents the Women from Lideres Campesinas Organization in Salinas and Bernadette Herrera and Elaine Villasper of the Filipino Community Center in San Francisco. These groups will be discussing Immigrant Women's Rights in California. This event is free and open to the public.
TUESDAY, MARCH 3: YOUTH ORGANIZING AGAINST HIV/AIDS AT HOME AND ABROAD
Berman Hall, Fromm, 6-8pm
Participants: Joya Banerjee, Founder, Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS; Shamillah Wilson, Sowilo Leadership Solutions (South Africa); and Kyle Kitson, LYRIC: Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center (San Francisco).
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM
Berman Hall, Fromm, 6-8pm
Global Perspectives on Religious Fundamentalism: Assessing the Impact on Women. Participants: Teresia Hinga, University of Santa Clara; Maria Suarez Toro, FIRE: Feminist International Radio Endeavour (Costa Rica); and Lois Lorentzen, Chair, Theology and Religious Studies, USF. Moderator: Lilian Dube, Theology and Religious Studies, USF
MARCH 5, Thursday: WOMEN IN THE NEWS: PART OF THE PICTURE OR A DIFFERENT PICTURE?
UC 102, 1:30-3:30pm
Presentation by Maria Suarez Toro, FIRE: Feminist International Radio Endeavour (Costa Rica).


This looks really interesting!
Thursday, March 5: (MORE) NOT FOR SALE PRESENTS BACKYARD ABOLITIONIST TOUR
Presentation Theater, 7-9pm
"Backyard Abolitionist" Tour will be a multi-media event featuring recording artist Brant Christopher and Not For Sale Campaign President David Batstone. Come enjoy a night of entertainment with Not for Sale as Brant and Dave weave together stories, songs, pictures, and videos about the modern-day slave trade and the current abolitionist movement.

Have a great week!

Saint Ignatius Scrapbook

Hey everyone! Here's a little digital scrapbook I put together. It has some of my favorite pictures from last year and this year. After you click on the project below, use the little arrows beneath the book to flip the pages, and make sure to turn the volume up. Enjoy!

Love,
Teresa

Make a Smilebox photobook

Welcome!

Hello St. Ignatius Community!!!!!!
Writing from the SII office in wonderful San Francisco, Kyrstin T., Kailey D., and Christine P., would like to extend a most exuberant welcome! We hope that this blog keeps you caught up on the happenings of the Institute and provides a outlet for your blogging needs.

News:
It was great to have so many of you come to the SII Dinner on Friday night. We hope to have another dinner this semester so stay tuned. If you have an idea for a topic for the talk, please let me know. Thanks. For those of you who missed this first dinner, I hope you can come the next time.

For this week. . . .
Tuesday night Mass will be celebrated by Fr. Sean. This is a good way to begin your Lenten Season so I hope many of you can come.

Do you know that USF has a Human Rights Film Festival this week, Tuesday - Thursday? On Tuesday, following Mass, we invite you to attend Trouble the Water with the SII community. The film will begin at 6:30 in Presentation theater. For a complete schedule of the festival as well as information on the individual films, please visit: www.usfca.edu/mediastudies/hrw SII is one of the sponsors of the festival.

This week-end is the SII spring retreat. We have eighteen students attending

Other News:

• What's with the Phelan Phunk? Nothing says welcome home like that special scent.
• Feelings about the door locks? Who's been locked out so far? What were you wearing?
  
• What's your favorite thing to not eat from the Caf?
• Wahoo! Fire Alarms, they are awesome aren't they?
  
• The Retreat! OMG OMG OMG, Free food and a room/bathroom alone, helloooo quality solo time :)
• Also, what's with the .5 ply toilet paper? Let's stage a coup d'etat.

Well that's it for now friends. Feel free to respond with your questions, concerns, misconceptions or bad jokes. I hope that the week is going well for you and that the sun stays.


Love Forever,
Iggy.