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April 7, 2021 / 0 Comments

USF Women’s Volleyball Team helps with food distribution to families in need!

On Saturday, March 27th, the USF volleyball team went to Half Moon Bay, CA to volunteer with the organization Ayudando Latinos a Soñar (ALAS), an organization that has been working very closely for the last year with the School of Education and University Ministry. The team helped with the food distribution to families that have been affected by the pandemic. 

Members of the Volleyball team had participated in the 2020 Winter Arrupe Immersions to Peru, where they continued to work closely with the Arrupe Initiatives team.

“The team really enjoyed their experience in Half Moon Bay, and is so impressed with the work ALAS does!”  – Frank Lavrisha, coach of the Volleyball team.

 

We invite all the USF community who are interested in working closely with ALAS to contact Kique Bazán.

Students looking to volunteer please contact Mauricio Diaz de Leon to join the ALAS tutoring program:

University Ministry is supporting farmworker families in Half Moon Bay, California by providing tutoring services through ALAS (Ayudando A Latinos A Soñar). Our volunteers meet virtually with students once a week to help with assignments, homework, and provide overall mentorship.

Wednesdays: 12:30pm – 2 p.m.

 

two girls in Peru teach a USF student how to play the drums
September 1, 2020

Arrupe Initiatives Celebrates its Launch

On Tuesday, September 1st, we formally launched our Arrupe Initiatives programs in a small virtual get together, where students, alumni, faculty, and staff joined in to celebrate the news and to share their excitement for a new semester.

It is no exaggeration to say this semester is unlike any other, and at Arrupe Initiatives we wanted to create a space to reflect on our “new reality”, on what it means for us, as an office, and as part of the USF collective, and most importantly to have a space to have a conversation with our community about our role to change the world from here.

“I feel like today we are seeing the world through a screen, and I am looking for ways to connect without technology, without a screen that makes it alienating in a way,” said Khundmeer, a Resident Minister, a sentiment that was echoed by many of the participants and who see in Arrupe Initiatives a way to engage in a meaningful way.

John Zarobell, Department Chair of International Studies at USFCA, reflected on the challenges of teaching in a virtual way, “there is a sense of loss of community, there are things you can replace with technology, but others that you can’t, and physical contact and community are one of them.” Arrupe Initiatives seek to create such a community, bridging the divide between the screens and the outside world, and bringing the world to USF.

“There is just so much that can be done, we tend to get trapped in a “me” mentality, but we have to realize that we are all in this together, we can adapt and remember that we share this experience” added Karli Williams, a returning sophomore and past immersion participant.

Arrupe Initiatives will carry on the work of engaging students with our global community partners, with Ignatian formation and Arrupe Immersion experiences as pillars of our work. In addition, the Arrupe Initiatives will offer new programs and opportunities for the USF community and Jesuit Institutions of Higher Education to engage in different ways: the Arrupe Human Rights Observatory, the Arrupe Fellowship, the Arrupe Talks, and finally, the Ignatian Leaders Engaging in Action and Discernment (I-LEAD) program.

 

August 12, 2020

Jesuit university in Beirut Deeply Affected by the Explosion

The St. Joseph University, the Jesuit University in Beirut, has been deeply affected by the huge explosion that took place on August 4th,  and killed more than 100 people and left approximately 4,000 people injured in the city. More than 150 students, faculty, and staff were injured and many of them lost their homes.

The Rector, Fr. Salim Daccache S.J., informed the International Association of Jesuit Universities (IAJU) about the great damage that the campus suffered, especially the Huvelin campus of Law and Business. On the other hand, is important to acknowledge that the hospital “Hôtel-Dieu de France”, ran by the University, hasn’t stopped treating the wounded.

  • BO - Patrimonial Library after the blast

St. Joseph University’s 5 campuses in Beirut are located within 2 to 12 km of the explosion epicenter, and have suffered severe damages. According to a preliminary estimate, the rehabilitation costs amount to US $ 5 million. The start of the academic year is scheduled for the 1st of September.

Arrupe initiatives invite you to join in solidarity with the victims of the explosion in Beirut, based on the Emergency Aid Fund that our sister university in Lebanon has created.

To support this call visit the Emergency Fund Donation Website (website is in french) 

August 12, 2020 / 1 Comment

Arrupe Immersions is now Arrupe Initiatives

Please join us on September 1st at 11:30 AM

to Celebrate Arrupe Initiatives!!!

Register here

 

Over the last few months, we, the Arrupe Immersions Team, have poured our hearts and souls into creating a new identity that would better serve our students, our global community, and partners.

It is with great excitement that we are launching the Arrupe Initiatives which will continue our effort to offer local and global experiences, designed to open participant’s eyes to the realities of the world and challenge them into action. However, we realized that the work done by the Arrupe Immersions went way beyond the immersion experience itself, and we wanted an identity that highlighted and recognized the work that students, faculty, and staff have done as part of this amazing community, and so Arrupe Initiatives were born.

Arrupe Initiatives continues with the work of engaging students with our global community partners. Ignatian formation and immersion experiences continue being the pillars of our work. In addition, the Arrupe Initiatives will offer new programs and opportunities for the USF community to engage in different ways:

  • Arrupe Immersions: not-for-credit short-term programs, both domestic and international to engage in marginalized communities globally.
  • I-LEAD (Ignatian Leaders Engaging in Action and Discernment): Leadership program based on the Ignatian Pedagogy for undergraduate students at USF.
  • Arrupe Observatory of Human Rights: Monitor news on Human Rights issues around the world and engage with key actors and institutions to promote peace, justice, and reconciliation.
  • Arrupe Fellowship and Community Engagement: Common space to build long term relationships between the USF and our global and local community based on contemplation in action.
  • Arrupe Talks: Conferences, seminars, and webinars about current critical issues.

We are excited to keep serving our USF community to engage globally and locally!

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