{"id":338,"date":"2025-03-04T18:03:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T18:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/fst-students\/?p=338"},"modified":"2025-03-04T18:03:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T18:03:21","slug":"fst-community-news-mar-3-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/fst-students\/2025\/03\/04\/fst-community-news-mar-3-9\/","title":{"rendered":"FST Community News\u2014Mar. 3-9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>As we prepare to enter another season of Lent, let us consider where we are called to convert our hearts:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-339\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/fst-students\/files\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-02-25-111314-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/fst-students\/files\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-02-25-111314-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/fst-students\/files\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-02-25-111314.png 625w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;I imagine Lent for you and for me as a great departure from the greedy, anxious anti-neighborliness of our economy, a great departure from our exclusionary politics that fears the other, a great departure from self-indulgent consumerism that devours creation. And then an arrival in a new neighborhood, because it is a gift to be simple, it is a gift to be free; it is gift to come down to where we ought to be.&#8221; &#8211; Walter Brueggermann<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We will not have liturgy on Wednesday, March 5. It will be Ash Wednesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Let us continue to pray for Pope Francis during his illness, that God is especially close to him and restores him to health.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Account Payments<\/h3>\n<p>Please pay your tuition\/fees or arrange for a payment plan, if you haven&#8217;t already. According to our Academic Catalog, if your account is not in good standing, you will be charged $50 per month. We will start upholding this policy on March 15. Please reach out to Ian Luck (iluck@fst.edu) if you need help creating a payment plan.<\/p>\n<h3>Upcoming Events<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>FST Spring break for in-person students \u2014 March 10-14 (no classes)<\/li>\n<li>Zoom rosary each Saturday at 4:30 pm PDT. All are welcome to participate by <a href=\"https:\/\/kpo77ogab.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001vB02pFEj4XDY2sIYakbmqqHNH5LHwBX6UGFgEBvI0xbMpjjkniFwUt6U_P7sA25dogjNmbBZC-vW1A7nJG6ZlRE2AX20OzBp585E12Xvs44FgG0eeDhkxQZpv_pGM2qE8TR4gGXT3-uonDRzUeciu1enkGrQNBp9TOPocOnIs4Lsw6H1II3BT3Nl6emkVmOT&amp;c=&amp;ch=\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Drop-In Research Assistance<\/h3>\n<p>Martha Adkins is available to help you with any library or research needs at the reference desk on the lower level of Copley Library on Mondays and Thursdays, 10:00am-12:30pm. Martha will also be at FST on Thursdays, 12:30-3:00pm.<\/p>\n<h3>Program for Certificate in Spiritual Direction<\/h3>\n<p>USD&#8217;s Center for Christian Spirituality will launch &#8220;Guided by the Heart: Formation for the Ministry of Spiritual Accompaniment&#8221; in Fall 2025. 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