Authors Articles by Matthew Favre '16
Matthew Favre '16
"Justice under God."
While one might expect the ominous phrase to imply standing before the Holy Father at the end of time, it is instead synonymous with our own "Penance Hall", or "PH" as students commonly refer to it. "Judgement under God," or JUG for short, represents a punishment much more severe than sweeping up trash or cleaning whiteboards, though,...
Spanish, French, Latin, Mandarin: languages students can recognize and study at Jesuit. The school curriculum requires students take at least three years of one of these to broaden their cultural and intellectual horizons through the power of the spoken word. However, during their time at Jesuit, many students fail to recognize the importance of another language: sign language.
Jesuit's Sign...
In 2013, the Roman Catholic Church elected Jorge Mario Bergoglio Pope. The priests, scholastics, faculty, and students at Jesuit Dallas along with many other Jesuit schools across the country became ecstatic at the news as Bergoglio etched his name in history as the very first Jesuit to become Pope. Now, just over two years later, Bergoglio, now known as...
At the conclusion of the 2014-2015 academic school year, Jesuit will bid farewell to one of its most familiar faces, Mr. Fred Donahue. Donahue will retire once the year has ended, but the mark he has left on the school and the effects the school has left on him will never cease to remain prevalent.
Donahue has worked at Jesuit...
The crowd stands up and cheers on as Jesuit Rangers make the final push on the field in order to emerge victorious from their last match of the week. The Jesuit Varsity Rugby team refused to rest on its laurels over spring break as they took on some of the toughest competition from all across the country (and even beyond its...
On Valentine's Day weekend, Jesuit hosted its annual Mother Son Brunch at the Hotel Intercontinental's Crystal Ballroom. The event allows students and their mothers to experience mass and share special bonding time together.
The morning began with a Mass celebrated by Father Huete, SJ, and included performances from members of the Jesuit Choir. Afterwards, Michael McReynolds '15, Jimmy Ackels '15, and...
During the weekend of January 31 and February 1, the Jesuit lacrosse program hosted its annual Round Robin Invitational. A weekend event for teams to prepare for district games and start off the new year, the tournament proved to be a success yet again.
Hosting teams from near and far, Jesuit welcomed Colleyville, Flower Mound, St. Mark’s, Southlake, Hillcrest, McKinney,...
This past month, the Jesuit Soccer program teamed up with the North Texas Food Bank to combat hunger in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The Rangers sponsored a canned food drive at Jesuit and worked at North Texas Food Bank sorting and boxing groceries for struggling families.
This annual tradition for the team began last year when team parents and Coach...