Jesuit Service & Justice

Faces Lit Up with Joy: Dolores Immersion Trip 2015

  Their faces lit up with joy when they saw us walking into the schoolyard. Their cheers and gleeful laughter could be heard even in the upstairs room where we were eating breakfast. Their happiness was contagious, inspiring us...

A “Fun-Mile” Walk to Remember

Surrounding the American Airlines Center, a variety of food trucks line up in the streets as adults and children dance to the music playing in the background at Victory Plaza. This was the scene on Sunday, November 1st for...

‘Score a TRY For Humanity’ Rugby Touch Tournament

As Jesuit students, we're called upon "to give and not count the cost," as according to the Prayer for Generosity. This message highlighting the time, talent, and treasure we all have to offer those less fortunate than us. In...

Interact Travels to AIDS Services of Dallas

Chili, cookies, and brownies laid out across the tables.  Interact members stand over them, smiles on faces, preparing plates for the many AIDS victims at AIDS Services of Dallas (ASD).  Eagerly accepting, the patients share their stories with Interact,...

Jesuit Helps Cancer Patients with the Annual Fall Blood Drive

Hundreds of gracious Jesuit students pile into the Terry Center, eagerly waiting their turn to have a monstrous needle puncture their skin, courageously overcoming their anxiety and pain in order to donate their blood to those in need. On...

Walking for a Billion Dollar Cause

The sun rises bright and early in the heart of Dallas, shining upon thousands of families, friends, children and adults. Love and music fill the air as crowds and crowds of participants arrive. A sea of countless colorful t-shirts...

The Paradox of Service: Nicaragua 2015

It was 3am, and I was feeling nervous. 21 of us had arrived at DFW airport that morning for the immersion trip. Although, most of us had never met each other, we were all there in a similar situation,...

Commit! to Dallas Literacy Drive a Big Success

Piles of boxes lay scattered in a messy pile outside the Sophomore Commons. Spirals, books, pencils, pens; all lay atop or beneath a table adorned with a large logo. "Commit!" it reads, with "Our kids. Our tomorrow." under the...

Lima, Peru Immersion Trip

Ten nervous Jesuit boys arrive at Dallas-Fort Worth International airport at 5 A.M. on a Thursday morning. If you looked past the bags under our eyes, you would see a mixture of nervousness and excitement for the trip that was...