"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,...
By now, you probably know a great deal about Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in his sleep on February 13th, to much surprise, at age 79. Give the press about 15 minutes, and you have an addition to the level of intensity of relations in Washington. With calls to name Scalia's replacement quickly from the left,...
When most people hear that you’re taking Latin, some of the common responses are “Why’d you take that?” or “That’s a poor college choice,” and, of course, the classic, “Latin is a dead language.” However, what most people don’t know is that the second largest youth organization in the United States, with over 50,000 members and 1,200 chapters in almost every...
Slamming his fist down on the padded seat of the bench, Jack Allen'18 gazed at the scoreboard with disgust as JV Blue lost their 3rd of 4 games to McMillen 35-45. As Blue suffered, however, Gold continued their perfect district play with wins against Skyline, Irving, and Irving Nimitz.
Blue
McMillen- January 22
Blue played with only 5 players, missing both Matthew Walsh...
We all love to go to the movie theater to see the latest flick from the Marvel Universe or perhaps Steven Spielberg’s newest period drama. We all love to binge watch episodes of our favorite TV shows on Netflix. The characters on the screen, whether on the 50-foot-wide screen at the theater or the 13 inch screen of your...
Many Americans may sadly be desensitized to mass shootings in the United States. This can be corroborated by the lack of surprise when the news of an additional mass shooting occurred this past December in San Bernadino, California. Ironically, the largest backlash against the handling of this shooting stems not from gun control but instead the handling of personal...
On Friday, January 29th, 2016, the Jesuit Swim team completed a very strong season and came home with two huge victories, winning the district meet for the second straight year over bitter rival Highland Park at Loos Natatorium, and dominating at the JV district meet at the Plano Aquatic Center in Plano.
Head Coach Doug Moyse was very pleased with...
"For you were made from dust, and to dust you shall return..." Genesis 3:19
Unlike a normal Wednesday at Jesuit College Preparatory School, the students, faculty, and guests all solemnly filed into the Terry Center to celebrate the Mass of Ash Wednesday on the 10th of February.
Father Leise SJ started the Mass by telling the audience how “It’s funny, you know....
