The Student Council Prayer Service is an annual tradition at Jesuit that allows representatives on Student Council to lead the school in prayer. Led by the reflections of Reid Hatzmann ‘18 and Steven Mancillas ‘17, this prayer service focused on how to be a more virtuous Jesuit student.
The first reflection was given by Reid Hatzmann ‘18, who spoke on his personal...
Jesuit freshmen, sophomores, and juniors gather in the prayer courtyard, heads bowed in prayer, sending silent reflections to the Heavens. After introducing a new method of faith formation, Jesuit students can now visit the prayer garden during 4th, 5th, and 6th period to say a rosary led by either Mr. Knight or Mr. Ornelas.
This prayer time was engineered as...
When people think of priests, all they consider is their spirituality and role as spiritual leaders within the Church community, failing to realize that priests, too, have personal lives and hobbies. On March 27th, two priests, Fr. Robert Murphy and  Fr. Edwin Leonard, a Jesuit and a diocesan respectively, spoke to students about their own paths to the priesthood and the...
As always, the hallways of Jesuit Dallas are congested with students and teachers in passing periods. However, you might have seen a man with a clerical collar walking by in the hallways. Well, he must be one of the three new Jesuit priests on staff! Here are their stories about their paths to priesthood.
Sylvester Tan, SJ
EARLY LIFE
Born to a...
Another summer of celebrations, graduations, introductions, summer school, and preparation for the new school year has come and gone and on August 21st, 2019, the Jesuit Dallas school community gathered together once again to mark the start of a new school year. Marking the first day of school, Mr. Tom Garrison' 92, Principal of Jesuit Dallas, kicked off the...
The Freshman Retreat is a pivotal point of personal growth and team building for Jesuit’s newest students, the class of 2022. The new students were divided into groups of seven or eight with an upperclassman trained to lead the boys in spiritual, and team building, activities throughout the day.Â
One of the main focuses for the retreat is building faith....
A man sits down at his desk at 7:30 in the morning and proceeds to open up his laptop, revealing some familiar faces as he scrolls through a website containing random intentions, pictures, and names. He slowly closes his eyes, begins with, “Today, we pray for each and every one of our students, especially for the needs and intentions...
During an October prayer service, our school president, Mr. Earsing, reflected on how the Profile of the Graduate of Intellectually Competent helps students grow in their faith journey throughout their lives. To be intellectually competent can be perceived in many different ways and how it will affect your understanding of many different things in life. Recently, I spoke with...
