Praying, meditating, and all things religious. That is what a retreat is all about, right? Well, not exactly. Jesuit's retreats focus on uniting each individual class into a strong , structured community in addition to helping students grow closer to God. On Wednesday, April 24, a day of fun activities, insightful talks, and bonding experiences highlighted the day's events for the...
Every year, a new class of seniors embarks on a series of retreats that are designed to allow students to enter a journey into the soul. The experience means to provide seniors a chance to find out God in their personal lives, as well as a reprieve from the daily grind and answer personal questions they may have as...
This past Wednesday, April 4th, 2012, Jesuit juniors embarked on the time-honored tradition of going on the Junior Retreat, an event which many consider to be the highlight of their junior year.
The day contained several bonding exercises and other activities- led by members of PALS- that focus on their future leadership roles as seniors at Jesuit.
In one such activity,...
August: most Jesuit students dread the thought of it. As temperatures hit their peak, so does anxiety: the anxiety of alarms buzzing early in the morning, the anxiety of heavy backpacks slung on shoulders, the anxiety that summer is reaching its end and school is fast approaching. For a lot of Jesuit students, band camp is starting, two-a-days are...
Junior year is widely considered to be a year of transition, not just at Jesuit but at high schools around the country. It is a year when students begin to prepare for the next stage of their lives, a year when they look back on everything that marked their upbringings and look ahead to everything that will mark their...
On August 16, 2011, nearly 1,000,000 young people from around the world will congregate in Madrid, Spain, for the opening mass and celebration of World Youth Day, a global gathering for youth to grow in their Catholic faith.
Presided by Pope Benedict XVI, World Youth Day is actually a weeklong program consisting of various programs, workshops, and masses developed by...
December 12 was a day of dual blessing for St. Rita and Jesuit. St. Rita celebrated their annual mass celebrating the Feast of the Lady of Guadalupe and enthusiastic Jesuit Spanish students came to attend.
Led by Mr. Quang Tran, S.J., and Mr. Robert Murphy, S.J., Jesuit students learned more about the feast, discovered an interesting cultural tradition, and attended...
On a wet and rainy Saturday morning, a group of 41 small group leaders comprised of juniors and seniors began setting up for the Freshman Retreat, the first milestone of the class of 2014’s journey through Jesuit. The Freshman Retreat is the first of many retreats in a student’s Jesuit career. It is also one of the most important....
