About 40 students and faculty members filter into the chapel. There is a low buzz of conversation until the voices are hushed and a calm silence falls over the people gathered. They have reconvened on a Monday night in late April to celebrate Mass, share a meal, and reflect on what they have all just experienced a month earlier:...
On February 7, 2023, the Jesuit community came together to celebrate a prayer service about the variety of languages students speak in our school. The service highlighted many different languages and how some of the most popular languages in Catholicism translate and sound like in different languages. In this prayer service the reflected scripture passage came from 1 Cor...
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...
Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas offers young men an excellent, Catholic education.
One needs to look no further than the first sentence of Jesuit's mission statement to find that directly at the root of Jesuit, is a Catholic education. And with new faces and bigger roles, the revamped Campus Ministry team seeks to further bring the central Catholic values...
A defining aspect of a student's senior year at Jesuit is the opportunity to participate in many different retreats that allow seniors to step away from the sometimes stressful tribulations of academics, athletics, and extracurriculars. One of these retreats in particular strikes a chord with many Jesuit seniors: the Kairos retreat. Although underclassmen may simply see the Kairos Retreat as...
After three long months away from homework, tests, and extracurricular activities, students here at Jesuit started the new school year in the Terry Center as Mr. Garrison addressed students and faculty in the annual “Principal’s Prayer Service.” Mr. Garrison began by welcoming the entire community back for the 2017-18 school year, particularly the new freshman class of 2021. The...
On Saturday May 20th, Bishop Edward Burns ordained eight men. Three of these ordained men are Jesuit graduates: Fr. Kevin Kolker ’11 , Fr. Cesar Garcia ’14, and Fr. Miguel Sotelo ’14. On August 24, Associate Editor Sebastian Suwanda '26, Managing Editor Anthony Nguyen '24, and I interviewed Father Kevin Kolker. We were able to learn more about Father...
Photography by Tucker Redding, SJ
On January 27th, 2017 the Jesuit community engaged in a prayer service to encourage “sincere dialogue among men and women of different faiths may produce the fruits of peace and justice” (Pope Francis 2016). Three seniors shared
their faith stories Friday morningi: Matthew Clayton, Will Vincent, and Abbas Hussain.
Mrs. Crowder, Director of Campus Ministry, provided additional context:
The...
