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...
Hundreds of students, faculty, and guests file into the the Terry Center, preparing for this very special occasion. A buzz of excitement hums over the audience as students shuffle their feet, anxiously waiting for the prayer service to begin. Silence sweeps across the crowd of people, and finally, Mr. Garrison approaches the microphone to begin the prayer service.
The service...
"The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil." - Essex University Professor Dr. Xun Zhou
The President of Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas, Mr. Earsing, echoed this solemn warning during the President's Prayer Service
During the service on Thursday, September 15th, President Earsing elaborated on the idea of Jesuit being...
As on most Fridays, the students slowly marched to the Terry Center to attend normal Friday prayer service or mass. But the moment their chairs entered eyesight, each student knew something was different, and everybody was pleasantly surprised to find a rosary waiting for them.
On Friday, April 22nd, Campus Ministry led the school in saying the rosary, one of the most traditional acts in...
Your teacher stoically hands back your test face down on your desk to hide your grade, because he knows that nobody would want to be seen with a score that awful. Even upside down, you can easily see the red ink that has bled all over your pages of hard work. You turn the paper over to see it, and your heart...
Tabor Jones '16, Jose Rivera '16, Will Naquin '17, and Reid Hatzmann '18 shared the following reflections with the Jesuit Community on the October 16 Friday prayer service that was led by the Jesuit Dallas pilgrims to Philadelphia for Pope Francis's visit to the United States. Evan Jackson '17 and Nicolas Elizondo ‘18 also made the pilgrimage with two members of our faculty,...
Michael Boyson '16 and Andrew Arraj '16 shared the following reflections with the Jesuit Community on the September 25 Friday prayer service led by Campus Ministry. Their reflections followed the above video and were in response to Pope Francis's call for all young people to "Be Courageous!"
“Don’t let this be the greatest thing you ever did.”
–Mike Francis
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy’s valedictorian...
Heavenly Father, Teach us to be generous.
Teach us to serve you as you deserve.
To give and not to count the cost,
To fight and not to heed the wounds,
To toil and not to seek for rest,
To labor and not to ask for reward
Except that of knowing, that I do your will. Amen.
Saint Ignatius, Pray For Us.
The Prayer for Generosity reminds...
