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,...
A few weeks ago, a select group of people from organizations in the Jesuit community, such as Diversity, Campus Ministry, Student Council, and Community Service, embarked on a journey to the Catholic Conference and Formation Center in Dallas for the annual Jesuit leadership retreat. The goal of the retreat was to help the people from these groups step up...
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...
Photography by Mr. DuRoss
On Wednesday, several hundred excited students piled into the Terry Center for a morning mass to start their first retreat as members of the Jesuit Community. Father Pepe started off the students exciting day with an amazing morning mass, reminding all of them the meaning of faith and brotherhood to start the day. From there, the...
The sophomore class entered their retreat blind, unaware of how they would spend their next eight hours. Most sophomores shuffled out of their cars early in the morning, expecting another day filled with team building activities and sleep-inducing lectures.
These negative expectations seemed to be coming true, as the final bus arrived late. Needless to say, there was a lot...
Imagine a typical Saturday morning at Jesuit. Vacant hallways, empty parking lots, dark classrooms, and sweet silence. Now throw that all out the window because on Saturday, October 3rd, Jesuit was packed with counselors, faculty, upperclassmen, and hundreds of noisy freshmen, all gathered together for the 2015 Freshmen Retreat.
Unbeknownst to many, the Freshman Retreat actually began one and half...
It is Saturday morning, September 28th on the 28 acres, and instead of campus being vacant, about 500 restless eyes gaze upon the school, ready to take on their first of many retreats. A highly anticipated event, the Freshman Retreat is a great bonding experience for all first-year Jesuit students because it represents their first major opportunity to really...
