Have you ever seriously thought about becoming a priest? The notion might not have ever crossed the teenaged mind of many Jesuit students, but, different from them, Quang D. Tran SJ already discerned his vocation and hoped to guide our community toward our own destinations. On Friday March 4th, Jesuit College Preparatory celebrated its normal Friday mass before spring...
“Rᵷibʇ si ᵷrhiʇ, anq wornᵷ is megrn, anq a bcbytnai got ne dnsiouss deing mrcnᵷ nehw eh ani’t igneranʇ napsmonk dcttor”.
This sentence may seem completely unreadable, but actually it originates from a completely readable sentence in the popular novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, praised as one of the greatest works of American literature of all time, loved by many.
Here’s what the...
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...
"For you were made from dust, and to dust you shall return..." Genesis 3:19
Unlike a normal Wednesday at Jesuit College Preparatory School, the students, faculty, and guests all solemnly filed into the Terry Center to celebrate the Mass of Ash Wednesday on the 10th of February.
Father Leise SJ started the Mass by telling the audience how “It’s funny, you know....
“There were once these two olives hanging from this tree. One olive fell off the tree and onto the ground. The olive in the tree shouted to the other olive,”Are you okay???” And the olive on the ground yelled back,” OLLLLL-LLLLLLIIIIIIVVVVEEEE!”” Mr. Burrell kicked off the prayer service with this lighthearted joke on Friday, February 5th. The prayer service...
Lent: a time of reflection in order to concentrate more on prayer, fasting, and almsgiving than oneself is taking on a new meaning in this Jubilee Year of Mercy. To enhance the spirit of contemplation and self-improvement, the Jesuit Campus Ministry Team will be providing additional programs and events so that all the members of the Jesuit community may...
Hanging stoically over students passing through the hallway between the senior and prayer courtyards, twelve new banners display the names and lifespans of the earliest Jesuits. Among these banners, two feature portraits of St. Ignatius, founder of the Jesuits, and St. Aloysius Gonzaga, one of the order's first members. These banners will attempt to bring us closer to the...
Will Jesuit ever shift to iPad minis or pros? Why did Jesuit initially choose Moodle? Will the school ever use Google Classroom?
These questions and more were answered during The Roundup’s Technology Press Conference with Jesuit Principal Mr. Garrison, Mr. Billingham, and Mr. Batik on Tuesday, January 26th.
First, Mr. Billingham discussed how Jesuit agreed upon using Moodle, saying, “We had...
