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The Jesuit debate team ended the first semester strong, shining at tournaments around the city, state, and country. In mid-November, Jesuit debate team members showed the national competition their will to win and continue succeeding at Glenbrooks High School in Chicago. At the Glenbrooks tournament, the team of Adam Wiechman ’15 and Bennett Harrison ’15 won five of their debates...
As all the Jesuit students piled into the Terry Center, a familiar song was being sung at the front of the auditorium, and as soon as everyone sat down, the prayer service was under way. Mr. Perry began with an introduction to the Christian virtue of hospitality and adoption prayer service and what it was all about. He believed that...
Saturday, December 6, 2014, Jesuit lost someone very dear when Brother Gerald "Jerry" Landry S.J., age 81, who had been with Jesuit for 17 years, passed away of heart failure. He died only four days after leaving Jesuit, to retire to Grand Coteau, La. Born November 9, 1933 in the small town of Jeanerette, Louisianna, Brother Landry grew up alongside his...
This year for Christmas, there is a new item that is bound to find its way onto your list. No, it's not a new iPhone 6 or Xbox One. The Robotics team will be your Santa this year as they have come out with the stocking stuffer of the century. Their cutting edge Christmas ornaments are the center of the math commons...
Video by Jesuit Stage & Film Editing and Filming by Jack Durham '16 As I began my process of interviewing the man known as Father Edwards, S.J., I wasn't sure what to expect or anticipate when interviewing someone of such stature and nobility. Since I had never met the 90-year-old priest in person and I had only heard about his plethora...
Dozens of volunteers line a long rectangular table, each picking up cans of soup, vegetables, and fruits. Each of these cans are then carefully positioned in a large brown cardboard box so that it may go out to someone in need of a Thanksgiving meal. For hours, these generous volunteers give their time in order to help those in need. ...
Starting the week of November 17th, the sophomore class started to collect reading glasses. These glasses all went to math teacher Mrs. Blackford’s family church, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Dallas. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church has a program called the Honduras Mission Ministry, located in the city of Omoa, Honduras, which provides building materials for construction, Christian education, and clinics....
Theology teacher Mrs. Michelle Elchlepp has been teaching at Jesuit for years, but that doesn't mean she ever stopped learning. In fact, she's taken several courses at Southern Methodist University (SMU), including multiple art-focused classes. SMU even has its own art museum, the Meadows Museum. While studying some of the museum's paintings in one of her classes, she thought, "This...

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