An average day for a Jesuit athlete ends with a practice after school. However, this was not the case on Tuesday, April 7th and Wednesday, April 8th, as Jesuit sports teams abstained from going to practice and, instead, built volleyball courts at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center.
Right after school, Jesuit's crew, cycling, and basketball teams loaded onto...
"Interact is an international Rotary-sponsored organization of community leaders who create positive, lasting change in their local communities and the global community through a motto of “service above self”. The name “Interact” is a call to International Action - it is a call to service and a call to increased international understanding." - Jesuit Dallas
On February 5th, on a...
“Teach us to give and not to count the cost.” — St. Ignatius of Loyola
Aptly displayed on the Jesuit Auction homepage, this revealing excerpt from Ignatius’
prayer demonstrates the larger goal for the annual Jesuit Auction: generosity. Jesuit Dallas strives to make admission available to all qualified applicants, regardless of availability to pay, and this auction goes a long way...
Last week juniors embarked on the first ever junior service day designed to give juniors a chance to experience Catholic social justice and the future senior service days.
On junior service day, students dispersed all over Dallas, serving at various Catholic elementary schools, nursing homes, food kitchens, and homeless shelters.
Payton Maher ’13 worked at AIDS Resources where he helped prepare...
“…To give and not count the cost, to fight and not to heed the wounds…” these are the words given to us from St. Ignatius in his prayer for generosity. This prayer embodies everything that Dallas Jesuit and other Jesuit schools across the nation strive for, characteristics like brotherhood, service before self, commitment, and integrity.
One specific characteristic that Dallas...
Every year, the junior class participates in a class-wide service project that aims to “bring Christmas” to over 100 under-privileged kids. The project, led by counselor Paul McDaniel and the Jesuit organization PALS (Peer Assistance and Leadership), requires that students bring in gifts to be donated to underprivileged children.
In the program, two juniors are paired to bring gifts for...
Those who are convicted and sent to prison don't always have a chance to talk to people outside of the penitentiary, making for a lonely time inside.
There are those who may not find any reason to comfort those in prison, but recently some students and teachers at Jesuit set up a program to write to those in a prison located...
It is exceedingly hard to love others without a working heart. In fact, fulfilling all the parts of the profile of the graduate at graduation is impossible without a working heart. Many of us are fortunate enough to have easy access to quality surgeons and healthcare, but imagine what life would be like without these resources.
The Heart Gift Foundation was...
