Ten nervous Jesuit boys arrive at Dallas-Fort Worth International airport at 5 A.M. on a Thursday morning. If you looked past the bags under our eyes, you would see a mixture of nervousness and excitement for the trip that was before us. Questions raced through all of our minds: What will my host family be like? What would my host...
Eight years ago, Jesuit only hosted one immersion trip for the entire school. Today, Jesuit offers 6 different opportunities for students to travel and immerse themselves in a culture unlike their own. The 6 different trips currently offered include Nicaragua 1, Nicaragua 2, Rural Peru, Lima, Quito, and Alaska. Each trip is completely unique, offering an experience different from the...
Mission Waco, the host organization of a poverty simulation in Waco, defines poverty as “the condition of having no money, goods, or support with NO power or access” and believes that poverty simulation creates compassion, compassion which “brings new insight and purpose to life which is to hunger and thirst for justice and righteousness.”
On the afternoon of Thursday, February...
As stated in the Profile of the Graduate at Graduation, a Jesuit Senior has been formed into a man for others with his Commitment to Working for Social Justice, one of the six qualities of a Jesuit Dallas graduate. At the start of the 2015 Spring Semester, a group of selected seniors chaperoned by Asst. Service Director Mr. Mattachoine,...
A handful of students flew to Los Angeles, California to participate in the Dolores Mission Trip. These select few students slept on the floor and spent all day dedicating themselves to serving the community. The trip is one of the few domestic immersion trips that Jesuit Dallas sponsors and is also one of the most culturally shocking. When walking around the...
Here at Jesuit, there is a great emphasis on service towards others, evidenced by Jesuit's motto, "Men for Others." There are a variety of ways Jesuit serves others in the community, such as fundraisers, community service projects, and mission trips. These trips are unique because they allow students to experience firsthand how poverty in today's world affects not only local communities, but...
For most students at Jesuit, their trips around the world, days at the beach, or concerts from the summer leave them eager to share their experiences as soon as they return to the 28 acres in August. While many think of only enthralling and adventurous trips to talk about, a group of about 50 students returned with a new acquired...
This past school year, Mr. Michael Reimer, the head of The Yearbook, inquired into a discontinued Jesuit Mission trip. It had been 8 years since Jesuit Dallas had visited Peru, and it would be the summer of 2014 that we would return.
Thanks to the hard work and planning of Mr. Reimer, Mr. David Williams, and Mr. Richard Perry, who organized the...
