As the bus skittered to a halt, the student’s eyes fling open, awoken from his nap. “We’re here,” he realized, as he stood up with 20 of his Jesuit brothers and faculty, all of them filing off the bus. In front of them, a sidewalk ran up to a worn-out, aged school that doubled as an orphanage for girls, ages ranging from...
Sunday morning: A young student wakes up at 6 am in a country on the opposite continent of his home. Along with the fourteen other young men, he travels on public transportation crowded with local citizens of all ages. Once they get off the bus, they began the long walk up an incline a couple hundred yards long to get...
In a small town in southern Peru, a young Peruvian boy tugs on the shirt of a rising Jesuit Dallas senior, his eyes imploring the soon-to-be graduate to stay a few more minutes. The seemingly incredible divide between the two dissolves through a mutual desire to be with each other.
As a part of the many summer programs Jesuit offers, the...
After a summer break that seemed too short, the once-lonely halls of Jesuit filled up once again with the nervous faces of incoming freshman and the smiling faces of returning students as they caught up with old friends. Many of the students in all grades started off the year right by donating to the “Commit! Literacy Supply Drive,” reaffirming...
“Men for Others.” That’s what you commonly hear when you think about Jesuit and what you hear during prayer services. But what you probably don’t know is the full extent of the maxim, and what it means exactly. Jesuit’s motto is actually, “Men and Women for and with Others,” but what does it mean to be men for and...
I have a confession to make; I’m in love. The object of my affection, a charity by the name of HeartGift, helps children with congenital heart defects receive the care that they need. By raising money and funding a child’s transportation, surgical, and rehabilitation costs, sponsors at HeartGift ensure that kids have a second chance at life.
It first came...
Eight Jesuit students walk out through the glass doors of the airport and emerge into the heart of the city. Surprised, each looks left, then right, attempting to orient themselves with their new surroundings. Their new surroundings are drastically different from life at home, as they see how life can be in other parts of the world.
This was the...
Rapid Weight Loss. Recurring Fever or Profuse Night Sweats. Extreme and Unexplained Tiredness. Prolonged swelling of the lymph glands in the armpits, neck, etc. Pneumonia. Memory loss, depression, and other neurological disorders. The list goes on and on. But what do these conditions have in common? These hindering symptoms, along with several others, are all things that someone can...
