For the last fourteen years, Jesuit seniors have taken a Social Justice and Public Policy course in order to reflect on their service every week. Now, however, this class has been upgraded and renamed to the Service and Justice Capstone course.
Director of Community Service Mr. Rich Perry, who has the most influence over the material and framework of the class,...
“…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...
For the 16th year in a row, Jesuit’s Medical Society has hosted a school wide medicine drive to gather various medications for it's annual mission trip to Guatemala in the Spring. The drive started the second week of January and will continue through Friday, February 6th.
Focusing mainly on the freshmen and sophomore classes, “a different medication is assigned to each...
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,...
This past month, the Jesuit Soccer program teamed up with the North Texas Food Bank to combat hunger in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The Rangers sponsored a canned food drive at Jesuit and worked at North Texas Food Bank sorting and boxing groceries for struggling families.
This annual tradition for the team began last year when team parents and Coach...
The Commit, or Commit to Dallas, program is one that lives up to its name. With its Jesuit association only being a small aspect of the program’s reach, Commit is a city-wide organization that focuses on educational intervention equity, educational justice, and educational intervention strategies. Commit has only been at Jesuit for two years, but the program as a whole...
"I served, got out of war, and still had both of my legs," said Mr. Mark Wester, a former sergeant in the U.S. Marines. "I have to remind myself that I am leading a normal life while others are not." Remembering the countless U.S. veterans who have served is very important to Mr. Wester, and he is able to...
As hundreds of volunteers gathered in the Terry Center, doused in the light shining in from the stained glass windows, a gentle warmth showered the entirety of the assembly room, a warmth symbolic of the love and compassion present in the annual Adopt-a-Family event.
On December 14, 2014, Jesuit families, students, and alumni joined together before Christmas to service the...
