Exploring classical Roman architecture, visiting the capital of the country, and walking across the famous Machu Picchu. All these trips are possible through Jesuit Dallas' global outreach program. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, the trips for this year have been greatly affected.
Types of Trips
There are three general types of trips: Academic Immersion, Social Justice Immersion, and Cultural Immersion. These trips...
The eager senior, giddy with excitement for what his day of service may bring, puts on his blue polo. Like most Wednesdays, he realizes that his day will be brimming with connections, interactions, and discussions with our city's most underprivileged and vulnerable. He anticipates the opportunity to become one bit closer to the people he will interact with.
This is...
Every few seconds, the monotonous machines connected to his body would emit another high-pitched burst of sound. Beep. Beep. Beep. As he tossed and turned in the uncomfortable hospital bed, more of his fine, silky, black hair fell onto the pillows, a constant reminder that, for the second time, his trials and tribulations were very real. Today was a...
His fingers shaking, his muscles flexing, his eyeballs bulging out of their sockets, the student frantically picks up the last bottle of medicine at Walmart, finally achieving his last service credit for the year. But, is getting service credits really what the medicine drive is all about?
The 2013 Jesuit Medicine Drive has come along and Ms. Jan Jones and...
It’s coming! The moment we all have been waiting for. The one organization that will rock this world (with classical music)!
Every so often, a new institution is born out of nothing but a mind with a clear-cut goal and grabs the attention of mankind. This unique brotherhood and solid fellowship is born out of the great, insightful mind of...
In the first two weeks of summer, while most of the Jesuit community was watching its beloved Mavericks in the NBA Finals, 21 students and their three faculty chaperones geared up for something entirely different: a taste of Nicaragua. Students traded in their air-conditioners for small 6-inch fans, their beds for bunks, and their game-day burgers for rice and...
"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." - Mahatma Gandhi, 1869
Service and Commitment to Justice is one of the six tenets of the profile of the Jesuit student at graduation. Jesuit has many clubs and service organizations that fulfill that commitment. Held at the Hilton Anatole right outside downtown Dallas on...
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.
...
