Just across the border in a city named Guadalajara lies a Jesuit school much like our own. Instituto de Ciencias, as it is called there, welcomes around 3000 students each day, ranging from preschool to high school. This spring, for the fourth time, Dallas Jesuit received five high school students from this school for 7-weeks as part of the...
Today, thirty million people are enslaved throughout the world, forced into human sex trafficking and other types of forced slave labor. In comparison, many notable countries—including Saudi Arabia, North Korea, Venezuela, and Sudan—do not even have populations over thirty million people. More slaves exist now than at any other point in history. The goal of the Not For Sale...
As I pondered the hallways of Jesuit College Prep last week, I could not help but be drawn to the bustling clamor of room B216. I poked my head in to find the Jesuit Medical Mission participants packing up industrial sized duffle bags with their recent collection from the school-wide medicine drive. The genial group invited me in and...
Despite what the cinematic embarrassment Twilight may imply, there are practical uses for the drawing of blood. This coming Wednesday, Jesuit will be hosting its annual blood drive to collect life-giving blood for the American Red Cross.
David Pace, an Alumni Service Corps teacher, and coordinator of the blood drive, is happy to say that this year more people will...
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...
Earlier this year, three seniors who wanted to make a difference in the Jesuit community approached Coach Andrew Civello, assistant golf and tennis coach as well as freshman health educator, to moderate their Anglers’ Club, which is dedicated to learning to fish and appreciating the fishing experience.
Elated by the opportunity, Coach Civello recognized that “the Jesuit seniors are taking...
Every year since 1993, Jesuit Community Service designates the Meals on Wheels program as a senior community service site. In the program, sixteen seniors deliver food to people in need across the metroplex. In the quest to serve all in need, seniors drive their coolers of food to impoverished homes in all corners of the Dallas area.
Jesuit’s commitment to...
On December 7, 2011, Jesuit’s vocally-inclined took time out of their day to brighten the Christmas season for the elderly. The young men of Jesuit Choir, led by music teachers Zane Crownover and Ann Morton, ventured to the St. Joseph’s assisted living home and the Sunrise senior community to spread Christmas cheer through song. And while the two residences...
