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History of the Oak Lawn Campus

Brief History of Jesuit High School at Oak Lawn and Blackburn Super Brief History In 1905 the second Bishop of Dallas, Bishop Edward Joseph Dunne, asked the Vincentian Fathers to establish a school in Dallas. Holy Trinity College opened at Oak Lawn and Blackburn in 1907 and closed in 1926. The building reopened in 1930 as St. Joseph Orphanage...

Dedication of Jesuit High School

“A.M.D.G. On this day, the 30th day of August in the year of our Lord 1942, The Jesuit High School of Dallas, under the patronage of St. Aloysius was solemnly dedicated by the Most Reverend Bishop Joseph P. Lynch at 10:30 a.m. At 11:00 a.m. Mass coram Episcopo was celebrated by Very Reverend Father Provincial, Thomas...

Joe Leverette ’46

Jesuit High – The early years In August 1942 Dad took me to Jesuit to sign in. The 1st thing he said when we got out was, this was where he was to go to college at Dallas Univ. He received a football scholarship to attend but broke a leg that summer and lost out. He wanted me to do...

Martin Drew ’48

March 2013 We were all very thankful to Bishop Lynch for asking the Jesuits to set up a high school in Dallas since there was not one here for boys, only Ursuline for girls. This time was pre Vatican II and the Jesuits wore the Spanish black robe in all classes which I liked and I wish they did it...

Richard McGowan ’46

April 2013 In 1942 Jesuits were unheard of in Dallas. My friends at Highland Park Junior High asked me why I was going to a ‘Jews-u-it’ school. We didn't know you were Jewish!’" Tuition was $100/year. I was given a half scholarship but could only pay $50 that freshman year. No problem. Our Principal, Fr. Mulhern, told us we could only have a...

Bob Hill ‘44

As an incoming junior at North Dallas High, I did not understand why my mother would enroll me at a new school, Jesuit High. ThankYou Mom! What the Jesuits gave me in those two years, among them personal values and principles, I have with me to this day. I am sure that you have heard many many times about...