Father Esparza SJ '98 walks into the Terry Center on November 20, 2015, greeted by an extremely familiar setting. He gingerly walks up to the podium and looks out over 1000+ Jesuit faculty members, students, and other friends of the school, seeing the opposite end of his view almost 20 years ago as a student. The Jesuit alumnus turned...
Jesuit freshmen, sophomores, and juniors gather in the prayer courtyard, heads bowed in prayer, sending silent reflections to the Heavens. After introducing a new method of faith formation, Jesuit students can now visit the prayer garden during 4th, 5th, and 6th period to say a rosary led by either Mr. Knight or Mr. Ornelas.
This prayer time was engineered as...
Tired legs pushing against the ground, sweat falling into their eyes, the freshmen sprint towards the finish line, marking their victory. As they cross the line, the crowd roars with excitement for ... DiLorenzo’s homeroom, the victor of the 2015 Ranger Day chariot races. Just one of the many exciting events at Ranger Day, the chariot races are the...
The crowd of Jesuit students gather around a small black stage. Suddenly, a large grey haired man in white scrubs walks into the room. The students immediately quiet down and take their seats. The doctor climbs onto the stage, along with his young intern, ready to talk about his new research over sports injuries and how athletes can minimize...
What do Scooby Doo, 70's disco dancers, firefighters, Justin Bieber and Anchorman all have in common? The answer: Jesuit Homecoming.
On the night of October 24, 2015, an endless stream of excited juniors and seniors filed into the front entrance of Alumni Hall, prepared to have the time of their lives, sporting the above costumes and others like them. This...
Tabor Jones '16, Jose Rivera '16, Will Naquin '17, and Reid Hatzmann '18 shared the following reflections with the Jesuit Community on the October 16 Friday prayer service that was led by the Jesuit Dallas pilgrims to Philadelphia for Pope Francis's visit to the United States. Evan Jackson '17 and Nicolas Elizondo ‘18 also made the pilgrimage with two members of our faculty,...
Imagine a typical Saturday morning at Jesuit. Vacant hallways, empty parking lots, dark classrooms, and sweet silence. Now throw that all out the window because on Saturday, October 3rd, Jesuit was packed with counselors, faculty, upperclassmen, and hundreds of noisy freshmen, all gathered together for the 2015 Freshmen Retreat.
Unbeknownst to many, the Freshman Retreat actually began one and half...
The entire Jesuit campus hosted the annual "College Night" for prospective juniors and senior students on the evening of Sept. 22. The event featured representatives from over 240 universities spanning the country including everything from Harvard, Cornell, and Notre Dame, to all the United States Service Academies,  as well as smaller colleges such as Elon University, Hollins University, Union College, and...
