It's 7:30 am. Mr. DuRoss rapidly walks up to the student's room and ferociously bangs on their door. The sleepy students slowly proceed to wake up, brush their teeth, and drag themselves to breakfast.
After entering the kitchen, the students crack some eggs into a pan and prepare themselves some PB&J's, creating an exquisite and healthy meal to start off...
Nicaragua is the poorest country in Central America, grossing only $16.6 billion dollars in 2009.
 It is a place where people toil long, hard hours as farmers and menial job workers to eke out a living. But what this country lacks in economic stability, it makes up for with colorful personalities and a vibrant culture unlike any others. On November...
In a small town in southern Peru, a young Peruvian boy tugs on the shirt of a rising Jesuit Dallas senior, his eyes imploring the soon-to-be graduate to stay a few more minutes. The seemingly incredible divide between the two dissolves through a mutual desire to be with each other.
As a part of the many summer programs Jesuit offers, the...
Sweat runs down my sand-crusted forehead, across my cheek, and finally lands in the Concrete mixture. With each shovel-full, my back winces as some Honduran boys and I move the pile of concrete to the left.
I understand enough Spanish to know when the Hondurans want to move the piles and where to put things, but usually I am at...
Last Sunday night, January 16, eleven members of the Jesuit community arrived back in Dallas after spending five days in El Paso, TX as a part of Jesuit’s second annual Border Immersion Program. Created five years ago by senior counselor Mr. Jack Fitzsimmons, the trip focuses on educating Jesuit students on what is one of today’s most pressing issues,...
¡Me cargas! ¡Me cargas!
The excited children scream in the ludoteca, or play center, of the local parish center in Andahuaylillas, Peru. As you put one on your shoulders and carry him around, tons of other children grasp on to your legs wanting a turn. Without worrying about the events of the day or even the time, you put each...
It was 3am, and I was feeling nervous. 21 of us had arrived at DFW airport that morning for the immersion trip. Although, most of us had never met each other, we were all there in a similar situation, and we were there for one common goal. To participate in Jesuit Dallas' 2015 immersion trip in Nicaragua and to...
This upcoming summer, Jesuit students and faculty will be going on two service trips, one to Nicaragua and the other to Alaska. Mr. Richard Perry is in charge of the trip to Nicaragua, which thirty-five students will go on, along with Mr. Keith Reese, Ms. Madeline Maggard, Mr. Raul Ornelas, and Mr. Tim Murphy. Meanwhile, Mrs. and Mr. Mattacchione...
