Every spring, the Jesuit Special Games brings hundreds of special athletes to the Jesuit campus for a day of field games and fun. As the culmination of four years of community service for the senior class, it is a milestone in the formation of Men for Others, embodying all six elements of the Profile of the Jesuit Graduate. This...
Every fall, following the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, millions of Jews around the world observe the Sukkot holiday. The Sukkot, or Feast of Tabernacles in Hebrew, commemorates both the harvest feast in Ancient Israel as well as the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. In modern times, Jews around the world celebrate this holiday by...
The crisp morning air swirled past the Jesuit student’s face. He gazed out over the lush green forest sprawled out beneath him, his jaw hanging open in amazement at the world he saw before him. He turned his head, glancing at the endless miles of fortress cutting through the canopy. This was the scene before Jesuit students and teachers...
Do you waste your Saturday mornings sleeping in until 12 pm? Are you tired of logging into your x2vol account and seeing all the service hours you are missing? Do you need help finding new service activities? Do you enjoy donating and delivering furniture to people in need? Do you have some friends in desperate need of service hours?...
Poverty terrorizes people and families in America. People struggle to provide food for children, make payments on a house, or simply keep running water in their systems. Poverty has become an increasingly prominent issue and affects people's everyday lives.
However, despite the immense poverty in America, most countries suffer far more than we do. Regardless of our desire to help...
“Teach us to give and not to count the cost.” — St. Ignatius of Loyola
Aptly displayed on the Jesuit Auction homepage, this revealing excerpt from Ignatius’
prayer demonstrates the larger goal for the annual Jesuit Auction: generosity. Jesuit Dallas strives to make admission available to all qualified applicants, regardless of availability to pay, and this auction goes a long way...
“Men for Others.” That’s what you commonly hear when you think about Jesuit and what you hear during prayer services. But what you probably don’t know is the full extent of the maxim, and what it means exactly. Jesuit’s motto is actually, “Men and Women for and with Others,” but what does it mean to be men for and...
Those who are convicted and sent to prison don't always have a chance to talk to people outside of the penitentiary, making for a lonely time inside.
There are those who may not find any reason to comfort those in prison, but recently some students and teachers at Jesuit set up a program to write to those in a prison located...
