Encountering Christ through hands-on service and encountering others’ humanity form the two main goals of Jesuit’s Community Service and Social Justice program, CSSJ, and the program always seeks improve these two aspects of service. As CSSJ entered the 2013-2014 school year, Mr. Richard Perry and Mr. Anthony Mattacchione, Assistant Directors of CSSJ, began this extensive process of improving the...
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,...
Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in mid-September, killing 55 and dealing massive damage to the country's infrastructure. Among the damaged buildings was Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola, a fellow Jesuit high school in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Besides damaging the campus, the storm took the homes and livelihoods of students and their families.
Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola is a...
From April 6 to 10, 2011, students and faculty from Jesuit and three doctors and one social worker went to Guatemala to help the sick of the country. They worked with an organization called The Vamos Mayor in two clinics, one in Panajachel and one in Nahualá.
All the teacher and students were from Jesuit’s Medical Society: science teachers Mrs. Jan Jones...
Last Wednesday, Jesuit hosted its third annual "Be the Match" Bone Marrow Registry Donor Drive, in which potential bone marrow donors are found and connected to patients in need of a life-saving marrow transplant.
Be the Match compiles a database of potential donors of bone marrow to cancer patients. Each year at Jesuit, about 200 students volunteer to be potential donors. Students...
Not yet finished with his freshman year, Brendan Lyden’16 already shows the great qualities of a natural-born leader and a man for others. In an effort to help “The Hope for Ariang Foundation” build a school in southern Sudan, Lyden started a community service project called “The Bricks of Hope” to bring Jesuit into the effort.
Brendan learned about this...
My name is Max Sabogal and I recently embarked on a trip to Guadalajara, Mexico. This amazing trip took place from Friday, February 17 to Saturday, February 25. The Spanish Honor Society (SHS) was fully immersed in this unique Mexican culture. This the first SHS trip that has taken place in the middle of the school year, and it...
Day 7: Community + Waves
It’s the last day of dry Cocoa Puffs for breakfast. The people of Nicaragua look forward to playing some football (no, not American football – this is Central America.) With that into account, today will partially be a day of football with the Nicaraguans living in Rincon De Garcia.
After the excruciatingly long bus ride, I...
