Senior Seminar Presentations

May 15, 2021 | Media

Seniors finished their exams and are ready for Baccalaureate and graduation this weekend. Before they leave, we want to acknowledge one of their final academic accomplishments, the Honors Senior Seminar presentations.

This year’s seminars covered a variety of topics, such as a Machiavellian twist on Shakespeare’s Henry V, the political effects of the pandemic on Latin America, three collages that capture different Renaissance movements, the importance of genotyping, and many more.

The seminar classes take place over the entire senior academic year and are intended as a substantial intellectual experience. These courses move from reflection and conversation in the fall towards practice in the spring, culminating in an academic project/presentation sparked by individual student interest and guided by the elective seminar director.

Seniors, congratulations on completing your academic journey at Cistercian!

Hawk Happenings

Serving in Costa Rica

Twelve of our rising seniors spent a week serving in Pejibaye, Costa Rica with the Diocese of Dallas. Accompanied by Fr. Augustine (their Form Master) and Fr. Raphael, our young men poured concrete, laid foundations, painted, and helped construct chapels alongside the...

Summer Programs 2025

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Summer Programs at Cistercian are more than books and sports; it’s also board games with monks. Fr. Philip joins the fun in “Board (not Bored) Games,” one of many classes offered June 9–27. Math, rec camp, and more still open for registration

Publications

Continuum Spring 2025

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Freedom and the rise of contemporary gambling

"Freedom and the rise of contemporary gambling" by Fr. John for The Texas Catholic. Gambling is growing in our country — and quickly. My impression is that we have work to do to be informed about what is happening and to let ourselves be formed by what the Church...

Thy Kingdom Come

The more I reflect on the petitions of the Our Father, the more I’m convinced that I have no idea what I’m praying when I mumble those words multiple times every day.

The current object of my loving mystification is “Thy kingdom come.” In an effort to be slightly less intimidated by this vast and marvelous petition, I will arrange my musings as responses to the time-honored journalistic questions.