Coca-Cola Scholar

March 6, 2024 | Media

Cistercian congratulates Rithvik Gabri ‘24 as a 2024 Coca-Cola Scholar! One of the most selective national scholarship competitions, the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation (www.coca-colascholarsfoundation.org/) honors 150 seniors across the United States (out of over 103,800 applicants) who are leading and serving their schools and communities with distinction. Rithvik will receive a $20,000 college scholarship and join the Coke Scholars community of former recipients who continue to effect positive change in their communities and around the world.

In school, Rithvik has excelled as a Presidential Volunteer Service Award recipient, National Merit Finalist (1600 SAT), and leader of Cistercian’s Finance & Business Club (winner of the 2022 Texas Stock Market Game) and Robotics Club (winner of the 2022 First Robotics World Championship Title). Outside of school, he has pursued a number of business internships and ventures, including as CEO and Co-founder of The Commerce Crew, a non-profit to provide free student-led consulting on business, operations, and finances around the country with the goal of reducing waste in small businesses.

Hawk Happenings

MS Football

Our Middle School Football team is having an incredible season, 7 wins and only one loss so far! But even more impressive than their record is their character, grit, and humility.

Homecoming Week

Don’t miss the big game on Friday, October 10, against Fort Worth Country Day. Go Hawks!

Blessing of the animals

The Feast of St. Francis, patron saint of animals, is on Saturday, Oct. 4. Fr. Paul offered blessings for family pets during Friday carpool.

Publications

Finding God in the ecotone of faith and life

"Finding God in the ecotone of faith and life" by Fr. John for The Texas Catholic. As Catholics, how should we imagine our relationship with the world? We often talk about “walls” and “doors” and “bridges” to explain how the Church should either connect to the world...

And lead us not into temptation

"And lead us not into temptation"  by Fr. Thomas for Texas Catholic. In the last decade, the liturgical versions of the Our Father have been changed in both French and Italian to soften the apparent harshness of this petition. The French translation is now “Ne nous...

‘The Benedict Option’

"‘The Benedict Option’" by Fr. John for The Texas Catholic. Rod Dreher’s “The Benedict Option” (2017) has been on my list of things to read for a long time. As a Cistercian monk rooted in the Benedictine tradition and apostolically engaged as a priest and teacher, I...