The mystery of your priestly sacrifices
No easy interpretation of Genesis 22 exists. The account of God’s test of Abraham is truly awe-ful. It gives us no psychological insights into the heart of Abraham or Isaac, and the sparse narrative details — the three days’ journey, the binding of Isaac upon the altar, the dramatic angelic intervention to stay Abraham’s knife — are terrifying in their raw simplicity. Yet these verses offer wondrous cause for meditation on the mystery of sacrifice.
Interscholastic Colloquium
This year’s Interscholastic Colloquium, hosted by Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas, was titled “George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, 75th Anniversary.” Four Cistercian students—two Juniors, one Sophomore, and one Freshman—had the honor of presenting original papers.
Academic WorldQuest
On February 21, eleven Upper School students competed at the Academic WorldQuest event at UT Arlington, sponsored by the Junior World Affairs Council. All 3 of our teams again finished in the top 20!
Fr. Bernard
Fr. Bernard shared his story of fleeing Communist Hungary with the Form III students yesterday. Having just completed their study of the Exodus, the students in the Old Testament class were locked into the suspenseful, providential, and beautiful story.
Ash Wednesday
Lent has begun. To mark the beginning of this season of penitence, students attended Mass and received ashes on their foreheads with the exhortation to “Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.”
Futsal Tournament
StuCo hosted a futsal tournament in the gym. A freshman team, which included their Form Master Fr. Ambrose, took home the first place trophy!
Solar Ovens
The students learned how to harness the sun’s infrared radiation to heat s’mores.
Congratulations Josh Hays!
The Catholic Foundation presented Cistercian junior Josh Hays with the Hal Tehan Scholar Award.
Congratulations Hawks!
Congratulations to all of our Athletes & Coaches on another impressive Winter season! Soccer became back 2 back Champions, Swimming finished 2nd overall with many individual medalists, Basketball finished 3rd overall!!