Publications
The Continuum: Cistercian’s bi-annual magazine for family, friends and alumni of Cistercian
When The Continuum was first published as the newsletter for Cistercian alumni, the editors wanted to indicate by the title that continuity links the life of a student with his life after Cistercian. Alumni were still interested in the school, its faculty and its programs, and they wanted to keep up with the lives of their fellow alums. Every student was marked forever by the people they knew at Cistercian.
Today, the need for connection has grown. We want to connect the school’s current families and students with Cistercian students who have already graduated and their families. Likewise, we want alumni to maintain ties, not only with their former teachers and classmates, but also with the new generation of devoted Cistercian faculty and students.
As with all relationships, we must work at preserving and building the bond. We can lose touch with even our dearest friends when we no longer share activities, interests, concerns, and goals. Alumni go to their various colleges, pursue their chosen degrees and professions, and raise their own families. Families once so close because they chaperoned a party together after a football game or cheered the Hawks on during a basketball game can find themselves searching for the occasion to keep friendships going once their sons graduate from Cistercian. The Continuum, we hope, will be one such ‘occasion’ for the entire Cistercian family.
Visit the Continuum Archives to read more.
Reflections
Cistercian’s award-winning literary magazine is produced by a club of students who are passionate about creative expression. This extra-curricular group meets twice a week to gather creative projects from the entire school—from the imaginative tales and drawings of Middle Schoolers to the sophisticated poetry and artwork of upperclassmen. Our tradition is to encourage every student to submit work for publication in Reflections, and every student gets a copy of the printed magazine in August. This year, however, we’re starting a new tradition: posting a digital copy of the magazine online.
For our graduating seniors who might otherwise miss seeing their literary or artistic talents showcased, and for any student who may want to share a published story with distant relatives, we hope you enjoy this online version of Reflections.
A Word to Enkindle
A Word to Enkindle: The Areopagus as the model for dialogue
For any flower to blossom fully, its roots must be nourished continuously and grounded in good soil.
A Word to Enkindle: Understanding celibacy and marriage in the church
Understanding celibacy and marriage in the church by Father John Bayer for The Texas Catholic. In a culture so saturated with sexuality as our own, among the most provocative lines of the Gospel is surely the following: some “have renounced marriage for the sake of...
A Word to Enkindle: Fides et Ratio, St. John Paul II on faith and reason
The human being, he says, is essentially “the one who seeks the truth” in all his thoughts and actions.
A Word to Enkindle: Forgiveness
Let’s get busy this Lent discerning positive, creative steps toward reconciliation in our lives.
A Word to Enkindle: Memory Matters
How many words, songs and rhymes are stored in your memory?
A Word to Enkindle: Spiritual direction lessons on time with St. Augustine
My first years as a priest and spiritual director have taught me that many people do not love themselves as they should.
A Word to Enkindle: Relics belong to our humanity and richness of Gospel
A few weeks ago, Mary Immaculate Catholic Church in Farmers Branch hosted “Treasures of the Church,” a traveling exhibition of sacred relics from the Vatican. By all appearances, it was a wonderful event.
A Word to Enkindle: Loving with the guts of God
The great mystery of the Christian faith is the fact that God does not remain isolated and aloof from the affairs of creation.
A Word to Enkindle: In Defense of Nature
Do you want a great book for our ideological times? Do you want to be challenged, no matter where you sit on the ideological spectrum between Left and Right? Fr. John has a book for you.
A Word to Enkindle: The Divine Philanthropy at Christmas
Click here to read A Word to Enkindle: The Divine Philanthropy at Christmas by Fr. Thomas Esposito for The Texas Catholic