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The Down Syndrome Guild Dance was awesome!

January 17, 2024 | Media

The Down Syndrome Guild Dance was awesome! With about 140 student volunteers and about 40 guests, Cistercian was packed with games, music, dancing, and the joyful blessing of simple solidarity. The boys and their friends worked marvelously to set up, run, and clean up the luau. Before beginning all the volunteers prayed and heard inspiring stories about two servants of the special-needs community: Eunice Kennedy Shriver (founder of the Special Olympics) and Venerable Jerome Lejeune (discoverer of Trisomy 21). Special thanks to Campisi’s for providing the volunteers with a free (and delicious) pizza dinner, and to Howdy Homemade for serving their awesome ice cream during the dance!!

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.

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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...