Continuum Archives

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
Two Sixtieth Anniversary Ordination Celebrations
Rooted in Tradition
The Great Cistercian Road Show
Class Reunions
In Memoriam
Sports
Afterthoughts
A Mysterious Bond Unites Us

In Memoriam: Abbot Denis Farkasfalvy, True to Form: Class of 2020 by Fr. Stephen Gregg ’01, Telling the story of Cistercian’s Texas History Trip: Recollections from its grandfather, Rodney Walter, with Tom Pruit, Afterthoughts: Essential Business by Jess Clay ’13, Post-pandemic Musings from Fr. Roch

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
College Matriculations
Creativity, Camaraderie, & Character: Reinventing Cistercian Summer Programs
From Zirc to Dallas and Back Again
Founding Fathers
Sports
Class Reunions
Boredom: a child’s best friend
Fr. Roch: Turn Everything into a Blessing

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
Teaching takes you back
Leading by Example
Fr. Roch: We find rest in those whom we love

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
A New Appreciation
Fresh Focus
Afterthoughts: Letter to my departed friend, Greg O’Hagan ’84
Fr. Roch: The Christian strategy for becoming great

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
First Impressions
Building a Mission
Sports
Fr. Roch: What happens to faith and religion after graduation?
Afterthoughts: To me, Cistercian represents community first

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
Common touch, uncommon ideals
Giving ’em the business
Sports
Afterthoughts: “How a Cistercian classmate saved my life (probably)
Fr. Roch: A slight change and its weighty implications

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
Class of 1970 turns forty
Memorare
Finding Light

Sports
Afterthoughts: “Walking in your wife’s shoes can be painful”
Fr. Roch: “Look for little ways to show your wife you love her”

The Spirit of Merici: Cistercian Prep’s unforgettable first years on Walnut Hill Lane

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
Making art work
Enkindled & Enlightened
Sports
Afterthoughts: “Every exit presents an entrance somewhere else”
Fr. Roch: “From that hour the disciple received her into his own”

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
Out of the Ashes
We are family
Sports
Afterthoughts: “Standing up for what is right (no qualifiers needed)”
Fr. Roch: “Purity of the heart requires the faith of the leper”

Letter from the Headmaster: “Reflecting on our many blessings”
News & Notes
“Unlikely Texans” by David E. Stewart ’74
“Finding a Way” by David E. Stewart
Sports
Afterthoughts: “What football teaches you about the ultimate game” by Smokey Briggs 
Fr. Roch: “Learning from my second trip to the Holy Land” 

Letter from the Headmaster: “Grade point averages are going up”
News & Notes
“A social evolution” by David Stewart
“Cloud of witnesses” by Tom Pruit
Sports
Afterthoughts: “Grading myself on the socially awkward scale” by Smokey Briggs 
“Tom Hillary’s teen years” Everett M. Urech
Fr. Roch: “If anyone wishes to come after me …” 

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
“Built upon a tradition”
“The heart of the matter”
Seth Henderson 1985-2003
Sports
Fr. Roch: “Our God is a consuming fire”

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
“Pioneer Days at Cistercian Prep”
“Great Expectations”
Sports
Fr. Roch: On Prayer

“Building a Class”
“Being there Sept. 11”
“New Faculty Hear the Calling”

The Hillary Legacy

Taking Nothing for Granted: Seniors Navigate the Pandemic Together, by Fr. Stephen Gregg ’01, A Beautiful Language of Rigor and Expression: Cistercian’s Math program, Past and Present, by Jon Erickson ’12, In Memoriam: Francis G. “Jerry” O’Brien, and Carl Fischer ’89, Afterthoughts: Ice-cream Trucks and the Art of Surprise by Patrick Spence ’08, Humility and Audacity: “Magni magna audent” by Fr. Roch

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
College Matriculations: Hawks from the Class of 2019 spread their wings for college
Stewards of the Word: Alumni Authors on Writing and Cistercian Education
Success by Different Means: Students of 2009 travel various paths to a career
Sports
Our Lady of Dallas Hosts International Conference
Class Reunions
So you want to be a writer…
Fr. Roch: Who can Forgive?

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
LEAVING THEIR MARK: Members of the Class of 2018 will be remembered for their service, commitment, and teamwork (oh, and robotics).
Our Oasis: For some students and teachers, paying attention to Cistercian’s 82 acres is just as important as paying attention in class
Sports
Alumni Gatherings
For the seniors: The Big Four in my “Playbook of Life”
Fr. Roch: Enter the silence of God for a short time every day

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
BIG MEN ON CAMPUS: Infused with smarts, values, and confidence, Cistercian alumni are succeeding in a wide range of collegiate endeavors.
Creating moments of Science: Improvements to the science building will offer new ways to make concepts memorable
Sports
Alumni Gatherings
Afterthoughts: My “Cheeseburger Diet to Success and Happiness”
Fr. Roch: Is ‘Loving people in God’ just an empty cliché?

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
Murky Water
Pondering Tom Fruit
Sports
Fr. Roch: When was the last time you asked, What is heaven like?
Afterthoughts: Tom Pruit had a hand in the words that follow

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
Finding Founders’ Hall
Heralding a New Era
Sports
Afterthoughts: A tear for Fr. Matthew, a Latin coach who really cared
Fr. Roch: Yearn to be ‘wounded by love’ (Song of Songs 4:9)

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
A quiet place in the clouds
Passing the torch
Sports
Afterthoughts
Fr. Roch: “Does scripture tell us anything about venerating saints?”

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
A proud heritage
Ingenious engineering minds
Sports
Fr. Roch: “Contemplating our greatest non-material treasure

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
Generation Gap
Standing Together
Sports
Afterthoughts: “The gift of Liberty God gave to the Cistercians”
Fr. Roch: “Aim for goals that rely on your will and God’s grace”

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
Laying a foundation
Senior stress test
Sports
Afterthoughts: “I’ll allow you to draw your own conclusions”
Fr. Roch: “It is easier for a camel to pass through a needle’s eye”

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
Cistercian and technology
Director’s cut
Sports
Afterthoughts: Technology? I’ll take my 40-year-old Land Rover
Fr. Roch: Religion cannot be reduced to the Golden Rule

Letter from the Headmaster: “Donors, myths, popes and mentors
News & Notes
“Attaining its rightful station” Tom Pruit and David Stewart
“Old and young alike” by David Stewart
Sports
Afterthoughts: “” by Smokey Briggs
Fr. Roch: “The Pope Benedict the media doesn’t see” 

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
“The Life and Times of Rodney J. Walter”
On Prayer
“Shooting for the moon”
A review of success, reunions, and lunch
Sports

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
“Road to Stability”
Sports
Fr. Roch: “How is your life?” 

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
“What’s up with the Arts? ”
“Art for Art’s Sakes”
Sports
On Prayer 

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
“Carlos Lopez ’84 sits tall on the Bench”
“The Thick and the Thin of Applying to Colleges”
Sports

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
Our Mission
College Matriculations
Covid Care with Heart: Medical Alums Rise to Meet the Challenge
Advancing by Degrees
Fr. Bede Lackner
Afterthoughts: Postgraduate Work in Ancient Truckology
Fr. Roch: A letter to my Students

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
Bonds of Friendship: Learning the Lessons of Unconditional Love in the Class of 2019
50 YEARS AFTER GRADUATION: Some Things Change Here, Others Endure
Sports
Alumni Gatherings
Afterthoughts: Thanksgiving in April
Fr. Roch: Faith: A Blinder or Light?

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
INVESTED to make an IMPACT: Relationship building lies at the heart of coaching that influences athletes long after their final game.
Difference Makers: Checking in with alumni who are making things better out there.
Sports
Alumni Gatherings
Afterthoughts: The Friday night parables of Coach André Bruce
Fr. Roch: Longing for heaven, where love and joy grow eternally

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
Magnifying the Presence
A Night to Remember: The Catholic Foundation Award Dinner
New Face of Tech

Afterthoughts: Frightening non-fiction: Attack of the iThings
Fr. Roch: Mother Earth and the fate of Antaeus in our time

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
Portrait of the Artists
Keeping the Faith
Sports
Afterthoughts: ‘Sputnik schools’ spared little time for the arts
Fr. Roch: “At the still point of the turning world”

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
Pacis Visio
Social Media
Sports
Afterthoughts: Here’s to coachable moments
Fr. Roch: Putting the little things into an eternal perspective

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
Contemplating the commotion
Hungry for the Big Time
Sports
Fr. Roch: “I know him in whom I have believed and I am sure

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
Going Green
The young monks of Cistercian
Sports 
Fr. Roch: “Great men dare great things (Yes, even Christians)”

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
Life and Death
Finding Light
Heavy Weight
Sports
Afterthoughts: “When one side consumes the other, it spells trouble”
Fr. Roch: “Pause and reflect on God’s Word of spirit and life

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
Lighting the Torch
An Awakening
Sports
Afterthoughts: So many years, so few memorable teachers
Fr. Roch: Are you called to marriage or to celibacy?

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
“Salute to Service”
“A Rough one in Ramadi”
“Wave of Giving”
Sports
Afterthoughts: “Enlist in the Marine Corps? Are you nuts?” 
Fr. Roch: “I don’t get anything out of Mass anymore” 

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
“A brave new art”
“Cistercian’s dream team”
“Prepared for the role of his life”
Sports
Fr. Roch: “Everyone is possible to one who has faith”

“One of our Own: Fr. Peter’s Special Touch”
“The Overlooked Beauty of Life”

Letter from the Headmaster
News & Notes
“Cistercian Grads at Microsoft”
“Testing their Limits: Focus on Athletics at Cistercian”
Sports