Founders Mass Draws 2017 Comparison to St. Thomas Inception in 1900

The annual St.Thomas Founders Mass brought a large dose of symmetry to an academic year still reeling from the remnants of Hurricane Harvey and the unprecedented punishing rains, torrential flooding and untold misery that inundated Houston and surrounding coastal communities. A near two-week interruption that resulted in canceled campus activity was similar to the school’s [...]

By |2018-07-19T17:12:26-05:00September 14th, 2017|Campus News|0 Comments

Castillo ‘18, Dang ‘18, Gottschalk ‘18 and Patton ‘18 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists

Juan Castillo ‘18, Kenneth Dang ‘18, Cooper Gottschalk ‘18 and Michael Patton ‘18 have earned semifinalist distinction in the National Merit Scholarship Program’s 63rd competition. The four Eagle scholars emerged from a cluster of approximately 1.6 million students who performed the PSAT qualifier during the previous academic year, with only 16,000 selected as semifinalists. Approximately [...]

By |2017-09-13T14:04:29-05:00September 13th, 2017|Campus News|0 Comments

Eagle Football Opens 2017 Season Friday at Granger Stadium

Due to the consequences and aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, Eagle Football has reset its schedule and will open the season Friday, September 15, 7:00 p.m. against TAPPS UIL Division II Cedar Hill Trinity Christian at Hotze Field inside Granger Stadium. Previously scheduled games with The Kinkaid School, Strake Jesuit and College Station were cancelled. Friday [...]

By |2018-07-19T17:12:27-05:00September 12th, 2017|Football|0 Comments

Lynch ’94 Delivers Powerful Testimonial During Hurricane Harvey Prayer Service

The St. Thomas student community resumed the 2017-18 academic schedule for the first time since Hurricane Harvey made landfall, pounding the Greater Houston area with unprecedented torrential rains and sweeping through a swath of southeast Texas. Reconvening after all academic and campus activity was cancelled beginning August 25, 97% of the student population, along with [...]

By |2018-07-19T17:12:27-05:00September 6th, 2017|Campus News|0 Comments

Resources and Strategies Coping with Aftermath of Hurricane Harvey

As Houston and much of the extended St. Thomas community begins the long recovery from the catastrophic flooding and remnants of Hurricane Harvey ... the wettest weather event ever to hit the continental United States ... Choices Counselor Patrick Hagler has gathered some valuable resources which may assist Eagle families and parents best cope with [...]

By |2018-07-19T17:12:27-05:00September 5th, 2017|Campus News|0 Comments

Eagle Community Rallies to Support Rockport with Hurricane Harvey Relief

Within days of Hurricane Harvey making landfall in Rockport with 130 mph gusts on an unprecedented path of life-threatening destruction and flooding through the Greater Houston area, Eagle Athletic Director Mike Netzel and former Eagle state baseball champion Tim Redden ‘09 organized a quicksilver relief effort that generated significant results for the storm-ravaged seaside town. [...]

By |2018-07-19T17:12:28-05:00September 1st, 2017|Campus News|0 Comments

Eagle Football and Kinkaid Flip from Foes to Team for Flood Relief

Eagle Football was scheduled to open the season for the fourth consecutive season against The Kinkaid School in what figured to be the St. Thomas head coaching debut for Rich McGuire. Hurricane Harvey had a decided more devestating agenda. So the first adjusted game plan of McGuire’s inaugural campaign was reaching out to Falcon head [...]

By |2018-07-19T17:12:28-05:00September 1st, 2017|Football, Campus News|0 Comments

Eagle Rugby Icon Jim Wolfinger Elected to Texas Rugby Union Hall of Fame

Jim Wolfinger, the architect of Eagle Rugby which has produced unmatched championship success while instilling and nurturing a champions for life spirit, has been elected to the Texas Rugby Union Hall of Fame, the ultimate individual recognition for his contributions as a coach, player and referee, a consistent driving force promoting and developing the game. [...]

By |2018-07-19T17:12:28-05:00August 22nd, 2017|Rugby|0 Comments

Academic Year Begins Celebrating Feast of Assumption of Mary

The Feast of the Assumption of Mary, commemorating the end of the Blessed Virgin’s earthly life and assumption into Heaven, brought the Eagle student community together to celebrate an inspiring liturgy during the initial week of the 2017-18 academic year. In his homily, principal celebrant and St. Thomas President Fr. Kevin Storey, CSB recalled a [...]

By |2018-07-19T17:12:29-05:00August 16th, 2017|Campus News|0 Comments
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