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Walsh Jesuit High School's Student News Site

The Pioneer

Walsh Jesuit High School's Student News Site

The Pioneer

We Have a Pope! Leo XIV Elected as Church Mourns Francis
We Have a Pope! Leo XIV Elected as Church Mourns Francis
As the Church proclaims, “Habemus Papam," history is made with the first American pontiff.
May 8, 2025

In a historic first, Cardinal Robert Prevost, a Chicago-born missionary, has been elected pope, making him the first American to lead the Catholic Church. He will be known...

Fr. Pete Neeley, SJ, is talking about migration at the southern 
border to a group of students.
Solidarity and Service Highlight Mission Days
Jacob Bolha , Staff Writer • March 11, 2025

Walsh Jesuit is on a mission: to develop “competence, conscience, and compassion” in its students by teaching them how to live out the school’s vision to be “Men and...

President Grady addresses the student body for the first time at the Mass of the Holy Spirit.
New President Mr. Tim Grady Brings Energy to Walsh Jesuit
Jacob Bolha , Staff Writer • December 16, 2024

Like us, his life journey included four years as a student at a Jesuit high school that emphasized faith and service. Mr. Tim Grady, a 1995 graduate of Saint Ignatius High...

Fr. Pete Neeley, SJ, is talking about migration at the southern 
border to a group of students.
Solidarity and Service Highlight Mission Days
Jacob Bolha , Staff Writer • March 11, 2025
Despite colorful marketing and appealing fruity flavors, vaping products are seeing a decline in sales as fewer U.S. teens use the nicotine products.
Vaping Rates Decline Nationally among Teens
Brooke Fulton, Contributing Writer • October 23, 2024
Lax & Loaded: Boys' lacrosse brings firepower and focus
Lax & Loaded: Boys’ lacrosse brings firepower and focus
May 1, 2025
Making waves, Warriors swim & dive into success
Making waves, Warriors swim & dive into success
March 10, 2025