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Honoured on home turf
May 22, 2017
Bishop Denis Nulty celebrated The Mass of Thanksgiving for the beatification of Fr John Sullivan SJ, in Clongowes Wood College Co. Kildare. It was a joyful occasion
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Creating a climate of inclusivity
May 17, 2017
Donal Godfrey SJ has been honoured by the San Fransisco university (USF) for his "extraordinary service to the university and the community at large"
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Blessed John Sullivan SJ beatified – a day for rejoicing
May 13, 2017
The beatification of Fr John Sullivan SJ was a truly joyful and moving occasion
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Hugh Duffy – ‘a gentle Jesuit’
May 3, 2017
Brian Grogan SJ gives the homily at the funeral mass of Fr Hugh Duffy SJ on 3 May, 2017
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Thanksgiving celebration for new ‘Blessed’
April 26, 2017
Blessed Elect John Sullivan is held up for all of us now as "a heroic example of virtue, goodness and holiness” according to Bishop Denis Nulty.
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In the shadow of the cross
April 5, 2017
Clongowes Wood College held a moving Tenebrae Service on Sunday, marking the events of Christ passion and death
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Young people keeping the faith
March 22, 2017
GAVIN T. MURPHY :: I went on a quest to find out the truth about the existence or non-existence of faith among our youth.
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‘Loneliness – the worst thing in the world’
March 15, 2017
Staff and students in Belvedere are marking one hundred years of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in the college
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Symbols and theology of the Book of Kells
February 22, 2017
The Loyola Institute, Trinity College Dublin hosted a workshop for teachers on the theology of the Book of Kells, the most visited book in the world
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Belvo wins $100,000 prize for eco-farm on college roof
January 18, 2017
Belvedere College SJ has just won the Global High School category of the prestigious Zayed Future Energy Prize in Abu Dhabi – the first Irish school to win the award.
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Fascinating facts from our past
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