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Celebrating 400 years of the Irish College, Louvain
June 19, 2007
This year the 400th anniversary of the foundation of St Anthony’s College, the Irish Franciscan College in Louvain, is celebrated. Brian Mac Cuarta was in Louvain for the occasion. From...
Read moreAsking for trouble!
May 19, 2007
Andrew Bates, a former Belvedere student, is taking a 1990 Toyota Starlet across 10,000 miles of every kind of terrain, as he and his team make their way to Mongolia....
Read moreSolemn greetings from Virginia Tech
May 19, 2007
Mia Ortega, a JVC volunteer some years ago, wrote from Virginia Tech just after the horrendous shootings which took 32 lives. A good friend of hers was killed after he...
Read moreThe Ignatian dimension of Clongowes life
January 19, 2007
Recently appointed Director of Ethos in Clongowes Wood College, Frank Clarke poses some interesting questions and outlines some new programmes which will further emphasise the role of Ignatian spirituality and...
Read more‘I sincerely hope we won’t need to call on your services this year, Father’
December 19, 2006
Some people in college think that chaplains are only there to perform duties at crisis times. But for Leon Ó Giolláin, one of the UCD chaplains, there is much more...
Read moreSo long, farewell, auf wiedersehn, goodbye
June 19, 2006
Conall Fitzgerald, outgoing School Captain in Belvedere, looks back on his six “unforgettable years” of secondary school, his veritable “home from home”. Reverend Fathers, Headmaster, Esteemed Members of the teaching...
Read moreSlí Eile Easter experience in Clongowes Wood
May 19, 2006
Breda Lannigan remembers a truly meaningful Easter with Slí Eile in Clongowes. Going to the Slí Eile Easter Experience, she says, is like “going home for a family reunion”. It’s...
Read moreBelvedere honours Jesuits with hand-written book
May 19, 2006
Belvedere has presented the Irish Province with an extraordinary book – a record of all Jesuits who have served in the school since its foundation in 1832. The book was...
Read moreTwo schools, two writers, one award
April 19, 2006
A Jesuit connection between Joyce and Beckett has been the premise for a literary award given out each year to a pupil from either Clongowes or Portora, explains Bruce Bradley....
Read more“Just a lad of eighteen summers”
November 1, 2005
November 1, 2005 "Just a lad of eighteen summers" Kevin Barry exhibition in Belvedere by Oliver Murphy Last Tuesday, November 1, was the 85th anniversary of the execution of Kevin...
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