Abbey Spotlight
on Mary-Kate Reid (also known as “MK”)
Class: Senior
Major: Business with a concentration in Marketing, and Theology Minor
Involved in: Hintemeyer Program, FOCUS Student Missionary, and Ballroom Dancing Club
“I chose the Abbey because it felt like home. Everything about the place, these people. God’s presence, it makes me feel at home. There is so much love in the hearts, words, and actions of every single person here—professors, monks, fellow students, even the President all love fearlessly and endlessly like Christ Himself.”
This Past Week At The Abbey
The week kicked of with Coffeehouse organized by our fantastic FOCUS missionaries (who sometimes even preform themselves. Make sure to check out Brendan playing the flute below.)
The Abbey is full of hidden gems that step forward and share their talent!
This week was Greek Week
Greek Life has been part of our tradition for awhile now.
The week’s festivities started off with volleyball. All five Greek organizations (Kappa Sigma, Sigma Alpha, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, Alpha Sigma Pi, & Tau Kappa Delta) competed for points with quite an audience.
Students, such as Senior Thomas More Scholar Elisa and Junior Honors student Grace pictured here, got a chance to meet the Cuthbert Allen Lecturer, Dana Gioia. In a conversation about his essay “Poetry as Enchantment” explaining how poetry communicates—intuitively, intellectually, and musically—about “the mysterious relationship between dream and reality.”
This semester’s Cuthbert Allen Lecture was on”Why Beauty Matters – Not Just in Art but in Faith and Society” In this lecture, Dana Gioia explained how beauty – in poetry, art, and music – enriches our lives, how today’s culture can obscure it, and how we can rediscover its worth. (Diana Gioia is a poet and critic. His four collections of poetry include Interrogations at Noon (2001),winner of the American Book Award. His critical collections include Can Poetry Matter? (1992), a finalist for the National Book Critics Award. He served as Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts from 2003 to 2009. He holds the Judge Widney Chair of Poetry and Public Culture at the University of Southern California.)
Senior MK and Alumni Jackie’14 engaged in the lecture.
With the return of the warm weather, the quad is the place to be!
To thank our generous benefactors, who made stage one of the Learning Commons possible, we hosted an Open House Reception in the Library.
The place was packed with students, faculty, staff, and alumni to show their gratitude.
On Wednesday we celebrated the anniversary of the dedication of the Belmont Abbey basilica!
Nolan makes an amazing spike at Volleyball Senior Night!
We will miss you Derek, Dustin, Jon, Justin, & Nolan!
Lip Sync is one of the last events of Greek Week. Each organization gets their silly on and creates entertaining acts. Here’s the boys jamming out to the theme of “School of Rock”
The ladies rocking it at Lip Sync! Congratulations to Kappa Sigma & Alpha Sigma Pi for winning Greek Week!
Sigma Alpha boys reenacting the Titanic
Senior Brandon took over snapchat on Friday to show a day in the life of an Abbey student. For more takeovers and all your campus news, make sure to follow us @belmontabbey !
Swing Dancing Saturday night at Spring Formal in a barn, Footlose Style!
Student Reflections
Student Body President, Junior, Honor’s student Vincent Ginski talks about the opportunities that Belmont Abbey provides. This is really is the place to make things happen, if you care enough to make it happen!
Creative Corner
Here are select excerpts from our annual literary journal, Agora. It is composed of short stories, poetry, photography, and artwork submitted by our students, faculty, staff, alumni, and monastery.
The journal is facilitated by Dr. Rebecca Munro.