Abbey Spotlight
Name: Ania Roland
Class: Junior
Major: Psychology
Involved in: Honors Scholar and avid Belmont Abbey sports fan.
“To be open to the world and its people is to be open to God and His works. My experience at Belmont Abbey continuously shows me the fruit of this openness and the joy that I have found in a place that welcomes me home. I see the mission of the school in not only the campus, but so many of the students, the staff members, the monks, and the president. Thankfully, this school found me in Michigan and gave me unforgettable memories and friends.”
This Past Week At The Abbey
Last weekend, three Belmont Abbey College students presented research papers at the tenth annual “Meeting in the Middle” undergraduate conference in Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Longwood University, VA. The theme for this year’s conference was “The View from the North”, and their presentations focused on aspects of the medieval history and culture of the British Isles. Of the ten colleges and universities represented by the seventeen students who spoke at the conference, Belmont Abbey college had the highest number of participants aside from the hosts, Longwood University.
Br. Gregory Marshall presented an insightful paper on a central theme of the Arthurian legend in a paper entitled “Malory’s Enigma: Arthur, Lancelot, and Fate in Le Morte Darthur”.
Sean Moriarty regaled his audience with tales from early Ireland as he explored concepts of medieval kingship in his paper, “The High Kings of Ireland”.
And Brendan Vickers examined the theme of colonial discourse in relation to sixteenth-century English depictions of Ireland in a presentation on “The English Image of Irish Culture: John Derricke’s Plates.” Congratulations to all three students for their achievement. They performed admirably and won high praise from the audience and from conference organizers for their efforts.
Mary’s Sons is an apostolate to promote praying for our priests, to support vocations, and to establish Holy Hours/Holy Eucharistic Adoration specifically designated for our priests and vocations throughout the Diocese. Two years ago, they began the Kneeler Prayer Pilgrimage program. Their apostolate purchases a personal prayer kneeler for each soon to be ordained priest each year, and parishes and other groups then “host” the kneelers for a time so that their community can pray for these seminarians. Belmont Abbey College hosted the kneelers in the Adoration Chapel Monday, April 11 through Wednesday, April 13th giving students, staff, faculty, & coaches and opportunity to pray for new priest . One of our very own alums, Cory Catron, is one of these future priests!
Each Spring, men from different sports team compete to be the new Mr. Crusader. The school gathers with change to help support Make A Wish foundation! This years theme apparently was colors!
We’re so excited to announce that our very own Megan Nanney has been honored with the Conference Carolina Outstanding Senior Award! This is the moment we suprised her in her biology class to announce the news.
Dr. Shivone, Dr. Beeman, Head Coach Mike Lynch, and Assistant Coach Jamie Malilong came out with flowers to surprise her! Click here for the full story
The Forensic Arts Society is taking off! Mary Rose Stepnowski (sophomore) and Cameron Jones (sophomore) advanced to the Sweet 16 after a three and one record, beating teams from Louisiana State, Lenoir Rhyne, and Union University. #AbbeyExcellence #GoDebateTeam Click here to read more
Belmont Abbey College Wins International Public Debate Association National Tournament! Since the top three finishers in each event qualify for Nationals, eight Abbey students qualified to advance to the National contest against 2,000 college students from around the nation in Atlanta from June 24-27. The Abbey team brought home 3 First Place, 4 Second Place, 2 Third Place, and one Fourth! Click for the full story here
Little Shop of Horrors opened this weekend! (Junior, Maddie, pictured in the center was our student takeover this week on snapchat, see below for more details!)
All the music was played by our fantastic student, faculty, & staff band! Alumni Conor ’15 and Junior Peter are shown here on base and keyboard!
If you missed it last weekend, make sure to reserve tickets now here for next week!
Maddie was our Student Takeover featuring EVERY single cast and crew member she could find from Little Shop of Horrors and gave us a sneak peek backstage! She rocks!
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Alumni Reflections
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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.
Looking Ahead
