Belmont Abbey College - Spire Yearbook (Belmont, NC)

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Love of God is a characteristic of the trueAbbeyman. The beautiful gothic cathedral stands as a mon- ument to the love which we pay to our Creator. It is the central point from which our prayers go forth. A man is not mature unless his spiritual life is as well developed as his physical being and his in- tellectual powers. The home and family that the Abbey provides for her students is an ideal environ- ment for development of the whole man. Students who are eager to profit fully from this environment attend the daily Conventual Mass and receive the Sacraments fre- quently. Their spiritual instruc- tion is supplemented each Tues- day evening by a conference and Benediction given by the college chaplain. Abbeymen, years after their graduation, will loolcback with longing on the closeness to God which they felt in their student days. Saint Benedict, founder of the Benedictine Order The Grotto of the Immaculate Conception, modeled on the famous grotto at Lourdes, blanketed with new fallen snow. Montecassino, cradle of western monasticism. :£ =S.

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. C, ' , ■ •■ n! I .1 L Reverend Raphael Bridge O.S.B. raises the monstrance at Benediction. . . . spiritually, A full and rewarding religious life with God is shared by students and faculty.

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Action in a tight ball game. . and physically. amv0 A one-handed jump-shot for two points. The handball court in the pines.