Belmont Abbey Gets Ready To Show Some Green
College’s Alumni, Friends To Participate in St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations in Charlotte, NYC
BELMONT, NC --- It has become an Abbey tradition that runs as deep as shamrocks and kissing the blarney stone. This year hundreds of friends, staff and alumni of Belmont Abbey College are expected celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with an annual march in both Charlotte, North Carolina and in New York City this week.
The 9 th Annual Charlotte St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Festival begins at 10:30 AM on Sunday, March 18, 2006 on the corner of Stonewall and Tryon Streets in front of the Charlotte Observer building in Charlotte.
For more details on the Charlotte Parade, visit www.charlottestpatsday.com.
Meanwhile, Abbey alums Jim Kirby ’83 and Hank Steincke ’63 will hold festivities in New York City. Abbey participants will meet for a pre-parade warm-up at the Hotel Roosevelt located on 45 th Street and Madison Avenue at 2:00 PM on Friday, March 17, 2006. The lineup will begin at 3:00 PM on East 48 th Street, between Madison and Park Avenues. A post-parade celebration will follow at Club Quarters.
For more information on the St. Patrick’s Day Parades, contact the Alumni Office at 704.461.6889 or visit us online at www.belmontabbeycollege.edu/Alumni.
Ranked one of the best comprehensive colleges in the Southeast by U.S. News and World Report and The Princeton Review, Belmont Abbey College celebrates excellence and virtue steeped in its 129-year Catholic Benedictine heritage. The liberal arts College is home to students from over 34 states and 26 countries and welcomes everyone from any background or tradition committed to this vision of excellence and virtue. The campus consists of the College, the Monastery and the Abbey Basilica, which can be found on its sprawling 650 acres of picturesque landscape.
Just minutes from Charlotte, NC, the nation’s second largest banking center, Belmont Abbey College offers students numerous internship opportunities and career placement.
The College believes in development of the whole person – mind, body and spirit. By offering a wide array of clubs and activities including Division II athletics, theatre, publications, and study abroad, Belmont Abbey College invests in the personal growth of its students.
Founded in 1876, the College celebrates its heritage and is inspired by the Benedictine monastic tradition. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the College and Abbey Basilica greet thousands of visitors each year.
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