Alumni Association Sponsors Movie Screening
On Saturday, February 4, 2017 the Belen Alumni Association of Jesuit Schools from Cuba and Miami sponsored the presentation of the screening of “Ignacio de Loyola” movie at the Roca Theater at Belen Jesuit.
The film was produced by Jesuit Communication Center in the Philippines.
The program started with a vigil mass celebrated by the school president, Father Guillermo Garcia Tuñon, S.J.’87. Father Willie gave us a magnificent homily explaining the meaning of the Sunday gospel.
Following the mass we went to the Saladrigas Art Gallery for a cocktail reception before the presentation of the movie where we had the opportunity to admire the photo exhibit, “He Shot It” of alumnus Victor Arrieta ’95.
At 7 pm everyone gathered in the Roca Theater to watch the movie. It was a very good movie, very well acted, with beautiful photography of the region and very descriptive of the life of San Ignacio before, during, and after his conversion.
The most important characteristic of the program was the presence of members of all the Jesuit apostolates in Miami. It was awesome to see nearly 500 people in attendance, which included alumni from Cuba and Miami, members of the Agrupacion Catolica Universitaria, people from Manresa, Regis House, Gesu, Instituto Arrupe, Jesuit Alumni from Venezuela and parents of Belen students, getting together in a very fraternal spirit with great camaraderie.
It was a very rewarding experience to see that the legacy of Father Dorta-Duque, S.J. ’40, founder of the alumni association was still alive because he envisioned the association as an organization that keeps Belen alumni connected with the school. Reunions like this one strengthen those principles. Let’s keep the momentum going and I hope to see many of my alumni brothers at Tombola at the end of February.
Click here to view pictures from the event.
BELEN JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
phone: 305.223.8600 | fax: 305.227.2565 | email: webmaster@belenjesuit.org
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
phone: 305.223.8600 | fax: 305.227.2565 | email: webmaster@belenjesuit.org
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School was founded in 1854 in Havana, Cuba by Queen Isabel II of Spain. The task of educating students was assigned to the priests and brothers of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), whose teaching tradition is synonymous with academic excellence and spiritual discipline. In 1961, the new political regime of Cuba confiscated the School property and expelled the Jesuit faculty. The School was re-established in Miami the same year, and over the next decade, continued to grow. Today, Belen Jesuit sits on a 30-acre site in western Dade County, only minutes away from downtown Miami.