Holy Week at Belen Jesuit
We begin Holy Week on Palm Sunday, March 25 and have a few events scheduled for the week.
- Dozens of students will take part in the “Living Stations of the Cross” on Monday, March 26 at 7:30 p.m. This presentation will take place in various locations throughout the Belen Jesuit campus. The presentation begins in the Ignatian Center of the Arts Amphitheater & ends in the Garrido Family Plaza. All are welcome to attend.
- On Holy Tuesday, members of the eighth grade class will participate in the Chrism Mass at the Cathedral of St. Mary in the morning. In the afternoon, high school students and parents are invited to experience the Passover Seder and the film, "The Passion of the Christ" as a way to dive deeply into the mystery of Holy Week. The Passover Seder is a ritual feast based on the biblical command to retell the story of the Exodus from Egypt. Seder customs include telling and discussing the story, drinking four cups of wine, eating matzah, partaking of symbolic foods, and reclining in celebration of freedom. Please click here to register for this event. Admission is $10 to help pay for the cost of food. Seating is limited, so do not wait until the last minute. Please be sure to register by 3:00 p.m. this Friday, March 23.
- On Wednesday, March 28 the faculty and staff will take part in a Lenten retreat.
- Classes resume on April 9.
We hope that you are able to join us Monday and Tuesday for these solemn and prayerful gatherings that will take place only a couple of days before the Holy Triduum (three-day celebration of the death and resurrection of Christ - Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Vigil/Easter Sunday).
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.