Belvedere College SJ is a Catholic school that strives to support students in their growth towards a greater understanding and awareness of their faith and the part that this plays in their lives.
Our primary objective is to provide an environment where students not only learn more about spirituality and the Catholic faith but also try to integrate their own spirituality into daily living. In attempting to cater for all students, Belvedere College SJ provides a great variety of experiences that support the student in developing their faith by creating an atmosphere of openness, acceptance and a willingness to search for meaning.

Junior Cycle Religious Education
At Junior Cycle level, our students study a syllabus which includes an in-depth examination of the history and development of Christianity and other major world religions, the dynamics of various faith communities, our growth towards moral maturity, our expressions of faith and the idea of a faith journey. Our Junior Cycle programme also includes classes on The Jesuits and on preparation for liturgies and retreats.

Senior Cycle Religious Education
At Senior Cycle, our students experience a modular system of Religious Education whereby they study three courses per year with three different teachers.
Students are given the opportunity to choose from a wide variety of courses ranging from Christology, Morality and Ethics, Introduction to Ignatian Spirituality, the Jesuit World View and Justice and Peace.
In addition to work within the classroom, both fifth and sixth year students work in the local community as Peer Tutors for primary school children providing additional learning support to those students who most need it.
Some other opportunities provided by the school include;
• Annual Retreat for each student including residential retreats for Rhetoric students.
• School Mass twice a year.
• Rite of Reconciliation.
• Distribution of Ashes and Stations of the Cross.
• Regular Meditation.
• Easter pilgrimage to Taize (Ecumenical Community in France) including preparatory course and reflection    course.
• Kairos Retreat: 4 day retreat for Poetry (fifth year) students.