Viriliter age is a Latin phrase often used as a motto; lit. Act Manfully, but often given the new age translation Act Courageously. The origins of the phrase and the context for its use are from Psalm 27. It is or has been the official motto of the following institutions:
Cardinal Newman College Alumni Association, Buenos Aires, Argentina Christian Brothers College, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Christian Brothers' College, Mount Edmund, Pretoria, South Africa Damien Memorial School, Honolulu, Hawaii Kilgraston School, Bridge of Earn, Scotland Marist College Ashgrove adopted the motto in 1957 PAREF Southridge School, Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines Presentation Brothers College, Cork, Ireland St Chad's College, Wolverhampton St Columbas High School, Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa St. Edward's College (former motto) St. John The Baptist High School Thane, Maharashtra, India St Joseph's College, Kolkata, India St. Mary's Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School, Armenian Street, Chennai (Madras), India. St. Muredach's College, Ballina, Co. Mayo. Ireland St-Paul College, Godinne, Belgium St. Paul's RC High School, Coleshill, United Kingdom (Closed 1971) Synge Street CBS, Dublin, Ireland The Sacred Heart School of Montreal, Quebec, Canada Trinity College, Perth, Western Australia Trinity Grammar School, Kew, Melbourne, Australia St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Cantwell High School, Montebello, California. (Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary since 1991).
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