Villa Loyola

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Villa Loyola
Villa Loyola is located in Ontario
Villa Loyola
Villa Loyola
Location in Ontario
Coordinates: 46°24′16″N 81°00′36″W / 46.404527°N 81.009948°W / 46.404527; -81.009948
Location4951 Long Lake Road
Sudbury, Ontario
P3G 1K9
DenominationRoman Catholic
WebsiteVillaLoyola.com
History
Founded1962 (1962)
Founder(s)Society of Jesus
DedicationIgnatius of Loyola
Administration
ParishSt Mathieu[1]
DeanerySudbury
DioceseSault Sainte Marie
ProvinceKingston

Villa Loyola is a centre in Ignatian spirituality run by the Society of Jesus in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. It is the only Canadian French-speaking Jesuit centre outside of Quebec. As well serving as a retreat centre it is also an ecumenical and interfaith conference centre. It is situated on the shore of off Municipal Road 80 to the south of Sudbury's urban core.

History[]

Foundation[]

Since the restoration of the Society of Jesus in the early nineteenth-century, French-speaking Jesuits ministered to the Franco-Ontarian population of Sudbury. In the 1960s, the Jesuits had to change their ministries. The creation of Laurentian University in 1960 led to the French-speaking Jesuits in Sudbury to move away from higher education. They handed over Sacred Heart College to the newly created university. The parish that they founded in 1883, Sainte-Anne-des-Pins, was handed over to the diocese. The parish was a local French-speaking cultural centre.[2]

Construction[]

Villa Loyola was built in 1962 by French-speaking Canadian Jesuits. It occupies an area of 12 acres on the southern shore of Long Lake. It was originally conceived as a retreat house. It offers courses and retreats in Ignatian spirituality based on the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola. Retreats are for a weekend, or a week, or for the full 30 days. It also offers training for prayer guides and spiritual accompaniment.[3]

Renovation[]

In 1996, the centre was renovated and so that it can offer space for seminars and conferences as well as the original program of retreats. It is also a centre for ecumenism and interfaith dialogue.[3]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Parishes Archived December 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine from Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie retrieved 2 April 2014
  2. ^ Lucien Pelletier, "Les Jésuites de Sudbury vers 1960: une mutation difficile" from Revue du Nouvel-Ontario, 37, 2012, pp. 13-81.
  3. ^ a b Histoire from VillaLoyola.com, retrieved 2 April 2014

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