Loyola House
| Loyola House | |
|---|---|
| Loyola House Retreat and Training Centre | |
 Entrance to the centre | |
  Loyola House Location in Southern Ontario | |
| 43°34′20″N80°17′13″W/ 43.572251°N 80.287032°W | |
| Location | Ignatius Jesuit Centre,Guelph |
| Country | Canada |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Website | LoyolaHouse |
| History | |
| Status | Active |
| Founded | 1964 |
| Founder(s) | Society of Jesus |
| Dedication | Loyola |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Retreat centre |
| Administration | |
| Province | Toronto |
| Diocese | Hamilton |
| Deanery | Wellington[1] |
| Parish | Holy Rosary[2] |
Loyola Houseor its full nameLoyola House Retreat and Training Centreis a Jesuit spirituality centre inGuelph, Ontario.It moved to Guelph in 1964 and was the centre of a renewal inIgnatian spiritualityin the 1970s. It is within the grounds of theIgnatius Jesuit Centresituated onWoolwich Streetto the west ofRiverside Park.In the 1960s and 1970s it was the centre of a significant shift inIgnatian spirituality.[3][4]
History
[edit]Originally, the centre was situated inOakville.In 1962, the decision was made by theSociety of Jesusto sell the site and move the centre to Guelph. The old site in Oakville became theGlen Abbey Golf Course.From 1962 construction began on the spirituality centre in Guelph, helped by financial assistance from Bishop Joseph Ryan of Hamilton. In 1964, it was opened and was called the Guelph Centre of Spirituality. At first, it only hosted weekend retreats for parishioners from churches within theDiocese of Hamilton.[3]
From the late 1960s to the 1970s it became the centre of a change in how retreats in Ignatian spirituality were conducted and changed its name to Loyola House. Two Jesuit priests, John English, S.J. and John Veltri, S.J. altered the experience for those on retreat. They came fromSt Beuno's Collegein Wales with new ideas about Ignatian spirituality. Before this time, retreats were preached; at certain times in the day, those on retreat would all be told what to pray. Veltri and English changed this by providing points for prayer through daily interviews with the retreatants, giving personal one-to-one spiritual direction. Veltri was at Loyola House from 1967,[4]and English was the novice master at theSt. Stanislaus Novitiatenext door in 1965, moving over to Loyola House in 1978.[3][5]
In 2020, it became a shelter for homeless people during theCOVID-19 pandemic.[6]
Overview
[edit]It continues to offers retreats inIgnatian spiritualitywithin a 240-acre setting close to theGuelph LakeConservation Area.[7]
Exterior and grounds
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A wing of the centre -
Chapel and statue ofSaint Ignatius -
Labyrinth within the grounds
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^RegionsfromArchdiocese of Torontoretrieved 1 April 2014
- ^Holy Rosary Parish, Guelphretrieved 25 November 2014
- ^abc"English, John J. C." inDictionary of Jesuit Biography: Ministry to English Canada, Volume II: 1988–2006(Toronto: Canadian Institute of Jesuit Studies, 2007), p. 91.
- ^ab"Spiritual Director Father John Veltri died"fromWellington Adviser,Volume 41, Issue 45, retrieved 25 November 2014
- ^John Veltri, S.J. and John English, S.J.,In Dialogue with Father John English, S. J.(Guelph: Ignatius College, 1974), pp. 1–28.
- ^Feds increase area shelter funding by $500,000 to help in face of COVID-19fromGuelph Today,6 April 2020, retrieved 12 May 2020
- ^Aboutfrom LoyolaHouse retrieved 18 March 2014
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