Loyola House

Loyola House
Loyola House Retreat and Training Centre
Entrance to the centre
Loyola House is located in Southern Ontario
Loyola House
Loyola House
Location in Southern Ontario
43°34′20″N 80°17′13″W / 43.572251°N 80.287032°W / 43.572251; -80.287032
LocationIgnatius Jesuit Centre, Guelph
CountryCanada
DenominationRoman Catholic
WebsiteLoyolaHouse.com
History
StatusActive
Founded1964 (1964)
Founder(s)Society of Jesus
DedicationLoyola
Architecture
Functional statusRetreat centre
Administration
ProvinceToronto
DioceseHamilton
DeaneryWellington[1]
ParishHoly Rosary[2]

Loyola House or its full name Loyola House Retreat and Training Centre is a Jesuit spirituality centre in Guelph, Ontario. It moved to Guelph in 1964 and was the centre of a renewal in Ignatian spirituality in the 1970s. It is within the grounds of the Ignatius Jesuit Centre situated on Woolwich Street to the west of Riverside Park. In the 1960s and 1970s it was the centre of a significant shift in Ignatian spirituality.[3][4]

  1. ^ Regions from Archdiocese of Toronto retrieved 1 April 2014
  2. ^ Holy Rosary Parish, Guelph retrieved 25 November 2014
  3. ^ "English, John J. C." in Dictionary of Jesuit Biography: Ministry to English Canada, Volume II: 1988–2006 (Toronto: Canadian Institute of Jesuit Studies, 2007), p. 91.
  4. ^ "Spiritual Director Father John Veltri died" from Wellington Adviser, Volume 41, Issue 45, retrieved 25 November 2014