September 14, 2020 – Fr. Philip Shano, SJ On a beautiful August summer day, I witnessed three of our team at Manresa Jesuit Spiritual Renewal Centre sitting in the shade of trees, engaged in spiritual direction with individuals who came to meet for their regular conversations. Safe and physical distancing is easy to arrange on …
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August 15, 2020 -Jesuits of Canada https://jesuits.ca/stories/50-years-of-prayer-at-the-jesuit-infirmary-in-pickering-by-fr-gilles-mongeau-sj/ This past August 15th the Jesuit infirmary in Pickering, Ontario, celebrated its 50th anniversary. It was on the 15th of August 1970 that a Jesuit infirmary opened for the first time at Regis College in Willowdale, under the leadership of Brother John Olney SJ. Six years later, the …
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June 24, 2020 – Catholic Register https://www.catholicregister.org/features/featureseries/item/31776-inspired-by-love-and-grounded-in-hope Inspired by love and grounded in hope Prudence, courage, temperance and justice won’t stop a virus. When it comes to microbiology, the cardinal virtues are largely irrelevant. As Canada slips by 100,000 COVID-19 infections, having breezed past 8,000 deaths, we have learned the pandemic cares not for our …
May 15, 2020 – Catholic Register https://www.catholicregister.org/item/31610-fr-larisey-mixed-love-of-art-with-faith When Jesuit Fr. Peter Larisey was 63 years old, a full professor at Regis College and on the edge of publishing a major book in 1993 that would be considered for the Governor General’s Award, he moved into a beat-up semi-detached house in east Toronto with a bunch …
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May 5, 2020 – Catholic Register https://www.catholicregister.org/item/31551-covid-19-claims-five-lives-at-jesuit-facility Canada’s Jesuits are in mourning after five members of their community, including four priests, died of COVID-19 at the religious order’s long-term care facility in Pickering, Ont. Jesuit Fathers Michael Hawkins, 83, Peter Larisey, 91, Norman Dodge, 92, and Francis Xavier Johnson, 93, as well as George O’Neill, …
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Fannie Dionne, Canadian Jesuits Magazine 2020 No. 1 Issue As we have recently highlighted, this year, the Manresa Jesuit Spiritual Renewal Centre in Ontario is celebrating its 70th anniversary. How relevant can a retreat centre be in 2019? “Manresa is an oasis of peace where you can leave your daily drama behind for a while,” …
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Jesuits of Canada News This year, the Manresa Spiritual Center is celebrating its 70th anniversary. Many things have changed since the first laymen retreats in Toronto in 1925 and the foundation of Manresa in 1949, including the addition of retreats for women and for members of Alcoholics Anonymous. So what is happening today? Fr. Henk van Meijel, …
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Jesuits of Canada News June 13, 2019 Last May 31 to June 2, 50 young professionals took part in an Ignatian retreat at the Manresa Jesuit Spiritual Renewal Centre. These young people, between the ages of 19 and 39, came from all walks of life: airline pilots, lawyers, accountants, physiotherapists, business people, students. The purpose …
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Jesuits of Canada News April 11, 2019 I have just completed my annual visit to our Jesuit community in Pickering. My last activity was to participate in the Wake service of our most recently deceased companion, Frank Micallef, a member of the René Goupil (infirmary) community, one of three résidences on the 20 acre property …
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Jesuits of Canada News Dec. 7, 2018 Just hours before Advent was to start, on the Saturday morning when there is no traffic and people are not crazily busy, 50 friends and benefactors of Manresa gathered to begin Advent in prayer with the Jesuits. They came not to a retreat nor to a program. They …
