The Jesuits in English Canada serve in a number of other ministries to which their vocation calls them. Here are some of them:
Apostleship of Prayer
The Apostleship of Prayer is an international association under the Pope with its international office in Rome. The mission of the Apostleship of Prayer is to encourage Christians around the world to make a daily offering of themselves to the Lord for the coming of God's Kingdom and for the Holy Father's monthly intentions. Since its founding in 1844, the Jesuits have promoted this ministry throughout the world.
By the year 2000, the Apostleship of Prayer had over 40 million members, 50 different Messengers of the Sacred Heart, and 40 other periodicals.
Visit: http://apostleshipofprayer.org & http://www.sacredheartcanada.com
661 Greenwood Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M4J 4B3 - 416-466-1195
Archive of the Jesuits in Canada
The Archive of the Jesuits in Canada reflect the activities of all Jesuits - both those in the Province of French Canada and those in the Province of English Canada - who have worked at home and abroad since their arrival in Canada in 1611. The role of the Archive is to ensure the acquisition of documents, collectibles, rare books and publications relevant to the history of the Jesuits in Canada. The Archive promotes the conservation, accessibility and dissemination of this material.
The Archive preserve the collective memory of the Jesuits in Canada – their faith and spirituality, their national ministries and communities and their international missions.
Visit: http://www.jesuites.org/archives
25 rue Jarry ouest, Montreal, Quebec H2P 1S6 - 514-387-2541 ext. 244
Camp Ekon
The summer of a lifetime can be had at Camp Ekon, because it is Jesuit in philosophy, Roman Catholic in tradition and public in service. Located at Stanley House on the shore of Lake Joseph in Ontario's Muskoka Lake Region, (just 250 km north of Toronto), Camp Ekon was founded in 1971 by the Jesuits in English Canada to provide an opportunity for young people to form a community of service. The values and skills that Ekon promotes in its pedagogy are grounded in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola.
The campers at Ekon range in age from 8 to 14 and have the opportunity to participate in the Leaders in Training programs beginning at 14 or 15 years of age. Being a camper at Ekon means being a part of a community, learning shared and individual skills in instructions, playing games in programs, making new friends from all over the place, and having fun.
Over the years, Ekon's program and community have developed in many positive and creative ways. New approaches have been undertaken to foster a spirit of growth and vitality. Close collaboration between Jesuit and lay staff has always been a hallmark of the Ekon way.
Visit: http://ekon.ca
[Winter] 43 Queen’s Park Crescent East, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C3 - 416-778-1505
[Summer] RR #1, Rosseau, Ontario POC 1J0- 705-732-2222
Chaplaincy
University Catholic chaplains work with the Catholic campus ministry team to animate the faith life of the Roman Catholic staff, faculty, and students at the university. The team provides chaplaincy services, (liturgical, sacramental, and spiritual support), as well as a comprehensive model of campus ministry with retreat, service, and activity programming that allows entry points for students at any stage of their faith lives.
The team engages the challenge of providing excellent leadership, solid liturgies, great enthusiasm, a creative vision, and a place of ever-discerning faith.
Visit: St. Mark’s College, University of British Columbia
http://stmarkscollege.ca/campus-ministry
Visit: Carleton University, Ottawa
http://www2.carleton.ca/rcc/
Christian Life Communities
Christian Life Communities are small groups of people (6 – 10 people) who are striving for a deeper spirituality that helps them find God in all things. Each local CLC community belongs to a regional, national and international community of Christian men and women, young and old, of all social conditions, who have a desire to find the voice of God in and through the ordinary events of each day.
The spirituality of CLC is inspired by the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and is the specific source of its charisma. CLC groups meet weekly or biweekly in small groups to pursue community, spirituality, and mission, including service to the poor.
Visit: http://www.cvx-clc.net/
In Canada contact Charles S. Pottie, SJ, cpottie@jesuits.ca
The Jesuit Communication Project
An awareness of the pervasive influence of mass media on the attitudes and perceptions of peoples and cultures is also important in the world of today. Therefore Jesuit education includes programs which enable students to understand and critically evaluate the influence of mass media. Through proper education, these instruments of modern life can help men and women become more, rather than less, human." The Characteristics of Jesuit Education, 1987, #30.
Media Education is concerned with helping people develop an informed and critical understanding of the nature of the mass media, the techniques used by them, and the impact of these techniques.
To be media literate is to watch carefully and to think critically about any media text.
The Jesuit Communication Project, founded in 1984, provides a variety of resources and services with the goal being to encourage, promote, and develop Media Education across Canada.
The JCP provides workshops, summer courses and presentations. The Project has helped organize major North American conferences on Media Education. The project also provides a consultancy service for media professionals as well as social agencies throughout the world. The JCP has a research library of over 4,000 books and periodicals on the media.
For thirteen years, the JCP was creator and host of two award winning prime time national media education TV programs – Scanning the Movies and Beyond the Screen – which aired on Bravo!
Working with Face to Face Media of Vancouver, the JCP developed an online university course for media literacy teachers. The course – Understanding Media Literacy: Inside Plato’s Cave – is available through Athabasca University.
Visit: http://www.beyondthescreen.com
#1804 – 77 St. Clair Avenue East, Toronto, ON M4T 1M5 – 416-920-3286
The Lonergan Research Institute
Supported by the Jesuits in English Canada, the Lonergan Research Institute at Regis College in the University of Toronto was founded in 1985 with a mission “to preserve, promote, develop and implement” the work of Canadian philosopher and theologian Bernard Lonergan, SJ. (1904-1984).
An outgrowth of the Lonergan Centre founded in 1971, the principal work of the Institute is to prepare a critical edition of Lonergan’s writings for publication by the University of Toronto Press. Supported by the generous benefaction of the Malliner Charitable Foundation, fifteen of the projected twenty-five volumes have appeared, and work on the remaining volumes advances.
The Institute looks after the personal and academic papers of Lonergan, maintains a current and exhaustive collection of dissertations and other secondary materials on Lonergan, and is digitizing some 600 hours of taped lectures by Lonergan with plans to make these and other resources available in perpetuity online in the University of Toronto’s archival “T-space.” The Institute works collaboratively with other centres around the world that preserve, promote, develop and implement the thought of Lonergan.
Visit: http://www.lonergan-lri.ca
Lonergan Research Institute, 100 Wellesley Street West, Toronto, ON M5S 2Z5 - 416-922-5474
Martyrs’ Shrine
Just east of Midland, Ontario on Highway 12, twin spires rising above the treeline welcome visitors to historic Martyrs' Shrine. The Shrine honours the eight Jesuit saints who lived, worked and died here in the 17th Century. The Jesuit missionaries, Jean de Brébeuf, Gabriel Lalemant, and their companions were responsible for bringing Christianity to this part of Canada over 380 years ago. The grounds, including the famous Shrine Church and 75 pleasantly landscaped acres, invite you into prayer and tranquility.
Across the road from the Shrine is a reconstruction of Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons, the headquarters for the Jesuit Mission to the Huron Wendat people. In 1639, the Jesuits, along with French lay workers, began construction of a fenced community that included barracks, a church, workshops, residences, and a sheltered area for Native visitors. This reconstruction of Ontario’s first European community now operates as a living museum.
Visit: http://www.martyrs-shrine.com
PO Box 7, Midland, Ontario L4R 4K6 - 705-526-3788
Visit: http://www.saintemarieamongthehurons.on.ca/sm/index.htm