RETREATS

Weekend Retreats

- For Men

- For Women

- For Couples

- For Members of the

12 Step Programs

Individually Directed Retreats

3, 5, or 8 day,

by arrangement

Ongoing Spiritual

Direction

Theme Retreats In The Jesuit Tradition

Chapel

Manresa Jesuit Spiritual Renewal Centre in Pickering
2325 Liverpool Road
Pickering, Ontario L1X 1V4
Tel: (905) 839-2864
Fax: (905) 839-7289

Short Biography's of our Facilitators

Fr. Scott Lewis, S.J. is a professor of the New Testament at Regis College as well as Manresa's Director. He is a columnist at the Catholic Register. Each week presenting new insights on the Gospel of the Sunday under the title of "God's Word on Sunday". He has published a number of books and is in constant demand as a retreat giver.	Fr. Scott Lewis, S.J.
Fr. Robert Foliot, S.J. entered the Society of Jesus in 1962 and was ordained in 1973. He has been the pastor of Jesuit parishes and served as the Superior for Jesuit Communities across Canada for over 30 years. He has done much of his ministry in multi-cultural settings, lived and worked with First Nations people and is fluent in French and Spanish. He is presently the Superior of the Jesuit Community at Regis College in Toronto.	Fr. Robert Foliot, S.J.
Fr. Philip Chircop, S.J. is a Jesuit priest born on the Mediterranean Island of Malta. He has worked in high school, university and parish settings in various capacities. But more recently he has been heavily involved in retreat work. He is a seeker always looking for fresh ways to proclaim the Good News hopefully helping people to embrace real and radical changes that lead to transformation in Christ Jesus. A Video Interview with Fr. Philip Chircop, S.J. expressing his views on a Weekend Spiritual Retreat. Manresa Retreat Centre in Pickering, Ontario, Canada Click here to play flash video -- 15 minutes	Fr. Philip Chircop, S.J.
Fr. Mike Hawkins, S.J. After spending more than forty years as a missionary in Darjeeling (West Bengal) India, Fr. Mike returned to his native Canada and joined the Manresa retreat team in September 2007. He brings with him a rich experience of High Schools, Parishes, Retreat and Pastoral Ministry.	Fr. Mike Hawkins, S.J.
Fr. Joseph P. (J.P.) Horrigan, S.J. focuses his directed retreats on personal prayer in the tradition of our Christian scriptures and the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola. Father is a native of the Guelph area of Ontario. He has given Jesuit retreats in the diverse areas of his Jesuit ministry: the Himalayas (South Asia), the Middle East (Western Asia) and North America	Fr. Joseph P. (J.P.) Horrigan, S.J.
Fr. Mike Kolarcik, S.J. is a professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at Regis College. His concentration lies in Wisdom Literature and the Psalms. He often celebrates the Eucharist and serves in other sacramental ministry at the Slovak Church of Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Mississauga.	Fr. Mike Kolarcik, S.J.
Fr. Keith Langstaff, S.J. Possessing both an academic and practical background in spiritual direction {a doctorate in Ignatian Spirituality, ten years giving spiritual direction at St. Augustine's Seminary and thirteen years at the Guelph Centre of Spirituality}, Keith comes to us from an eight year posting as the Director of Pastoral Studies at Campion College at the University of Regina. He was missioned to Martyrs' Shrine last summer and so joins us when our season has already been in motion. .	Fr. Keith Langstaff, S.J.
Margaret Lavin grew up in Scotland, and was educated in Glasgow and Toronto. She has taught at Regis College on a part-time and now full-time basis since 1996. She lives in Toronto with her husband Ken.	Dr. Meg Lavin
Born in Montreal and raised in Ottawa, Fr. Gilles entered the Jesuits in 1985. After studies in Spokane, Ottawa, and Toronto, he was ordained in 1997 and served on the staff of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Toronto, where he was involved in retreat ministries and with ministry to people living with HIV and AIDS. After further studies in the theology of Saint Thomas Aquinas, he now teaches full time at Regis College and is involved in the spiritual formation of young Jesuits and lay people preparing for ministry in the Church.	Fr. Gilles Mongeau, S.J.
Gerard grew up in County Tipperary, Ireland. He moved to Canada in 1999, to live at L' Arche Daybreak. After three years at L' Arche, Gerard entered the Jesuits in 2002. He is currently studying theology at The Toronto School of Theology, as well as part-time assistant at Corpus Christi Parish, Toronto.	Fr. Gerard Ryan, S.J.
Fr. Joseph Schner, S.J. has worked over the past 30 years as a clinical psychologist, university professor and college administrator. During this time he has regularly directed the Spiritual Exercises and retreats as well as offering workshops on Ignatian spirituality and spiritual direction throughout Canada.	Fr. Joseph Schner, S.J.
Fr. Philip Shano, S.J. has been a Canadian Jesuit since 1978. Ordained in 1988, he spent many years working with the ministry of the Spiritual Exercises in Guelph, Ontario, has been involved in Jesuit governance, and Novice Director at the Jesuit Novitiate in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is currently serving as Superior of the Pickering Jesuit community, which involves overseeing the Jesuit Infirmary. Fr. Shano occasionally helps with programmes at Manresa.	Fr. Philip Shano, S.J.
Fr. John Sullivan was born in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1970. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1995 and was ordained a priest in 2007. Following his ordination, Fr. John spent another year and half studying theology and then a semester working with the Native People in Thunder Bay and its environs. From 2009 to 2011, he worked in Kingston, Jamaica as a Pastor, high school teacher and college lecturer. This past year, Fr. John completed a formation program in the Philippines and, upon his return to Canada, has taken up his new assignment at the Jesuit parish in Toronto, Our Lady of Lourdes.	Fr. John Sullivan, S.J.

Fr. Fleming founder of Manresa in Pickering

and a short Biography of St. Ignatius Loyola

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