Thank you for your interest in the Jesuit Spirituality Center at St. Charles College in Grand Coteau, Louisiana.
The Jesuit Spirituality Center specializes in personally directed retreats based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola. Solitude and silence are important aspects of these retreats. Retreats may range from 3 days, 5 days, or 8 days, to a full month. Costs vary according to the length of the retreat.
Each retreatant receives one-on-one attention from an experienced retreat director, so that the retreat is tailored to the needs of the individual.
The Center also hosts special retreats featuring nationally known speakers and writers on a number of weekends during the year.
The Center is located in south central Louisiana, Cajun country, near Lafayette, Louisiana. It has spacious grounds with beautiful oak trees and pines with paths for walking and bicycling. There is a swimming pool available during the summer.
This Roman Catholic Jesuit retreat center welcomes people of all faiths.
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THE JESUIT SPIRITUALITY CENTER
WILL BE CLOSED
FROM NOVEMBER 2011 UNTIL SUMMER 2013
DUE TO THE RENOVATIONS TO OUR BUILDING.
Father Mark Lewis, S.J., the Provincial of the New Orleans Province, and his advisors reached the conclusion over this past summer to close down completely the Spirituality Center from this November 2011 until the late spring or early summer of 2013, at which time the renovations are expected to be completed. Shutting down the Center completely during the renovation will allow the general contractor to complete the project sooner, and it will also help to reduce the cost of the project. Since the Center will be out of business, no retreat programs will be offered during that period.
Four general contractors submitted bids, and J. B. Mouton, Inc., of Lafayette, Louisiana, was chosen to lead the project. Interestingly, they were the contractors that constructed Our Lady of the Oaks Retreat House on our grounds in 1938.
Father Mark Lewis appointed Jesuit Brother Larry Huck to oversee the project on behalf of the Jesuits. Brother Huck worked as an electrician in his family's electrical business before he entered the Jesuits, and is familiar with construction projects.
Please pray along with us that the construction will progress on time and with as few problems as possible. Thank you for your support during this construction. Plan to schedule a retreat once we move back into our newly renovated facilities! |
