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SPECIAL WEEKEND PROGRAMS

 

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!

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Two weekends per month are usually available for special, topical retreat programs, starting on a Thursday (or Friday) evening and ending at noon on Sunday. Silence is also a requirement for most of these programs. Dates, descriptions, fees and deposits are listed as follows after each program. Unless otherwise noted, these programs start after 6 p.m. supper on Thursday (or Friday) and end with lunch at noon on Sunday.  

Due to building renovation issues, special weekend programs in 2011 will only consist of one-day (Saturday) programs.  We will resume scheduling of our full weekend programs as soon as we are able to do so.  We appreciate your patience.

View program schedules for 2011 and 2010.

 

 

 

 

 

 
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