Loyola High School (Montreal)
Encyclopedia
Loyola High School is a private Catholic school
for boys in grades 7–11 located in Montreal
(Quebec
, Canada
). The School was established in 1896 by the Society of Jesus as part of Loyola College
, at the request of the English Catholic community in Montreal. It is named after St. Ignatius of Loyola
who founded the Jesuit Order in 1534.
In Loyola's Mission Statement, the School is described as providing a university-preparatory program consisting of a rigorous and comprehensive educational experience intertwined with spiritual and religious formation, and extra-curricular involvement to deserving students.
An important feature of the School is its practice that no student attending Loyola should be deprived of the opportunity to get the full "Loyola experience" because of an inability to pay. This has fostered a diverse student body which has contributed to the School's strong sense of community and public service.
(an 8 year classical college or "collège classique") which assumed responsibility for the English section of Collège Sainte-Marie de Montréal, a French Jesuit school which existed from 1848 to 1969. In 1964, the Loyola High School Corporation was established to run the School separately from the College. When Loyola College
merged with Sir George Williams University in 1974 to form Concordia University, title to the land that the School occupied on the north-east corner of the campus was transferred from the College. To this day, Loyola has remained true to the Jesuit commitment of educating "Men for Others" who are intellectually competent, open to growth, religious, loving, and committed to doing justice.
located in the west end of Montreal, where the School remains to this day on what is commonly referred to as the Loyola Campus of Concordia University.
In 1916, Loyola College
officially moved from the Tucker School location to the new campus. The High School was located in the Junior Building and, until 1961, shared the Administration Building and then the north half of the Central Building. It was the Junior Building, which was designed in the Collegiate Gothic
architectural style and covered in gargoyles, leaded and stained-glass windows and oak moulding, where young men began their journey to become "Eight Year Men." After four years of High School and four years of College, they graduated with university degrees in Arts or Sciences.
In 1961, the era of boarders ended and the High School moved exclusively to the Junior Building. An extension was added in 1968 and a gymnasium was built south of Sherbrooke Street in 1978. In 1988 a decision was reached to erect a new building in order to properly accommodate the student body and to enable the School to offer the curriculum outlined by the Ministry of Education.
Loyola considered a number of possible options for the future building including adding an extension onto the Junior Building, to relocating the School to Côte Saint-Luc
on land owned by Loyola (currently the location of Côte Saint-Luc City Hall). The School eventually made arrangements with Concordia University to swap the Junior Building for a site on the south-west end of Loyola campus beside the School gymnasium. The new building was completed in 1992. The Bishops Atrium and a three-story wing was constructed in 2004, along with an auditorium the following year.
As a Jesuit school, Loyola must reflect the special charisms and emphases that flow from the long tradition of spirituality and thought as expressed in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, and other documents of the Society of Jesus, and, concomitantly, the spirituality of the lay vocation of the ministry of teaching.
Therefore, the school strives to develop a special sense of community and commitment beginning with a greater dedication to the service of the church and of all people, an exciting search for a deeper devotion to Jesus Christ, and a stronger awareness that God dwells in all Creation. The school, therefore, must be clearly Christian in all its aspects. This means that the school not only exercise the natural virtues, but also build into the fabric of the school a realistic Christian ethos, which for Jesuit institutions signifies the service of faith and the promotion of justice.
Since justice is a virtue central to Christian life, Loyola places special emphasis on making its members sensitive to justice both for individuals and in local, national and international situations. No person should graduate from Loyola without an awareness of the realities of global interdependence, the need for restraint in the use of natural resources, the obligation of the developed nations towards underdeveloped peoples, and the systematic forms of injustice and discrimination which currently affect Canadian and worldwide society. Loyola students and graduates are challenged to use their talents and energies to address these problems in a Christian way.
Loyola, in an attempt to be faithful to its Christian and Jesuit heritage, gives its students an experience of the value of service to their fellow man in the name of Jesus. In the course of their high school years, students participate in some form of supervised program known as "CSP" involving service to others. It is understood that enrollment in the school is a commitment to an exploration of the human and religious significance of Christian service. The objective of Jesuit education is to encourage students to be Open to Growth, Intellectually Competent, Religious, Loving, and Committed to Doing Justice.
Accordingly, CSP is a compulsory program for all students. CSP project opportunities are already approved by the school. Alternatively, the students may find their own project around their area, subject to approval by the school deacon. CSP is broken down into two categories: CSP (1) for students in grades 7 - 10 and CSP (2) for students in grade 11.
CSP (1):
Students must complete a certain amount of community service hours a term (the school year is split into two terms, September to December and January to June) to pass the religion course and the academic year. (Example: Grade 7: 2 hours a term; Grade 8: 4 hours a term; Grade 9: 6 hours a term; Grade 10: 8 hours a term)
CSP (2):
The period of service is for 2 hours a week over the course of 12 weeks (total: 24 hours) during either their first or second term.
and Selwyn House School
.
"Copy out pages 656 to 681 of Morceaux Choisis."
"Shall we omit the footnotes and the small print, Father?"
"No, no. Copy out everything, everything that is there, footnotes and all, just as it is."
"Yes Father. Thank you very, very much, Father."
Usually, time in Jug was endured and minutely consumed by the brooding process of meditation - meditations on certain stone-hearted people, for example, who had so hopelessly misunderstood the true Ignatian spirit; meditations on the weather, on a broken finger-nail, on an ink spot on the ceiling, but mostly sullen meditations on a Prefect of Discipline who explained his Jug list with the repartee for a sergeant-major: "But what am I in for?" "You're in for two hours, m'boy."
The unwritten Code of Honour at Loyola is that nothing good may ever be written about Jug, prefects or other penal appliances. Jug is rotten. So be it too for jottings in Jug.
But these statements are irrelevant in today's school as Jug has transformed into a form of office detention. It is served for one hour after school as with many other detentions. There are different types of Jug: Academic, Teacher, Procedural and Office. The seriousness of the offence will determine the seriousness of the punishment.
Lobo-y-olla, meaning wolf and kettle. The School's crest
is a variation of St. Ignatius of Loyola's coat of arms
which depicts the union of the House of Loyola
(represented by the two wolves and kettle) and the House of Onaz (represented by the seven red bars on a field of gold) in 1261. The phrase Loyola y Onaz typically appears at the bottom; though another variation of the School's crest
includes the Jesuit motto Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam meaning for the greater glory of God.
Catholic school
Catholic schools are maintained parochial schools or education ministries of the Catholic Church. the Church operates the world's largest non-governmental school system...
for boys in grades 7–11 located in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
(Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
). The School was established in 1896 by the Society of Jesus as part of Loyola College
Loyola College (Montreal)
Loyola College was a Jesuit college in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It ceased to exist when it was incorporated into Concordia University in 1974. A portion of the original College remains as a separate entity called Loyola High School....
, at the request of the English Catholic community in Montreal. It is named after St. Ignatius of Loyola
Ignatius of Loyola
Ignatius of Loyola was a Spanish knight from a Basque noble family, hermit, priest since 1537, and theologian, who founded the Society of Jesus and was its first Superior General. Ignatius emerged as a religious leader during the Counter-Reformation...
who founded the Jesuit Order in 1534.
In Loyola's Mission Statement, the School is described as providing a university-preparatory program consisting of a rigorous and comprehensive educational experience intertwined with spiritual and religious formation, and extra-curricular involvement to deserving students.
An important feature of the School is its practice that no student attending Loyola should be deprived of the opportunity to get the full "Loyola experience" because of an inability to pay. This has fostered a diverse student body which has contributed to the School's strong sense of community and public service.
History
Founded in 1896, Loyola High School started life as Loyola CollegeLoyola College (Montreal)
Loyola College was a Jesuit college in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It ceased to exist when it was incorporated into Concordia University in 1974. A portion of the original College remains as a separate entity called Loyola High School....
(an 8 year classical college or "collège classique") which assumed responsibility for the English section of Collège Sainte-Marie de Montréal, a French Jesuit school which existed from 1848 to 1969. In 1964, the Loyola High School Corporation was established to run the School separately from the College. When Loyola College
Loyola College (Montreal)
Loyola College was a Jesuit college in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It ceased to exist when it was incorporated into Concordia University in 1974. A portion of the original College remains as a separate entity called Loyola High School....
merged with Sir George Williams University in 1974 to form Concordia University, title to the land that the School occupied on the north-east corner of the campus was transferred from the College. To this day, Loyola has remained true to the Jesuit commitment of educating "Men for Others" who are intellectually competent, open to growth, religious, loving, and committed to doing justice.
School buildings
Loyola was originally located in an abandoned Sacred Heart Convent on Bleury and St. Catherine Street. A fire broke out at this location in 1898 provoking the College to move into the former Tucker School on Drummond Street. That very summer, a wing was added; but space soon became inadequate. In 1900, the Jesuits purchased the Decary Farm in Notre-Dame-de-GrâceNotre-Dame-de-Grâce
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce , also nicknamed NDG, is a residential neighbourhood of Montreal located in the city's west-end. It is one of five districts of the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce...
located in the west end of Montreal, where the School remains to this day on what is commonly referred to as the Loyola Campus of Concordia University.
In 1916, Loyola College
Loyola College (Montreal)
Loyola College was a Jesuit college in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It ceased to exist when it was incorporated into Concordia University in 1974. A portion of the original College remains as a separate entity called Loyola High School....
officially moved from the Tucker School location to the new campus. The High School was located in the Junior Building and, until 1961, shared the Administration Building and then the north half of the Central Building. It was the Junior Building, which was designed in the Collegiate Gothic
Gothic Revival architecture
The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
architectural style and covered in gargoyles, leaded and stained-glass windows and oak moulding, where young men began their journey to become "Eight Year Men." After four years of High School and four years of College, they graduated with university degrees in Arts or Sciences.
In 1961, the era of boarders ended and the High School moved exclusively to the Junior Building. An extension was added in 1968 and a gymnasium was built south of Sherbrooke Street in 1978. In 1988 a decision was reached to erect a new building in order to properly accommodate the student body and to enable the School to offer the curriculum outlined by the Ministry of Education.
Loyola considered a number of possible options for the future building including adding an extension onto the Junior Building, to relocating the School to Côte Saint-Luc
Côte Saint-Luc, Quebec
Côte Saint-Luc is a mostly residential city in Quebec, Canada, located on the Island of Montreal. The English version of this toponym is "Saint Luke's Slope".-History:...
on land owned by Loyola (currently the location of Côte Saint-Luc City Hall). The School eventually made arrangements with Concordia University to swap the Junior Building for a site on the south-west end of Loyola campus beside the School gymnasium. The new building was completed in 1992. The Bishops Atrium and a three-story wing was constructed in 2004, along with an auditorium the following year.
Academic
Loyola High School encourages each student to "strive for academic excellence and to pursue his intellectual development to the full measure of his personal talents". Loyola stresses that academic excellence involves much more than receiving satisfactory grades on a challenging curriculum. Loyola's commitment is to promote active, life-long learning and to challenge its students to "go beyond the mastery of the basic skills, to encourage creativity, to cultivate the faculty of imagination, and to guide students to function as inquiries and problem-solvers through analysis, synthesis and evaluation." Loyola leads students to explore the "harmony and inter-relations among diverse intellectual and academic discipline, and to develop an active concern for, and awareness of, social developments in their lives in Quebec, in Canada and in the world."Spiritual and religious formation
Loyola, as a Jesuit school, interprets education in larger than academic terms—namely that full growth of the human person which leads both to reflection and to action, suffused with the spirit and presence of Jesus Christ, the Man-for-Others. Because students of high school age are at a critical stage in their religious development, Loyola aims to help them: Explore their religious experiences in an environment where Catholic doctrine and values are understood, cherished and fostered; Form sound moral judgement and a firm will to act according to it; and; Develop a fraternal respect for people of differing creeds and cultures.As a Jesuit school, Loyola must reflect the special charisms and emphases that flow from the long tradition of spirituality and thought as expressed in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, and other documents of the Society of Jesus, and, concomitantly, the spirituality of the lay vocation of the ministry of teaching.
Therefore, the school strives to develop a special sense of community and commitment beginning with a greater dedication to the service of the church and of all people, an exciting search for a deeper devotion to Jesus Christ, and a stronger awareness that God dwells in all Creation. The school, therefore, must be clearly Christian in all its aspects. This means that the school not only exercise the natural virtues, but also build into the fabric of the school a realistic Christian ethos, which for Jesuit institutions signifies the service of faith and the promotion of justice.
Since justice is a virtue central to Christian life, Loyola places special emphasis on making its members sensitive to justice both for individuals and in local, national and international situations. No person should graduate from Loyola without an awareness of the realities of global interdependence, the need for restraint in the use of natural resources, the obligation of the developed nations towards underdeveloped peoples, and the systematic forms of injustice and discrimination which currently affect Canadian and worldwide society. Loyola students and graduates are challenged to use their talents and energies to address these problems in a Christian way.
Community service
CSP (Christian Service Program)Loyola, in an attempt to be faithful to its Christian and Jesuit heritage, gives its students an experience of the value of service to their fellow man in the name of Jesus. In the course of their high school years, students participate in some form of supervised program known as "CSP" involving service to others. It is understood that enrollment in the school is a commitment to an exploration of the human and religious significance of Christian service. The objective of Jesuit education is to encourage students to be Open to Growth, Intellectually Competent, Religious, Loving, and Committed to Doing Justice.
Accordingly, CSP is a compulsory program for all students. CSP project opportunities are already approved by the school. Alternatively, the students may find their own project around their area, subject to approval by the school deacon. CSP is broken down into two categories: CSP (1) for students in grades 7 - 10 and CSP (2) for students in grade 11.
CSP (1):
Students must complete a certain amount of community service hours a term (the school year is split into two terms, September to December and January to June) to pass the religion course and the academic year. (Example: Grade 7: 2 hours a term; Grade 8: 4 hours a term; Grade 9: 6 hours a term; Grade 10: 8 hours a term)
CSP (2):
The period of service is for 2 hours a week over the course of 12 weeks (total: 24 hours) during either their first or second term.
Athletics
Loyola boasts a number of athletic teams in competition with other schools. Loyola's traditional rivals in athletics are Lower Canada CollegeLower Canada College
Lower Canada College of Montreal is an elementary and secondary level private school.The college was founded by the Church of St John the Evangelist in 1861 as St. John's School and changed its name to Lower Canada College in 1909, replacing an older school by that name that was founded in...
and Selwyn House School
Selwyn House School
Selwyn House School is a private independent boys' school located in Westmount, Quebec. Boys can attend from Kindergarten through to Grade 11. The school was founded in 1908 by Englishman Captain Algernon Lucas...
.
Fall
- Cross Country Running
- Football
- Golf
- Soccer
- Volleyball
- Lacrosse
Ed Meagher Winter Sports Tournament
The most notable sports tournament that takes place at Loyola is the Ed Meagher Winter Sports Tournament. Originally named the "Invitational Winter Sports Tournament", the tournament was renamed after its co-founder Ed Meagher in 1996 (the year of his passing), who was a former student, teacher, and sports coach at Loyola High School. It happens annually every winter since 1971. Senior hockey (now Juvenile) was the original sport in 1971. In 1974, Senior basketball (now Juvenile) was added to the tournament, followed by Bantam hockey in 1981. Midget basketball was added in 1982. Wrestling was added in 1995. Bantam basketball was added in 1998, Pee-Wee hockey in 2003 followed by Pee-Wee basketball in 2006. In 2000, the Concordia University Arena (the arena used for all Loyola hockey home games and tournaments) was rightfully named the Ed Meagher Arena.JUG
Jug, let it be clearly understood from the start, is and always has been the heartless core of the penal system at Loyola. The student's Calendar used to state under Wednesdays and Saturdays: "Half-holidays"; but that was a printer's error. They were Jug-days. The insubordinate and the impudent, the laggards and the dullards, the brash and the brazen, the buffoons, of course, and sometimes the blackguards, all followed their wayward paths to end up in Jug. In short, you met your best friends there, on Wednesdays and especially Saturdays. You did nothing in Jug. You did time. Occasionally the rule was broken:"Copy out pages 656 to 681 of Morceaux Choisis."
"Shall we omit the footnotes and the small print, Father?"
"No, no. Copy out everything, everything that is there, footnotes and all, just as it is."
"Yes Father. Thank you very, very much, Father."
Usually, time in Jug was endured and minutely consumed by the brooding process of meditation - meditations on certain stone-hearted people, for example, who had so hopelessly misunderstood the true Ignatian spirit; meditations on the weather, on a broken finger-nail, on an ink spot on the ceiling, but mostly sullen meditations on a Prefect of Discipline who explained his Jug list with the repartee for a sergeant-major: "But what am I in for?" "You're in for two hours, m'boy."
The unwritten Code of Honour at Loyola is that nothing good may ever be written about Jug, prefects or other penal appliances. Jug is rotten. So be it too for jottings in Jug.
But these statements are irrelevant in today's school as Jug has transformed into a form of office detention. It is served for one hour after school as with many other detentions. There are different types of Jug: Academic, Teacher, Procedural and Office. The seriousness of the offence will determine the seriousness of the punishment.
Notable alumni
- Georges P. VanierGeorges VanierMajor-General Georges-Philéas Vanier was a Canadian soldier and diplomat who served as Governor General of Canada, the 19th since Canadian Confederation....
(1906) - Governor General of Canada. His son Jean VanierJean VanierJean Vanier, CC GOQ is a Canadian Catholic philosopher, humanitarian and the founder of L'Arche, an international organization which creates communities where people with developmental disabilities and those who assist them share life together...
, the founder of L'ArcheL'ArcheL'Arche is an International Federation dedicated to the creation and growth of homes, programs, and support networks with people who have intellectual disabilities...
, also attended Loyola. - Charles Gavan "Chubby" PowerCharles Gavan PowerCharles Gavan "Chubby" Power, MC, PC was a Canadian politician and athlete. Power's father, William Power, was also a Member of Parliament from Quebec, retiring in 1917...
(1906) - Senator; Minister of National Defence for Air - John Kearney (1916) - Justice, The Exchequer Court of Canada; Minister to Ireland and to India
- William Joseph Mackey S.J.William Mackey (priest)Father William Joseph Mackey S.J. was a Canadian Jesuit priest who was responsible for establishing the modern education system in Bhutan, including its first high school .-Early life:Mackey joined the Jesuits in 1932, and was ordained in 1945...
(1932) - Responsible for establishing the modern education system in Bhutan - Keith EnglishKeith EnglishKeith English was a Grey Cup champion and award winning Canadian Football League player. He was primarily an offensive end but also played on defence....
(1945) - Montreal AlouetteMontreal AlouettesThe Montreal Alouettes are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec.The current franchise named the Alouettes moved to Montreal from Baltimore, Maryland, in 1996 where they had been known as the Baltimore Stallions...
, Grey CupGrey CupThe Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 3 to 4 million individuals...
champion, Rookie of the year - 1948Gruen TrophyThe Gruen Trophy was a Canadian Football League trophy, given to the most outstanding Canadian rookie in the East Division. The award, sponsored by the Gruen Watch Co... - Warren AllmandWarren AllmandWilliam Warren Allmand, is a former Canadian Liberal Party Member of Parliament and was a Cabinet member from 1972 to 1979....
(1948) - Solicitor-General, Minister of Indian Affairs, and Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs in the governments of Prime Minister Trudeau - Peter DesbaratsPeter DesbaratsPeter Desbarats, OC is a Montreal, Quebec-born Canadian author, playwright and journalist. He is the former dean of journalism at the University of Western Ontario , a former commissioner in the Somalia Inquiry and a former Maclean-Hunter chair of Communications Ethics at Ryerson University in...
- Author, playwright and journalist. Dean of journalism at the University of Western Ontario (1981–1997), Commissioner in the Somalia InquirySomalia AffairThe Somalia Affair was a 1993 military scandal later dubbed "Canada's national shame". It peaked with the brutal beating death of a Somali teenager at the hands of two Canadian soldiers participating in humanitarian efforts in Somalia. The crime, documented by grisly photos, shocked the Canadian...
(1995–1997) - Richard MonetteRichard MonetteRichard Jean Monette OC, DHum, LLD was a Canadian actor and director, best-known for his 14-season tenure as artistic director of the Stratford Festival of Canada from 1994 to 2007.-Early life:...
(1963) - Actor, artistic director of the Stratford Festival of Canada from 1994 to 2007 - Don FergusonDon FergusonDon Ferguson is a Canadian actor and is one of the stars of XPM and Royal Canadian Air Farce. He is also the only Canadian-born original cast member of Air Farce....
(1963) of the Royal Canadian Air FarceRoyal Canadian Air FarceAir Farce Live, also credited as Air Farce, previously Royal Canadian Air Farce, and Air Farce—Final Flight! for the final season, was a Canadian comedy series starring the comedy troupe The Royal Canadian Air Farce that previously starred in an eponymous radio show on CBC radio from 1973 to 1997... - Roger AbbottRoger AbbottRoger Abbott was a Canadian comedian. A founding member of the comedy troupe Royal Canadian Air Farce, he was one of the troupe's stars and writers throughout its 29-year career on radio and television.-Early life:...
(1963) of the Royal Canadian Air FarceRoyal Canadian Air FarceAir Farce Live, also credited as Air Farce, previously Royal Canadian Air Farce, and Air Farce—Final Flight! for the final season, was a Canadian comedy series starring the comedy troupe The Royal Canadian Air Farce that previously starred in an eponymous radio show on CBC radio from 1973 to 1997... - Allan LutfyAllan LutfyAllan Lutfy QC is the current Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada. He will be retiring from his post on September 30, 2011....
(1963) - Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada - Mark StarowiczMark StarowiczMark Starowicz, is a Canadian journalist and producer.Born in Worksop, England, the son of son of Polish émigrés, he and his family immigrated to Montreal in 1954. He received a B.A. from McGill University in 1968. In 1964, he started as a reporter for the Montreal Gazette...
(1964) - Writer, historian, producer, journalist - Witold RybczynskiWitold RybczynskiWitold Rybczynski , is a Canadian-American architect, professor and writer.Rybczynski was born in Edinburgh of Polish parentage and raised in Surrey, England before moving at a young age to Canada. He attended Loyola High School , located on Sherbrooke street, in Montreal-Ouest...
(1966) - Architect, historian, Professor of Urbanism - Jim FlahertyJim FlahertyJames Michael "Jim" Flaherty, PC, MP is Canada's Minister of Finance and he has also served as Ontario's Minister of Finance. From 1995 until 2005, he was the Member of Provincial Parliament for Whitby—Ajax, and a member of the Progressive Conservative Party caucus...
(1966) - Minister of Finance - Gerald T. McCaugheyGerald T. McCaugheyGerald T. McCaughey is the president and CEO of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.-Early years:...
(1972) - President and CEO of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce - Sam RobertsSam RobertsSam Roberts is a Juno Award-winning Canadian rock singer-songwriter, whose 2001 debut release, The Inhuman Condition, became one of the bestselling independent releases in Quebec and Canadian music history.-Life and career:...
(1992) (along with two of his bandmates, one of his record producers, and one of his video producers)
Coat of arms
The name Loyola is derived from the SpanishSpanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
Lobo-y-olla, meaning wolf and kettle. The School's crest
Crest (heraldry)
A crest is a component of an heraldic display, so called because it stands on top of a helmet, as the crest of a jay stands on the bird's head....
is a variation of St. Ignatius of Loyola's coat of arms
Coat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
which depicts the union of the House of Loyola
Ignatius of Loyola
Ignatius of Loyola was a Spanish knight from a Basque noble family, hermit, priest since 1537, and theologian, who founded the Society of Jesus and was its first Superior General. Ignatius emerged as a religious leader during the Counter-Reformation...
(represented by the two wolves and kettle) and the House of Onaz (represented by the seven red bars on a field of gold) in 1261. The phrase Loyola y Onaz typically appears at the bottom; though another variation of the School's crest
Crest (heraldry)
A crest is a component of an heraldic display, so called because it stands on top of a helmet, as the crest of a jay stands on the bird's head....
includes the Jesuit motto Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam meaning for the greater glory of God.
Loyola in print
- Dr. Gil Drolet, "Loyola, The Wars: In Remembrance of 'Men for Others'", (Waterloo: Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies, 1996)
- T.P. Slattery, "Loyola and Montreal", (Montreal: Palm Publishers, 1962)