St. Thomas of Villanova College
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St. Thomas of Villanova College is a middle school
and high school
in King City
, Ontario
, Canada
. It was established at Mary Lake by lay educators Paul Paradiso and Grant Purdy in 1999 at Mary Lake Augustinian Monastery
as a Catholic school
together with the Order of Saint Augustine
's friars of Toronto
. The school campus is within the grounds of this Augustinian monastic foundation in King City. The school also uses the house system, with houses such as St. Augustine, St. Nicholas, St. Rita, and St. Monica, without much success.
It has a curriculum for students in grades five to twelve.
in 1488, and was raised in Villanueva de los Infantes
, a nearby town; hence his name, Thomas of Villanova. In the year 1544, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V appointed Thomas as Archbishop of Valencia
. Thomas succeeded in the spiritual renewal of his diocese, and gained the title "Father of the Poor". He gave two-thirds of the income of his diocese to care for the poor in various ways. Each day up to 5 poor people came to his door to be fed and to receive money.
Other English speaking Augustinian Colleges named for this saint are Villanova College
, located in Brisbane
, Australia, and Villanova Preparatory School
in California, United States. He is also the patron saint for Villanova University
, a Catholic university located in Villanova
, Pennsylvania
.
20th century establishment in Canada
in North America was one result of both poverty and political trouble being experienced by German
Augustinians. From 1925 and later during the Great Depression
, German Augustinians began arriving in North America to teach. After 1936, with the political situation in Nazi Germany
worsening, more German Augustinians departed for North America. By 1939 from there were 46 German priests, 1356 German religious brothers and 89 German candidates in North America. The order established the first of their Canadian houses at Tracadie
, Nova Scotia
in Canada in 1938. Among other Canadian foundations, the order also established this significant priory
and school in Toronto. The order, by 2006 has since professed many native Canadians.
and the Good Shepherd Sisters
. The school is also involved in various social outreach programs that minister to communities around the Greater Toronto Area
. One of these programs, "Sandwich Patrol" was featured in the King Sentinel.. Villanova also has an internal charitable organization named V.O.I.C.E (Villanova Outreach In Communities Everywhere), which organizes charitable fundraisers in the school community. Villanova has also hosted the "Muki Baum Bowl for Dreams" for 5 years (as of April 17th, 2011), raising funds for the Muki Baum Foundation, a charitable organization that helps children and adults with dual disabilities in the Greater Toronto Area.
club, in the OJHL's North Division. The Knights play their home games in North York
, and began play in the 2007-08 season.
Villanova is also home to one of the top ranked 'A' senior girls' soccer teams in the province. In 2007, the Knights won the 'A' OFSAA Girls Soccer championship . The team was undefeated in the tournament, scoring 25 goals and allowing only one. In the final, the Knights defeated the L'Essor Aigles by a score of 2-0.
In 2008, the Villanova soccer team won the 25th Annual York University Girls Indoor High School Tournament, the largest indoor tournament in Canada. http://www.yorku.ca/yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=10323. The Knights defeated 2 'AAA' and 5 'AAAA' schools, including Sacred Heart 1-0 in the final. In 2009, Villanova won the CISAA championship for the first time in its history. http://www.kingsentinel.com/news/2009/0603/sports/022.html Most recently, the team participated in their third straight OFSAA tournament making it all the way to the gold medal match. They lost 1-0 to Glengarry capturing the silver medal. http://www.standard-freeholder.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1602443
Middle school
Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...
and high school
High school
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in King City
King City, Ontario
King City is an affluent, unincorporated village in King Township, Ontario, Canada, located just north of Toronto. It is the largest community in King Township, with 1,629 dwellings and a population of 4,902.-History:...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
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. It was established at Mary Lake by lay educators Paul Paradiso and Grant Purdy in 1999 at Mary Lake Augustinian Monastery
Mary Lake Augustinian Monastery
The Mary Lake Augustinian Monastery, also known as Mary Lake Monastery, Mary Lake Shrine, or simply Mary Lake is an Augustinian monastery in King City, Ontario, Canada. The campus is nearly , residing on Keele Street, just north of 15th Sideroad . It is part of the Province of Saint Joseph...
as a Catholic school
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...
together with the Order of Saint Augustine
Order of Saint Augustine
The Order of St. Augustine —historically Ordo Eremitarum Sancti Augustini", O.E.S.A.), generally called Augustinians is a Catholic Religious Order, which, although more ancient, was formally created in the thirteenth century and combined of several previous Augustinian eremetical Orders into one...
's friars of Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
. The school campus is within the grounds of this Augustinian monastic foundation in King City. The school also uses the house system, with houses such as St. Augustine, St. Nicholas, St. Rita, and St. Monica, without much success.
It has a curriculum for students in grades five to twelve.
Patron Saint
The college is named in honour of St. Thomas of Villanova, a sixteenth century Spanish Augustinian. Thomas was born in the province of Ciudad RealCiudad Real
Ciudad Real is a city in Castile-La Mancha, Spain, with a population of c. 74,000. It is the capital of the province of Ciudad Real. It has a stop on the AVE high-speed rail line and has begun to grow as a long-distance commuter suburb of Madrid, located 115 miles to the north. A high capacity...
in 1488, and was raised in Villanueva de los Infantes
Villanueva de los Infantes
Villanueva de los Infantes is a municipality in the province of Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a population of c. 5,800.This is also the capital of the comarca Campo de Montiel. It has been signed by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid as "El Lugar de La Mancha" called at start...
, a nearby town; hence his name, Thomas of Villanova. In the year 1544, Holy Roman Emperor
Holy Roman Emperor
The Holy Roman Emperor is a term used by historians to denote a medieval ruler who, as German King, had also received the title of "Emperor of the Romans" from the Pope...
Charles V appointed Thomas as Archbishop of Valencia
Archdiocese of Valencia
The Archdiocese of Valencia is a Catholic ecclesiastical territory located in north-eastern Spain, in the province of Valencia, part of the autonomous community of Valencia. The archdiocese heads the ecclesiastical province of Valencia, having Metropolitan authority over the suffragan dioceses of...
. Thomas succeeded in the spiritual renewal of his diocese, and gained the title "Father of the Poor". He gave two-thirds of the income of his diocese to care for the poor in various ways. Each day up to 5 poor people came to his door to be fed and to receive money.
Other English speaking Augustinian Colleges named for this saint are Villanova College
Villanova College
Villanova College is a private and catholic school for boys located in Coorparoo, a southern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The school has a non-selective enrolment policy for all years and caters for approximately 1,150 boys in three schools, Junior, Middle and Senior from year five to...
, located in Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, Australia, and Villanova Preparatory School
Villanova Preparatory School
Villanova Preparatory School is an Augustinian Catholic co-ed day/ boarding school located in the small town of Ojai, California, USA. Sitting on more than 120 acres, Villanova's campus has sports fields and trails, modern gym, tennis courts and well equipped classrooms with up-to-date technology,...
in California, United States. He is also the patron saint for Villanova University
Villanova University
Villanova University is a private university located in Radnor Township, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States...
, a Catholic university located in Villanova
Villanova, Pennsylvania
Villanova is a community in the United States Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It straddles Lower Merion Township of Montgomery County and Radnor Township of Delaware County. It is located at the center of the Pennsylvania Main Line, a series of highly affluent Philadelphia suburban towns located...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
.
The Augustinian Order in Canada
The Order'sOrder of Saint Augustine
The Order of St. Augustine —historically Ordo Eremitarum Sancti Augustini", O.E.S.A.), generally called Augustinians is a Catholic Religious Order, which, although more ancient, was formally created in the thirteenth century and combined of several previous Augustinian eremetical Orders into one...
20th century establishment in 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...
in North America was one result of both poverty and political trouble being experienced by German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
Augustinians. From 1925 and later during the Great Depression
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...
, German Augustinians began arriving in North America to teach. After 1936, with the political situation in Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
worsening, more German Augustinians departed for North America. By 1939 from there were 46 German priests, 1356 German religious brothers and 89 German candidates in North America. The order established the first of their Canadian houses at Tracadie
Tracadie, Nova Scotia
Tracadie is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Antigonish County. Tracadie has close links with nearby Upper Big Tracadie. Tracadie was settled by Black loyalists in the early 18th century.-References:**...
, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
in Canada in 1938. Among other Canadian foundations, the order also established this significant priory
Priory
A priory is a house of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or religious sisters , or monasteries of monks or nuns .The Benedictines and their offshoots , the Premonstratensians, and the...
and school in Toronto. The order, by 2006 has since professed many native Canadians.
Charity
Villanova works closely with numerous charities including Habitat For Humanity, the Scott MissionThe Scott Mission
The Scott Mission is a Christian non-denominational organization responding to the needs of the poor, homeless, abandoned and vulnerable of all ages. The Mission is based in downtown Toronto, Canada and offers practical, emotional, and spiritual support for thousands of people each year.Morris and...
and the Good Shepherd Sisters
Good Shepherd Sisters
The Good Shepherd Sisters is a Roman Catholic order of women religious. In addition to the standard vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, the Good Shepherd Sisters take the following fourth vow of zeal for souls [to save souls], particularly of women and girls."I bind myself to the labor for...
. The school is also involved in various social outreach programs that minister to communities around the Greater Toronto Area
Greater Toronto Area
The Greater Toronto Area is the largest metropolitan area in Canada, with a 2006 census population of 5.5 million. The Greater Toronto Area is usually defined as the central city of Toronto, along with four regional municipalities surrounding it: Durham, Halton, Peel, and York...
. One of these programs, "Sandwich Patrol" was featured in the King Sentinel.. Villanova also has an internal charitable organization named V.O.I.C.E (Villanova Outreach In Communities Everywhere), which organizes charitable fundraisers in the school community. Villanova has also hosted the "Muki Baum Bowl for Dreams" for 5 years (as of April 17th, 2011), raising funds for the Muki Baum Foundation, a charitable organization that helps children and adults with dual disabilities in the Greater Toronto Area.
Athletics
Villanova bought the rights to an Ontario Junior Hockey League club and has dubbed them the "Villanova Knights". The Knights are a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockeyIce hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
club, in the OJHL's North Division. The Knights play their home games in North York
North York, Ontario
North York is a dissolved municipality within the current city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it comprises the central part of the northern section of Toronto. As of the 2006 Census, it has a population of 635,370. The official 2001 census count was 608,288...
, and began play in the 2007-08 season.
Villanova is also home to one of the top ranked 'A' senior girls' soccer teams in the province. In 2007, the Knights won the 'A' OFSAA Girls Soccer championship . The team was undefeated in the tournament, scoring 25 goals and allowing only one. In the final, the Knights defeated the L'Essor Aigles by a score of 2-0.
In 2008, the Villanova soccer team won the 25th Annual York University Girls Indoor High School Tournament, the largest indoor tournament in Canada. http://www.yorku.ca/yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=10323. The Knights defeated 2 'AAA' and 5 'AAAA' schools, including Sacred Heart 1-0 in the final. In 2009, Villanova won the CISAA championship for the first time in its history. http://www.kingsentinel.com/news/2009/0603/sports/022.html Most recently, the team participated in their third straight OFSAA tournament making it all the way to the gold medal match. They lost 1-0 to Glengarry capturing the silver medal. http://www.standard-freeholder.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1602443