A rectangular table.

We fashion one each time the Jesuit Alumni Group of Vancouver meets at the Eastern Catholic Church of Fr Richard Soo SJ. By some inexplicable custom, we would have Louis Kwan sit on one end; and Louis Wu sitting diagonally to him. They have known each other since September 1958 when they began their schooling at Wah Yan, the Jesuit school for boys in Hong Kong. They call each other by their surnames, as in: “Wu what is the name of the priest again?” As Louis K likes to say: “We are old though still young at heart.”

The St Ignatius Sanctuary is in Manresa, a small town north west of Barcelona. In 1522 Ignatius of Loyola stayed in Manresa for almost a year. During this time, he sensed a huge spiritual change and later on established the Company of Jesus. It was here that he was inspired to write his Spiritual Exercises.

Periodically the Louis boys (no surprise that they would refer to themselves as boys), along with other Wah Yan alumni head off to Europe. In May 2012, Fr Juan Casanovas SJ of St Ignatius Sanctuary, welcomed the Wah Yan boys and their wives. (Sadly, Fr Casanovas was called to the Lord in 2013 – just a few months after their visit.) They revisted the Sanctuary in October 2015.

At the Sanctuary can be found the nine medallions that were sculpted by Joseph Sunyer depicting scenes from St Ignatius’ life. They can be seen on JAG Vancouver’s Facebook page..

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All photos courtesy of JAG Vancouver.

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