Sacred Heart College
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Collège du Sacré-Coeur
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Erected by Ontario Heritage Foundation, Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Recreation/Fondation du patrimoine ontarien, Ministère de la Culture, du Tourisme et des Loisirs.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Canada, Ontario Heritage Trust series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1913.
Location. 46° 30.094′ N, 80° 59.237′ W. Marker is in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. It is at the intersection of Notre Dame Avenue (Regional Road 80) and Kathleen Street (Regional Road 58), on the left when traveling north on Notre Dame Avenue (Regional Road 80). The marker is located at the southwest corner of the intersection. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 261 Notre Dame Avenue, Greater Sudbury ON P3C 5K4, Canada. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Northeastern Ontario and specifically in Northern Ontario. It is also in Central Canada. Globally, it is in North America, the Great North Woods, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony, the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and Rupert’s Land.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sainte-Anne-des-Pins (approx. one kilometer away); The Founding of Sudbury / La fondation de Sudbury
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker.
Also see . . .
1. Sacred Heart College, Sudbury.
Excerpt: On March 25, 1912 the Superior General of the Jesuits gave the go-ahead to build a classical college in Sudbury. Construction began on the site set aside by the Jesuit fathers at Notre-Dame and Kathleen in a neighbourhood known as the Flour Mill (Moulin à fleur in French), after the nearby silos and mill.(Submitted on August 22, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)On September 3, 1913, Conrad Daigle from Warren, Ontario registered at Sacred Heart College: the first of thousands of students
who would attend this Jesuit college in the century to come. The school’s graduates would take leadership roles in the Franco-Ontarian community and beyond. Seventy-two students registered in the college’s first year. As time went by, the number climbed into the hundreds.Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 8, 20243. Sacred Heart College Marker (English)Looking northeast; Notre Dame Avenue & Kathleen Street intersection is in the background.The original building, known as the old section after 1963, had two superposed hallways and balconies at the north and south end. The first floor held a recreation room, the students’ chapel (including the sacristy and procuracy), dormitory, kitchen and dining hall as well as the Reverend Father’s office, bedroom and parlour. A study hall for students, a classroom, the Jesuit fathers’ quarters and dining hall and another recreation room were located on the second floor, with a private room for the college rector.
Sacred Heart College closed its doors in 1967—a period of self-examination for Franco-Ontarians—as the province of Ontario prepared to fund French-language secondary education. The college is an important part of the cultural heritage of Sudbury and French-speaking Ontario, both as a physical institution that brought the Franco-Ontarian community together and through the far-reaching impact of its teaching in many spheres of endeavour.
2. University of Sudbury (Wikipedia)
Excerpt: The University of Sudbury is a bilingual and tri-cultural university in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. It provides undergraduate programming in both French and English in Religious Studies, Philosophy, Indigenous Studies, and in French in Journalism and Folklore.(Submitted on August 22, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)The university was founded as the Collège du Sacré-Cœur (Sacred Heart College) in 1913 by the Jesuits. Exclusively French from 1916, Sacred Heart College was the centre of education for young Franco-Ontarians for decades since it was the first, and for a long time, the only institution of higher learning in Northern Ontario. In 1957, it changed its name and became the University of Sudbury. In 1959, it became a bilingual university. In 1960, it formed the Catholic component of Laurentian federation.
Credits. This page was last revised on November 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 22, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 357 times since then and 48 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 22, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
