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Overview
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Saturday, 18 October 2008 |
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Now in its ninth year, Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy offers one-, two-, and three-year programs in the classical liberal arts at a college level, within the light of the teaching of the Catholic Church.
Our programs feature courses in Philosophy, Theology, Literature, History, Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Economics, Music, the Arts, and Natural Science. These studies help to deepen the student’s appreciation of the richness of his or her Catholic faith, and offer the intellectual tools needed to be an effective apostle in the third millennium.
We strive to keep our costs low: For the 2008-2009 academic year, tuition is $4,235 per year plus a $100 student activities fee, while room and board for students 'on campus' is $4,000 per year.
In the 2008-2009 academic year, there are approximately 60 students enrolled for full-time studies at OLSWA.
Mailing Address:
Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy
P.O. Box 249
18 Karol Wojtyla Square
Barry's Bay ON K0J 1B0
Canada
Email us | Phone: 613-756-3082 | Toll Free 1-877-369-6520 | Fax 613-756-4077
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The Village of Barry's Bay |
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Wednesday, 07 December 2005 |
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OLSWA is located in the picturesque village of Barry's Bay, Ontario, Canada. Just south of famous Algonquin Park the Academy is nestled in the natural wonderland of the Madawaska Valley and the cultural bouquet of Catholic Kashub Polish, Irish, French and Native cultures. 
    
A short drive from Algonquin Provincial Park, students are well placed to enjoy many outdoor activities such as hiking, canoeing, fishing, swimming, skating and skiing. Both Ottawa and Toronto are accessible within a few hours.
Links:
Algonquin Park (official site | canoe routes)
Village of Barry's Bay (site1 | site2 | site3)
Home of Zura and the Avro Arrow (park | history)
The Madawaska Valley is a spiritual getaway for many people through out the year. Only kilometers away in Combermere you will find opportunity for spiritual direction and retreats with Madonna House Catholic Apostolate and the Companions of the Cross. The region is also home to dozens of active Catholic families and a thriving Catholic homeshool network.
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Wednesday, 07 December 2005 |
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A Catholic liberal arts college here in Canada has been an aspiration and an ideal in the minds of many in the Madawaska valley. The dream seemed impossible, but, as we all know, that word does not apply to God. After all, what do you need to teach the truth? A few good books, a few good men and women willing to teach and be taught, and perhaps a building (at least, when the weather gets cold or wet!).
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 07 December 2005 |
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The purpose of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy is to form students intellectually and spiritually by providing a university-level education in the liberal arts in the light of the teaching of the Catholic Church and so renew modern culture in Christ.
The Academy is to provide this education by developing an accredited four-year liberal arts program, while offering a one-year foundational program, a two-year core curriculum program, and three-year programs in the core disciplines of the liberal arts.
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Wednesday, 25 April 2007 |
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VISION
Under the mantle of Our Lady, Seat of Wisdom, we will provide a vibrant Catholic liberal arts education that integrates faith and reason in all of its disciplines, embraces Divine Revelation, and is rooted in the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.
Our students will be nourished in a thriving Catholic culture that, with the grace of the Holy Spirit, will lead them to answer God’s call to transform the world through their witness to the saving power of the Truth Who sets us free, Jesus Christ.
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 07 December 2005 |
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A complete guide to the policies and procedures pertaining to student life is available in the Student Handbook. What follows is an overview of some of the key features of OLSWA’s campus life.
Students at the Academy live in small men’s and women’s households. The households are designed to foster genuine Christian friendship and growth, and the furthering of a sacramental prayer life. Residence life is more than merely living in a “dorm”.
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Transfer of Credits and Degree Opportunities |
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Wednesday, 07 December 2005 |
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Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy is committed to the long and arduous pursuit of fully-accredited degree-granting status. Until this is attained, OLSWA will work closely with students for whom a degree is useful or who wish to pursue a field in which OLSWA does not specialize to facilitate their transfer to the school which is most appropriate for them. This includes making classes available explicitly designed to satisfy the requirements of other schools.
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Shane Westin, a three-year program graduate who recently finished his fourth year at the Franciscan University in Steubenville, shares with us his OLSWA experience.
