School. Facilities Double gym (volleyball, basketball, wrestling, tennis) Strength and conditioning room (wrestling) Indoor track (track and field) Cafetorium (table tennis, robotics) The Lower Fields (football, soccer, rugby, ultimate) Concordia Stadium (football, soccer, rugby, ultimate); seating capacity of 4000 Stinger Dome (ultimate) Ed Meagher Arena (hockey): upgraded to NHL standards in 2013 Concordia Gym (basketball and wrestling during Ed Meagher Tournament only) Coat of arms The name "Loyola" is derived from the Spanish Lobo-y-olla, meaning "wolf" and "kettle". The school's coat of arms 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 coat of arms includes the Jesuit motto "Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam", meaning "for the greater glory of God". Loyola in print Jim Pearson, Loyola and Montreal: Stories from Our History (Montreal: 2018) Joseph B. Gavin, S.J., From 'Le petit collège de bois' to 7272 Sherbrooke St. West: A Brief History of Loyola High School, Montreal (Montreal: 2012) 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) Loyola in court In 2008, Quebec's Ministry of Education, Sport and Leisure introduced a mandatory "Ethics and Religious Culture" (ERC) course to all Quebec schools. Loyola had reservations about the course's ability to meet its objectives from a relativistic perspective, and applied for an exemption to teach an ERC equivalency course. Loyola's equivalency course had similar goals as the government's ERC but was structured on a methodology that was more in keeping with its Catholic, Jesuit identity. The government denied the request for exemption and, as a result, Loyola took the matter to the Superior Court of Quebec where in 2010 the Superior Court ruled in Loyola's favour. The Ministry appealed and in 2012 the appellate court overturned the Superior Court's decision. Loyola then took the case to the Supreme Court of Canada where, on 19 March 2015, it was ruled that the Quebec Ministry was in violation of Loyola's religious freedom and ordered the Ministry to reconsider the exemption. Notable alumni Religion Jean Vanier (1943) – founder