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September 13, 201772 years after the end of the Second World War, we entered a WWII museum in Boston. We brothers studying humanities were privileged to spend one day of our summer course visiting this largest of personal collections of memorabilia from that era. We were allowed to touch most of the items on display. I picked up an old chaplain helmet and looked at a mass kit from the war.
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September 1, 2017In Cheshire, we always want to learn more about ourselves, our family, what is going around the world and exercise our talents. During the school year, we may not always have the time to do all of this, so we take advantage of the time we spend in New Hampshire for vacations.
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July 1, 2017This year marked the end of Fr. David Daly’s three-year appointment as rector of the college. Since taking the position in the summer of 2014, he has been a great father and guide to the community as our superior.
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June 30, 2017Every year the humanists dedicate a week of their summer to beautifying the center. This week is a great means for the brothers to form their will in doing manual labor and gain experience in areas of their interest.
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June 26, 2017Monday, June 26, 10:00: The annual Swing Fore Seminarians Golf Tournament teed off at the Southington Country Club. Eighty participants were teamed up in groups of four to play eighteen rounds. Team effort was a crucial part of the tournament, since all played scramble or best ball. Friends, brothers and priests could all be seen on the green.
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June 19, 2017On June 15, nine young men discerning their vocation to the Legion of Christ arrived to Cheshire. The candidacy program, under the direction of Fr Edward Hopkins, LC, runs the length of the summer and includes ample time for prayer, discernment, work, recreation, study, and community life. -
June 9, 2017A sense of perplexity and confusion fills everyone that looks at this famous painting by the great surrealist Salvador Dali; I was not exempted from these emotions when I first saw this masterpiece. That impression did not only come because of the dimensions of the painting – only slight larger than a normal piece of paper, which really surprised me– but mostly because of the subject matter of the painting: several melting watches being eaten by insects, a part of the face of someone, and all of these set in an imaginary landscape. -
June 5, 2017On June 5 th, the Humanists enjoyed a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. They were exposed to nearly 2,500 years of artwork reflecting the culture of a unique civilization. This visit allowed the brothers to see the artwork firsthand, that they leaned about in the classroom this past academis year.
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May 25, 2017On Friday, May 19, Br Erik Burckel presented a lecture on Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility. Both the humanist and novice communities of the college were present for Br Erik’s treatment of Austen’s use of propriety in her 1811 novel. (Click headline to read more) -
May 12, 2017The second-year humanists visited Boston, Massachusetts, for our monthly cultural visit. The first of three places we visited was the Boston Public Library, where we admired murals painted by the artist John Singer Sargent. At around 11:30 we found ourselves in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. (Click headline to read more) -
May 7, 2017All the brothers here get excited about the Easter celebrations. Christ rising from the dead, the smell of the flowers and incense in the chapel, being able to sing the Alleluia once again, and spending quality time with each other all combine to make a beautiful Easter Octave. This year the brothers in the humanities program received an extra treat.
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May 7, 2017The last thing I would expect to find in a business card of a mining screen corporation is the words “create eternal value by striving to honor God.” Not only is this phrase printed on a Polydeck screen Corporation card, but it is listed as the goal for this business.
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May 7, 2017Every year, we remember the days, the moments that changed the world forever: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Sunday of the Resurrection – without these days and all they contain, our faith has no meaning. And every year we are joined in our celebrations by young men who come to experience Christ, and to discover if this is the path God is calling them to follow.
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May 1, 2017Sorrowing, suffering, and hoping; we accompany Christ to his Cross. On Saturday, April 8th, the voices of hungry souls filled the halls. The choir entered to applause and proceeded to sing of the passion of our Lord. The concert alternated between music and reflections on Christ’s passion. Tearing eyes, flowed from sorrowful hearts. (Click headline to read more) -
April 18, 2017“Thanks to this ministry five thousand Catholics have come home,” said Fr David Daly, our rector, as he introduced the guest speaker of last Friday’s conference. To which Tom Peterson, the founder of Catholics Come Home, commented, “Actually, by the grace of God, the number is five hundred thousand.” -
March 29, 2017“Wow, this is so strange! Can this really be considered art?” The brothers in their last year of humanities studies traveled to New York’s Museum of Modern Art on the 29 th of March. -
March 20, 2017On March 16-19, at the Legion of Christ Novitiate and College of Humanities, 32 men came for the annual Men's National Regnum Christi Triduum. The retreat was preached by the Rector, Fr David Daly. It followed the Ignatius Spiritual Exercises methodology with a special emphasis on "commitment" to their state in life as single men, married men, and as fathers. (Click headline to read more...) -
March 13, 2017“Remember, man, that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” With these words on his lips, Fr. David Daly (rector) formed a cross of ashes on the forehead of each Legionary brother during the Mass of Ash Wednesday, initiating the liturgical season of Lent. -
February 17, 2017"Perfection in wisdom!” This was the message of Professor Dr. Timothy Kearns’ lecture during our Cheshire Lecture Series on Liberal Arts or Humanities? Their Differences and Why They Matter: A Thomistic Perspective? this past February 17th. -
February 16, 2017On Thursday, February 16th, a group of priests gathered for the most recent Bethany Evening, reflecting on the Directory of Priestly Life before enjoying a Spanish paella dinner. As each returned to his parish when the evening was over, he took with him the joy of spending this time with his brothers in the mission. They have committed their lives to God, and can depend on the friendship and help of their brothers.