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On Monday 17th, God blessed us with the opportunity of starting a new academic year. Click for more

Deacon Nathan Torrey, LC, and Deacon Javier Flores, LC, have joined the Cheshire formation team Click for more

For the first time ever, we recently held a public presentation of Capstone papers here at the Novitiate and College of Humanities. In order to obtain our associates degree from studying here, in our last year, we write a fifteen-to-twenty page Capstone paper about a humanistic topic. Click for more

Over the weekend on which we commemorate those who fought and died for our country, twelve young men visited the seminary here to see if God might be calling them to fight and die, for the salvation of souls, within the ranks of the Legion.  Click for more

Through his interpretation of Renault's painting, Automedon with the Horses of Achilles, Br. Emmanuel writes about the powerful bond between nature and man.  He shares with us a deep appreciation for the way various authors and artists represent this God-made relationship.   Read Blog

Wind and a slight chill met us on April 26 ^th when 21 of us went to visit some museums in Boston, Massachusetts. We spent the morning at  Museum of Fine Arts, touring between more than 450,000 works of art spanning over four millennia, from ancient Egypt to Rothko. Click for more.

In this powerful and surprising piece, Br. John Sester reflects on modern art after a visit to the MET in New York City with his fellow seminarians who are in their second year of Humanities studies.  As he prepares for priesthood, this visit helped him experience the depths of the "psyche" and the brokenness of modern man.  Read Blog

Br. Erik Burckel, LC reflects on his Internship as professor of creative writing at Legion of Christ College.  He teaches and coaches the seminarians that are in their second year of Humanities studies in this elective-style course.  In this blog series, he also gives the rest of us some excellent tools for putting pen to paper. Read Blog

Once again, Br. Emmanuel invites us into his world of studying humanities at Legion of Christ College.  In this blog article, he helps us appreciate the tender work by Sir John Everett Millais in  L'Enfant du Regiment or "Child of the Regiment".  This piece is housed at the Yale Center for British Art, and Br. Emmanuel's impression reflects Christ's words, "let the children come to me".   Read Blog

“Welcome to Lumen Institute: Enlightening leaders, pursuing excellence, influencing culture,” their webpage reads at the very top. This notice is followed by their ambitious mission: “to further enhance the character, faith, and leadership skills of today’s business and cultural leaders and their families.” This is what a few Legionary priests and some business men that form the Lumen chapter of New York are up to in the bustling, fast-paced, secular world of Manhattan. CLICK FOR MORE

Br. Pedro Cadena reflects on his own near-death experiences, and the precious gift of our lives. He urges us to live our mission well and make every second count. Read Blog

On April 10, 2018, a Mass for the eternal repose of Br. Anthony Freeman's soul was held in Rome with many Legionary seminarians and family members in attendance.  Click for more.

Our eyes and minds were tested by a day of art gazing. This time we visited the Wadsworth Athenaeum in Hartford, Connecticut. For hours, artwork after artwork flashed before our eyes in an engaging march to gaze upon the treasures of a museum before the time ran out. FULL STORY

"The College of the Legionaries of Christ in Cheshire has been, during many years, a place of prayer where you can have a better chance to hear God’s voice in your life. In the middle of a noisy world, that does not allow us to reflect on the purpose of our lives, most people do not realize that they are thirsting for God.  Click for More

The power goes out on a Friday afternoon, and around a hundred men are in a small town of Connecticut, at the Seminary of the Legionaries of Christ. The majority of these men are donning a black cassock. The others are guests on retreat.  Click for More
 

Br. Emmanuel Flores, LC, denies he is much of a dancer, but there was a time when his willingness to step out of his comfort zone brought joy to a wrinkled face.  Read Blog


 

On Friday, February 24, around 25 of our students went to a concert at Yale University titled, “At the Foot of the Cross,” to hear Yale’s Schola Cantorum perform two pieces composed as meditations on Christ’s Passion.  Click for more.

On Tuesday, February 27, Karl Isaac Johnson, M.A.R., a graduate from Yale Divinity School, gave a lecture to the community of Legionaries here at our college.
This lecture examined the themes of fate and free will in Homer, and in the much-later Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius, a late-antique Christian Roman philosopher.  Click for more.

From January 30th to February 1st all the religious here at the Legionaries of Christ Novitiate and College of Humanities in Cheshire had a Triduum of Renewal of vows before the feast of the Presentation of the Lord, the world day of religious. The Triduum consists of three days of more prayer and time for reflection. This proved quite a change from everybody’s busy daily schedule. Fr Kevin Meehan LC preached the meditations and talks.  Click for more.