History

In 1967 Fr. William Brock, LC, joined the Legion in Woodmont. He was the second American to do so. Find out why he loves  being a Legionary priest.

In 2000 Fr. Michael Mitchell, LC, was a young religious studying humanities in Cheshire. Watch and see what he is doing now.

The Legion of Christ was founded in 1941 and received Canonical Approval from the Roman Catholic Church in 1948. The Church’s Decree of Praise was issued in 1965, making the order a Congregation of pontifical right; and approval of her Constitutions was granted by the Holy See in 1983.

For more detailed information on the history, please visit the Congregation's website here.

In the United States, the first house was established in 1965 in Woodmont, Connecticut. Today there are legionary communities in California, Connecticut, Ohio, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Wisconsin, and Washington D.C.  
 

The novitiate in Woodmont, CT (1967)

Since 1982, the Congregation has a novitiate  in Cheshire, Connecticut. In 1991, the Legion of Christ College of Humanities was established in order to provide schooling and education for legionary brothers in their first four years of formation towards the priesthood. After four years of undergraduate education, the students are awarded with the Associate in Arts degree in Humanities.               
                                                                             

The Legion of Christ seminary at Cheshire, CT