“To receive the grace of God you must go to the desert and stay awhile.” Blessed Charles de Foucauld
Every Catholic who really desires to grow in their friendship with Christ and wants to learn what God wants them to do, should be going on a week-end retreat once a year.
There are many good retreats out there, including those given by my brother Legionaries in Cheshire, Philadelphia, NY, Atlanta, Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles, etc…we all need to make serious time for God. Sunday Mass and even daily prayers will never be enough! Make this part of your new year’s resolution, and put it on the calendar now!!
About Fr Simon Devereux LC
FR SIMON was born on February 4, 1979, in Dunedin, New Zealand, the seventh son of Marie and Michael Devereux. He entered the novitiate of the Legionaries of Christ in Cheshire, Connecticut, on September 15, 1997. After his novitiate and year of humanities in Cheshire, he studied a bachelor’s in Philosophy at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum in Rome from 2000 to 2002 and from 2005 to 2007, a licentiate in Philosophy. In between, he worked as a youth minister in Quebec, Canada, and he made his perpetual profession in Rome on October 4, 2005. In 2010 he completed a three-year bachelor’s degree in Theology and was ordained on Christmas Eve of the same year with 60 of his brother Legionaries by Card. Velasio di Paolis. Two of his brothers are also Legionary priests. Fr Simon is now based at the Legion of Christ seminary in Cheshire, Connecticut.
