“The main hope of a nation lies in the proper education of its youth.” – Erasmus
I spent last weekend at a New Hampshire boarding school run by my brother Legionaries.
It was a joy to be with these young men during the daily celebration of the Eucharist and see them studying, playing basketball and cleaning the house. A great peace and enthusiasm pervades the whole school.
Please pray for the seniors as they discern whether or not God is inviting them to enter our novitiate in Connecticut this summer.
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.
“The main hope of a nation lies in the proper education of its youth.” – Erasmus