Br. Paul Maleski’s mother Dorothy is a witness to trusting in God. She converted from Mormonism before marrying her husband. Together they had 16 children (Br. Paul is the third youngest). In 2004, when Paul was ten his father died suddenly of a heart attack. Shortly afterwards she started attending daily Mass with the children. I met her last Friday and was so impressed with her joy, common sense and perseverance.
What is it like to have 15 brothers and sisters? I asked Legionary seminarian Br. Paul. “A huge blessing and a lot of fun,” he responded. “Everyone helps to balance each other out, and we are so close despite being so spread out.”
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.
Br. Paul Maleski’s mother Dorothy is a witness to trusting in God. She converted from Mormonism before marrying her husband. Together they had 16 children (Br. Paul is the third youngest). In 2004, when Paul was ten his father died suddenly of a heart attack. Shortly afterwards she started attending daily Mass with the children. I met her last Friday and was so impressed with her joy, common sense and perseverance.