“If I had to choose between a wounded Church that goes out into the streets or a sick withdrawn Church, I would definitely choose the first.” – Pope Francis
Today we are on the streets of Manhatten witnessing to the joy of the Gospel! The seminarians are inviting everyone to pray and we priests are being instruments of God’s mercy in confession.
Pray for us that we not be afraid to share the joy of Jesus’ mercy!
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.
“If I had to choose between a wounded Church that goes out into the streets or a sick withdrawn Church, I would definitely choose the first.” – Pope Francis