Author Archives: Fr Eamon Kelly LC

About Fr Eamon Kelly LC

Father Eamon Kelly from County Clare, Ireland, joined the Congregation of the Legion of Christ’s Dublin Novitiate in 1974. Father Kelly directed youth ministry in the Greater Detroit area from 1979 to 1983, and developed his community’s public relations outreach in North America. Father Kelly was ordained a priest in 1987. From 1989 – 1999 he founded Legionaries of Christ communities in Germany, Austria, and Hungary. From 2000 through 2007 Father Kelly served in various ministerial positions that include leading business leader retreats and providing personal coaching in New York and serving as Chaplain at Northern Kentucky University. In 2007, the Vatican Secretary of State assigned this avid hiker, multi-linguist, personal spiritual coach, and international speaker on the Shroud of Turin and Holy Land archeology to Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center as the Vice Chargé of the Pontifical Institute.