Fr. Edward McIlmail, LC, ordained to the priesthood in 2001, taught theology and Scripture at the then Mater Ecclesiae College in Rhode Island and is now a part-time chaplain at Overbrook Academy in Greenville, R.I.
He holds degrees from Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Connecticut, the Regina Apostolorum Athenaeum in Rome, and Northwestern University in Illinois.
He was an assistant publisher of the National Catholic Register and Faith & Family magazine and an editor of the Zenit news agency’s English edition. He has written for SpiritualDirection.com and ePriest. Fr. McIlmail also worked in spiritual retreats in the Northeast, New England, the Midwest, and the South and assisted with mission work in Mexico.
Born in Philadelphia, he worked in journalism and was active in the pro-life movement before entering the novitiate of the Legion of Christ in 1992. His contributions to RCSpirituality include responding to Ask A Priest questions and sharing his insights in our Weekly Newsletter.
Q: What are the ways a common religious Catholic can evangelize within his family? I do not want to become a Jehovah’s Witness and go evangelizing from door to door.
Q: I am struggling to find ways to grow in the faith with my fiancée. We are both Catholic, but she doesn’t follow many of the teachings of the Church
Q: Recently I signed up for LinkedIn. All the people who I connected with are co-workers. One of them had a symbol where his picture would normally go. I did
Q: My favorite YouTuber has recently started saying, “Oh God, yes” on occasion in his videos. This strikes me as mildly inappropriate and perhaps a violation of the Second Commandment.
Q: Is watching shows from services that support abortion and LGBTQ+ sinful? Recently I was thinking about this related to streaming services like Amazon Prime, Netflix and Disney+. I wanted
Q: I was raised Catholic and confirmed in the Church. I attend Mass regularly, pray the rosary, go to confession, etc. However, I started working at a United Church of
Dear Friends in Christ, August 6 is the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, that surrealistic scene in the Gospels where Jesus takes three of the apostles up a
Q: Our parish priest gives general absolution at Mass, inviting all to take part in receiving Communion—surely this cannot be right? How is he to know the gravity of people’s
Q: I don’t know how to explain a certain sin in the confessional. I try to share my faith in a gentle and simple way, but here is where I
Alex Kucera has lived in Atlanta, GA, for the last 46 years. He is one of 9 children, married to his wife Karmen, and has 3 girls, one grandson, and a granddaughter on the way. Alex joined Regnum Christi in 2007. Out of the gate, he joined the Helping Hands Medical Missions apostolate and is still participating today with the Ghana Friendship Mission.
In 2009, Alex was asked to be the Atlanta RC Renewal Coordinator for the Atlanta Locality to help the RC members with the RC renewal process. Alex became a Group Leader in 2012 for four of the Atlanta Men’s Section Teams and continues today. Running in parallel, in 2013, Alex became a Team Leader and shepherded a large team of good men.
Alex was honored to be the Atlanta Mission Coordinator between 2010 to 2022 (12 years), coordinating 5-8 Holy Week Mission teams across Georgia. He also created and coordinated missions at a parish in Athens, GA, for 9 years. Alex continues to coordinate Holy Week Missions, Advent Missions, and Monthly missions at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Cumming, GA.
From 2016 to 2022, Alex also served as the Men’s Section Assistant in Atlanta. He loved working with the Men’s Section Director, the Legionaries, Consecrated, and Women’s Section leadership teams.
Alex is exceptionally grateful to the Legionaries, Consecrated, and many RC members who he’s journeyed shoulder to shoulder, growing his relationship with Christ and others along the way. He knows that there is only one way, that’s Christ’s Way, with others!
