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: I’m in my 50s and have lived a very sinful life. I have been married and divorced four times. I have never been baptized. I also had an abortion
Q: I have a few questions preventing me from really believing. I mean this in the least cynical way: How can God be all knowing yet put people in a
Q: How can I learn to tolerate people again? I moved from my home state of Texas to Nevada for work, and, honestly, the people out here act like they
Q: Does God take pleasure in our self-inflicted mortifications in order to offer them up with Jesus’ sufferings on the cross? I am reading the diary of St. Faustina and
Q: I am a scrupulous person and have been struggling recently. But I am wondering if I can be happy for my friends even when they live a sinful lifestyle.
Q: My question has to do with the Creed and our pastor who alters several parts. He must believe that he has the authority to make changes. For instance, he
Q: I work for a non-profit pro-life organization that sends out an e-newsletter. In the newsletter, we try to include a news article. I will be managing the newsletter going
Q: In the Divine Mercy Chaplet and elsewhere I have seen phrases like this: “Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved
Dear Friends in Christ, July 1 is the feast day of St. Junípero Serra, the Franciscan priest who established missions in California, beginning in San Diego. Canonized in 2015,
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!
