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 had a very bad experience recently at confession. The priest didn’t allow me to finish and kept interrupting me and arguing that he didn’t want long stories or
Q: This is silly, but it keeps coming up when I pray or meditate. When I was in sixth grade I had a nun who absolutely hated me. The students
Q: I was brought up in a Catholic family and baptized and confirmed. After high school I moved out of the house and rarely went to church except for a
Dear Friends in Christ, November in the global North is marked by shorter days and longer, chillier nights. It’s also the month when the Church especially remembers the souls of
Q: A few years ago, we had a family trauma regarding my son and several people who attended a Catholic school. When things got tough and we needed community, the
Q: Is it a sin to want to lose weight if you are not overweight to start with? If not, when does it fall into the sin of vanity? Is
Q: I broke up with my boyfriend a while ago, and in a lot of pain and hurt, I gossiped a lot about it to anyone who would listen. It
Q: In my life I have had some doubts. It seems to me that when questions are raised, clergy of many denominations are defensive or take offense. I want to
Q: I always go to Mass and I am a lector, but I do not partake of the Eucharist anymore because I do not have any confidence in the sacrament
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!
