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: This is a small question, but I find many like it in the Bible. There is a discrepancy between the Gospel accounts of Mathew and Luke. Mathew states that
Q: Why can’t we go to confession by phone? I respect the physicality of the sacraments, but people are behind a screen anyway, so I don’t get why it has
Q: How can I overcome the sin of lying? I pray every night and every morning on this and have failed. I am getting discouraged because through prayer I can
Q: How can I overcome the sin of lying? I pray every night and every morning on this and have failed. I am getting discouraged because through prayer I can
Q: My child’s father has recently converted to Christianity and has been in and out of our child’s life for six years and swears he’s on a journey to discover
Q: I am an actress. Does playing the role of an oracle or a seer go against the Catholic Church? — K. Answered by Fr. Edward McIlmail, LC: It’s good
Q: Do we have to connect with others? I’m very anti-social and haven’t hung out with anyone in nearly a year. I really don’t like hanging out with people. I
Q: How is it possible that a Father who is all loving and whose love endlessly abounds is able to enter into our human realm and love us despite our
Q: I’m a Catholic and my husband is non-Catholic. We had our first child a few months ago. My question is about how to properly live out my role as
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!
