
When God Seems Hidden
A Meditation Novena in the Footsteps of St. Thérèse The experience of not seeing Christ or of feeling distant from Christ can be one that affects all of us. We
Fr Todd Arsenault, originally from Prince Edward Island, Canada, is from a family of five with two younger sisters. At 23 years of age, he joined the Legion of Christ in Cheshire, Connecticut, in July 1994, did his seminary formation in the USA & Canada, and finally in Rome, Italy, where he was ordained to the priesthood on December 24, 2005, by Norberto Cardinal Rivera, Archbishop Emeritus of Mexico City, at the chapel of the Legionaries of Christ International College.
From 2006-2009, he ministered in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Canada, and in Syracuse, New York, with groups of men and young men in Regnum Christi (RC), and from 2010-2020 served full-time in the GTA assisting the RC men’s and women’s sections, offering spiritual direction, preaching retreats, young adult ministry, couple formation groups and occasionally, ministry in parishes. Since September 2020, Fr Todd has been in the Community of Priest Students in Rome, studying a two-year licentiate degree in Spiritual Theology. He will graduate in June 2022.

A Meditation Novena in the Footsteps of St. Thérèse The experience of not seeing Christ or of feeling distant from Christ can be one that affects all of us. We
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!