The International College of the

Legion of Christ The Legionaries of Christ (in , abbreviated L.C.) is a Catholic Church, Roman Catholic religious congregation of pontifical right founded on January 3, 1941, by the Mexican Catholic priest Marcial Maciel. It belongs constitutively to the spiritua ...

is where most of the members of the congregation study their

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and

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in preparation for priestly

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. It is located on the west side of Rome near

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, right behind the

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. Most of the religious brothers study at Regina Apostolorum while living at the center (all Legionaries live either at the center or the General house on Via Aurelia while studying philosophy and theology).

History

In 1991, the Legion built a center capable of 300 on via Aurelia Antica. However in 1999 this was turned into a college for diocesan seminarians and the current campus was built. Until 2018, the college was known as the Center for Higher Studies (Centro dei Studi Superiori) This nomenclature kept with the Legionaries of Christ custom of referring to their members' residences as centers (formation center, vocational center, center for apostolate, etc). Leadership adopted new nomenclature so that its name would follow naming pattern used by other seminaries in Rome.

Events

Often deaconate ordinations and at times priestly ordinations of members of the Legion have been done in the center's chapel.

References

External links

Legionaries of Christ

Stages of Formation in the Legion

Donations for the Center for Higher Studies
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