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One of our favorite things in Cheshire is to sing, and on July 14th, we were blessed with the opportunity to do so in a very special way. That day, some members of the choir visited the Trapp Family Lodge, run by members of the very family shown in the famous musical The Sound of Music. The brothers were invited to offer a concert to the guests of the resort. Click for more

The Aeneid was the topic for the last Cheshire Lecture this academic year. Dr. Kathleen Marks of New York addressed Aeneas’s relationship, or “marriage” with Dido, the queen of Carthage. Click for more

Intense study, exams, board games and even a volleyball tournament! This is a good summary of the program that our students began on May 27th. Click for more

A myth was retold. On March 1st, Dr. Michael Sloan, PhD, Professor of Classical Languages at Wake Forest University, N.C., led a Cheshire Lecture based on the Greek tragedy Bacchae by Euripides. Click for more

We are happy to welcome Clendy Calderon to our staff as secretary to the Dean of Studies and part-time receptionist. Click for more

On Thursday, February 14, the Humanities community paid a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, located on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Click for more

In the month of January, after our Christmas break, we had our period of semester exams. This was a great opportunity to review all the knowledge received during the semester and to assimilate the contents. It was also a good moment to work more intensely on our spirit of dedication, responsibility and organization. Click for more

On December 19th, the humanities students had a cultural visit to Yale University in New Haven, CT. Click for more

In order to remind people that Christmas is about God becoming man, we organize a Christmas Concert every year. This year it took place on December 15th. The theme of the concert was happiness: the happiness that flows from the certainty that we are loved by God to such an extreme that He, the Immortal and the All-Powerful, has become mortal and vulnerable in the body of a baby. God has become approachable. Who would ever be scared of a baby? Click for more

On December 1st, some members of our community participated in an Advent concert organized by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. Click for more

Our Legionary family here in Cheshire opened up our doors on the night of November 11, 2018 for the Ninth Annual Benefit Dinner, in support of the continued work of the seminary. Click for more

On November 28th some members of our community went to the Hartford Cathedral to celebrate with our local church the 175th anniversary of its foundation. Click for more

Turkey, football, and family: these three shape what Thanksgiving is for many Americans. This also holds true in our seminary here in Connecticut. We have these aspects—we eat turkey, play football, and come together as a Legionary family – not for their own sake, but to thank God for the gifts He has bestowed on us. These three elements revolve around God who gives them meaning. On this day, we give thanks to God and He receives our gratitude by allowing us to celebrate and have fun as a family. Click for more

An organ concert may not seem like much compared to an orchestral concert, but it can be just as impressive. Click for more

As is a tradition in Cheshire, we had our monthly cultural visit on October 22, 2018. This time we went to Boston. Click for more

On Monday 17th, God blessed us with the opportunity of starting a new academic year. Click for more

Fr Miguel de la Torre and Jesús Guerrero join the faculty Click for more

For the first time ever, we recently held a public presentation of Capstone papers here at the Novitiate and College of Humanities. In order to obtain our associates degree from studying here, in our last year, we write a fifteen-to-twenty page Capstone paper about a humanistic topic. Click for more

Over the weekend on which we commemorate those who fought and died for our country, twelve young men visited the seminary here to see if God might be calling them to fight and die, for the salvation of souls, within the ranks of the Legion.  Click for more