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Rev. Matthew Maxwell, MC (08)
Rev. Matthew Maxwell, MC (08)

Over the weekend an alumnus priest, Rev. Matthew Maxwell, MC (08), returned to the California campus to visit his alma mater, offer the Sacraments, and visit with the students of 91快活林 Aquinas College.

Born in San Diego, Fr. Maxwell was ordained to the priesthood in 2020. He is a member of Miles Christi, a young order of priests founded in Argentina, but with a burgeoning presence in the U.S. The community is dedicated to helping the laity grow in holiness through spiritual direction, Ignatian spirituality and sound doctrinal formation.

Offering Friday檚 midday Mass in Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel, Fr. Maxwell said it was 渁 pleasure and 済reat grace that he was marking his 渇irst time back on campus since becoming a priest another great grace that I檓 grateful to God for. He invited the congregation to offer thanks to God for the College and the formation it provides its alumni. 淲ho knows where I檇 have been if I didn檛 have everything I received here? he said.

The young priest encouraged students to take advantage of the opportunities the College affords its students to 済row closer to God and develop 渁 strong Catholic heart through their studies. 淭hese four years are the best opportunity you檒l probably have to start living that out, he added.

淲ho knows where I檇 have been if I didn檛 have everything I received here?

In his homily at Saturday檚 midday Mass, Fr. Maxwell reflected on the sudden death of tutor Laurence Shields the day prior. Finding consolation in the fact that Mr. Shields was 渟urrounded by such a beautiful community and 渢ended to by priests immediately, he nonetheless urged the congregation to continue to pray that the late tutor may be delivered into Heaven and 渟ee God face to face.

After two years in the Archdiocese of Detroit, Fr. Maxwell recently returned to his native Southern California  at several Catholic high schools in the San Diego area. May God bless him in his ministry!