Fr. Michael Brisson, LC
Legionary priest, author, and amateur photographer
A Priest and Author
Fr. Michael Brisson is a Legionary of Christ priest and author of Death in Black and White, a crime novel about a Catholic priest, confession secrets, and a Mafia ritual called the White Death. Originally from Connecticut, he spent his formation years in Mexico, New York, Washington DC, and Rome, where he was ordained in 2009. As a priest he has served in the New York City metro area, Cupertino, Atlanta, and Rome. He currently serves as councilor to the superior general of the Legionaries of Christ and directs their Department for Priestly Life.
A Priest and Author
Fr. Michael Brisson is a Legionary of Christ priest and author of Death in Black and White, a crime novel about a Catholic priest, confession secrets, and a Mafia ritual called the White Death. Originally from Connecticut, he spent his formation years in Mexico, New York, Washington DC, and Rome, where he was ordained in 2009. As a priest he has served in the New York City metro area, Cupertino, Atlanta, and Rome. He currently serves as councilor to the superior general of the Legionaries of Christ and directs their Department for Priestly Life.
My Story
On February 22, 1977, nothing particularly interesting happened except that Saint Óscar Romero was installed as archbishop of San Salvador, and I was born in Connecticut—if you consider that interesting. Saint Óscar and I have little in common save that we are both priests and we both know Spanish. He spoke Spanish because he was born in El Salvador; I speak it because I spent the first two years of my religious life in Monterrey, Mexico. Imagine: a Connecticut Yankee in the land of tacos and tequila. There’s no better way to shed that subtle hubris so characteristic of us New Englanders than trying to get from point A to point B armed with nothing but your hands and a few stray words picked up from Speedy Gonzales cartoons. Arriba, arriba, ándale, ándale.
Bright-eyed and as absorbent as a roll of Brawny paper towels, I soaked up the language, the culture, and the quirky customs one tends to pick up living in a religious community. More importantly, I built a foundation for my life at the service of the Lord and his Church. It was at the end of this two-year sojourn in the Sierra Madres that I took my vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. My goal? To be like Jesus, calling people to experience God’s love and mercy, and sending them back out to share that love and mercy with others.
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