In this area you can find Legion of Christ headquarter in Dublin.
The Legion of Christ is a Congregation of priests whose mission is to build the Kingdom of Christ in the modern world especially by forming, supporting and working with lay-people in the New Evangelisation, especially in the Regnum Christi Movement.
They priorities are transmitting the faith to youth and families, supporting them and helping them become agents of evangelization in their own circles and parishes.
They live in community, have a lengthy and deep formation, and are committed to fidelity to the Church.
Some time ago it was said that controversial Legionaries of Christ religious congregation is to close its novitiate in Dublin due to falling vocations.
Founded 70 years ago in Mexico by the disgraced Fr Marcial Maciel, the legionaries have been in Ireland since 1960.
Its novitiate has been on Leopardstown Road in Dublin’s Foxrock since 1968. The congregation is present in over 22 countries.
Fr Maciel, a close friend of the late Pope John Paul II, was removed from ministry by Pope Benedict XVI in 2006 after years of allegations he had abused seminarians. He died in 2008 aged 87.