{"id":11301,"date":"2023-03-14T04:03:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T10:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legionariosdecristo.org\/?p=11301"},"modified":"2025-08-12T19:51:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T19:51:08","slug":"in-the-house-of-the-lord-i-will-dwell-forever-sal-23-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/blog\/2023\/03\/in-the-house-of-the-lord-i-will-dwell-forever-sal-23-6\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00abIn the house of the Lord I will dwell forever\u00bb (Ps 23:6)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We regret to inform you that our brother, Father Peter Coates, L.C., passed away in Monterrey (Mexico) on Monday, March 13th. We appreciate his dedication and service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below is a brief overview of his life and work. Rest in peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Father Peter Coates, L.C., was born in Newbridge, Ireland, on May 21, 1948. After high school, he entered the Legion candidate program at Belgard Castle, Dublin, in the summer of 1965. He entered the novitiate on September 29 of the same year and completed his first year of novitiate in Dublin. He then went to Woodmont, Connecticut, in the United States, for his second year and to accompany the first Americans who joined the Legion that year. There, he made his first profession on October 2, 1967, and stayed an additional year helping with the vocations tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brother Peter Coates visiting the construction works of the Foxroc Novitiate<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Brother Peter taking his first vows at the Woodmont Novitiate, Connecticut (USA)<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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He went to Salamanca to study humanities during the 1968-1969 course and to Rome to study philosophy starting in 1969. He obtained his philosophy license at the Gregorian University and his theology license at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas. During his studies in Rome, he served as an assistant to philosophers for three years and as an assistant to theologians for one year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brother Peter with his Theology community during his formation years in Rome<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was ordained a priest on December 24, 1976, at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Rome. At the end of that school year, he was sent to Monterrey, Mexico, where he served his ministry for 47 years in various apostolates: director of gentlemen (3 years), director of the Irish Institute (13 years) in two different periods, director of the ladies’ section (23 years), and chaplain of Cecvac (3 years).<\/p>\n\n\n\n