Legion of Christ, Southern Catholic Eye Long-Term Collaboration

ATLANTA, GA, Apr 20 (MARKET WIRE) --
The Legion of Christ and Southern Catholic College (SCC) have signed a
memorandum of understanding (MOU) that could make possible the college
becoming a Legion institution.

"We are excited about this development," said Jeremiah J. Ashcroft,
president of SCC. "By collaborating with the Legion, we'll be able to
attract students from across North America and develop programs with
institutions around the world. This expanded reach and support greatly
enhances our ability to achieve our mission to prepare moral and ethical
leaders who will enlighten society and glorify God."

"By working with SCC, the Legion can accelerate its desire to offer a
greater contribution to higher education in North America. Nevertheless,
we are still working things out, so it's not a done deal yet," said Father
Scott Reilly, L.C., territorial director for Legion. "Southern Catholic is
a great college and there would be considerable sharing of best practices
with our existing institutions. I expect that SCC will experience
significant growth in student population in the years ahead, with added
growth coming from Legion-affiliated secondary schools in North America."

Southern Catholic College is a co-educational liberal arts college,
Georgia's first and only residential Catholic college. The school provides
a learning environment for academic excellence grounded in the Catholic
intellectual and moral tradition. SCC was founded in 2000 and has more
than 200 students from 25 states on its campus in Dawsonville, GA, an
hour north of Atlanta.

The Legion of Christ is a religious congregation of Pontifical right,
founded in 1941. Its mission is to extend the Kingdom of Christ in society
according to the requirements of Christian justice and charity. The
congregation operates in 22 countries and has 800 priests and more than
2600 seminarians worldwide. The Legion operates 15 universities, 50
institutes of higher education and 176 schools.

For more information:
Jim Fair
Communications Director
Legion of Christ
312-953-9864
Email Contact
www.legionaries.org
www.regnumchristi.org

Copyright 2009, Market Wire, All rights reserved.

-0-