Father Len Collins, CSC, was born and grew up in Chelsea. MA. He entered the seminary at Notre Dame, IN in 1960. After graduating from Notre Dame and then Holy Cross College, Washington, DC, he took perpetual vows and was ordained a deacon in 1968 and was assigned to help out at Saint Augustine Parish in South Bend. He returned to Saint Augustine as pastor eight years ago after spending all of his priesthood in the South and in Mexico.

Over the years Father Len has served as

• Holy Cross priest at Sacred Heart Parish, New Orleans, LA
• The City of St. Jude, Montgomery, AL
• Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Houston, TX
• Seminary Director for the Southern Province of Holy Cross, San Antonio,TX
• Provincial of the Southern Province of Holy Cross, Austin,TX
• Seminary Formation Director and Religious Superior for Holy Cross, Guadalupe, Mexico.

Since there is no rectory at St. Augustine, he resides at Fatima House, Notre Dame, IN.