Father Alex joined the Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ at age 17. After completing his novitiate in Cheshire, Connecticut, he professed religious vows. He studied Philosophy at the Legion’s College in New York and Sacred Theology in Rome. He was a member of the formation staff of the Legion of Christ's Apostolic Schools in New Hampshire, USA, and in Ontario, Canada. He professed perpetual vows in September 2010 and was ordained a deacon in Tabasco, Mexico in June 2015. On December 12, 2015 he was ordained a priest in the Basilica of Saint Paul outside the walls in Rome. After carrying out ministry as a member of the formation staff at Sacred Heart Apostolic School in Rolling Prairie, Indiana, he was assigned to serve in western Canada as member of the Regnum Christi youth work team and at Clear Water Academy as formation instructor.