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Another Easy Summer Reading List, by Holly Gustafson

This summer, I’m focusing on books with good stories that are told in engaging and even gripping ways.

3:04 Welcoming the Sacred Heart: Weekly Message for 06-08-2021, by Fr John Bartunek, LC

I think it’s safe to say that most of us, here in the twenty-first century, feel that we don’t fully understand either the beauty and the power of this devotion, or how to effectively plug into it in our daily lives.

7:21 DMU Celebrates its 20th Graduating Class, with Big Plans for the Future

We have been sent, and our life is much more than just a job – it’s a vocation, it’s a calling, and it’s an opportunity to serve, with the Lord.

Lessons from the Workshop of Saint Joseph, Part 6, by Fr Daniel Brandenburg, LC

You could say that my dad was a serial home builder, and learning from his craftsmanship has helped me to draw many parallels with Saint Joseph’s work in Nazareth, Bethlehem, Egypt, and back again to Nazareth.

9:36 Musings on Motherhood, by Corinne Medrana

Explore the reality of motherhood with me through the experiences of three generations of moms in excerpts and highlights from this conversation I had with Tita Nita Peña and Rina Santos.

15:19 New Booklet Shares the Evangelizing Impact of the Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi

The Consecrated Women you’ll meet in CRC IMPACT have varied backgrounds and diverse missions in the Church, but evident in all of them are the common threads of the Regnum Christi Charism and a new mature confidence in their unique identity as lay consecrated women who are part of a broader Spiritual Family.

Discover Your Personal Mission: Giving Women the Tools to Live with Purpose

"The main essence of this content that we are offering is to help women realize that they don’t have a mission – they are a mission."

7:52 The Mission Continues

After such a fruitful Holy Week turnout, the missionary zeal continues to grow and spread.

9:34 The Practice of Grounding Prayer, by Holly Gustafson

"There is no rock like our God, and no one better to make me feel sure and steady when I’m feeling unsure and ungrounded."

The Fulfillment of My Deepest Desire, by Deacon Russell Ward, LC

"I have found that God fills us with deep desires in our hearts and, if we let him lead us, he will undoubtedly begin to fulfill all of these desires in unexpected ways."

4:28 Part IV: Dreams, Desires and St. Teresa's Call to Found, by Lisa Small

"I dream that the apostle in each one of us, especially our lay members, may be unleashed."

11:17 Divine Mercy University and Regnum Christi: a Partnership to Educate and Inspire Spiritual Directors

"The ministry of being a spiritual director is really a hidden service, because it is not about you, it’s about the person being directed and their relationship with the Lord."

Deacon Vinh Pham, LC: Yes to the Next Step

"One step at a time," I said, "only one step". That was the best first step of my life.

7:45 "This institute is quenching a thirst in my spirit I didn’t even know I had": The Lydia Institute provides a new ministry for professional women

The mission of the Lydia Institute is to engage working women in the life and mission of the Church… one heart, one home, one office at a time.

13:47 Part V: A Blueprint of Lay Consecration: St. Joseph, by Lisa Small

Jesus, Joseph, and Mary are incredible models in living out this style of life – being 100% lay, and 100% consecrated.

Bringing the Joy of the Gospel to the Academic World

For Dr. Marial Corona, a Consecrated Woman of Regnum Christi, the academic world is the perfect setting in which to bring the Gospel values.

5:23 My Retreat With St. Teresa Part 4: The Walls of Avila and Our Call to Go Out, by Lisa Small

Contemplating the walls of Avila and praying about my current mission reaffirmed my Regnum Christi call to go out and bring Christ into our secularized world.

12:54 Something Special about St. Joseph, by Fr John Bullock, LC

Our society urgently needs a Christian renewal of what it means to be a man, a husband, and a father.

Way of St. Joseph: Life Surprises

Today we share part 5 of the 14-part series on St. Joseph by Fr. Daniel Brandenburg, LC. In this blog, Fr. Daniel reflects on St. Joseph and his reaction to the surprise of Mary's pregnancy.

6:07 My Retreat with St. Teresa: No One Is an Island - Not Even a Contemplative Nun

This is part 3 of a series of 6 blogs where Lisa Small, a Consecrated Woman of Regnum Christi, shares about her 8 day silent retreat in Avila and what St. Teresa of Avila and the current Carmelites living there had to teach her about her own vocation as a lay consecrated woman called to evangelize and sanctify the world through her Regnum Christi spirituality.

12:12 St. Joseph the Worker and the Virtue of Work

For the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker, Holly Gustafson reflects on the virtue of work and suggests two books to honor St. Joseph for the month of May.

"Would you do it for me?"

Deacon Michael Sester, LC shares his vocation story.

6:53 "Monasteries and Miami Beach", by Lisa Small

A place I would typically avoid became a place of deep encounter with God.

14:02 "Three Secular Books that Speak to the Sanctity of Life", by Holly Gustafson

These aren’t Catholic books by Catholic authors, but books that (perhaps unknowingly) explore Catholic issues, in a way that confirmed and helped to deepen my own Catholic understanding of the sanctity of life, from womb to tomb.

Spiritual Mentorship and the Ministry of Relationship

For Lauren Lagarde, mentoring young adults along their faith journeys has become a mission and now a ministry, and it all came about from a touching promise to a friend.

4:48 Join Us For a Weekend of Growth as a Man and a Father

It is time for all of us to remember our identity as Catholic Men. This April 23-25, the A Man and Father conference will help men embrace a new identity as images of God’s Fatherly love for all humanity.

7:43 My Retreat with St. Teresa: What can a Carmelite cloistered nun teach us about our own vocation within Regnum Christi?

This is part 1 of a series of 6 blogs in which Lisa Small, a Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi, shares about her 8-day silent retreat in Avila and what St. Teresa of Avila and the current Carmelites living there had to teach her about her vocation as a lay consecrated woman called to evangelize and sanctify the world through her Regnum Christi spirituality.

Easter Letter to All RC Members from the Territorial Directive College

As members of Regnum Christi we feel as if Holy Week is, in a singular way, ‘our week,’ and the Easter season is also ‘our season.’

5:39 Fr. Seth Sabata, LC: My Story of Getting Walloped by God’s Call

When I clearly felt the call of the Lord for the first time it seemed like he hit me over the head with a two-by-four of grace.

12:50 Holy Wednesday: Transformation. “Mary Magdalene Embarks on a Journey”

The French painter Georges de la Tour teaches us that for Mary Magdalene and for each one of us, transformation is a lifelong commitment and a daily struggle.