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RC Music Collective: Introducing Sarah Carpenter

Shortly after her mission year with Mission Youth Philly began, Sarah felt a deep call to the charism of Regnum Christ, and became a member in October of 2021. In May of 2022, she became a Collaborator with RC Music Collective. "From the moment I arrived, I felt so loved and welcomed, and getting to live out that charism of music through the Regnum Christi charism is an experience I don’t think I can fully express in words."

5:40 Catholics Courageous

If we live in fear, we derive no strength from our fear. It wears us out. But when we share it with the Lord, when we open our fear to his powerful and loving presence, something begins to shift. "Courage," the old saying goes, "is simply fear that has said its prayers."

9:00 Niche Ranks Pinecrest Academy #1 Catholic High School in Georgia

"We are honored by this recognition, as we believe the pursuit of excellence lies at the core of our mission as a Catholic school," commented Jake Rodgers, Pinecrest Academy Head of School. "Forming the next generation of Christian leaders takes a team, and our talented, dynamic faculty is dedicated to seeing the very best in each of our students. Achievements like this reflect the sum total of their efforts and speak to the amazing culture and community of our school."

A Weekend of Silence?!

Mary Wolff remembers the experience of her first silent retreat, "Ironically, the thing which had most repelled me was the most exquisite gift of all! It was in the silence that I found and heard Our Lord. It was in the silence that I found and heard myself… my truest self… again."

3:58 Melicia Antonio's 25 Years of Consecrated Life

Reflecting on her 25 years as a Consecrated Woman of Regnum Christi, Melicia Antonio believes that "God knows what we need to know, and reveals it in the present moment, so we just need to live fully in every moment. As they say in Spanish, al andar, se hace camino – the path is made as you walk.”

8:33 RC Leadership Convention 2022: Living Our Charism Through Collaboration

Hope Hirshorn of New York joined one hundred fifty other Regnum Christi leaders of all vocations from across the North American Territory who gathered at Mundelein Seminary outside of Chicago to brainstorm how Regnum Christi can most fully live, lead, discern, and collaborate through the lens of our distinctive charism.

Beseiged

The world will try to lay siege to our temple, but we do not withstand the siege alone, assuming we defend with the right weapons: prayer, a virtuous life, and the sacraments.

3:33 RC Spotlight Featuring Isabel Cotti

Isabel Cotti, an NY Tri-State RC member, considers herself incredibly blessed. She grew up in Caracas, Venezuela, where she attended a Regnum Christi school. Even after moving to New York while she was pursuing what “the world” had to offer, she always thought of RC with a sense of nostalgia, wondering if she could ever go back to that way of life. God has his plan, and he kept Isabel under his wing, eventually guiding her back to her faith.

7:05 Living the RC Charism Through Sacred Art

"My art is an extension of my faith, but it wasn’t always that way." Artist Nancy Jatcko first met Regnum Christi through Pinecrest Academy in 1994, when her husband, Jim, accepted a position with the Atlanta Olympic Committee, two years before the city would host the Olympic Games. It was through Pinecrest that their lives were changed forever.

Are You Up to the Challenge?

Christianity has always been radical—so radical that the first 33 Popes were martyred, along with countless men and women who recognized that the Gospel message was meant to change the world from the inside.

3:14 Regnum Christi Spotlight Featuring Luly Fernández

Luly Fernández, currently living and serving in Washington, DC, hails from Monterrey, Mexico. In her 29 years as a Consecrated Woman in Regnum Christi, she considers each role in which she has served as a gift and a blessing and is grateful to Our Lord for providing her with so many opportunities.

6:38 Bringing College Students Closer to Christ in the Heart of Atlanta

For Fr. John Klein, LC, who serves as a part-time chaplain at Georgia Tech, the invitation to spread the Gospel is key to engaging students in their faith: "Young people love a challenge, and a deeper purpose to their lives. The more we invite them into the great adventure of knowing and experiencing Christ in prayer, the more they will hunger for him."

General Directive College Launches Road to 2024 General Convention

On April 29, 2024, the first General Convention of the Regnum Christi Federation will begin. Our path to the Convention is a time of grace to live our charism with greater coherence and authenticity, to walk together in our conformation with Christ as a spiritual family and apostolic body, and to renew our mission to pray.  In this letter to all members of Regnum Christi, the General Directive College urges each and everyone to pray, participate, and contribute their experience and vision of Regnum Christi throughout the process.

7:05 Gina Chavez, New General Secretary for the Regnum Christi Federation

Gina Chávez is originally from Mexico City, and she has been Consecrated for 21 years. On July 13, 2022, she was appointed to be the General Secretary of the Regnum Christi Federation for the next three years. But who is Gina Chávez? To get to know her a little more, we asked her to share with us something about her life with us, her experiences, and her expectations of this new assignment in Regnum Christi.

10:59 Regnum Christi Spotlight featuring Father Thanh Nguyen, LC

"Neither Communism, nor the 'Boat People' ordeal at sea, nor pirates could drown out God’s call for my life. For whom he calls he also paves the way," shares Fr. Thanh. At only 2 weeks old, his path began one fateful morning on the shores of Communist-controlled Vietnam as he boarded a boat with his family in search of a better life.

To Know, Love and Serve: A Path to Marital Fulfillment

Jean MacKenzie is a Regnum Christi member and a Registered Psychologist in private practice in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Together with Melissa Guzik, a fellow Catholic counsellor, she created a program to help couples to grow in their knowledge of God and each other so they can grow in their faith and strengthen their marriages.

7:21 Prep Work for Renewal

The feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a reminder of how God quietly prepares to bring about big change in the world.

9:25 New International Director of Communications for the Legionaries of Christ

Juan Camilo Díaz Bohórquez, was named as the new Director of Communications for the Legionaries of Christ, beginning October 1st, 2022. Originally from Colombia, he is married to Lina Marcela and they have three children. In his new role, Juan Camilo replaces Fr Aaron Smith, LC, who was the Legionaries’ Director of Communications since 2017. Fr Aaron will continue as Director of Regnum Christi’s International Communications Office.

Hearing His Heartbeat Video Series

Consecrated Woman Jacquie Lustig created the Hearing His Heartbeat discernment series, six videos designed to help people become aware of the voice of God in their own hearts and respond to him fully in their everyday lives, for all people who might be seeking more freedom and connection in their relationship with God.

5:25 Pope Francis Creates First Legionary Cardinal

On the afternoon of Saturday, August 27, in Saint Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis presided over the Ordinary Public Consistory for the creation of 20 new cardinals. Among the list of new cardinals was Msgr. Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, the first Legionary of Christ created Cardinal, and Msgr. Gianfranco Ghirlanda, SJ, who accompanied the process of revision and renewal of Regnum Christi.

11:28 Consecrated Women Hire New Pastoral Care Advocate

The Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi recently hired lay woman, Griselda Cervantez, as their first Pastoral Care Advocate in North America. Her primary responsibilities include assisting those who report an allegation of abuse, accompanying victims through the investigation process, advocating for victims’ voices to be heard, and providing ongoing pastoral care to victims and their families.

Extreme Blossom

God made the universe and everything in it. But He chose us! He made us in his image and likeness. The beauty of creation revealed by the telescope is mind blowing, but to God, the beauty of every human person is more precious.

4:35 Regnum Christi Spotlight Featuring Mary Therrell

Mary Therrell, A Regnum Christi member from New York, shares her testimony and experience of living the charism.

11:04 Connect: With God, Myself, Others and the Church

Challenge Clubs from the northeast held their annual Challenge Camp recently, with more than thirty 5th through 12th-grade girls from Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York, and New Jersey. The theme was “Connect: With God, Myself, Others and the Church,” and its goal was for the girls to learn ways to form authentic connections, have a deeper relationship with Jesus through prayer, and approach their own self-discovery from a Godly perspective.

The Chosen

God made the universe and everything in it. But He chose us! He made us in his image and likeness. The beauty of creation revealed by the telescope is mind blowing, but to God, the beauty of every human person is more precious.

2:27 Memory, Identity and Spiritual Direction

Spiritual direction is a particularly privileged place of unpacking the events and situations of our life in faith, hope and love. It helps us to hold on to events and situations theologically, retelling them in the light of faith, hope and love and allowing us to see the divine meaning they have.

7:43 José Mateos Starts New Role at Finis Terrae University

José Mateos, previously Territorial Director of the Lay Consecrated Men in Mexico and North America, begins his new role with passion, "I believe that we make a mistake when we think that we are going to move the hearts of others through intellectual arguments. These foundations are necessary, yes, but affections, not ideas, are what touch me most deeply in my heart, my deepest existential needs, what move people.

Immortal Openness to God

Each August 15 the Church celebrates the solemnity of the Assumption to remind us of that truth. For in Mary we see someone fully opened to the Lord. In Mary we see someone who surrendered everything to God; someone who, instead of shrieking, "I want it my way!" trustingly replied, "Let it be done to me according to your word."

3:07 Holy Land: The Last Pilgrim -- In Theaters August 19th

On August 19, 2022 a new film, "Holy Land: The Last Pilgrim" will open in the United States at Regal Cinemas, in Spanish with English subtitles. This new film weaves testimonies of converts in the Holy Land along with a fictional account of a mother and her young family, who are struggling to make a pilgrimage to the tomb of Jesus. Fr Juan Solana, LC, of the Magdala Center shares his testimony of the Holy Land in the film as well.

7:16 New National Sports Tournament Brings ECYD Boys Together

Despite having his hands full coordinating local and territorial ECYD boys' activities, Fr. Patrick O'Loughlin, LC, organized and ran a very successful inaugural ECYD National Sports Tournament this year.