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September 24, 2021

Matt Maher, Sr. Miriam Hideland and Others Collaborate with Magdala in New Online Pilgrimage of Healing & Hope

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Magdala is a unique Holy Land site on the shores of the Sea of Galilee.

Magdala invites you to join us on our third virtual pilgrimage through the Holy Land this October, themed, “A Virtual Pilgrimage of Healing & Hope with Mary Magdalene.” We will begin in Galilee, in the hometown of Mary Magdalene, whose personal loss and suffering were transformed by Jesus into wholeness. She will “accompany us” throughout the month of October as we travel around the Holy Land.
This Virtual Pilgrimage of Healing and Hope will be led by Kathleen Nichols, Magdala Inspiration Director and Consecrated Woman of Regnum Christi. On site visits will be transmitted Mondays through Saturdays at 3:30pm Israel Daylight Time (1:30pm London, 8:30am New York, 5:30am Los Angeles, 8:30pm Manila, 10:30pm Melbourne, 12:30 midnight Auckland). Kathleen has directed two previous virtual pilgrimages through the Holy Land, available here. Father Eamon Kelly, LC, Chaplain at Magdala, will be offering a Daily Eucharistic directly after Kathleen’s visits at 4:00PM IDT.

 

Dr. Bob Schuchts and Sister Miriam James Hideland of the John Paul II Healing Center will be accompanying us.  Matt Maher will be providing the musical content for our pilgrimage, along with songs by the RC Music Collective and Consecrated Woman Jill Swallow. The unique artwork of Chilean artist Daniel Cariola will be featured as well.

Magdala will lead you on this pilgrimage through the entire month of October, beginning September 28th and finishing November 2nd.

Please share this opportunity to encounter healing with your friends and family. Join this great crowd that followed Jesus through Galilee. Show Him your wounds, and witness His healing.

Register here and allow Mary Magdalene to take you by the hand as we embark on this virtual Holy Land pilgrimage.

Providentially uncovered in 2009, archaeological discoveries indicate the presence of an observant Jewish Community, as is evidenced in its First Century Synagogue. Magdala was an active fishing city where Jesus likely taught the multitudes and healed the afflicted including a woman who made her hometown famous, Mary Magdalene.

“Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people… people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed; and he healed them.” (Matthew 4:23-24)

With only 10% of the archaeology uncovered, the hometown of Mary Magdalene already provides pilgrims an authentic location to walk where Jesus taught and to connect with the first century life of Jesus’ followers. Learn more about Magdala here.

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Live the Mystery: A Virtual Convention to Explore the Mystery of the Regnum Christi Charism

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Regnum Christi members are being invited into a deeper understanding of the beautiful charism to which they have been called.

Last year, a virtual convention called Regnum Christi: Live the Mystery was held in September, and encouraged its participants to ponder how the mystery of Christ is made present through the charism of Regnum Christi. This convention was an opportunity to explore how to more fully live Christ’s mission through the specific charism that they, as Regnum Christi members, have been entrusted with, and included large group presentations, small group discussions and workshops, and interactive exchange.

This year, a second convention will be offered for all Regnum Christi members called Live the Mystery II: The Mystery of the Kingdom. In this virtual convention, which will be held Friday, November 12th to Saturday, November 13th, participants will be invited to experience the transformative power of the mystery of the Kingdom in such a way as to make it present in their own hearts, and in the hearts of all they encounter.

The original concept for the Live the Mystery conventions was born as a result of an international Regnum Christi Identity project. “With the new statutes, we felt it was very important to help Regnum Christi members everywhere dive deeper into the mystery of the charismatic gift that Regnum Christi is to the Church and to those who are called to live out their lives as baptized Catholics through the charism,” says Donna Garrett, who serves as the Director of RC Life and the Directory of RC Spirituality Center. “Encountering Christ who goes out to meet people, invites them into a community, forms them, accompanies them, and sends them out as disciples into the world to share his gospel is indeed a great mystery. We wanted Regnum Christi members to re-awaken – or awaken for the first time – to the beauty of this God-given gift.”

The goal of each Live the Mystery convention is to bring particular aspects of the Regnum Christi charism into greater focus, and to provide an opportunity – through presentations, questions, and discussions – for Regnum Christi members from all vocations to explore this mystery, and to encounter Christ, his love, and his Kingdom, through the specific charism of Regnum Christi.

“Last year, the Live the Mystery conference had 335 attendees,” says Donna. “The positive impact among the attendees far surpassed anything we had envisioned.” Jen Kellar, whose Regnum Christi women’s team participated in the last online convention together, shares her experience:

Donna Garrett and Maria Knuth presented virtually at the first Live the Mystery Convention in 2020.

“Our team just finished the first talk of this conference and already my heart is burning with the fire that once was there when I first joined Regnum Christi. Oh, how easily we forget the treasure that Jesus has invited us to – this community of believers who are on the same spiritual pathway! To recall, after all these years, the moment when Christ first spoke my name and asked me to join this movement, and to realize that he is present with us in each and every Encounter… this was a re-defining moment. And we are only on the first talk!”

This year, Donna and her team have opened the virtual convention up to all members of Regnum Christi, and are hoping for 1000 online participants! To register for the upcoming Live the Mystery conference, and experience and explore anew the charism of Regnum Christi, visit regnumchristifederation.org. The price for convention is $65, and the deadline for registration is October 30th. The 2020 Live the Mystery conference is available online at Live the Mystery – RC Spirituality.

 

 

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Regnum Christi Spirituality Center Ask a Priest

“Ask a Priest: Could My Kids Take a Catholic Bible to a Nondenominational School?”

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Q: We will be moving to a part of the country where there are no Catholic high schools or middle schools. There is also no Catholic home-school group locally. I am too afraid to send my child to a public school in this day and age. If I send my child to a Christian school, does he/she have the right to have his/her own Catholic Bible? Are you aware of any laws that state that a Catholic has a right to his/her own Bible if the school were to disagree? Bible study is an integral part of the nondenominational Christian schools there. Please pray for us during this difficult move. – K.M.

Answered by Fr. Edward McIlmail, LC

A: It’s good that you are concerned about raising your children in the faith. It’s good to remember, too, that parents are the primary educators of their children. So the task of educating the youngsters in the faith cannot be left totally to any school (even Catholic ones).

From what you describe, you might revisit the issue of homeschooling. Perhaps there is a way you could do some of it yourself. You might try browsing the Internet for ideas.

As for the question about Catholic Bibles: Perhaps this won’t even be an issue. So don’t worry about it for the moment. (For the record, I’m not sure whether the state would intervene to tell a private Christian school to allow Catholic Bibles. That’s not the kind of fight most states want to get involved in.)

That said, you wouldn’t want to relax even if your children were allowed to take their own Catholic Bibles to a nondenominational Christian school.

The school would likely have its own peculiar interpretations of Scripture that oppose the Catholic faith.

For instance, the school won’t teach that Jesus really is giving his Body and Blood in the Eucharist at the last supper. Nor will the school recognize the papacy; hence it won’t give a Catholic interpretation of Peter’s role as head of the apostles.

On top of that, the school might not recognize Sacred Tradition (the oral transmission of the teachings of Christ and the apostles) as a genuine source of Revelation, as Catholics do. And of course, the Protestant Bibles won’t recognize the seven deuterocanonical books that Catholic ones do.

What all this means is that you will need to supplement what your kids hear at school. Are you prepared to do that?

Whatever lies ahead, just be aware that you will need to engage your children in dialogue about the faith constantly. And count on my prayers.

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Alex Kucera

Atlanta

Alex Kucera has lived in Atlanta, GA, for the last 46 years. He is one of 9 children, married to his wife Karmen, and has 3 girls, one grandson, and a granddaughter on the way. Alex joined Regnum Christi in 2007. Out of the gate, he joined the Helping Hands Medical Missions apostolate and is still participating today with the Ghana Friendship Mission.

In 2009, Alex was asked to be the Atlanta RC Renewal Coordinator for the Atlanta Locality to help the RC members with the RC renewal process. Alex became a Group Leader in 2012 for four of the Atlanta Men’s Section Teams and continues today. Running in parallel, in 2013, Alex became a Team Leader and shepherded a large team of good men.

Alex was honored to be the Atlanta Mission Coordinator between 2010 to 2022 (12 years), coordinating 5-8 Holy Week Mission teams across Georgia. He also created and coordinated missions at a parish in Athens, GA, for 9 years. Alex continues to coordinate Holy Week Missions, Advent Missions, and Monthly missions at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Cumming, GA.

From 2016 to 2022, Alex also served as the Men’s Section Assistant in Atlanta. He loved working with the Men’s Section Director, the Legionaries, Consecrated, and Women’s Section leadership teams.

Alex is exceptionally grateful to the Legionaries, Consecrated, and many RC members who he’s journeyed shoulder to shoulder, growing his relationship with Christ and others along the way. He knows that there is only one way, that’s Christ’s Way, with others!