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February 4, 2026

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Election of Sonia Baldwin as General Financial Officer for the Consecrated Women for the next six-year term (2026-2032)

/ Consecrated Women, Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi News, Regnum Christi News

This morning as the III Ordinary General Assembly continues, the Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi re-elected Sonia Baldwin as General Financial Officer for the next six years, expressing their confidence in a term of service marked by responsibility, transparency, and fidelity to the mission of the Society.    This re-election recognizes the work done during the previous since 2020, in which Sonia’s professionalism, prudence, and sense of collaboration contributed significantly to strong and orderly economic management, and the accompaniment of key processes of institutional consolidation, always at the service of consecrated life and the apostolic body of Regnum Christi.

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Sonia was born in Newcastle, Australia, on April 4, 1981, and made her vows of consecration on March 25, 2006. She has carried out her mission mainly in the administrative and economic spheres, at the service of the mission. Early in her consecration, Sonia served in formation centers and in fundraising efforts, and later as a formation instructor and member of the ECYD team in Chicago. She served as territorial administrator in the North American territory and then as General Administrator in Rome after her election in 2020.

In continuing her service, the general financial officer will carry out her work in collaboration with the territorial and community administrators, under the authority of the general director, and in accordance with the provisions of universal and proper law, as well as the civil legislations in force.  

Her main responsibilities include promoting solidarity and a co-responsible, transparent sustainability in managing the the Society’s assets, periodically rendering accounts, and supporting the preparation of economic reports for the competent authorities of the Society, relevant civil authorities, benefactors, and other persons or institutions that should be informed. 

Through this re-election, the Society reaffirms its commitment to an administration that is faithful to its mission and oriented to the responsible support of the consecrated life and apostolic action of Regnum Christi. 

With Sonia’s election, the structure of the general government for the next six-year term is complete, and is made up as follows:

  • Nancy Nohrden, General Director
  • Perla González de la Fuente, Vicar General and First Councilor
  • Eugenia (Uge) Álvarez Espinoza, Second General Councilor
  • Kathleen Murphy, Third General Counsel
  • Camila Melo, Fourth General Councilor
  • Sonia Baldwin, General Financial Officer

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12-10 Papal Audience

“Scripture serves to nurture the life and charity of believers.”: Pope Leo’s Words Today

/ Papal Audience, Regnum Christi News, Weekly Message Blog

“Scripture serves to nurture the life and charity of believers.”

In this week’s Wednesday audience, Pope Leo XIV continues his catechesis on ‘Dei Verbum,’ reflecting on Sacred Scripture as the privileged space for encounter with God, a place where we can come to know and love him.

Scripture is the Word of God in human words, intended to speak to us today, to touch our present lives with all their hopes and sufferings, and to enlighten our steps. This becomes possible only when we read and interpret sacred texts under the guidance of the same Spirit who inspired them.

“Let us thank the Lord because, in his goodness, he ensures our lives do not lack the essential nourishment of his Word, and let us pray that our words, and even more so our lives, do not obscure the love of God that is narrated in them.”

To read more of Pope Leo XIV’s General Audience reflection, click here.

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The Legionaries of Christ Elect their New General Government and New General Director: Fr. Carlos Alberto Gutiérrez López, LC

/ Legionaries of Christ, Regnum Christi News

The 2026 General Chapter of the Legionaries of Christ have elected Fr. Carlos Gutiérrez López, LC, as the new General Director for the 2026-2032 term. The election took place this morning at the General Directorate in Rome.

The new General Director is originally from Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. He is 51 years old. After a year as a Regnum Christi Mission Corps Missionary in 1998, Fr. Carlos entered the Congregation in 1999 and has served in Chile, Italy, Colombia, Venezuela, and Mexico, and until today was the Territorial Director for Northern Mexico.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and theology from the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum in Rome and a degree in industrial and systems engineering from the Monterrey Institute of Technology. He also holds a master’s degree in psychology from Divine Mercy University (United States). He has served in ministry as an ECYD assistant in Santiago, Chile (2001-2004), assistant to the general secretary, assistant to the territorial director for the apostolate in Colombia-Venezuela (2009-2012), superior of the community in Bogotá, Colombia, territorial councilor for Venezuela, director of ECYD in Monterrey (2014-2015), coordinator of the area of ​​family and youth ministry, and territorial director for Colombia-Venezuela (2018-2022). Since 2022, he has served as Territorial Director for Northern Mexico.

As he accepted the role, Fr. Carlos made the profession of faith and the oath of fidelity, as is customary in the Church.

The General Chapter entrusts Fr. Carlos with the mission of continuing the path of renewal undertaken by the Congregation in recent years under the guidance of the Church, and fostering the evangelization of all people as a become a community that goes out to meet people on the peripheries of society. 

In this new role, Fr. Carlos will also join the General Directive College of Regnum Christi, as its president.

With Fr. Carlos’ election, Fr. John Connor, LC, who has been General Director since 2020, concludes his service in this role. The Congregation thanks him deeply  for his generous self-giving, his pastoral governance, and his leadership along the path the Legion has travelled during these past six years. The new government begins in continuity with the last in the ongoing work towards an institutional culture of transparency and of care and service of all people, in communion with the Church.

The day following Fr. Carlo’s election as general director, the General Chapter elected the rest of the Legion’s new General Government, including six general councilors and the general administrator.

The general councilors are:

  • Hernán Jiménez (Mexico): Vicar General
  • Michael Brisson (United States): Second Councilor
  • Miguel Cavallé Puig (Spain): Third Councilor
  • Robert Presutti (United States): Fourth Councilor
  • Adolfo Güémez Suárez (Mexico): Fifth Councilor
  • David Daly (United States): Sixth Councilor

The administrator is Fr. José Cárdenas, who was re-elected for a third term. You can read more about the new General Council here.

The General Chapter, the highest form of a religious congregation’s government, began January 20, 2026, and is comprised of 60 priests from 13 different countries. In the days to come, it will continue its work with the election of the general councilors and administrator of the General Government, and it will continue to reflect on the various aspects of the life and mission of the Legionaries of Christ.

This moment represents a new stage in the path that the Congregation continues to travel, always seeking to know, love, and follow Christ more closely, at the service of the Church and evangelization.

About the Legionaries of Christ

The Legionaries of Christ is a religious Congregation of pontifical right, founded in 1941, composed of priests and candidates for the priesthood. It forms part of the spiritual family of Regnum Christi. Today, it numbers two bishops, 1,033 priests, and 273 brothers and transitional deacons in formation throughout the world.

Its mission is to make the Kingdom of Christ present by means of the sanctification of its members and apostolic action at the service of the Church and all people. It lives a Christ-centered, contemplative, and evangelizing spirit, with a filial love for the Pope and in communion with the bishops. Its main fields of apostolate are education, family pastoral care, youth work, works of Christian charity and social aid, evangelizing missions, catechesis, and work in parishes.

For more information: https://legionariesofchrist.org/general-chapter-2026/

Photo gallery of the General Chapter: https://www.flickr.com/photos/legionariosdecristo/albums/72177720331573898

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Regnum Christi Spirituality Center Uncle Eddy

St Joseph of Leonessa

/ Uncle Eddy

Dear Leo, I have no doubt at all that the difficulties you are facing and the hidden, interior suffering you have to endure are only the beginning.  A soul as sensitive as yours, a heart as loving, a mind as supple… These are gifts that God has not given you by mistake, and you will have to sanctify them, to Christ-ify them throughout your life by sharing little by little in our Lord’s own sufferings.  Of course, I also have no doubt that if God permits you the honor of suffering for your faith in him, he will also permit you the honor of experiencing the joys of his love. It is ever the paradox of Christianity: the passion of Good Friday followed by the rejoicing of Easter Sunday. I recommend that you start even now to form a habit that served today’s saint well throughout his difficult life.  St Joseph became a Capuchin friar when he was only about 18, taking his habit in his hometown of Leonessa in central Italy.  He was a model of virtue and a zealous preacher. His words used to draw huge crowds and set the hearts of his listeners on fire.  He gradually took to holding a crucifix in his hands while he preached and attributed any fruits of his words to the power of Christ’s love pouring through the sacrifice of the cross.  Soon he was sent to Muslim turkey as a missionary, and there he exhausted himself caring spiritually and bodily for the Christian slaves, most especially the galley slaves, who lived in utterly despicable conditions.  While there, the plague broke out, and he contracted it as he treated the hundreds of stricken men, women, and children who had been left to die. He was fortunate enough to recover, and from then on he extended his evangelizing efforts to include the Muslims. That was strictly forbidden, however, and so he was imprisoned  – twice. The second time he was condemned to a cruel death, but after hanging him out on a pole by driving his hand through an iron hook, and then turning him over to hang him in the same way by his foot, he was released.  He returned to Italy, and eventually to Leonessa, where he recovered and renewed his ministry with even greater zeal. His latter days were marred by a horrible cancer, which eventually killed him, but not until he had undergone multiple operations, his only anesthesia being his famed crucifix, which he held tightly all throughout the painful treatment. I guess I rambled on there for a while.  What I wanted to suggest was that you bring your crucifix with you when you go off alone to pray.  Keeping the suffering Lord ever before the eyes of your heart will help you take advantage of your own hardships in order to further his kingdom in wonderful ways. Your affectionate uncle, Eddy

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February 4, 2026 – Jesus Is Rejected

/ Daily Meditations

Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Ordinary Time

 

Mark 6:1-6

Jesus departed from there and came to his native place, accompanied by his disciples. When the Sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished.

They said, “Where did this man get all this? What kind of wisdom has been given him? What mighty deeds are wrought by his hands! Is he not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joseph and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him. Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and among his own kin and in his own house.” So he was not able to perform any mighty deed there, apart from curing a few sick people by laying his hands on them. He was amazed at their lack of faith.

Opening Prayer: Jesus, grant me a deep faith in your goodness and merciful love, a faith that breaks through barriers of resistance and believes in your power to work for good in all situations.

Encountering Christ:

  1. Identification With the Heart of Jesus: The heart of Jesus entered his hometown and desired to teach and heal, to bring about a deeper conversion in all he met. With great sorrow and amazement, Jesus must turn from those he loved and look for those who were open to the gift he wished to give. Nonetheless, we do not know how the story ends. He still offered his life for them to the point of dying on the Cross. Faith may still blossom in the hearts of unbelievers. How often we wish to bring people to a place of greater enlightenment and conversion, but we encounter only resistance, especially from those we most love. Faith is a gift and response that cannot be forced or coerced. Our own sorrow can be united to the Cross of Christ for those who resist God’s grace.

     

  2. Recognizing Interior Resistance That Obscures Faith: The people were astonished when they hear Jesus’s teachings and see his miracles. They asked many questions. They could not conceive of Jesus as the Messiah. They couldn’t break out from their preconceived notions of Jesus. How many times do we question the Church or others when a teaching or action does not fit into our understanding? Can we not see beyond the human elements to God’s Providence at work in all things? Let’s speak to the Lord about any interior resistance towards the things of God, whether it be an interior rejection of Church teaching, anger towards persons or the Church, or even jealousy of others’ spiritual goods. Jesus is always listening.

     

  3. Jesus’s Tireless Self-Giving: While the passage tells us that Jesus was not able to perform many miracles, he nonetheless did lay his hands on quite a few, curing them of illnesses. Can you see how eager Jesus is to heal us? He looks under every nook and cranny to find just enough faith to pour his healing grace into our lives. That is all it takes—a little bit of faith. I marvel at the wonders he has worked over the course of my life with my little bit of faith. He never tires of giving himself where there is an open door.

Conversing with Christ: Lord Jesus, accept the poverty of my faith. It may be weak, but I profess my faith in you. And I thank you for the wonders you have already worked in my life. Continue to work as I take a step towards deeper faith by my frequent reception of the sacraments. Whether I feel your presence or not, I will profess my belief in your healing touch.

Resolution: Lord, today by your grace I will examine an area of the Church’s teaching that I struggle with and resolve to make an act of faith and seek understanding.

Jennifer Ristine is a consecrated woman of Regnum Christi who is dedicated to spiritual and faith formation through teaching, conferences, writing, and spiritual direction. While serving in Ancient Magdala she wrote Mary Magdalene: Insights from Ancient Magdala.

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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!