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February 11, 2026

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The Final Stage of the Consecrated Women’s General Assembly: Vision and Mission for the Future

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

Weekly Summary

The Consecrated Women are in the final week of their 2026 General Assembly. During the past weeks, they have made progress on the scheduled topics, concluding reflections on poverty, sustainability, changes to their proper law, a possible contemplative lifestyle within Regnum Christi, and the election of the general government. They also addressed the topic of fraternal life, which emerged in a significant way during the development of the assembly.

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One of the most notable moments of the week was the gathering with the delegates of the General Chapter of the Legionaries of Christ and the General Assembly of the Lay Consecrated Men of Regnum Christi. On Monday, January 9th, the Consecrated Women participated in the Eucharistic celebration presided over by Fr. Carlos Gutiérrez, LC, the new General Director of the Legion of Christ, accompanied by Fr. John Connor, LC, the former General Director.

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Afterwards, the Consecrated Women hosted a dinner with the Lay Consecrated Men and the Legionary chapter fathers, where they shared experiences from this time of discernment. The gathering unfolded in a climate of authentic communion, enriched by the testimonies of Fr. Melchior Poisson, LC, Jorge Lam, and Camila Melo, as well as the words of the general directors: Fr. Carlos Gutiérrez, LC, Nancy Nohrden, and Félix Gómez Rueda. Throughout the evening, the presence of the Holy Spirit was strongly felt, accompanying the work of the Chapter and the Assemblies: “The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy” (Psalm 125).

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During this final stage, the work of the Consecrated Women is focused on developing the vision for the Society for the next six years, integrating the apostolic projection. They seek to articulate this vision as a clear and aspirational statement expressing what the institution intends to respond to in the coming period, in light of the call they perceive from God.

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At the same time, they are drafting texts that capture what has been discerned along this synodal journey. The assembly’s Communiqué will reflect what the body of the assembly—the supreme governing organ of the Society—considers fundamental to guide the life and mission for the next six years, reaffirming their mission as apostles of hope and their commitment to bring Christ to the world in communion with all of Regnum Christi.

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12-17 Papal Audience

“The Word of God responds to our thirst for meaning.”: Pope Leo’s Words Today

/ Papal Audience, Regnum Christi News, Weekly Message Blog

“The Word of God responds to our thirst for meaning.”

In this week’s Wednesday audience, Pope Leo XIV explores the profound and vital link between the Word of God and the life of the Church.

It is in the life and the faith of the Church where Sacred Scripture finds the space to carry out its particular task and achieve its purpose: to make Christ known, and to open dialogue with God. When we read the Bible with an inner attitude of prayer, God comes towards us and enters into conversation with us.

“We live surrounded by so many words, but how many of these are empty! On the contrary, the Word of God responds to our thirst for meaning, for the truth about our life. . . . Let us therefore open our hearts and minds in order to receive this gift, following the example of Mary, Mother of the Church.”

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

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February 11, 2026 – Holy Consumption

/ Daily Meditations

Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time

 

Mark 7:14-23

Jesus summoned the crowd again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile.” When he got home away from the crowd his disciples questioned him about the parable. He said to them, “Are even you likewise without understanding? Do you not realize that everything that goes into a person from outside cannot defile, since it enters not the heart but the stomach and passes out into the latrine?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.) “But what comes out of the man, that is what defiles him. From within the man, from his heart, come evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, licentiousness, envy, blasphemy, arrogance, folly. All these evils come from within and they defile.”

Opening Prayer: Lord Jesus, help me discern in my heart what is from you and what needs to be purified.

Encountering Christ:

  1. Being Called Out: As I place myself within the crowd, I hear Jesus speak those words to me, “Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile” (Mk 7:15). How does it resonate? How might he speak this statement today, when the human heart is aggressively bombarded with anti-Christian cultural undertones? It can be easy to blame the externals, but a culture is made of what comes from the human heart. Jesus is calling me out. He wants me to recognize that what comes from my heart creates the culture around me. Lord, do I add to the culture of consumerism, antagonism, and disrespect; or do I help create a culture of justice, charity, forgiveness, sincerity, trust in God’s Providence, and gratitude?

     

  2. Discerning the Heart: My heart is formed by external and internal influences. What forms my heart throughout the day: interactions with people, social media, TV shows, books, decisions for use of time, activities that fill my day? As I reflect on each one, I ask you, Lord, to show me what makes my heart more like yours and what defiles it. This is a difficult examination of the heart that requires a sincere desire for deeper transformation into the man or woman I am called to be. By “wrestling with Jesus” may I discover a renewed invitation to deeper conversion and deeper discipleship.

     

  3. Enthroning the Lord Within: The spiritual journey involves both aesthetical and mystical elements. This, simply put, means that the Lord, in his goodness, lets us participate in our own transformation, while always relying on his grace. All practical sacrifices and resolutions that we make are oriented to enthroning the Lord within. By freely choosing to read a good spiritual book over a trashy novel, we make space for the Lord to enthrone himself in our heart. By intentionally making time to go to confession this month, we make space to hear the Lord’s invitations to deeper friendship.

Conversing with Christ: Lord Jesus, make my heart your throne where you reign, and guide me in all my actions and decisions today. May my heart be filled with good and holy things that bring others to aspire to the same.

Resolution: Lord, today by your grace I will examine my conscience and prepare for a deep confession of my heart of all that does not come from you or lead to you.

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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Regnum Christi Spirituality Center Uncle Eddy

The Appearing of Our Lady at Lourdes

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Dear Laura, Your last note made me sadder than I have been in a long time.  Your defense of your “boyfriend,” as you call him (an odd name for someone who is acting as if he were courting you), claiming how upright he is, how Christian in his morals, how solid in his virtue (most evangelical Protestants are, you know; we ought to be inspired by their example on that score) – it was all quite irrelevant when you mentioned that due to his “sincere and heartfelt protestations” (I can just imagine them) you have “temporarily stopped praying the Rosary.”  When I read those words my heart turned in on itself like a black hole. My dear, dear niece, do you realize what you are doing? First, it is the rosary, then it will be confession, then Mass, then who knows what! Imagine how your mother would react if she heard such a thing! Remember, you do not live in a pro-Christian culture, let alone a pro-Catholic culture. If you let passing infatuations with good-looking beaus alter your spiritual priorities, you are setting yourself up for a tragic drama.   Do you remember what happened on this day in 1858?  Our Lady, the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Heaven, Mother of Jesus Christ, Son of God, appeared to a 14-year-old French peasant girl outside a tiny town called Lourdes, eighty miles from the nearest railway.  And do you remember what she did, this surpassingly beautiful but humble and modest figure dressed all in white, with a blue belt at her waist and a long rosary on her arm? She smiled, and without saying a word, invited the young girl (St Bernadette Soubirous) to pray with her.  So Bernadette took her rosary out of her pocket and began to pray it, and Our Lady began to pray it with her, fingering each bead as it was prayed, but not moving her lips.  And thus began the series of visions that led to the establishment of the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, site of countless miracles and to this day a place of faith-building pilgrimage for Catholics (and non-Catholics, you may be interested to know) from all over the globe.   If nothing else, today’s feast should remind you that the Catholic faith alone contains the fullness of Christian revelation, and the devotion of the Rosary, besides having been validated beyond measure by countless saints, is one of the Church’s most prolific methods of prayer.  Perhaps you need to visit a holy priest or sister and ask them to refresh you about how to pray the Rosary (isn’t there a discalced Carmelite convent not too far away from campus? I seem to remember there being one), or perhaps you need to do a serious examination of conscience to find out why your spiritual sensitivity is waning.  In any case, before packing away your beads, you better try to explain yourself to Mary and to Jesus – ask their advice if you don’t give much account to mine. Perhaps this has seemed harsh.  If so, it’s only because I care so much about you.  The only thing I want for you is deep and lasting happiness, so when I see you forfeiting the unquenchable source of it in order to drink from “leaky cisterns,” as Scripture puts it (Cf. Jeremiah 2:13), it makes me boil.  Do count on my prayers. Sincerely, your loving uncle, Eddy

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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!