Starting next week, which includes the World Day of Consecrated Life (February 2), Regnum Christi invites our entire spiritual family and all our friends to join us in praying especially for our brothers and sisters living the consecrated vocations of Legionary priests, Consecrated Women, and Lay Consecrated Men in our territory.
Each week throughout the year, we will pray together for a different group of Legionaries and Consecrated, spanning all the communities across the territory, as our “Priests and Consecrated of the Week.”
Our Consecrated members are men and women who have said yes to Christ’s call to follow him, leaving everything behind to dedicate their entire lives to him and to join him in the mission of building his Kingdom. We come together to support them with our prayer, asking our Lord to strengthen them, hold them close to his Sacred Heart, and give them his deep joy as they live their mission each day.
This Week We Pray for
Fr. Shawn Aaron was born in Ridgecrest, California, and was ordained in 2002. He has served in a variety of roles, including LC development director and national chaplain for The Lumen Institute in Manhattan. From 2017–2020, Fr. Shawn served as the North American territorial vicar general for the Legionaries of Christ; in March of 2020, he was named the North American territorial director.
Br. Austen Davis grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is currently a first-year humanist at the LC novitiate in Cheshire, Connecticut. After attending a “Test Your Call” retreat in Cheshire, he signed up for the Aspirancy program, and then entered the Candidacy in the summer of 2023. Two years later, on August 9, 2025, Br. Austen made his first vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience as a Legionary of Christ.
Denise Funke, a Consecrated Woman of Regnum Christi, was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and was consecrated in 1992. She has served as a school principal in the United States and Ireland and as a general counselor in Rome. With extensive experience in family and youth ministry, she currently serves as a formator at The Highlands School in Dallas and as a spiritual director.
Amelia Hoover is from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and was consecrated in Regnum Christi in 2010. She served in ECYD for eight years in the DC area, and is currently the girls’ ECYD director in Houston. She also serves as a member of the ECYD Life Department Team for the North American Territory.
Antonio Maza is a Lay Consecrated Man of Regnum Christi, currently serving as VP of Finance and Administration at Divine Mercy University. Along with his community of Lay Consecrated Men in Northern Virginia, Anthony dedicates his entire life to the service of the Church, spreading the good news in the social and professional world.
Fr. Timothy Walsh is from Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, and was ordained in 2006. He has served in various roles, including vice-rector and then rector of two of the Legionary apostolic schools, and as chaplain to the Regnum Christi communities in Ohio and Houston. In 2020, he was appointed rector-president of the novitiate in Cheshire, Connecticut, where he oversees the initial formation of new members and seminarians.
Fr. Bruce Wren was born in Cottonwood, Idaho, and was ordained in 1996. He served as instructor of novices in Cornwall, Canada, and in 1999, he was appointed rector of the apostolic school in France. In 2014, he became the local superior of the LC community in Chicago and served in a variety of chaplaincy roles. Currently, Fr. Bruce serves as the local superior of the LC community in Cumming, Georgia, and as chaplain to the RC men’s section in Atlanta, as well as being a territorial councilor for the Legionaries of Christ in North America.
Prayer for Priests and Consecrated Members in Regnum Christi
God our Father,
We thank you for our spiritual family of Regnum Christi, and for those within it that you have called to total consecration as Legionaries of Christ, Consecrated Women, and Lay Consecrated Men.
We ask you to renew their encounter with your Son Jesus Christ,
who goes out to meet them and reveals the love of his heart to them.
Deepen their personal love for Christ
and their trust in his love for them.
Gather them close to him,
form them,
and send them out accompanied by your Son,
in the mission of forming apostles and Christian leaders who make your Kingdom present in hearts, in families, and in society.
Send your Holy Spirit to sanctify and strengthen them,
And to help them respond generously and courageously to their mission each day.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
