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
Kathleen Murphy was born in Nova Scotia and has been consecrated for 32 years. She spent 11 years in Atlanta, serving at Pinecrest Academy. Kathleen then served the Cincinnati locality from 2012-2015. She spent a year in Spain and returned to the United States in 2016 to serve in Cincinnati once more. In 2019 she was the director of the Consecrated community in Chicago, and in 2020 she was named as the Territorial Director of North America. On February 3, 2026, Kathleen was elected to the General Council of Consecrated Women in Rome.
Fr. John Bartunek was ordained in 2003. He has taught moral theology at various ecclesiastical institutions at the graduate and undergraduate levels, and has authored many books, including the Gospel companion, The Better Part, and Inside the Passion, the only authorized behind-the-scenes look at the film, for which he provided on-set spiritual support. His online retreat guides are available in multiple formats at RCSpirituality.org. Fr. John currently resides in Atlanta, where he is serving as territorial vicar for the Legionaries of Christ.
Jorge Lam, a native of Venezuela, is one of the newest Lay Consecrated Men of Regnum Christi and is a part of their newly formed community in Arlington, Virginia. He is currently studying marketing and theology, feeling called to place his professional talents at the service of the Church and its mission of evangelization, especially by means of digital media.
Fr. Lino Otero is from Managua, Nicaragua and was ordained in 2001. He has been a school teacher, administrator, and youth leader, and since 2009, he has been involved in leadership training. He has also been the pastor of two parishes, founded a radio station and a school coop, and for two years, served as the territorial administrator of the Legionaries of Christ and Regnum Christi in North America. Today, he is the director of Life Long Learning at Divine Mercy University.
Ally Wheeler was consecrated in 2005. She has served in New York and Cincinnati in ECYD, RC youth programs, and campus and parish youth ministry, and was the director of the community of Consecrated Women in Cincinnati. She currently serves as territorial administrator and finance officer for the Consecrated Women in North American, residing in Atlanta.
Br. Matthew Artall grew up in south Louisiana and is a second-year humanist at the LC novitiate at Cheshire, Connecticut. Feeling the call to the priesthood through weekly adoration and the example of St. Teresa of Avila, Br. Matthew participated in Mercy Missions and visited the novitiate in Cheshire. In August of 2024, he made his first vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience as a Legionary of Christ.
Fr. Kevin Meehan was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and was ordained in 1991. He spent many years of ministry in the formation and care of Legionary priests and communities, both in the United States and Canada. He is currently superior of the community of Legionary priests based in Pasadena, California.
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.
