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
Glory Darbellay is from Saskatchewan, Canada and was consecrated in 1994. Her ministries have included youth ministry, adult pastoral ministry, and national director for Regnum Christ Mission Corps in North America. She served as first councilor on the Territorial Council for the Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi in North America and as a member of the Regnum Christi Territorial Committee from 2012–2015. Currently, she is the director of the formation center for Consecrated Women in Madrid.
Fr. Joseph Poulin, LC has served in leadership and teaching roles at Oakhill School in Buenos Aires. As Chaplain and Integral Formation Leader, he helped design and implement programs focused on character, academics, spiritual life, and apostolic work. He holds degrees in Philosophy and Theology from the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum in Rome. After his time in Buenos Aires, he is currently serving in Seoul, South Korea. He supports the work with the adult’s section and is also the superior of the community of the Legionaries of that community in Seoul.
Fr. John Bender, LC is a native of Pittsburgh and was ordained in 2014. His first assignment as a priest was at Everest Academy in Chicago, IL. He has served as a mentor, formation director, and professor, having spent seven years at the LC novitiate in Cheshire, Connecticut. In 2024, he began his new assignment in Atlanta as the superior of the Atlanta community, and chaplain of the RC young men’s section, Lumen Fellows, and Young Catholic Professionals Atlanta.
Yvonne Nuxoll grew up in Cottonwood, Idaho and was consecrated in 1995. She served one year in Mexico at the center of formation, and two years in Venezuela as the vice principal of the Instituto Andes school, directed by Consecrated Women. Since then, she has worked in the United States accompanying young women discerning consecrated life in Regnum Christi, youth ministry, spiritual direction for adults and young adults, and accompanying and coaching RC directors. Yvonne currently serves as a RC locality representative for some of the localities in the United States, as well as in the RC young women’s section in Atlanta where she resides. She continues to attend adults and young adults as a spiritual director, striving to show the merciful love of Christ through her spiritual motherhood.
Br. Gabriel Garza is from Monterrey, Mexico and is currently a second-year humanist at the LC novitiate in Cheshire, Connecticut. For as long as he can remember, Br. Gabriel has always wanted to be a priest. When he went to his first retreat at a Legionary seminary, he knew immediately that he was made for the Legionaries of Christ, and the Legionaries of Christ was made for him. In August of 2024, he made his first vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
Fr. Terrance Allen, LC is originally from Gaylord, Michigan and was ordained in 2019. After ordination, he served as the high school chaplain at Pinecrest Academy in Atlanta to support the students, their families, and the faculty. Fr. Terrance has recently returned to his home state, where he is the director of ECYD boys in Detroit.
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.
