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
Lisa Small is originally from New Zealand and has been consecrated since 2001 after giving a year as a RC missionary. Since then, she has served through preaching, running retreats and formation programs, and teaching throughout the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. Her apostolic work has included working at Mater Ecclesiae College in Rhode Island, the Catholic Discipleship College in New Zealand, the Highlands School in Texas, and directing the RC Mission Corps in North America. Lisa currently serves in Michigan as the RC locality director and as the communications director for the Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi in North America, as well as the community director of the Lake Orion community of Consecrated Women.
Fr. Thomas Salazar, LC is originally from Portland, Oregon. He entered the Legion in 1993 and was ordained a priest in 2003. He began his priestly ministry doing vocational promotion in Northwest Mexico. In 2006 he transferred to Houston, Texas to help in multiple roles including school chaplain, vocational promotion, and support for the Regnum Christi adult sections. In 2010, he moved to Detroit, Michigan where he is currently serving as a chaplain for Everest Collegiate High School and Academy.
Br. Abel Moo is from Cancun, Mexico, and is a second-year humanist at LC Cheshire. Br. Abel attended apostolic school and two years of novitiate in Mexico, intending to give God one or two years until he was certain about God’s call for his life. At the end of the two years, he heard the call of God asking him to follow him into the priesthood. He is continuing his studies at the LC novitiate in Cheshire, Connecticut, and in August of 2024, he made his first vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience as a Legionary of Christ.
Fr. Michael Moriarty, LC is from Lawrence, Kansas, and was ordained in 2012. Throughout his vocation, he has been deeply engaged with youth ministry, serving as the chaplain for Young Catholic Professionals in Chicago, and as the director for Regnum Christi Youth and the national director for Mission Youth. He is currently a member of the LC community in Philadelphia, serving as the chaplain for Mission Youth Philly and the young men and women’s RC sections.
Mary Smith is originally from Arrowhead, California, and was consecrated in 1994. She served in youth and adult ministry in Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Italy, and back home in the United States. For the past 15 years, she has been serving in the Washington, DC, locality, ministering to youth and families. She also served as a councilor on the Territorial Council for the Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi in North America from 2012–2015. She is currently dedicated to women’s ministry, and is on the national development team for the Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi.
Fr. Andrés Orellana, LC is originally from Caracas, Venezuela and was ordained in 2017. From 2017 to 2020, he directed a youth group in Caracas, then returned to Rome to pursue a master’s degree in spiritual theology. During his time in Rome, Fr. Andrés accompanied groups of pilgrims to Lourdes several times, and also served as a chaplain for international formation activities for young adults organized by Regnum Christi. He is currently a member of the Legionaries of Christ community in Cupertino, California, where he serves as a Regnum Christi chaplain, accompanying young adults in their spiritual life.
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.
