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. Paul Silva, LC is originally from Michoacán, Mexico. He studied Classical Humanities in Salamanca, Spain, and pursued philosophy and theology in Rome, Italy. He was ordained to the priesthood in 2013. Since then, he has served as a professor at the College of Humanities and the Novitiate in Cheshire, Connecticut, and currently serves as Director of Admissions and Spiritual Director at Sacred Heart Apostolic School in Rolling Prairie, Indiana.
Rose Wieber is originally from Spokane, Washington, and was consecrated in 2002. After finishing formation she served as an Instructor of Formation at Overbrook Academy (2006-2014). She is currently a member of the Detroit consecrated community, working at Everest Collegiate High School and Academy in Clarkston, Michigan. (2014-2026)
Br. Leonardo Torres is from Guadalajara, Mexico. Br. Leonardo felt the call to the priesthood at a young age, and when he was 11 years old, he entered the apostolic school in Guadalajara. Now, he is a first-year humanist at LC Cheshire. In the future, Br. Leonardo would like to work in the university field, because he believes that this is where society can be changed, where future parents, future professionals, and society in general can be greatly influenced.
Fr. Raymund Cosgrave, LC was born in Thurles, Ireland in 1949 and entered the Novitiate of the Legionaries of Christ in Dublin in 1966. He was transferred to the Novitiate in Woodmont, Conn in 1967 and professed first vows in September of 1968. He studied philosophy and theology in Rome and was ordained a priest on December 24, 1978 by Cardinal Eduardo Pironio. He worked in Chile from 1980 to1990 and was appointed rector of Anahuac University in Mexico City in 1991. He was assigned to the North American Territory in 2003 and ministered in Thornwood until 2014 and has been in Cheshire since then. He is a spiritual director for priests.
Deb Bauer is from Durand, Wisconsin and was consecrated in 1998, serving as a Director of Religious Education, and Youth Minister before she was consecrated. Since then, she has continued to be involved in evangelization, youth ministry and Catholic education, serving on the board of Pinecrest Academy in Atlanta, Georgia, as president and professor at Mater Ecclesiae College in Greenville, Rhode Island, and as formation director of The Highlands School in Irving, Texas. She has also served as a spiritual guide, and is currently involved in parish evangelization and discipleship efforts in the local Church of the Archdiocese of Washington DC as well women’s ministry in the that RC locality. She serves on the executive team for the Washington DC women’s section, and offers talks and retreats at Our Lady of Bethesda Retreat center and nationally.
Fr. Juan Sabadell, LC was born in Barcelona, Spain and was ordained in 2001. From 1996 to 2005, he served as the territorial administrator in North America. His apostolic duties have also included youth ministry, school chaplaincies, and seminarian formation in Spain, Italy, and the United States, as well as leading retreats in the US, Spain, Italy, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, and Venezuela. From 2012 to 2014, Fr. Juan was involved in the revision of the Legionary Constitutions and the apostolic visitation from the Vatican, collaborating with Cardinal Velasio de Paolis and eventually being appointed by Pope Francis as a general councilor of the Legionaries of Christ (2014–2020). He returned to the United States in 2020, and is currently serving the Greater Detroit area as RC men’s section director and chaplain of the locality, while continuing to guide retreats and spiritual exercises, principally in the Midwest and 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.
