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. Kevin Lixey, LC is from Flint, Michigan and was ordained in 2001. He has served as the vice rector of the Legionary novitiate in Connecticut, the head of the “Church and Sport” section of the Pontifical Council for the Laity at the Vatican, the director of the Regnum Christi women’s section in Atlanta, and the international director of the Patrons of the Arts in Vatican City, among other positions. Fr. Kevin has also written several books and articles and is fluent in four languages. He currently resides in Cupertino, California, where he serves as a community councilor for the LC community and the local RC director of the San Jose locality.
Mary Patt Pirie is from Akron, Ohio, and was consecrated in 1994. With degrees in education and development and in moral theology, Mary Patt has worked in formation, education, and apostolates with adolescents and university students in Mexico, Spain, the United States and Italy. She has served in various capacities on the general direction team of the Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi in Rome since 2012. She is currently focusing on doctoral studies in moral theology.
Fr. Matthew Schmitz, LC grew up in Minnesota and was ordained a priest in 2013. His first assignment was as chaplain and teacher at Dublin Oak Academy in Ireland. He continued to serve in school chaplaincy in Texas and California. Fr. Matthew is currently the spiritual guide and chaplain for RC Philly.
Naoise Johnston was born in Saskatoon, Canada. With an undergraduate degree in philosophy and English and a master’s in information studies, she entered the consecrated life in Regnum Christi in 2002, in Dublin, Ireland. After completing her religious formation in Rhode Island, she continued working there in Mater Ecclesiae College until 2015 as accreditation liaison, professor, librarian, and community director. From 2015-2025 she served full-time on the territorial council of the Consecrated Women of Regnum Christ (CRC). While a council member dedicated the majority of her time to supporting the ongoing formation and mission assignment projection of the consecrated women, acting as Safe Environment Coordinator for the CRC and more. Naoise is currently working in Rome on an assignment for the Dicastery for Religious Institutes and Societies of Apostolic Life and is responsible for supporting and monitoring the Consecrated Women’s formation and studies on behalf of their general government.
Fr. Brian Shininger, LC is a native of Defiance, Ohio and was ordained in 2005. He began his priesthood as Vice-Rector at the Legionaries’ minor seminary in Colfax, California, then spent two years in Mexico City as a Regnum Christi men’s chaplain. In 2012, Fr. Brian moved to San Jose, California where over the course of 13 years served as superior of the Legionary community, hospital chaplain, Regnum Christi local director and Regnum Christi women’s chaplain. He co-founded the Divine Mercy Healing retreats at Our Lady of Santa Clara Retreat Center and is a chaplain for All Things Women. Currently he resides in Raleigh, serving as the Regnum Christi chaplain for North Carolina and superior for the Legionary community.
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.
