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
Fabiola Zellek is originally from Mexico City, Mexico, and was consecrated in 2003. Throughout her consecrated life, she has accompanied youth through ECYD and high school programs in Mérida, Mexico City, Houston, and Washington, DC. She is currently a member of the DC consecrated community, where she ministers to youth and young adults.
Fr. Kenneth LeBlanc, LC was born and raised in Rogersville, New Brunswick, Canada. He joined the priestly congregation of the Legionaries of Christ in 1990. He continued his studies in the U.S.A., Canada, and Italy, and earned his Philosophy and Theology degrees from Regina Apostolorum in Rome. On December 24, 2002, he was ordained a priest in Rome, Italy. Fr. Kenneth has worked most of his life as a chaplain for the lay movement Regnum Christi in Canada. Throughout his ministry, Fr Kenneth has been working to help people live out their baptismal calling to the fullest and accompanies them to become their full potential as apostles for the mission. He has done this by preaching retreats, spiritual direction/spiritual coaching to youths and the lay faithful throughout Canada and the US. He chaplains numerous pilgrimages, missions, summer camps and outdoor treks in the wilderness. He currently resides in Calgary Alberta. On rest days he enjoys hiking and scrambling in the beautiful Canadian Rockies.
Br. Vincent Le is from Orlando Florida. He present at a Legionnaires Ordination in Atlanta, and that experience opened the door to his call. To witness another man’s total self gift for a mission coming directly from heaven was the most attractive calling for him as a college student. He most dearly loves the gift of his formators as they accompany hm through all the highs and lows and most importantly they pour out everything that they have to form the future of the church. Vincent loves being a Legionary Humanist because it is a stage of constant growth, growing as a religious, growing as a man for the mission, and most importantly growing in love for Jesus Christ.
Michelle Reiff grew up in Carroll, Iowa and was consecrated in 1996. Over the years, she worked in RC schools in Santiago, Chile; Dallas, Texas; Clarkston, Michigan; and as a member of the RC Education Board. She also supported the Consecrated Women in their governance and internal life in a variety of roles, and since 2018 has served as territorial secretary. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, as a member of the Territorial Directorate consecrated community.
Fr. Josef Hare, LC was born in San Diego, California, and raised in Silverton, Oregon, and was ordained in 2013. Following his ordination, Fr. Josef was sent to Venezuela, where he served for six years, including working as territorial secretary, serving in ECYD and the young men’s RC section, and as the director of a school. He then spent five years in Bogotá, Colombia, as director of the Cumbres School, and assisting as a territorial councilor. He is now back in the United States and is a member of the LC community in Rye, New York, serving as the chaplain of the Lumen chapters of Manhattan and New Jersey, as well as the assistant chaplain for the men’s section in the Regnum Christi New York Tri-State locality.
Fr. Vinh Pham, LC entered the Legionaries of Christ in 2009 at the age of 25 and was ordained to the priesthood in May of 2021 in his home parish in Atlanta, Georgia, due to COVID restrictions. As a brother, Fr. Vinh’s internship assignment was in Cincinnati supporting the Legionaries of Christ youth programs, and he is now back in Cincinnati as the LC regional vocation director. Fr. Vinh’s family has a miraculous escape story from Vietnam, which has shaped the gratitude he has for his life and vocation.
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.
