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
Charlene Alexander is originally from Dayton, Ohio, and was consecrated to God in Regnum Christi on August 29, 1998, the feast of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist. For Charlene, the gift of being a spouse of Jesus Christ and sharing life in a community of consecrated women of Regnum Christi continues to be a profound source of joy. For the past 28 years, Charlene’s principal ministry has been spiritual direction. She has a deep passion for the dignity, beauty, and mystery of the human person and considers it a privilege to accompany others as they seek to recognize God’s presence and invitation in their lives. Charlene is currently a member of the Regnum Christi consecrated women’s community in Houston, Texas, where she serves primarily in adult ministry.
Fr. Kevin Baldwin, LC, is originally from Belmar, New Jersey. After graduating from the University of Notre Dame in 1985, he entered the novitiate of the Legionaries of Christ in Cheshire, Connecticut. He was ordained to the priesthood in Rome, Italy in 1998.Following his ordination, Fr. Kevin spent eight years serving as a chaplain and spiritual director at two Legionary schools in Curitiba, Brazil. His subsequent ministry assignments took him to Mexico, South Florida, and Houston, Texas. From 2012 to 2015, he served as chaplain of Everest Academy in Chicago, Illinois.From 2015 to 2026, Fr. Kevin served in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was secretary of the Legionaries of Christ Territorial Directorate and chaplain to the Regnum Christi Movement. He currently serves as a chaplain to Regnum Christi members in Dallas, Texas, and as a member of the Board of Directors of Catholic World Mission.
Kathleen Nichols is from Cheyenne, Wyoming and was consecrated in 1993. Since that time, she has served primarily in formation and administration in schools around the world, including Spain, Argentina, and Italy. In the United States, she worked in Atlanta, Georgia, at Holy Spirit Preparatory School and Pinecrest Academy. Kathleen has been in the Holy Land since 2019, where she is currently the director of Magdala, a place of pilgrimage on the shores of the Sea of Galilee.
Fr. Joseph Brickner, LC, was born and raised in Ohio and graduated from Bowling Green State University. After a brief stint teaching and coaching in a Catholic H.S. he entered the Legionaries of Christ novitiate in 1996 and made his first profession of vows in 1998. Priestly ordination followed at Santa Maria Maggiore in 2004. Fr Joseph then served on the formation team in Rome for five years before becoming novice master in Cheshire, CT for an additional 12 years. Fr. Joseph has a number of undergraduate degrees along with a Licentiate in Dogmatic Theology. For over 20 years he has been helping young people in vocation discernment. He currently serves as the Legion’s vocation director in Louisiana as well as the national aspirancy director and candidacy director. He enjoys hiking and all things Jesus.
Fr. Jaime Lorenzo, LC, is originally from Manila, Philippines and was ordained in 2020. Since 2019, he has served in southern Louisiana, dedicating himself to youth and family formation, school chaplaincies, and youth leadership development. For more than a decade, he has accompanied young people and families through ECYD and Regnum Christi ministries, bringing joy, creativity, and a missionary spirit to his pastoral work. He also carries out his pastoral mission as an author, a musician, on podcasts, and on social media.
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.
