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Regnum Christi Across the North American Territory
Regnum Christi Across the North American Territory
The Mission Support Team is the work team responsible for implementing the strategies and plans of the Territorial Directive College. The Mission Support Team is committed to working closely with localities and apostolates to provide the guidance, service, and support most needed to move the mission of Regnum Christi forward. The Mission Support Team is comprised of the directors of each of the five territorial departments:
RC Life
The RC Life team provides the means needed (training, coaching, accompaniment, resources, etc.) to enable and encourage Regnum Christi members to fully live the five dimensions of their Regnum Christi identity. The RC Life Director provides support to all RC members (Legionary, consecrated and lay faithful), particularly those serving in key roles (section directors, team leaders, spiritual directors, chaplains, etc.) plus oversees those territorial governed apostolates that serve this audience in localities, namely: the RC Spirituality Center, RC Mission Corps and Mission Youth.
ECYD Life
The ECYD Life team provides the means needed (training, coaching, accompaniment, resources, etc.) to enable and encourage the growth of ECYD in localities. The ECYD Life Director provides support to ECYD directors, team leaders and ECYD members, plus oversees those territorial governed apostolates that serve this audience in localities, namely: Challenge, Conquest and ECYD Mission Corps.
RCD Support
The RCD Support director works directly with the RC local directors to provide direction, formation, coaching and support to help them fulfill their RC local director responsibilities, and acts as the liaison between the RC local directors and the Territorial Directive College.
Marketing & Communications
The Marketing & Communications department supports the Territorial Directive College, all departments, and all federated institutions of the Regnum Christi Federation with promoting and safeguarding the visual identity, handling public relations and media relations, promoting a culture of communication, collaborating with the other communications offices throughout the world, coaching and supporting in times of crisis, and equipping RC members with tools and resources to help further the mission in respect to communications and marketing.
Administration
The territorial administrator is appointed by the Territorial Directive College to oversee the administration of the Federation. The Territorial Administration office supports the Federation’s territorial departments, programs, localities and sections with financial, operational and administrative services and support including RC event management services.
The Mission Support Team Director is appointed by the Territorial Directive College to oversee the implementation of its plans and directives. The Mission Support Team Director provides the leadership and support needed to enable the Mission Support Team members to fulfill their respective responsibilities and better serve the mission through their collaboration and mutual accountability.
From the Statutes of the Regnum Christi Federation:
37. The Territorial Directive College must establish specialized work teams, which help it in the fulfillment of its functions as they are determined, and thus support the common mission. (RRCF 37)
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The Mission Support Team is available for support from the Territorial level in the five following departments:
Mission Support Team Director & Territorial Secretary
Cathie Zentner
RC Life
Donna Garrett
RC Young Adult Life
Fr. Benjamin O’Loughlin, LC
ECYD Life
Fr. Patrick O’Loughlin, LC
RCD Support
Yvonne Nuxoll
Marketing & Communications
Kerrie Rivard
Administration
Todd Brechbill
Go Deeper:
- www.regnumchristi.com
- Regnum Christi Formation Pathway
- www.ECYD.org
- www.RCConnect.org
- www.RCActivities.com
RC Life Department serves and supports the localities in the growth and development of Regnum Christi in the territory. The department works to encourage synergy between different localities, sections and institutions, programs and apostolates for the purposes of evangelization and to assess how Regnum Christi can help address the needs of the local church.
The department is committed to the training, support and accompaniment of the section directors, leadership teams, section chaplains, spiritual directors, team leaders and members of Regnum Christi. It manages Regnum Christi programs (Mission Youth Missions, RC Spirituality, RC Mission Corps), develops formative resources and experiences , builds bridges across audiences (ECYD Life, RC local directors, chaplains, schools, RC institutions) and intentionally collaborates on a general level (RC Life and Mission) for the development and distribution of resources to strengthen and mobilize the Regnum Christi charism worldwide. The safeguarding and promoting the transmission of the Regnum Christi identity within our members along with the ongoing development, maturation and maintenance of the RC Formation Pathway in both content, availability and distribution are a priority.
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The ECYD Life Department aims to serve and support the localities in the growth and development of ECYD in the territory by safeguarding and promoting ECYD identity and by offering support to the local ECYD directors, adult formators, team leaders and members. The department also manages the ECYD programs and resources created on a national level. It can help you in the locality by offering specialized support for everything ECYD from apostolic mentoring for your adult mentors, to training and professional development, to resources to support the growth of ECYD life in your locality, to the ECYD Programs that can be a resource to evangelize young people and grow ECYD.
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Formation is one of the five elements of the Regnum Christi way of life. Formation refers to an ongoing path of personal and communal growth. This path has some common elements, but individual members follow it in unique ways at a personalized pace, in accordance with God’s providential and loving action in their lives.
Regnum Christi has set out a pathway of formation that aligns with the phases of a person’s formation in Regnum Christi. The Regnum Christi Formation Pathway proposes four phases in a Regnum Christi member’s formation.
- A Discernment phase prior to associating into Regnum Christi. This primary objective in this phase is to respond accurately and generously to the question “Is God inviting me to join Regnum Christi?”
- An Initial phase, where the new member learns the history of Regnum Christi and begins to unpack its specific charism to lay the groundwork for a solid and fruitful integration into the life of Regnum Christi.
- Core formation phase looks to fill in the gaps of a member’s integral formation to a lay a foundation for a holy and fruitful apostolic life.
- Ongoing Formation is a lifelong process that helps the member move toward Christian Maturity. (from the RC Essay, Our Formation Pathway)
The Regnum Christi Formation Pathway is available on the RC Spirituality.org site. Section directors, team leaders, section chaplains and individual Regnum Christi members can make use of this Pathway to help plan and support their ongoing formation needs.
From the Statutes of the Regnum Christi Federation:
§1. To share a spirit and a mission requires that the formation of all must take into account the characteristic features and requirements of that spirit and mission. This formation must help us discover the full meaning of our lives in Christ, be configured to him, and fulfill our mission. Formation should be integral and include all the dimensions of the person.
§2. Each federated institution is responsible for the formation of its members and must take into account the contents expressed in the proper law of the Federation.
§3. The authorities of the Federation are responsible for defining and guiding the formation of the associated faithful.
§4. The Federation should also foster entities of common formation for all members. (SRCF 30)
From the Rule of Life of the Lay Faithful Associated to the Regnum Christi Federation:
6. Lay members of Regnum Christi begin a journey of formation according to number 30 of the Statutes of the Regnum Christi Federation. This journey helps them to grow in human and Christian maturity according to their state in life, to collaborate effectively in the apostolate, and to illuminate and transform the realities of the world in Christ. (RL 6)
Go Deeper:
- The Rule of Life of the Lay Faithful Associated with the Regnum Christi Federation 6
- Regnum Christi Formation Pathway
- Essay Our Formation Pathway: A Regnum Christi Essay on Integral Formation and the Journey to Christian Maturity by Fr. John Bartunek, LC
- Essay Until Christ Be Formed in You: A Regnum Christi Essay on our approach to Formation in Regnum Christi by Fr. Daniel Brandenburg, LC
- The Five Elements of the Lay Vocation to Regnum Christi
In the North American Territory, Regnum Christi members of all vocations evangelize in many apostolic works and programs, from parishes, schools and universities to missions, retreats, book studies, small group programs, and more. In a particular way, Regnum Christi evangelizes through ECYD and youth work.
From the Statutes of the Regnum Christi Federation:
When choosing apostolic initiatives, the Federation as a whole, the members of the federated institutions and the associated faithful seek to promote and undertake those that convey Christ’s message with the greatest possible scope and depth. (SRCF 37)
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A Regnum Christi school is a school imbued with the Regnum Christi charism. The mission of these schools is the formation of Christian leaders who will transform society. A Regnum Christi school is a Christ-centered educational community of excellence, focused on the integral formation of its students, offering an experience of joy that comes from encountering Christ and becoming apostles eager to exercise their Christian leadership with a spirit of mission, helping the Church build Christ’s Kingdom, impact culture and transform society.
RC Education is the territorial office which provides the leadership, support, and services that better enable Regnum Christi schools to carry out their mission of forming the next generation of Christian Leaders. There are currently 11 RC schools across the North American Territory.
- Canyon Heights Academy, Campbell, CA
- Clear Water Academy, Calgary, AB
- East Lake Academy, Lake Forest, IL
- Everest Collegiate High School & Academy, Clarkston, MI
- Everest Academy Lemont, Lemont, IL
- Pinecrest Academy, Cumming, GA
- Royalmont Academy, Mason, OH
- The Highlands School, Irving, TX
- Everest Academy Manila, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Philippines
- Mano Amiga Philippines, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Philippines
- Everest Academy Nuvali, Nuvali, Laguna, Philippines
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