Maria Knuth, a Consecrated Woman of Regnum Christi, has been named as the director of a new area in the Regnum Christi Mission Support Team, RC Lay Member Support.
Over the past several years Maria was a part of Regnum Christi’s Strategic Planning Commission and spearheaded the development of the formation pathway project, one of the strategic initiatives of our last strategic plan responding to the need expressed at the RC Territorial Convention in November 2023, and the RC General Convention in May of 2024.
The Formation Pathway was unveiled in November of 2024 at the Territorial Section Leadership Convention and at the Regnum Christi Director Summit and is now live on the Regnum Christi website. It includes two principal parts in its framework: the portrait of the Regnum Christi lay apostle, and the specific formation plan for lay members in North America. The first part sketches a portrait of what a lay person with the Regnum Christi charism looks like when fully living their lay vocation according to this charism, and the second part maps out steps to get there.
The development of the new area of RC Lay Member Support is a natural continuation of this project as it will promote, safeguard, and support the growth and development of the Regnum Christi lay vocation and ensure the proper formation of its lay members. This area will also create and provide various resources for lay Regnum Christi members.
The RC Lay Member Support Team
Maria Knuth is originally from Minnesota and currently lives in the community of Consecrated Women in New Orleans. This August she will celebrate her 25th anniversary of consecration. Most of her pastoral work since 2012 has been at the territorial level in North America, supporting Regnum Christi and ECYD sections. She also serves locally in Louisiana as a formator for the Regnum Christi women, young adults, and ECYD girls’ sections in New Orleans and North Shore, Louisiana.
Along with Maria, lay member Mary Peach, a resident of Ohio, joins the area as Administrative Assistant and Resource Specialist, and Patricia Camarero, a Consecrated Woman in Houston, TX, serves as Content Development Coordinator and Training Specialist.
Mary Peach
Patricia Camarero
Would you like to get involved?
If you have a special love for the lay Regnum Christi vocation and feel called to participate in this new area, contact Maria at [email protected] .