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For lay members of Regnum Christi, living the mission means making present the mystery of Christ, the Kingdom incarnate. Their formation is deeply intertwined with this mission. This new essay from the General Directorate’s Area of Life and Mission is an effort to express the richness of the formative experience in Regnum Christi and the ever deeper and renewed understanding of our charism and spirituality as it is applied to the lay vocation in Regnum Christi. The essay, which contains formative guidelines, consists of 4 chapters:
- Formation in Regnum Christi
- Identity of the lay member of Regnum Christi
- Formative principles
- Means of formation
The essay was introduced in a letter from the General Directive College (below). Click to here to read the essay.
REGNUM CHRISTI
GENERAL DIRECTIVE COLLEGE
November 23, 2023
DG-FRC 00240-2023
Clas. I.6.10
To the members of Regnum Christi
Legionaries of Christ, Consecrated Women, Lay Consecrated Men and women, and lay members.
Dear members of Regnum Christi,
We send you affectionate greetings a few days before celebrating the Feast of Christ the King.
We would like to share a new essay called The Formation of the Apostle of the Kingdom: Formation Guidelines for Lay Members of Regnum Christi with you. It presents the most important elements of the formation of the lay members of Regnum Christi, based on the
Federation’s Statutes and the corresponding Rule of life for lay members.
This essay was written keeping in mind the historical formative experience in Regnum Christi, while at the same time enriching it with what has been learned along the path of the renewal of the charism. It is the result of a long process begun in 2020 by the General Directorate’s Area of Life and Mission.
Members of the different vocations in all territories have participated in its development and drafting through focus groups, surveys, and workshops.
As you will see, the text explains the formation of the lay member, offering guidelines and presenting some of the most relevant pedagogical principles. In addition, it points out the roles involved in the formation process and the different means we have at our disposal in Regnum Christi.
This document is not a formation program or checklist, and, for this reason, it does not present the stages of a formation journey, nor does it offer a list of formative content. It is intended to be a guideline for territorial, local, section, or even team programs, which should be developed in each place and in response to the different formative needs presented by the different realities found there.
The formation of the apostle of the Kingdom: Formation guidelines for lay members of Regnum Christi offers valuable insights about the formation that we are called to offer and to understand with increasing depth. We also encourage you to continue to promote all the different tools that help us to be configured to Christ, to contemplate the world through his eyes, and to live according to his Heart, thus making his Kingdom present.
May the celebration of Christ the King be a time of grace for each of you and an ever-deeper experience of the Lord.
With our prayers, as we entrust ourselves to yours,
The General Directive College of Regnum Christi
