Cathie Zentner has been a member of Regnum Christi for 27 years, and in that time, she has devoted her life and her career to serving and supporting the RC mission.

After her conversion to the Catholic faith in 1992, Cathie was introduced to Regnum Christi through the local RC school, Clear Water Academy, located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She became a member of Regnum Christi in 1996, and, having worked as a management consultant with Deloitte & Touche, Cathie immediately felt a strong call to use her management and administrative expertise to serve the mission, and began working in the territorial offices of Regnum Christi in 1998. She is now one of the five elected lay delegates for the upcoming Regnum Christi General Convention to be held in Rome at the end of April this year.

Over the past 27 years, Cathie has held a variety of roles within Regnum Christi. Locally, Cathie has served within the RC Calgary women’s section, on the locality committee, and within Clear Water Academy, and she currently serves on the locality’s administrative team. At the territorial level, Cathie served in National Consultants for Education (now RC Education) for eight years; was the director of Colegio Himalaya, a Regnum Christi school in Monterrey, Mexico for four years; assistant to the territorial administrator for four years, and assistant to the territorial secretary for five years. She is currently supporting the territory’s governing body as Territorial Directive College Delegate, a role she will be retiring from this June. In this capacity, she has had the opportunity to work with localities and the Mission Support Team to implement the territory’s approved strategic plan aimed at building and sustaining localities as vibrant communities of apostles. Over these years, Cathie and her family have lived in Washington, DC, and Monterrey, Mexico, as well as their home in Canada, having the privilege of witnessing the charism of Regnum Christi lived out in three different countries. She is incredibly grateful for this opportunity, and that God has allowed her to play such an integral part in the RC mission.

Cathie is looking forward to gathering as an international family at the upcoming General Convention, and experiencing the gift of the charism that flows when the four RC vocations – Legionary priests, Consecrated Women, Lay Consecrated Men, and lay Regnum Christi members – come together to serve the mission. “I am eager to learn how RC is being lived out in the different territories around the world, addressing the new and challenging reality of today, and discerning together how God may be calling Regnum Christi to respond.” She feels particularly blessed to be able to attend the Legionary ordinations that precede the General Convention and, of course, to be enjoying good Italian food with friends from around the world.

Cathie and her husband, Clark, live in Canmore, Alberta, and have two adult daughters: Lindsay, who is married and living in San Francisco, and Laura, who lives in Canmore.