With deep gratitude to God, to the Church and to the entire Regnum Christi family, the Lay Consecrated Men of Regnum Christi announce the conclusion of our Ordinary General Assembly, held in Rome. The Assembly was an intense time of prayer, discernment, fraternal dialogue, and ecclesial communion, in which we have sought, together, to listen to what the Holy Spirit asks of our vocation and our mission in the Church and in the world today.
From its beginning, the Assembly was lived in a profoundly spiritual atmosphere, marked by the celebration of the Eucharist, Adoration, and the sincere desire to listen to the Holy Spirit and to respond to the Lord’s grace. Throughout our work, the different dimensions of our life as a Society of Apostolic Life were reviewed with realism and hope: elements of our history, fraternal life, spiritual life, formation, the exercise of authority, consecrated lay poverty, apostolic projection, vocational work, and attention to safe environments, in addition to making some adjustments to our proper law.
A particularly significant moment was the audience with the Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, who received the members of the Regnum Christi assemblies and addressed us a close and profound message. In his words to us, he invited us to guard the charism received, to live a government at the service of the mission, and to grow in an ever deeper communion within the spiritual family of Regnum Christi, reminding us that “the Lord makes no noise, but his Kingdom springs up and grows in every corner of the world”. This meeting was a true gift that illuminated all our discernment and renewed our hope.
The Assembly was also enriched by the contributions of various members of the Church and Regnum Christi, as well as by the voices of lay members, Consecrated Women, and Legionaries, who helped us to maintain a broad, ecclesial, and non-self-referential view, strengthening the sense of apostolic body and shared mission.
Within the framework of the Assembly, the election of the new general government of the Lay Consecrated Men of Regnum Christi took place, called to serve and animate life and mission in the coming years. This process was carried out in an atmosphere of prayer, docility to the Holy Spirit, and deep communion, trusting that the Lord continues to guide our vocation on the path of renewal and creative fidelity. We sincerely thank the outgoing government for its generous self-giving and we ask the entire Regnum Christi family to accompany the new government with their prayers in this mission of service.
We conclude this Assembly with hearts full of gratitude: to God, for his fidelity; to the Holy Father, for his closeness; and to all the members of Regnum Christi, for their prayers, their support, and their communion. We renew our desire to continue to walk together, as a spiritual family and apostolic body, at the service of the Church and society, making the Kingdom of Christ present in temporal realities with a lay consecration fully inserted in the world.
As a sign of this journey, at the end of this note we share in its entirety the Message of the General Assembly to all the members of Regnum Christi, which includes in greater detail the reflections, orientations, and hopes that have emerged from these days of shared discernment.
May the Virgin Mary accompany us and teach us to live the vocation we have received with gratitude, to walk in communion, and to continually renew our dedication so that the Kingdom of Christ may continue to grow, silently, in the midst of the world.
Thy Kingdom Come!
SOCIETY OF APOSTOLIC LIFE
LAY CONSECRATED MEN OF REGNUM CHRISTI
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
MESSAGE TO THE MEMBERS OF REGNUM CHRISTI
FROM THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE SOCIETY OF APOSTOLIC LIFE OF THE LAY CONSECRATED MEN OF REGNUM CHRISTI
The Lord makes no noise, but his Kingdom springs up and grows in every corner of the world.
H.H. Leo XIV
At the end of our second Ordinary General Assembly, we turn to all of you, Lay Consecrated Men, lay members, Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi, and Legionaries of Christ, our brothers and sisters with whom we share a charism, history, and mission, to thank you for your prayers and the closeness with which you have accompanied us in these days of discernment.
We conclude this assembly with hearts full of gratitude to God, to the Holy Father, and to each one of you. Recalling the words addressed to us by Pope Leo XIV, you are prophets who have inspired us and inspire us with God’s dreams for the path of our life. With you, we are witnesses that the Kingdom of Christ grows quietly in every corner of the world, freeing people from the bonds of selfishness and involving them in the wonders of his mercy. Regnum Christi is a reality in the heart of the Church and its charism, a gift from of the Paraclete we all carry and transmit for the evangelization of today’s society. The statutes of the Regnum Christi Federation gather and express the content of this gift, which we know we are called to safeguard, deepen, and make fruitful. We know that only through communion with you, “sharing a spirituality and apostolate,” will we Lay Consecrated Men of Regnum Christi be able to fulfil God’s dream for our Society, since the communion wrought by the Holy Spirit “who transforms each vocation into service to the others, so that the Body of Christ may grow in history and fulfill its mission in the world.”[1] We want to continue to walk with all of you, our inseparable brothers and sisters, on the path of our own life and our community’s history, as a spiritual family and apostolic body, at the service of the Church and society.
In recent days, we have analyzed the situation of our Society and our contribution to Regnum Christi, seeking to discern the needs derived from our specific identity, as expressed in our constitutions, for the different dimensions of our life. Called to follow Christ who is consecrated to the Father and close to his brothers and sisters, we seek to live with self-giving in the midst of the world, offering our life, our work, and our professional and human capacities as a continuous offering at the service of the Kingdom. Thus, based on the contributions of our communities and members, we have reviewed our fraternal life, exercise of authority, spiritual life, formation, consecrated lay poverty, apostolic projection, vocational work, relationship with the other vocations of Regnum Christi, and attention to safe environments, in addition to making some adjustments to our proper law. But our lay consecration will only fully manifest its evangelizing power and become a credible sign of the Kingdom of God present in the midst of history if we integrate these and the other dimensions of life into the same orientation of love for Christ.
We have prepared a comprehensive communiqué for the members of our Society that will guide our path in these coming years, reflecting essential aspects of our vocation that we wanted to review with realism, gratitude, and a spirit of conversion. From our own identity as Lay Consecrated Men, we are called to contribute what the Spirit entrusts to us with creativity and responsibility: an evangelizing presence in temporal realities, the witness of a consecration fully inserted in the world and the ability to build bridges between the professional, social, and cultural life and the proclamation of the Gospel. As members of Regnum Christi, we serve the common mission by making the priorities and recommendations of the 2024 Regnum Christi General Convention our own.
The private audience that the Holy Father was kind enough to grant us and the words he addressed to us were, without a doubt, the greatest gift we received to illuminate our reflections. In addition, we received the contributions of Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda SJ, whom we thank from the bottom of our hearts for his generous attentiveness to us, and of Msgr. Brian Farrell LC, who spoke to us about the situation of the Church and our evangelizing mission. We were also aided by the lights offered to us by some members of the other vocations of Regnum Christi in the Assembly hall: lay members Francisco Gámez and Óscar Marroquín, Consecrated Women Gabriela Garza and Mónica Aguirre, and Legionaries Fr. Manuel María Salord and Fr. Gabriel María Abascal. We had the joy of having Fr. Eduardo Robles Gil, LC, preside over the Eucharistic Celebration at the beginning of the Assembly, and Fr. Carlos Gutiérrez López, LC, did so yesterday. We look forward to Fr. John Connor, LC, at tomorrow’s Thanksgiving Celebration. To all of them, our gratitude.
May the Virgin Mary teach us to live the vocation we have received with gratitude, to walk together, and to continually renew our self-giving so that the Society of Apostolic Life of the Lay Consecrated Men of Regnum Christi may continue to be, in the midst of the world, a humble but fruitful sign of the presence of the Kingdom of Christ, together with this entire spiritual family gathered by God in the Regnum Christi Federation.
We ask for your help to continue to walk in growing fidelity to the Lord’s call.
Rome, 12 February 2026.
Delegates to the Ordinary General Assembly of Lay Consecrated Men of Regnum Christi
1 Leo XIV, Address to the Participants in the General Assemblies of Societies of Apostolic Life
“Regnum Christi,” January 29, 2026
