{"id":159673,"date":"2024-12-27T05:00:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T10:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=159673"},"modified":"2024-12-27T11:13:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T16:13:18","slug":"ecyd-in-washington-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/ecyd-in-washington-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"ECyD in Washington, DC"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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A year after becoming a member of ECyD over 30 years ago, Fr. Vito entered the minor seminary of the Legionaries of Christ, and professed his first vows in 1999. Since then, he has studied and served in Rome and Mexico, returning to the United States in 2021 to become the Director of Leadership Training Program<\/span><\/a> in Washington, DC, a program designed to equip youth with the tools to integrate leadership skills with a Christian worldview in order to make a positive impact on society.<\/p>\n

Building on the strong foundation that the previous Legionary priests and consecrated women in DC had already built, Fr. Vito realized that much of his ministry in ECyD would involve working with the parents as much as the kids and young adults, and in his role as the Boys\u2019 ECyD director, this meant engaging the fathers. He soon noticed that what truly inspired the dads involved was not to simply act as supervisors of the boys, but to be real participants in the mission, and to see their service to ECyD as a true calling.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a mystique being created here, that this is not just about being a chaperone \u2013 the dads are responding to a vocation,\u201d says Fr. Vito. \u201cA big part of my ministry here in the director\u2019s role is to accompany the dads in understanding the importance of their vocation to fatherhood.\u201d<\/p>\n

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