{"id":17150,"date":"2019-02-28T05:48:37","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T10:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.regnumchristi.org\/en\/?p=17150"},"modified":"2023-11-29T16:26:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T21:26:13","slug":"engaging-young-men-and-women-in-the-catholic-adventure-of-a-lifetime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/engaging-young-men-and-women-in-the-catholic-adventure-of-a-lifetime\/","title":{"rendered":"Engaging Young Men and Women in the Catholic Adventure of a Lifetime"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Brian and Valerie Doran of Alberta, Canada, are a Regnum Christi family with seven children, and have been married for 20 years. Brian is a Family Physician, and currently has a full-time practice with hospital privileges in a rural area. Together, they lead the internationally acclaimed top-tier Catholic camps Arc\u0101theos (for boys) and Captivenia (for girls).<\/p>\n

Brian and Valerie first encountered Regnum Christi just as Brian was about to begin 10 years of education to become a physician.\u00a0 Their hearts soared at the call to holiness, community and mission, but they wondered how they would manage it with a large family and the educational and professional ‘burdens’ ahead of them.<\/p>\n

What they found is that the formation and mission they discovered in RC helped them to live their family life and professional life better. It also brought out the missionary zeal of their children. Brian takes his calling as a Catholic man, a father, and a Regnum Christi member very seriously. He believes that putting God first has helped him manage his time and priorities in order to live his prayer, family and professional life well.<\/p>\n

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After seeing the success of Arc\u0101theos over the first eight years, Valerie heard a growing cadre of \u00a0girls ask for a similar camp.\u00a0 In 2010, in spite of her introverted nature, she took the leap to found the girls’ camp, Captivenia, and gathered a team of talented young women and mothers to lead with her. They have endeavored to help girls discover God\u2019s love and the gift of the feminine genius he gives them. This is Valerie’s true passion. She was adamant that “this would not be just a copy of a boys’ camp,” stating, “I wanted to help girls become women of God filled with authentic beauty, dignity, grace and leadership.”\u00a0 Captivenia has grown from 25 people the first year to an annual average of a 40 person leadership team (20 young women and 20 moms) and 100 girls attending. Many of the women who help Valerie lead the camp grow in their own spiritual lives, learning to pray, and some going on retreats for the first time.<\/p>\n

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Their oldest daughter Maria is now a Regnum Christi member herself, and is currently serving as an RC Mission Corps missionary in France.\u00a0 Their son Stephen is in the early discernment of a potential call to the priesthood while completing his high school education at the Legionaries of Christ’s Apostolic school in Rolling Prairie, Indiana.<\/p>\n

When asked how they manage it all, the Dorans light up.\u00a0 Valerie encourages people to “imagine if your family was open to the inspirations of the holy spirit and united in a common mission of evangelization.” Brian continues, “What if God provided the grace needed to include your children and your family in evangelization, and actually drew you closer as a family through it?”\u00a0 This has been the Doran family experience of Regnum Christi and their mission of leading Arc\u0101theos and Captivenia.\u00a0 The camps involve the whole Regnum Christi spiritual family as well, with Legionaries of Christ and Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi serving as chaplains.<\/p>\n

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Discover Arcatheos and Captivenia at www.arcatheos.com<\/a> and www.captivenia.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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