{"id":96041,"date":"2018-05-04T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.regnumchristi.org\/en\/?p=14037"},"modified":"2023-06-21T16:10:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T20:10:27","slug":"29-and-excited-to-be-regnum-christi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/29-and-excited-to-be-regnum-christi\/","title":{"rendered":"29 and Excited to Be Regnum Christi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maca\u00a0Ex\u00e9rez\u00a0is studying a master’s degree in educational support at the\u00a0Francisco de Vitoria University<\/a>\u00a0in her hometown of Madrid, Spain at 29 years old. After years of contact with Regnum Christi,\u00a0she felt the call to become part of it.\u00a0She joined the Almagro section\u00a0after Holy Week Missions.\u00a0The following interview explains how she sees being part of the Regnum Christi family as a gift:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Interviewer:\u00a0<\/b>Maca, when did you incorporate into Regnum Christi?<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Maca:\u00a0Easter Monday of this year!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How did you meet Regnum Christi?<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I would not be able to put a date on it since Regnum Christi is a well-known movement here. But,\u00a0there have been several moments in recent years that have\u00a0let\u00a0me know\u00a0it well. For example: listening to the testimony of a Legionary, attending a silent retreat in which someone\u00a0\u201cforgot\u201d a\u00a0Regnum Christi Member Handbook<\/i>,\u00a0which\u00a0I decided to start reading, a\u00a0Consecrated\u00a0Woman who opened the door to\u00a0RC to me, inviting me to a team and proposing\u00a0an apostolate\u00a0when I desired\u00a0to\u00a0learn more about Regnum Christi\u2026\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And of all this, what made you want to be part of Regnum Christi?<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I suppose,\u00a0at the beginning,\u00a0I was\u00a0interested in how the movement\u00a0was\u00a0forming young people,\u00a0because we are the future. However, once I got to know it more deeply, I loved the depth and variety and ease of being able to include an apostolate in your day-to-day life. To this day, knowing the movement from within, I would highlight\u00a0its\u00a0charism and the formation that\u00a0it\u00a0offer us.\u00a0On top of that all there are\u00a0incredible people, who for me are an example, are what make me want to be part of it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So, what is Regnum Christi for you now?<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For me,\u00a0Regnum Christi is an investment in the future for me, my family, my future family, my environment,\u00a0and the people that I know in my day to day life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Do you have any special memories in relation to\u00a0<\/b>Regnum Christi<\/b>?<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I guess I could tell you\u00a0the last one\u2026\u00a0Even though I have a lot!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I had been planning to join for several months, but since I am very\u00a0social, no date would fit all the people who wanted to come to attend the incorporation ceremony.<\/p>\n

However, on Easter Sunday, when it was 27\u00b0\u00a0C [81\u00b0\u00a0F], and we were putting\u00a0suitcases onto\u00a0a bus\u00a0while\u00a0trying to coordinate 35 16-year-old girls, after 4 amazing but exhausting days of missions in Cartagena,\u00a0I was told\u00a0to go running to talk to Fr. Francisco Ramos, LC. And I\u00a0said to myself,\u00a0\u201cYes, yes now I will go!\u201d\u00a0They insisted that it be at that moment.<\/p>\n

I went running and the\u00a0priest\u00a0asked me if I had spoken with Fr.\u00a0Miguel Segura. I did not understand anything, Father Miguel had not come on the missions with us\u2026\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fr. Francisco said, \u201cMaca, Father\u00a0Miguel\u00a0thought\u00a0\u2018why don\u2019t you join tomorrow?\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I think I drowned. I looked at my cell phone and there I had calls and a voicemail\u00a0from Father Miguel. I called him and he more or less told me:\u00a0\u201cLook,\u00a0I thought that since you want Mar\u00eda (a friend who lives in C\u00f3rdoba) to go to your incorporation, and I am going to Madrid from Cordoba tomorrow\u2026\u00a0We\u00a0can go together \u2013\u00a0Mar\u00eda\u00a0and I\u00a0\u2013\u00a0and then you\u00a0can\u00a0join!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I remained silent\u00a0evaluating this. The truth is that it was very sudden, but perfect. I told him I would talk to my mother, and if she could\u00a0come, we would go to it. Half an hour later, I was sending this message to my friends:\u00a0\u201cI am joining Regnum Christi tomorrow at\u00a08:30pm,\u00a0Fr.\u00a0Miguel has given\u00a0this time to me; I understand if you can\u2019t come.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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