Apostoles

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The Legion of Christ, founded in 1941, is a missionary congregation of Catholic priests committed to love Christ, serve people and building the Church.  The congregation is active around the world with ministry ranging from service to the third-world poor of Latin America to being “missionaries to an increasingly secularized world” in more prosperous countries.

Legionary priests work in conjunction with Regnum Christi to inspire laypersons who are deeply conscious of our baptismal commitment and ready to actively serve the needs of the universal Church, their own parishes and society.

In a spirit of faith, Legionaries honor all bishops in communion with the Pope as successors of the Apostles and witnesses of the Catholic faith.  Legionaries seek to cooperate with bishops in the realization of diocesan pastoral programs, especially education, the family, social services and the mass media.  They thus promote diocesan programs by contributing their own charism, which is a gift from God to the whole Church.

Regnum Christi is a Catholic movement at the service of mankind and the Church.  Founded in 1959, Regnum Christi includes lay men and women, as well as deacons and priests.  It contributes to spreading Christ’s message to humanity by undertaking personal and organized activity.

Christians are called to play a personal role in the Church’s mission.  Regnum Christi members serve the Church through apostolic activities that spread the gospel message through attractive programs for kids, youth, young adults and parents.  In fact, Regnum Christi offers something for everyone who wants to better understand and practice his Catholic faith.

Affiliation with the Regnum Christi Movement is a free response to a call from God’s love.  It entails a commitment to dedicate oneself, body and soul, to lead others to know and love Jesus Christ.  That’s why the movement offers extensive opportunity for personal faith formation and development, as well as the means to put faith into action through its many works of apostolate.

Regnum Christi’s members, out of love for God and others and in communion with the Holy Father and the bishops, desire to make Christ’s Gospel a reality in their own lives and in society.  Thus, Regnum Christ is a way of living the universal call to holiness and to apostolic action with the Church.