What leads a young person to pause in the midst of the daily rhythm to seriously question the direction of their life? The pre-candidacy course for consecrated laypeople of Regnum Christi offers precisely that space for pause, listening, and deep searching. More than just a formation program, it is an inspiring experience that opens horizons, marked by prayer, accompaniment, and fraternal life.
On June 30, a new edition of the pre-candidacy course began for the Lay Consecrated Men of Regnum Christi, which will take place over five weeks at the formation, study, and apostolate house located in Mexico City. This formative stage represents a key moment in the vocational journey of young people seeking to discern God's call more clearly.
The pre-course is an intensive period of vocational discernment that combines human and spiritual formation with a dynamic of community life. Over five weeks, participants will reflect deeply on their identity, their relationship with Christ, and their potential membership in the apostolic society of consecrated laity.
The program includes a series of activities designed to foster comprehensive discernment: classes, spiritual accompaniment, prayer times, and an eight-day silent spiritual retreat, which marks a central point in the process of internalization and personal listening.
Five young people from different countries are participating in this course: two Colombians (from Barranquilla and Cali), two Mexicans (from San Juan de los Lagos and Cancun), and one Venezuelan (from Mérida). This cultural diversity enriches the community experience and underscores the international character of the spiritual family of Regnum Christi.
The purpose of the course is not to make an immediate decision, but to offer a conducive space for each young person to get to know themselves better, deepen their spiritual life, and freely discern whether God is calling them to live out lay consecration.
As a spiritual family, Regnum Christi invites all its members to join in prayer for these young people, for the fruit of the previous course, as well as for the formation processes that they will experience this summer. Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi and the Legionaries of Christ. With hope and joy, we accompany those who seek to respond generously to God's call.
The Consecrated Laity of Regnum Christi
They are men who have responded to a call for total dedication to God in the Regnum Christi and who strive to radiate Christ, inserted into the world to make it a place of encounter with God.
son lay peopleThe specific nature of a lay vocation is to collaborate with God in the redemption of temporal realities, meaning to liberate all things from the roots of sin and selfishness, and for all of them to become a place of encounter with God: work, family, rest, communication, economy, politics, health, education, ecology, art, etc.
Consecratedthe consecrated layperson takes vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, living a fraternal life in community. Through their consecration, they give their entire life to Christ and with absolute availability for the mission, giving prophetic witness to the Kingdom of Christ by living the evangelical counsels.
Of the Kingdom of ChristTheir vocation arises and is deeply identified with the spiritual family of Regnum Christi, a charism raised up by God so that many Christians can live their vocation to holiness by collaborating in its mission, which seeks to make present the mystery of Christ who encounters people, reveals the love of His heart to them, gathers them and forms them as apostles and Christian leaders, sends them out, and accompanies them so that they may collaborate in the evangelization of people and society.
