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Nací el 3 de diciembre de 1966 y me consagré  en Rom el 18 de noviembre de 1988.

Felizmente estoy en la comunidad de Aguilas en la ciudad de México. Es una comunidad que se caracteriza por su alegría, amor a la Eucaristía y celo apostólico.

Entre 1991 y 2010 desarrollé la función de dirección en tres de los Centros de Estudio y Formación: en Wakefield, Rhode Island; Madrid, España y Monterrey N.L., México.

Fui Directora Territorial en el territorio de Estados Unidos del 1997 al 2001 y del 2001 al 2004 en el territorio de Italia y Europa Central.

Del 2010 al 2012 llevé la dirección del Colegio Oxford Bachillerato y del 2013 al 2014 fungí como directora de formación de la Academia Maddox.

Del 2014 al 2017 ejercí la gerencia del Área de Pastoral Educativa en las oficinas centrales del La Red de Colegios Semper Altius.

Actualmente soy directora del colegio Irlandés Femenino en la Ciudad de México.

Una de las experiencias que más marcó mi sentirme parte de la familia Regnum Christi, fue la fundación del centro de formación en Wakefield, Rhode Island. A pesar de que en ese tiempo teníamos nomas de no comunicación con los legionarios y consagrados, experimenté mucho su apoyo. Nos ayudaban con mano de obra – para tener listo el centro- pasando por desvelos y fatigas; diligentemente nos llevaban alimentos en momentos de precariedad y nos conseguían donativos para salir de deudas.  ¡Siempre con gran respeto y espíritu de servicio! .  El director territorial (P. Anthony Bannon) se comunicaba con frecuencia para ver cómo estábamos, si necesitábamos alguna cosa. Sobre todo, acompañaba muy de cerca a quién iniciaba por primera vez el trabajo apostólico en Estados Unidos. Nos guiaba y aconsejaba de la mejor forma y asegurar así el carisma que nos unía a todos. ¡Gracias P. Anthony!.

Mi gran expectativa para esta asamblea es que, unidas en oración y escucha atenta, – por encima de intereses personales-  podamos descubrir el camino por el cual Dios nos quiere llevar en este momento de nuestra historia.

Me atrevo a pedir a todas las consagradas sus oraciones por esta intención.

I am from Saltillo, Mexico.  I was a student in the Alpes Institute (currently the Cumbres School).  I come from a family of seven children, and I have 25 nieces and nephews.  I give thanks to God for my family, for their constant support and unconditional love.  I owe a part of my perseverance to them.

I was born on December 3, 1966 and was consecrated in Rome on November 18, 1988.  I am happy to be in the community of Aguilas in Mexico City.  It is a community that is characterized by its joy, love for the Eucharist and apostolic zeal.

Between 1991 and 2010, I developed how to direct centers of study and formation in Wakefield, Rhode Island; Madrid, Spain, and Monterrey, Mexico.  I was territorial director in the United States from 1997 to 2001.  I was the territorial director in Italy and Central Europe from 2001 to 2004.  From 2010 to 2012, I was the director of the Oxford School (high school) in Mexico.  From 2013 to 2014, I served as the director of formation in the Maddox Academy in Mexico.  From 2014 to 2017, I managed the area of Pastoral Work in Education in the central offices of the Semper Altius School Network.  I am currently the director of the Irish Institute (a school for girls) in Mexico City, Mexico.

One of the experiences that has marked me the most in feeling part of the Regnum Christi family was the foundation of the formation center in Wakefield, Rhode Island. Although at that time we had rules about not communicating with the Legionaries and consecrated men, I experienced a lot of support.  They helped us with manual work in order to have the center ready, even though it meant losing sleep and fatigue.  They diligently brought us food in moments of precariousness, and they obtained for us donations to save us from debt.  They did all of this always with great respect and a spirit of service!  The territorial director (Fr. Anthony Bannon, LC) communicated frequently to see how we were doing, and if we needed anything.  Above all, he closely accompanied those who began apostolic work for the first time in the United States.  He guided us and advised us about the best way to proceed, and thus ensured the charism that unites all of us. Thank you Fr. Anthony!

My great expectation for this assembly is that, united in prayer and attentive listening, above personal interests, we can discover the path upon which God wants to take us in this moment of our history.

I dare to ask all the consecrated women for their prayers for this intention.

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En cuanto experiencias del Movimiento como una única familia, el espíritu de comunión, colaboración, respeto y apoyo mutuo entre ramas en el comité territorial de Norteamérica ha sido una fuente de gracia y esperanza para mi. Espero una unción del Espíritu Santo sobre las asambleas y pido oraciones especialmente para los participantes en la asamblea común… para que Nuestro Señor manifiesta su voluntad sobre el Movimiento en su conjunto – ¡que sea alabado Dios en y a través de nosotros y nuestra misión!

I was born near Seattle, Washington.  I grew up in southern California, and I finished high school in Massachusetts.  I have four brothers.  After I studied a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and worked in a law firm, I was consecrated in 1998.  I was 24 years old.  I had three years of formation in Greenville, Rhode Island.  I then began my first mission: vocational road teams and ECYD in Germany for five years.  (Melanie Zoll and I have the “record” of most consecutive years on a road team together – four!)  I have also worked with youth and in schools in the Movement in St. Louis, Missouri and Atlanta, Georgia between 2007 and 2012.  Since then, I have tried to serve in my mission as the territorial director in North America.  I live in the territorial directorate community in Atlanta. The nine consecrated women of the community have missions that serve the territory or national apostolates.

As far as experiences of the Movement as one family, I have had them in my work within the territorial committee of North America.  There is a spirit of communion, collaboration, respect and mutual support among the branches on the committee.  It has been a source of grace and hope for me.  I hope for an anointing of the Holy Spirit upon the assemblies, and I ask for prayers especially for the participants of the common assembly, so that Our Lord manifests his will for the Movement as a whole.  May God be praised in and through us and our mission!

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Actualmente realizo mi servicio en el Regnum Christi como directora del territorio de Chile, que incluye Chile y Argentina. En el territorio hay tres comunidades de consagradas con las que, gracias a Dios puedo convivir mucho.  La comunidad a la que pertenezco es la DM San Carlos de Apoquindo, en Santiago.  Una comunidad numerosa, con gran internacionalidad y riqueza tanto humana como espiritual.  Experimento vínculos profundos humana y espiritualmente con las consagradas de mi comunidad y también con las del resto de comunidades del Territorio.

El recorrido realizado en mis años de consagración inició con tres años de formación en Roma.  Estuve luego 17 años en México: 8 en el ECYD de Monterrey, 2 y medio en Guadalajara como directora de sección de jóvenes y de comunidad y 7 en México DF como directora del colegio del Bosque y de comunidad.  Posteriormente estuve 7 años en Madrid como directora del Colegio Highlands el Encinar y desde diciembre del 2012 en mi misión actual en Chile y Argentina.

En mi ciudad de origen no había Regnum Christi.  Mi primer contacto fue a través de unos Legionarios de Cristo dedicados a la gira vocacional y que fueron introduciéndose hasta formar parte de mi familia.  Ellos me ayudaron a conocer el Reino, a incorporarme y a fundar el ECYD en mi ciudad.  Desde el inicio de mi vocación al Regnum Christi y luego a través de mi recorrido como consagrada, me he sentido siempre parte de una familia y he podido convivir, gozar y experimentar la importancia y la complementariedad de cada una de las vocaciones que formamos parte del mismo.  ¡Los últimos en ser descubiertos y poder tener más trato con ellos han sido los laicos consagrados y son una bendición inmensa!

Voy a la Asamblea con mucha confianza, pues me queda clara la Providencia de Dios que nos ha guiado y nos sigue guiando; confío enormemente en la Iglesia como mediación que nos permite vivir el plan de Dios para nuestras vidas.  Y, ante la oportunidad de pedir oraciones a todas las consagradas, les pediría que recen para que Dios purifique los corazones de todas las que vamos a participar para que podamos estar en una actitud de escucha profunda y activa de manera que Cristo reine en la asamblea y a través de la acción de su Espíritu nos muestre el camino para este siguiente paso que nos toca dar.  Que podamos darlo con enorme responsabilidad y con enorme paz.

I am África Pemán.  I am 52 years old.  I was born on September 14, 1965.  I have been consecrated in Regnum Christi for 32 years.  I was consecrated on November 24, 1985.  I was born in Cádiz, Spain.  I am the oldest of seven children.  All of my siblings are married.  My mother died in November of 2014.  My father will be 80 years old in a few months.

Currently, I am serving in Regnum Christi as the territorial director of Chile, which includes Chile and Argentina.  There are three communities of consecrated women in the territory.  Thanks be to God; I am able to be with these consecrated women a lot.  I belong to the community of Domus Mariae San Carlos of Apoquindo in Santiago, Chile.  It is a numerous community with a lot of internationality and a great human as well as spiritual richness.  I experience profound human and spiritual ties with the consecrated women in my community.  I also have these ties with the consecrated women in the other communities in the territory.

I began my years of consecrated life with three years of formation in Rome.  Afterwards, I was in Mexico for 17 years: eight years in ECYD in Monterrey, two and a half years in Guadalajara as director of the section of young women and as director of the community of consecrated women, and seven years in Mexico City as director of the Bosque School and director of the community of consecrated women.  Afterwards, I was in Madrid for seven years as director of the Highlands School (Encinar).  Since December of 2012, I have had my current mission as the territorial director of Chile and Argentina.

Regnum Christi did not exist in my hometown.  My first contact was through some Legionary of Christ priests who were part of a vocational road team.  They ended up becoming a part of my family.  They helped me to know about Regnum Christi, to become a member, and then to begin ECYD in my hometown.  From the beginning of my vocation in Regnum Christi, and afterwards throughout my years as a consecrated woman, I have always felt part of a family.  I have been able to live, enjoy and experience the importance and the complementarity of each of the vocations that are within the Movement.  The last of the vocations that I discovered and have been able to have more contact with, has been the lay consecrated men.  They are an immense blessing!

I am going to the Assembly with a lot of trust, because I see clearly that God’s Providence has guided us and that He keeps guiding us.  I trust enormously in the Church as the mediation that allows us to live God’s plan for our lives.  With the opportunity to ask for prayers from all of the consecrated women, I ask that they pray that God purifies the hearts of all of us that will participate in the Assembly so that we can have an attitude of profound and active listening so that Christ reigns in the Assembly, and that through the action of the Holy Spirit He will show us the next step that we have to take.  And so we can take that step with great responsibility and with enormous peace.

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Me consagré el 10 de marzo de 1978 y en mi recorrido apostólico fui directora del ECYD en México DF; directora de centro de consagradas, del Regnum Christi de jóvenes y del colegio Cumbres en Santiago de Chile; asistente del Director General; asistente del Director Territorial de Europa, España e Italia; actualmente directora del Regnum Christi de jóvenes de UFV-Madrid y coordinadora académica de Máster en acompañamiento educativo y mentorías de la UFV.

La experiencia de fundar es algo muy especial. Recuerdo la primera imagen sólo bajarnos del avión en Santiago de Chile. Las cuatro primeras consagradas eran recibidas por un sacerdote legionario que nos llevaba a nuestra primera casa ya amueblada y con despensa llena. Esos siete años los resumiría como vértigo y asombro: vértigo porque el crecimiento de alumnado en aquél pequeño colegito iniciado con 40 alumnos era incomprensible y desproporcionado, pues llegamos a ser más de 1000 alumnos en menos de 7 años; y asombro por la calidad de vivencia e integración con el carisma del Regnum Christi entre jóvenes y adultos.

Las expectativas que tengo para esta asamblea es que nos sigamos dejando hacer por la pedagogía de Dios con nosotros… en fondo y forma, y justamente por esto os pido oraciones: Que TODOS, empezando por mí…, permitamos que este proceso no busque simplemente un resultado canónico y jurídico que tanto necesitamos, sino un dejarnos hacer desde lo más hondo de nuestros corazones. Me parece que el Reinado de Cristo y la vivencia plena de nuestro carisma pasa por aquí…

I was born in Madrid, Spain on September 28, 1962.  I am the youngest of six children.  My parents and older sister are in heaven, and this, humanly speaking, is the most sustaining gift as a person and as a person loved.  Currently, I am a member of the community of apostolate of Cerro del Coto in Madrid, Spain.

I was consecrated on March 10, 1978.  My apostolic experience has included the following.  I was director of ECYD in Mexico City.  In Chile I was director of the   community of consecrated women, director of the youth section and director of the Cumbres School.  I was assistant to the general director.  I have been assistant to the territorial director of Europe, Spain and Italy.  I am currently the director of the Regnum Christi section of young people in the University of Francisco de Vitoria in Madrid, Spain and academic coordinator of the master’s program in educative accompaniment and mentoring in the University of Francisco de Vitoria.

The experience of foundation is something very special. I remember my first image just getting off of the plane in Santiago, Chile. The first four consecrated to arrive to that country were received by a Legionary priest who took us to our first house already furnished and with a full pantry. I would summarize those seven years as vertigo and amazement.  Vertigo because of the growth of the number of students in that little school that started with 40 students.  It was incomprehensible and disproportionate that there were more than 1000 students in less than 7 years. And amazement for the quality of experience and integration with the Regnum Christi charism among young people and adults.

I hope that in this assembly we continue letting ourselves be led by God’s pedagogy, in depth and form.  For this reason, I ask you to pray that EVERYONE, beginning with me, will let this process be not simply to look for a canonical and juridical result that we need, but to let ourselves be made from the bottom of our hearts.  It seems to me that this is the way that Christ will reign and we will fully live our charism.

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Me consagré el 29 de septiembre de 2001 y actualmente formo parte de la comunidad de Sao Paulo. Es una comunidad que se ha ido construyendo a lo largo de los casi tres años que llevo en Brasil. Cuando llegué éramos tres y ahora somos ocho. Mi comunidad es el lugar en el que me encuentro más conmigo misma: en los encuentros con cada una me descubro más y más y a la vez es el lugar donde más puedo entregarme, escuchar, acompañar. Yo diría que caminamos juntas intentando ofrecer lo que cada una es e intentando recibir el don que las demás son.

En mi recorrido apostólico, primero estuve cinco años en el centro de formación de Cerro del Coto, Madrid: los primeros dos como formanda, los siguientes dos como asistente, y el último como gerente. Después formé parte de la comunidad de Mirasierra. Viví tres años allí siendo la gerente de la comunidad y trabajando apostólicamente como subdirectora en el colegio Highlands del Encinar. Mi siguiente destino fue mi ciudad natal. Fueron seis años. Trabajé en la sección de jóvenes, desde donde quise apoyar el trabajo de la pastoral juvenil de la diócesis (fue una experiencia de Iglesia muy bonita); también trabajé en el colegio Santa Isabel como instructora de los alumnos de los últimos cursos. Los últimos tres años de este periodo fui directora de la comunidad y el último año fui nombrada consejera territorial. Desde hace casi tres años estoy en Brasil, donde soy la directora territorial y directora de la comunidad de Sao Paulo.

Son bastantes las experiencias que gracias a Dios he tenido y que me han enriquecido, pero quizá la que recuerdo con más cariño y claridad fue la convención de apostolado que tuvimos el año pasado en Brasil con la presencia de todas las ramas. Me llena el corazón poder compartir con consagrados, seglares y legionarios lo que Dios ha puesto en nuestro corazón y buscar juntos cómo evangelizar este territorio. Es precioso rezar juntos, discutir, llegar a un consenso; incluso es precioso llegar a percibir un conflicto entre nosotros y juntos hablarlo y llegar a soluciones que no estaban hechas de antemano.

Mi expectativa para esta asamblea es poder encontrarme con cada consagrada que va a hacer esta experiencia conmigo. Y a todas las consagradas les pediría que se sientan y sepan una con nosotras pues lo que vamos a tratar es de todas. Por tanto, recen porque el Espíritu Santo nos de el don de lenguas para comprendernos y el don de la comunión. Todo lo demás se dará por añadidura.

I am from Barcelona, Spain.  I am from a family of five children, and one of them is my twin.  I was born on April 29, 1975, and five minutes later my sister was born.  My father died 21 years ago.  It was a very painful event that we lived, but it united us much more as a family. My mother is a great gift and a great support in my life and vocation.

I was consecrated on September 29, 2001, and I currently am a member of the community in São Paulo, Brazil.  It is a community that has formed and grown over the almost three years that I have been in Brazil.  When I arrived there were three of us, and now we are eight consecrated women.  My community is the place where I find myself the most: in encounters with each one I discover myself more and more, and at the same time, it is the place where I can give myself the most, where I can listen and accompany.  I would say that we walk together, trying to offer what each one is and trying to receive the gift that the others are for the community.

In my apostolic experience, I was first in the formation center in Madrid, Spain for five years.  The first two years I was in formation.  The next two years I was an assistant.   The last year I was vice director.  Afterwards, I was a member of the community of Mirasierra.  I lived there three years.   I was the vice director of the community and worked apostolically as the assistant director in the Highlands School (Encinar).  I then went to my hometown.  I was there six years.  I worked in the youth section, where I wanted to support the pastoral work with youth of the diocese (it was a very beautiful experience of the Church).  I also worked in the Saint Isabel School as an instructor of formation for high school girls.  I was the director of the community for the last three years in Barcelona.  The last year I was named a territorial councilor.  For almost three years I have been in Brazil, where I am the territorial director and director of the community of São Paulo.

I have had many experiences that, thanks be to God, have enriched me, but perhaps the one I remember with more fondness and clarity is the apostolate convention that we had last year in Brazil.  All of the branches of Regnum Christ were present. It fills my heart to share with consecrated men, lay members and Legionaries what God has put in our hearts and to seek together how to evangelize this territory. It is beautiful to pray together, to discuss, to reach a consensus.   It is even beautiful to come to perceive a conflict between us and together talk about it and find solutions that were not made beforehand.

My expectation for this assembly is to be able to meet every consecrated woman who is going to have this experience with me.  I would ask all the consecrated women to sit down and be one with us, because what we are going to deal with belongs to everyone. Therefore, pray that the Holy Spirit gives us the gift of tongues to understand each other and the gift of communion.

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Me consagré el 22 de agosto de 2001 y en mi recorrido apostólico he sido asistente del centro de formación de Madrid, he sido parte del equipo de la secretaría general y territorial, directora de sección y asistente para el ECYD de Sevilla, y actualmente pertenezco a la comunidad de Mirasierra donde además de estudios de doctorado, soy parte del equipo auxiliar de jóvenes y profesora en la universidad Francisco de Vitoria.

El trabajo actualmente en las secciones de jóvenes de Madrid, sin excluir dificultades, es una búsqueda constante de vivir la comunión, de hacer vida el carisma, de encontrar más y mejores caminos de llegar a los jóvenes.

Les pido oraciones para que escuchemos al dios que se revela como, cuando y donde quiere, más allá de nuestros esquemas… o expectativas.

I am from Mexico City.  I was born on January 18, 1983.  I come from a family that is part of Regnum Christi, so I have breathed this “air” since I was little.

I was consecrated on August 22, 2001.  My apostolic experience includes the following.  I was an assistant in the formation center in Madrid, Spain.  I have been a member of the general secretariat team and the territorial secretariat team.  I have been the director of the ECYD section as well as an assistant for ECYD in Seville, Spain.  I currently belong to the community of Mirasierra in Madrid, Spain where I am studying a doctorate and am also a member of the auxiliary team for young women.  I am also a professor at the University Francisco de Vitoria.

The current work in the sections of young people in Madrid, without excluding difficulties, is a constant search to live communion, to give life to the charism, to find more and better ways of reaching young people.

I ask for prayers for us to listen to God who reveals himself as, when and where he wants, beyond our schemes or expectations.

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Estoy en una gran comunidad de apostolado de Cerro del Coto, en Madrid, “gran” porque somos 21, porque la media de edad rondará entre los 40 – 45 años  y porque son grandes mujeres consagradas que aman y testimonian un gran amor a la consagración.

He realizado mis apostolados siempre en Europa, en el ECYD, secciones, misiones, colegio, academias, centro de formación y universidad. En estos últimos cinco años además, de modo informal, he estado colaborando en difundir  y profundizar nuestro carisma entre las consagradas, con múltiples modalidades y de modo oficial, en los cursos de renovación en los últimos 3 años.

Para mi la experiencia de colaborar en la comisión central de nuestros estatutos en el 2012-2013 constituyó un punto de inflexión en mi vida en el Regnum Christi, porque inició un camino de renovación y redescubrimiento de nuestro carisma que me ha acompañado y fogueado estos años y  hasta este momento, particularmente un renovado cristocentrismo por la contemplación del corazón de Cristo Rey y la fuerza redentora y victoriosa  de su  amor y el llamado a colaborar en la instauración de su reinado en los corazones en este mundo secularizado. Todo este camino ha sembrado en mí una profunda esperanza en nuestro camino y un amor renovado a esta obra suya.  Creo que tenemos un carisma muy grande que sigue desvelándose y adquiriendo nuevos matices que no dejan de asombrarme, particularmente ahora me llama mucho la atención, la fuerza de nuestra eclesialidad renovada y de la dimensión comunional con todo lo que eso puede llegar a significar.

De la asamblea quiero seguir dejándome sorprender, tengo una enorme confianza y esperanza en la acción del  Espíritu Santo y por eso quiero escuchar mucho a Dios y a los demás. Le pido a Dios y pido oraciones justo para eso, para que haya mucha escucha, mucho desprendimiento personal y búsqueda juntos, pido oraciones para que se de esa armonía. Así fue nuestra asamblea de rama, una gozada, armonía en la diferencia y por eso mucha riqueza.

I am Cecilia Castañera.  I was born in Barcelona, Spain.  I have a brother who is a Legionary priest (Fr. Pedro), a sister who is consecrated (Mercedes) and a brother who is married (Santiago).  The four of us have the grace and privilege to take care of my mom, who is our marvelous angel.  She is 94 years old and has very advanced dementia.

I am in a grand community of apostolate in Madrid, Spain (Cerro del Coto).  It is “grand” because there are 21 of us, because the average age is between 40 and 45 years, and because they are grand consecrated women that love and give witness to a great love for their consecration.

I have always had apostolates in Europe: in ECYD, sections, missions, schools, academies, the formation center and university.  In the last five years, I have also in an informal way, been collaborating in spreading and deepening our charism among the consecrated women.  I have done so through multiple modalities and in an “official” way, in the renewal courses of the past three years.

The experience of helping in the central commission of our statutes in 2012-2013 was a turning point in my life in Regnum Christi.  It began a journey of renewal and rediscovery of our charism that has accompanied and prepared me during these years and until now.  I particularly have a renewed Christ centeredness through the contemplation of the heart of Christ the King and the redeeming and victorious force of his love.  I have a renewed call to collaborate in the establishment of his Kingdom in the hearts of this secularized world.  This path has planted in me a deep hope in our path and a renewed love for this work of God. I believe that we have a very great charism that continues to unfold and acquire new nuances that never cease to amaze me.  The strength of our renewed ecclesiality particularly draws my attention, as well as the communal dimension with everything that it can mean.

In the assembly, I want to continue letting myself be surprised.  I have an enormous trust and hope in the action of the Holy Spirit, and that is why I want to listen a lot to God and to others.  I ask God and I ask for prayers for this, so that there is a lot of listening, a lot of personal detachment and searching together.  I ask for prayers for this harmony.  This is how our territorial assembly of consecrated women was: a joy and a harmony in the differences and therefore a lot of richness.

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Actualmente soy parte de la comunidad de las Encinas, en Monterrey, N.L.  En esta casa, además de la comunidad de apostolado, se encuentra la comunidad de candidatas, lo que representa una gracia de Dios y al mismo tiempo una responsabilidad. La celebración eucarística y algunos momentos espontáneos en el día hacen parte de nuestros encuentros con ellas.

Trabajé apostólicamente como promotora vocacional y formadora del centro estudiantil en España, México y Brasil. He podido colaborar también en secciones del ECYD y en  secciones de jóvenes del Regnum Christi y como gerente y directora de consagradas. Gran parte de mi vida apostólica se desarrolló en Brasil. Actualmente desempeño el servicio gobierno como directora territorial de Monterrey.  Creo que para mí, colaborar en el comité directivo territorial me ha ofrecido muchas oportunidades para hacer la experiencia del Regnum Christi como una familia carismática. Me es difícil hablar de un único momento, ahora bien, es frecuente hacer la experiencia de complementariedad, de compartir y vibrar por el deseo de extender el Reino de Cristo, de la presencia de Cristo entre nosotros. Esto constituye una experiencia del carisma.

Para esta asamblea, más que hablar de expectativas puedo hablar de mis disposiciones. Quiero colaborar en el diálogo, ponerme a la escucha del Espíritu Santo en los demás y en mí; orar, acoger y responder a lo que Dios vaya mostrando para que Él se manifieste como lo ha hecho en las otras asambleas territoriales en las que he participado.

Y quisiera pedir oraciones para que seamos una comunidad en discernimiento.

I was born in Aguascalientes, Mexico on October 17, 1969.  I am the eighth of nine children.  I became a member of ECYD when I was 11 years old.  I was consecrated on November 18, 1988.

I am currently a member of the community of Las Encinas in Monterrey, Mexico.  This house has two communities:  the community of apostolate and the community of candidates.  The candidates represent a grace of God, and at the same time, a responsibility.  The celebration of the Eucharist, as well as some other spontaneous moments in the day are our opportunities to be with the candidates.

I have worked apostolically as a vocational promoter and formator of the girls in the pre-candidacy in Spain, Mexico and Brazil.  I have also been able to help in sections of ECYD and in youth sections of Regnum Christi.  I have been a vice director and director of consecrated women.  Much of my apostolic work has been in Brazil.  I am currently serving as the territorial director in Monterrey, Mexico.  I believe collaborating in the territorial directive committee has offered me many opportunities to experience Regnum Christi as a charismatic family.  It is difficult for me to speak of a single moment.  It is common to experience the complementarity and the presence of Christ among us, as well as to share and to vibrate with the desire to extend the Kingdom of Christ.  This constitutes an experience of the charism.

More than to talk about expectations for this assembly, I can talk about dispositions.  I want to help in the dialogue, listening to the Holy Spirit in the others and in me.  To pray, to welcome and to respond to what God will show us, so that He manifests Himself as He has done in the territorial assemblies in which I have participated.

I ask for prayers so that we can be a discerning community.

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He tenido apostolados variados. Durante 10 años trabajé en el ECYD, en Rhode Island, en la Ciudad de México, Michigan, y Atlanta. He estado dos años el equipo de la dirección territorial y dos años en el de la dirección general especialmente enfocada en el área de apostolado y ayudando un poco en otras áreas. Fui directora y subdirectora del colegio Everest en Manila en los últimos cinco años y ahora estoy en la localidad y con las señoras. Estoy agradecida por todas estas experiencias que me han permitido ver la acción de Dios a través del carisma que hemos recibido. En relación a nuestra pertenencia a la familia del Regnum Christi, estoy particularmente agradecida por el tiempo en el que estuve trabajando en la dirección territorial de Norteamérica en el periodo en el que el P. Luis Garza fue el director territorial. En esos años me tocó estar cuando se comenzó a formar el equipo territorial para apoyar al director territorial en el gobierno de una manera más sistemática y para ejecutar juntos la visión del Movimiento en esas circunstancias. Aquí en Manila la colaboración entre ramas es sumamente rica, pues el colegio es mixto, hay muchas actividades de las secciones que se ofrecen para las familias, para chicos y chicas, etc.

Lo que espero de esta asamblea es que juntas busquemos escuchar la voz de Dios y que tengamos la valentía y confianza para seguirla sabiendo que Dios a veces prefiere no revelar todo pero que nos toca seguirlo paso a paso. Creo que es importante que todas nos unamos en oración no solo por las consagradas sino por todo el Regnum Christi y por la Iglesia, para que podamos plasmar de la mejor manera, aunque siempre sabiendo que no se puede contener en palabras, la riqueza del carisma que hemos recibido para beneficio de la Iglesia.

I am from Monterrey, Mexico.  I was born on April 12, 1978.  I have an older brother who has two children and a younger sister who has two children.  I entered ECYD in the first stage, and I was consecrated in August of 1997.  Currently, I am a member of the community of Manila where I am the director of the community, director of the women’s section and director of the locality.  The experience of foundation of Regnum Christi in Asia is thrilling.  We work as a  team and have a beautiful spirit of communion among the lay members, the Legionaries and the consecrated women.  In these years we have had the blessing to see the development of our school, Youth and Family Missions, the sections of Regnum Christi and of many of our apostolates.

I have had various apostolates.  For ten years I worked in ECYD in Rhode Island, Mexico City, Michigan and Atlanta.  For two years I was on the territorial directive team.  I was also on the general directive team for two years.  As a member, I focused on the area of apostolate while helping a little in other areas.  For the past five years I have been the director and assistant director of the Everest School in Manila.  Now I am in the locality and working with women.  I am grateful for all of these experiences that have allowed me to see God’s action through the charism we have received. In relation to our belonging to the Regnum Christi family, I am particularly grateful for the time that I worked in territorial direction in North America.  It was during the period in which Fr. Luis Garza was the territorial director.  In those years, the territorial team began to develop in order to support the territorial director so as to govern in a more systematic way and to execute together the vision of the Movement in those circumstances.  Here in Manila the teamwork between branches is extremely rich.  The school has both boys and girls as students, so there are many activities of the sections that are offered for families, for boys and girls, etc.

I hope that in this assembly we will seek together to hear the voice of God and have the courage and trust to follow it knowing that God sometimes prefers not to reveal everything, but that we have to follow Him step by step. I think it is important that we all unite in prayer not only for the consecrated women but for all of Regnum Christi and for the Church, so that we can express in the best way, yet knowing that it cannot be fully expressed in words, the richness of the charism that we have received for the benefit of the Church.

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