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The Regnum Christi Federation
Regnum Christi (Latin for “Kingdom of Christ”) is a Federation within the Catholic Church. The Regnum Christi Federation is a spiritual family and an apostolic body made up of four different vocations: the religious congregation of the Legionaries of Christ, the Society of Apostolic Life of the Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi, the Society of Apostolic Life of the Lay Consecrated Men of Regnum Christi, and the lay members of Regnum Christi who associate to the Federation as individuals.
Every international Catholic organization that is formally approved by the Holy See takes on a specific form or structure that under the jurisdiction of a Vatican dicastery. On May 31st, 2019 — after years of discernment during which they were advised and guided by representatives appointed by the Holy Father — the Legionaries of Christ, the Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi, the Lay Consecrated Men of Regnum Christi, and the lay members of Regnum Christi received approval for their request to take on the form of a federation. This structure allows the Legionaries of Christ, the Consecrated Men, and the Consecrated Women to have proper autonomy and authority over their own individual vocations and institutions, while providing a shared governance of the common charism and identity of the Regnum Christi spiritual family, and the vocation of the lay members who associate to Regnum Christi.
Becoming a federation provided a canonical structure for a spiritual reality: the shared identity, spirituality, communion, and mission of its members who live four distinct and autonomous vocations. The Regnum Christi Federation provides unity among the federated institutions and the associated lay members. It seeks to be a vehicle of vocational growth and development for each of them, and for all of them.
By building and protecting this unity, the Regnum Christi Federation also supports the common mission ignited by the shared charism, and helps its members to flourish in their work of evangelization. The Federation directs and supports the lay members of Regnum Christi and the apostolic works and programs that belong to it, and it also promotes collaboration among all of the evangelizing work done by the members of the different Regnum Christi vocations.
The Regnum Christi Federation is made up of over 25,000 members throughout 38 countries world-wide.
Video Series
What is the Regnum Christi Federation?
Cathie Zenter offers three short videos explaining what the Regnum Christi Federation is, with information about the Regnum Christi Federation in the North American Territory, and showing how the Regnum Christi Federation operates at the locality level.
The Regnum Christi Federation in the North American Territory
Cathie Zenter offers three short videos explaining what the Regnum Christi Federation is, with information about the Regnum Christi Federation in the North American Territory, and showing how the Regnum Christi Federation operates at the locality level.
The Regnum Christi Federation in a Locality
Cathie Zenter offers three short videos explaining what the Regnum Christi Federation is, with information about the Regnum Christi Federation in the North American Territory, and showing how the Regnum Christi Federation operates at the locality level.
What is a Regnum Christi Locality?
Through a brief explanation and a visual diagram, Fr. John Bartunek, LC, offers a picture of what exactly a Regnum Christi Locality is.
Considerations on Charisms, Healing Ministry, and Life in the Spirit
Considerations on Charisms, Healing Ministry, and Life in the Spirit is a document produced as a fruit of the joint work carried out by commissions of the Regnum Christi Federation and the Legionaries of Christ. Its purpose is to provide a broad context that helps members to understand and contextualize the subject and offer some guidance that helps in the discernment of the expression and service of the gifts of the Spirit. It is important that we integrate them within the framework of a deep spiritual life, grounded in the charism that the Lord has given us and in the teachings and recommendations of the Church.