March 28, 2018- The day in review

From December 2017, after the general government explained why it was necessary to reconsider the juridical figure for the Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi, there has been a large number of consecrated women who have been involved in discernment about this canonical configuration. Thanks to this active participation of so many consecrated women who have studied, consulted experts and dialogued in their communities – the delegates have come to the General Assembly with knowledge of the alternatives that have been suggested to the proposal to become a Society of Apostolic Life.

In today’s first meeting, each work team presented the conclusions reached by their group on the afternoon of Holy Tuesday. The Central Commission has sought to encourage delegates to have the right conditions and sufficient time for discernment. The Assembly aims to clearly express the reasons behind the juridical figure it chooses beginning with what is already expressed in the proper law of the consecrated women of Regnum Christi and is characteristic of our vocation. The Assembly is mindful, that even after clarifying the canonical configuration, there will be questions around the topic of identity that will need to be further understood. consecrated women of Regnum Christi. The ordinary General Assembly of 2020 will be a timely opportunity for this.

Jorge López and Félix Gómez Rueda, general director and general counselor respectively of the Lay Consecrated Men of Regnum Christi, accompanied today’s meetings. At the last meeting of the day, Francisco Gámez, a Venezuelan lay man and member of the General Committee of Regnum Christi, connected by video conference. In his intervention he described how he perceives the mission of the laity within Regnum Christi. He emphasized that the mission of the Movement will be strengthened to the extent that the members of each vocation have a clear awareness of their own identity, and that the proper law allows them to live it fully.

The delegates will live the Easter Triduum in a prayerful atmosphere. The work of the Assembly will be suspended to recommence on Monday, April 2. Gloria Rodríguez proposed to prepare for the dialogue of the coming weeks by living these days of the triduum with the Lord.