{"id":16118,"date":"2024-11-15T10:19:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T16:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.legionariosdecristo.org\/?page_id=16118"},"modified":"2025-03-28T10:58:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T10:58:45","slug":"apostolate-of-regnum-christi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/our_history\/apostolate-of-regnum-christi\/","title":{"rendered":"Apostolate of Regnum Christi"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small color_alternate\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><nav class=\"g-breadcrumbs separator_icon align_none hide_current\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\"><div class=\"g-breadcrumbs-item\" itemscope itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\"><a itemprop=\"item\" href=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Home<\/span><\/a><meta itemprop=\"position\" content=\"1\"\/><\/div><div class=\"g-breadcrumbs-separator\"><i class=\"far fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"g-breadcrumbs-item\">Pages<\/div><\/nav><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><h3 class=\"w-text us_custom_eb849559\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Apostolate of Regnum Christi<\/span><\/span><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row us_custom_490d1def has_text_color height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1-2 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-image us_custom_a84061bf align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"759\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/92.bmp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/92.bmp 759w, https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/92-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper valign_top align_none\"><div class=\"w-iconbox iconpos_top style_default color_custom align_center no_text no_title\"><div class=\"w-iconbox-icon\" style=\"font-size:2rem;--icon-color:var(--color-header-top-text);\"><i class=\"fas fa-info\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"w-iconbox-meta\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_7bc28c80\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: left\">Mexico, Guadalajara, February 1986: a moment from the II Youth Engagement Encounter, an activity of Familia Mexicana, FAME, from that year.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\" style=\"height:50px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image us_custom_a84061bf align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/93.bmp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/93.bmp 744w, https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/93-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper valign_top align_none\"><div class=\"w-iconbox iconpos_top style_default color_custom align_center no_text no_title\"><div class=\"w-iconbox-icon\" style=\"font-size:2rem;--icon-color:var(--color-header-top-text);\"><i class=\"fas fa-info\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"w-iconbox-meta\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_7bc28c80\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: left\">United States, Atlanta, October 1999: a moment from the first edition of the Youth and Family Encounter with an international character.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\" style=\"height:50px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image us_custom_a84061bf align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"654\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/94.bmp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/94.bmp 654w, https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/94-289x300.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper valign_top align_none\"><div class=\"w-iconbox iconpos_top style_default color_custom align_center no_text no_title\"><div class=\"w-iconbox-icon\" style=\"font-size:2rem;--icon-color:var(--color-header-top-text);\"><i class=\"fas fa-info\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"w-iconbox-meta\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_7bc28c80\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: left\">Puebla, November 1995: a moment from the first national Encounter of Full-Time Evangelizers in Mexico.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\" style=\"height:50px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-vwrapper align_none valign_top\"><h5 class=\"w-text us_custom_1f257949 icon_atleft\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><i class=\"far fa-calendar\"><\/i><span class=\"w-text-value\">1960 &#8211; 2000<\/span><\/span><\/h5><\/div><div class=\"w-vwrapper align_none valign_top\"><h3 class=\"w-text us_custom_1f257949\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Regnum Christi and the works of apostolate<\/span><\/span><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\" style=\"height:40px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_432d3f53\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>The integral Christianity proposed by Regnum Christi in the post-conciliar years soon translated for the men and women who were part of the Regnum Christi Movement into an intense apostolic work, active in all fields of society.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the Apostolicam Actuositatem decree of the Second Vatican Council had foreseen in 1965 that the laity should exercise <em>&#8220;their multiple apostolate, both in the Church and in the world. In both areas, various fields of apostolic activity are opened, of which we wish to recall here the main ones, which are: the communities of the Church, the family, youth, the social realm, the national and international order.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The text of the 1971 Manual notes this mission and explains:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;To carry out the mission entrusted by God, the Movement sets forth some objectives that must be considered as indispensable means.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Among these is also the &#8220;creation and promotion of directly apostolic institutions.&#8221; Thus, over the years, new works emerged in various fields of apostolate, especially, as summarized in the 2004 Statutes, in the fields of education and teaching, promoting family values, women&#8217;s issues, supporting diocesan and parish life, helping seminarians and diocesan priests, carrying out evangelization missions, and activities that lead to a Christian life, such as spiritual exercises, retreats, and conventions, the dissemination of Catholic doctrine, social communication media, and material assistance to those in need.<\/p>\n<p>In these fields, some of the main works of the Movement are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>FAME (Familia Mexicana)<\/strong>, an initiative born in 1968 aimed at safeguarding family values.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>ANSPAC (Asociaci\u00f3n Nacional Pro Superaci\u00f3n Personal A.C.)<\/strong>, launched in 1974 by a group of women from Monterrey to elevate the human level of people by offering them various formation courses.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Consultants of Alfa Omega and Escuelas de la Fe<\/strong>, a Pontifical Institute recognized by the Congregation for the Clergy, for adult catechesis and the formation of teachers of the faith, both inaugurated in 1976 in Mexico City.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Gente Nueva<\/strong>, founded in 1984 by a team from the youth section in Mexico City with the purpose of promoting human, moral, and religious values.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Connection Communication Corporation<\/strong>, later called <strong>Hombre Nuevo<\/strong>, emerged in the same year, 1984, in Los Angeles, United States, which was the first apostolic work of Regnum Christi in the field of social communication media.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Fundaci\u00f3n IUVE<\/strong>, founded in 1987 in Spain with the aim of acting in the field of social inclusion.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Generaci\u00f3n Empresarial<\/strong>, created in 1988 to guide young entrepreneurs toward the ethical principles of Christian humanism.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Evangelizadores de Tiempo Completo<\/strong> (Full-Time Evangelizers), a project launched in 1989 that seeks to form people dedicated full-time to evangelization for parishes and dioceses with few priests.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Juventud Misionera<\/strong>, which emerged from the testimony of a group of young people from the movement in 1986 and has since 1993 gathered thousands of people in popular evangelization missions and has flourished in many cities and countries.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The <strong>NET<\/strong> program, started in 1997, aims to make every family a domestic Church.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row us_custom_490d1def has_text_color height_small color_alternate\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_2-1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-vwrapper align_none valign_top\"><h5 class=\"w-text us_custom_f03ee871 icon_atleft\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><i class=\"far fa-calendar\"><\/i><span class=\"w-text-value\">1996<\/span><\/span><\/h5><\/div><div class=\"w-vwrapper align_none valign_top\"><h3 class=\"w-text us_custom_f03ee871\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Missionary Youth and Family Encounter in the United States<\/span><\/span><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\" style=\"height:40px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_432d3f53\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>The Youth and Family Encounter was held for the first time in the United States in 1996. It is an event that helps to showcase the various apostolic activities among the members of the Movement. These encounters typically take place annually in each country where Regnum Christi is present. The first international edition was held in Atlanta, United States, in 1999. Thousands of people from different nations participated. The event served as preparation for the Jubilee Year 2000.<\/p>\n<p>In practice, all the works related to the Movement represent its apostolic projection and, as a whole, they form an effective operational model due to their flexibility and capacity to adapt to the place and the cultural and social situation in which they are working. Many of these works have originated thanks to the direct initiative of their members: from the encounter with Christ that a Regnum Christi member experiences by cultivating their spiritual life in the activities of the section or team, the desire to communicate and spread the evangelical message blooms.<\/p>\n<p>To all the men and women of Regnum Christi committed to the Catholic Church to spread the treasure of faith, the words that Pope John Paul II addressed to the young people of Missionary Youth in 1996 can be extended:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em>&#8220;Today the world needs a New Evangelization that expects much from your spiritual legacy and your generosity as young people, so that no door is closed to Christ and so that all may recognize Him as the true joy, the source of all hope, and the cause of all salvation. From Christ, more than anyone else, men and women, families, children, the elderly, the sick, the strong and the weak, are in need.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-image us_custom_a84061bf align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"726\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/95.bmp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/95.bmp 726w, https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/95-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper valign_top align_none\"><div class=\"w-iconbox iconpos_top style_default color_custom align_center no_text no_title\"><div class=\"w-iconbox-icon\" style=\"font-size:2rem;--icon-color:var(--color-header-top-text);\"><i class=\"fas fa-info\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"w-iconbox-meta\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_7bc28c80\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: left\">Argentina, 2002: members of Familia Misionera during an evangelization mission in the town of Catupury.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\" style=\"height:50px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image us_custom_a84061bf align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"704\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/96.bmp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/96.bmp 704w, https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/96-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper valign_top align_none\"><div class=\"w-iconbox iconpos_top style_default color_custom align_center no_text no_title\"><div class=\"w-iconbox-icon\" style=\"font-size:2rem;--icon-color:var(--color-header-top-text);\"><i class=\"fas fa-info\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"w-iconbox-meta\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_7bc28c80\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: left\">Hungary, 2007: some young women while carrying out a NET activity.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\" style=\"height:50px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row us_custom_490d1def has_text_color height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1-2 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-image us_custom_a84061bf align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/97.bmp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/97.bmp 736w, https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/97-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper valign_top align_none\"><div class=\"w-iconbox iconpos_top style_default color_custom align_center no_text no_title\"><div class=\"w-iconbox-icon\" style=\"font-size:2rem;--icon-color:var(--color-header-top-text);\"><i class=\"fas fa-info\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"w-iconbox-meta\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_7bc28c80\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: left\">Mexico City, 1954: the first group of teachers and students of Instituto Cumbres.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\" style=\"height:50px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image us_custom_a84061bf align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/98.bmp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/98.bmp 649w, https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/98-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper valign_top align_none\"><div class=\"w-iconbox iconpos_top style_default color_custom align_center no_text no_title\"><div class=\"w-iconbox-icon\" style=\"font-size:2rem;--icon-color:var(--color-header-top-text);\"><i class=\"fas fa-info\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"w-iconbox-meta\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_7bc28c80\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: left\">Mexico City, early 1980s: Juani Lozano, consecrated member of Regnum Christi, during an award ceremony at Instituto Oxford.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\" style=\"height:50px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image us_custom_a84061bf align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"749\" height=\"539\" src=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/99.bmp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/99.bmp 749w, https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/99-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 749px) 100vw, 749px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper valign_top align_none\"><div class=\"w-iconbox iconpos_top style_default color_custom align_center no_text no_title\"><div class=\"w-iconbox-icon\" style=\"font-size:2rem;--icon-color:var(--color-header-top-text);\"><i class=\"fas fa-info\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"w-iconbox-meta\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_7bc28c80\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: left\">Venezuela, early 1990s: a moment from the construction work of the Colegio Mano Amiga in Caracas.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\" style=\"height:50px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image us_custom_a84061bf align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"687\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/100.bmp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/100.bmp 687w, https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/100-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper valign_top align_none\"><div class=\"w-iconbox iconpos_top style_default color_custom align_center no_text no_title\"><div class=\"w-iconbox-icon\" style=\"font-size:2rem;--icon-color:var(--color-header-top-text);\"><i class=\"fas fa-info\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"w-iconbox-meta\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_7bc28c80\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: left\">Ciudad de M\u00e9xico: aerial view of the Universidad An\u00e1huac M\u00e9xico Norte campus.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\" style=\"height:50px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image us_custom_a84061bf align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/101.bmp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/101.bmp 755w, https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/101-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper valign_top align_none\"><div class=\"w-iconbox iconpos_top style_default color_custom align_center no_text no_title\"><div class=\"w-iconbox-icon\" style=\"font-size:2rem;--icon-color:var(--color-header-top-text);\"><i class=\"fas fa-info\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"w-iconbox-meta\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_7bc28c80\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: left\">Rome, January 10, 2006: a moment from the inauguration of the first academic year of the European University of Rome, with the presence of Cardinal Camillo Ruini, Vicar of Rome and President of the Italian Episcopal Conference.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\" style=\"height:50px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-vwrapper align_none valign_top\"><h5 class=\"w-text us_custom_1f257949 icon_atleft\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><i class=\"far fa-calendar\"><\/i><span class=\"w-text-value\">1950s and 1960s<\/span><\/span><\/h5><\/div><div class=\"w-vwrapper align_none valign_top\"><h3 class=\"w-text us_custom_1f257949\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Educational centers of Regnum Christi<\/span><\/span><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\" style=\"height:40px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_432d3f53\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Since the early years, all the institutional texts of both the Legion of Christ and Regnum Christi have proposed education and teaching as priorities in their apostolic projects.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the popes after World War II, from Pius XII to Paul VI, insisted, through various radio messages and documents sent to different organizations, on the need to establish educational institutes, especially in Latin America. In fact, the first apostolic work carried out by the Legionaries of Christ was a school, the Instituto Cumbres, founded in Mexico City in 1954. The chosen motto for the new school was <em>&#8220;Semper Altius&#8221;<\/em>, which, translated from Latin, means &#8220;Always higher.&#8221; This motto signifies that in the formative process, one needs to walk, climb, and overcome in order to follow a path toward a transcendent goal with no limits to its development: the new man in Christ that St. Paul talks about. In fact, the name &#8220;Cumbres&#8221; also indicates this goal, and it is no coincidence that many of the schools founded since then bear the names of famous mountains and mountain ranges, such as the Alps, Everest, and the Himalayas.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1960s, the educational proposal was enriched with other types of schools: in 1965, the first Irish Institute was established in Mexico City, distinguished by its bilingual education in Spanish and English, and in 1966, the first <em>Colegio Mano Amiga<\/em> was founded, created to give adolescents and young people from disadvantaged groups the opportunity to study. Later, in 1969, the first language academy, named <em>Oak Language Centre<\/em>, was opened in Dublin. All these schools already had a clear goal from the beginning: &#8220;to educate, teach, and form,&#8221; offering a personalized and integral education.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Legion of Christ had also founded the <em>Universidad An\u00e1huac<\/em> in 1964, which by 1968 had become a solid institution and inaugurated its new campus that same year, with its first graduating students. Over time, the <em>Universidad An\u00e1huac<\/em> has become one of the most prestigious private higher education institutions in Mexico. In 1981, the national government granted it the important recognition of &#8220;autonomy and official validity of studies.&#8221; In the last three decades of the 20th century, schools, academies, and universities grew significantly.<\/p>\n<p>It is significant to note that many of these works were created at the request, desire, and insistence of lay faithful. In these instances, the task of leading these works has often been entrusted to members of the first and second degree of Regnum Christi, rather than to the Legionaries, consecrated men and women.<\/p>\n<p>In 2000, the <em>Universidad Interamericana para el Desarrollo<\/em> (UNID) was established as an innovative proposal for Mexico, directed at the entrepreneurial world and aimed at meeting the country&#8217;s labor market needs, including &#8220;business internship&#8221; periods as part of the learning process.<\/p>\n<p>To coordinate this series of institutions, the <em>CEA<\/em> (An\u00e1huac Educational Consortium) was created, which in 2005 took the name <em>Centro Internacional de Formaci\u00f3n Integral<\/em> (ICIF) in English. These two organizations are associated with the <em>Red de Universidades An\u00e1huac<\/em> (RUA), which groups all the Catholic private universities, both secular and ecclesiastical, that share the same educational model.<\/p>\n<p>The motto of this university network is <em>Vince in bono malum<\/em>, an expression of the concept of education directed toward truth and good. Its emblem, based on the image of a fabric in process, symbolically captures the work of interaction and development that characterizes education.<\/p>\n<p>In 1960, St. John Paul II stated, <em>&#8220;The flourishing of Catholic schools in the world is one of the noblest glories of the Church.&#8221;<\/em> To this flourishing, the Legion of Christ and Regnum Christi have contributed with their educational efforts: by 2013, 206 educational centers had been created, including 116 schools, 13 universities, 22 <em>Colegios Mano Amiga<\/em>, 7 <em>Oak Academies<\/em>, and 48 UNID, with a total of 141,701 students.<\/p>\n<p>The latest developments in this experience, which has now lasted for more than half a century, occurred in 2010 with the renewal and unification of the <em>An\u00e1huac Educational Model<\/em>, the approval of the RUA statutes in 2013, and the launch of the <em>Ideario de los Colegios del Regnum Christi<\/em> (Ideology of the Schools of Regnum Christi) in 2015, which defines the identity, vision of man, components of the educational community, and the elements and objectives of the formation of the Movement&#8217;s Catholic schools, aiming to inspire the pastoral programs of their educational works. This document also specifies the general mission of their works:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Regnum Christi promotes the integral formation of apostles, who exercise a role of Christian leadership in their environment. [\u2026] The integral formation in a Regnum Christi school includes the formation of all the dimensions of the human person: intelligence, will, and affection. [\u2026] Being a new man, an integer homo or an integra mulier, means fulfilling God&#8217;s design of love, which wants us to be fully human, harmoniously integrating all the dimensions of our being along with love. It also means integrating the limits and weaknesses that everyone encounters along their journey with the project that God has for each of us.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row us_custom_e1ac95b1 has_text_color height_small color_alternate\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_50 thick_1 style_dashed color_border align_center\" style=\"height:30px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-vwrapper align_none valign_top\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_85b422cb has_text_color\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">This section has been taken from the publication \u00abHistoria Institucional de la Congregaci\u00f3n de los Legionarios de Cristo y del Movimiento Regnum Christi\u00bb (2015), prepared by the General Historical Archive of the Legion of Christ and Regnum Christi and published on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Congregation. <em>Published in Spanish and Italian.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-vwrapper align_none valign_top\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_e8cc2b5b has_text_color\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">Texts: Salvatore Luciano Bonventre | Translations: Fr. 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