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The Road to the 2024 Regnum Christi General Convention
WHAT IS THE GENERAL CONVENTION?
A General Convention, as an event of the Spirit, always involves three actions: illumination, discernment and action. Seeing, judging and acting. It is about listening to one another and to the Holy Spirit. It is about being synod, about walking all together; each one according to his vocation.
It is a Eucharistic, communitarian event, of union of each and everyone in the Body of Christ. It is about praying together, united in one faith and one mission. Finally, it is about receiving a Word from God about the needs of the Church and the world, with the intention of doing the will of the Father at this moment in history and from our charism.
WHAT ARE THE EXPECTED OUTCOMES OF A GENERAL CONVENTION?
As an event of the Spirit, synodal and Eucharistic, prayerful, the convention should illuminate our Christian lives as apostles, as well as conclude with concrete decisions on the life and mission of Regnum Christi. It is a strong moment in the life of the Kingdom; it is about letting the Spirit blow on our embers and fan the fire of love, light and joy of the Gospel in us.
The members of Regnum Christi, impelled by the personal experience of Christ’s love, feel the inner urgency to make his Kingdom present, giving witness to what we have lived and experienced, and thus seeking to respond to the needs of the world and the Church.
WHAT ARE THE PHASES OF THIS PROCESS?
The preparation for the General Convention is being carried out in three phases that shift the emphasis from the local to the territorial and, finally, to the general level. The local phase, the pillar of the life and mission of Regnum Christi, will begin in September 2022 and last until July 2023. The territorial phase, as a meeting between localities and a forum to address issues common to all of them, will take place in the second half of 2023 and will conclude with the celebration of the Territorial Conventions. The general phase, as a meeting to recognize and promote the presence of Christ throughout the world, will culminate in the General Convention, which will begin on April 29, 2024 and is expected to last six days.
The members of Regnum Christi, impelled by the personal experience of Christ’s love, feel the inner urgency to make his Kingdom present, giving witness to what we have lived and experienced, and thus seeking to respond to the needs of the world and of the Church.
Discussion Guides
GUIDE FOR REFLECTION ON THE IDENTITY OF THE LAY MEMBERS OF REGNUM CHRISTI
As part of the journey of discernment leading up to the 2024 General Convention, the lay members of Regnum Christi feel called to reflect more deeply on our identity and mission, and on our vocation in Regnum Christi. We want to understand what our role is, not only in the Church but, in a particular way, in our spiritual family in the light of the Gospel, ecclesial documents and our charism.
This is why, just as we are participating with the other vocations of Regnum Christi in an apostolic discernment of reality, we also want to take a moment and listen to the Holy Spirit in order to understand what specifically he calls us to as laity in the world and in Regnum Christi.
This guide seeks to be a tool to help with this reflection.
It is recommended that this activity be carried out by teams of lay members, whether encounter teams within a section, or apostolate teams. Although this activity does not follow an Encounter with Christ methodology, it can replace one of the Encounters with Christ foreseen in the teams’ regular activities.
