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MISSIONS Like the Church, the Legion of Christ and Regnum Christi Movement are essentially missionary. They actively preach the Gospel to all who have not yet heard the message of salvation. They have taken to heart Christ''s commandment, "Go and preach to all people, baptizing them and teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you." Prelature of Chetumal-Cancún In 1970 Pope Paul VI entrusted the Legion of Christ with the care of the Prelature of Chetumal-Cancún which covers 19,360 square miles of the state of Quintana Roo on the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico). Paul VI appointed Mons. Jorge Bernal Vargas, L.C., as its first prelate. Most of the natives in this region are Mayans whose population numbers approximately 850,000. They work as farmers or manual laborers. For their spiritual care, Bishop Bernal counts on the presence of 10% of all Legionary priests and numerous Regnum Christi lay coworkers. The Legionaries serving as missionaries have built approximately 230 churches and chapels since 1970. Some of the indigenous laity work as full-time catechists.

Following Christ''s example, Regnum Christi members direct their supernatural mission toward all people, for redemption is meant to reach everyone. Sympathetic to the misery in which many people live, they dedicate special care to the human and religious development of society''s most destitute people. This is made possible by encouraging the laity to share their goods, time, and professional skills in a spirit of Christian charity and justice. Center of Integral Community Development CIDECO During the 1985 earthquake that shook Mexico City, thousands of people lost their loved ones and homes. For more than eight months, young men and women from the Anáhuac University, including the administration staff, professors, alumni, and parents, united together to support the afflicted.

The Legion serves the Church and others through schools, universities and centers to form the character and Christian virtue of families, youth, and married couples, as well as the Christian and humanitarian development of the poor. Legionaries serve the local churches through catechesis, missions, media apostolates, and they offer diocesan priests ongoing formation courses in their dioceses. The name sums up a Christ-centered spirituality in which Jesus Christ is the center, standard, and model of a Legionary''s religious, priestly, and apostolic life. LOVE FOR CHRIST Legionaries seek to experience and know Christ intimately in the Gospel, the Eucharist, and the Cross. They strive to love Him in a personal and passionate way by imitating as their only model of holiness.

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