Regnum Christi
Men's Section

Lay members have a unique call to live the Regnum Christi charism in the secular world and transform it throught their witness and apostolic action.

The Houston area Men’s Section is organized geographically into Teams. We currently have 9 and are growing. A Team is a group of men united in the heart of Jesus as a means of helping one another on our journey to holiness. The teams, English or Spanish speaking, meet weekly for an “Encounter with Christ” and organize social events and projects (apostolates) to help bring other men to Christ. We call all of this “Team Life”.

We also organize monthly Mornings of Reflection at Prince of Peace, a Catholic parish, as well as annual retreats and spiritual exercises. These are opportunities for Men to be formed as apostles and build Christ’s Kingdom.

Contact Mark for more information about Regnum Christi Team life.

Mark Pietrak

  • RC Men’s Section Director
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The 5 Elements of Life in Regnum Christi

Regnum Christi invites members to live their Christian faith actively, with enthusiasm and love. It’s a vocation that helps members live their baptismal commitments and fulfill the mission of being salt & light in the world. All Regnum Christi members develop this way of life in their team life, spiritual life, apostolate, formation, and personal accompaniment. 

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Spiritual Life

The core of a Regnum Christi member’s life is to know Christ’s love, love him deeply in return, and share that love with others. All members share a common mission and spirituality, which each one lives according to their identity and specific vocation. On the path of spiritual growth, we have a spiritual director who accompanies us individually in following Christ, as recommended by the Church. Once a year we do a Spiritual Exercises Retreat of several days, and we renew our 'yes' to Christ in Regnum Christi.

Formation

Integral formation is formation in the spiritual, human, intellectual, and apostolic areas of our lives. It allows us to form a strong and rich Catholic worldview, develop our capacity to go deeper in our relationship with Christ and “always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope” (1 Peter 3:15)

Apostolic Life

The mission of a Regnum Christi member covers all aspects of life. It begins with the foundation of building their own relationship with God, living their God-given vocation and state in life as their personal path to holiness, and then impacting the world around them through a life lived in union with God that reaches out to others in evangelization, service, and apostolate.

Accompaniment

Regnum Christi sees personal accompaniment as essential in following Christ. We seek to accompany each other as Christ accompanied people in the Gospel, person-to-person, discerning and following the path of holiness together. Personal accompaniment can be natural and spontaneous, as in friendships, or more formal and intentional, as in Spiritual Direction.

RC Team or Community

Modeled on the first Christian communities, Regnum Christi members gather as communities of apostles to pray, to evangelize, and to support and encourage each other in the living of their Christian vocation. Team life provides a nucleus of spiritual friendship, a community that is there to share the gifts and challenges of daily life with each other, and a group of like-minded apostles who work together to bring the light of the Gospel to those around them.

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Mark Pietrak was born in Louisiana and grew up in several places across the U.S. and abroad, spending his high school years in Aberdeen, Scotland. He went on to study Petroleum Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines and later served four years on active duty in the U.S. Army as an Engineer Officer, based in Germany. While serving, Mark met his wife and they married in 2005; soon after, he entered the Catholic Church on the Easter vigil of 2006—an important turning point that shaped the way he approaches family life, work, and service. They have two children, Chris and Abigail, who attended catholic schools where Mark first encountered Regnum Christi through Conquest and Challenge.

Following a spiritual exercise retreat on May 1st 2022, he associated with Regnum Christi and began taking on greater responsibility, helping launch a team and serving as its Team Leader, he then became Men Section Director in June 2026.

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