Dear Members and Friends of Regnum Christi,

It's the time of year when new assignments are announced for the Legionaries of Christ and Consecrated communities, and our RC Greater Cincinnati Locality will have two new members in additional to some changes in assignments.  I know you will join me in welcoming and praying for the new members of our community as well as wishing all your best to those with new assignments.  

CHANGES IN OUR LC COMMUNITY

First, Fr. Ronald Conklin, LC, will be leaving us immediately for his new assignment as Rector and Dean at Sacred Heart Apostolic School.  We warmly thank Fr. Ronald for his dedication over the past year as Superior to our local Legionary Community and as Director for our local ECYD Boys Section.  

We warmly welcome Fr. Jacob DuMont, LC, as he moves to Greater Cincinnati to assume his new assignment as Superior for the Cincinnati Legionary of Christ community. He will also continue for one more year as Territorial Secretary for the Legionaries of Christ in the North American Territory, as he trains his successor for this role.  (see bio below)

I am pleased to share that Fr. Jesús Salinas, LC, will add the role of Chaplain for the ECYD Section in Cincinnati, while continuing as the Chaplain of Royalmont Academy.


CHANGES IN OUR RC CONSECRATED WOMEN'S COMMUNITY

Yvonne Nuxoll, who has been acting as interim director for our local community of Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi since November, has been officially named to this position.  In addition, she continues in her role as Director of Regnum Christi - Support and Pastoral Work with Adults.  

We are excited to welcome Megan Houbeck, Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi, to Greater Cincinnati where she will focus on pastoral work with young adults.  (see bio below)

You can read more about our newest members below in their bios.  

May God bless you during these final months of summer!  I look forward to a fruitful year here in Greater Cincinnati,
 

Fr. Matthew Summe, LC

RC Greater Cincinnati Locality Director

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BIOS FOR NEWEST COMMUNITY MEMBERS

Fr. Jacob DuMont , LC

RC Greater Cincinnati - Legionary Community Superior

Fr. Jacob DuMont was ordained a priest for the Legionaries of Christ on December 20, 2008 in Rome, Italy. Fr. Jacob hails from Grand Rapids, Michigan. After high school, he entered the Legionaries’ major seminary in Cheshire, Connecticut, and then continued his studies in Rome where he obtained a master’s in philosophy and bachelor’s in theology. Four years ago, he finished an online master’s in theology through Holy Apostles College. As a priest he served in Chicago for five years and in New Orleans for almost seven years. For this past year and a half, he has lived in Atlanta where he served as the territorial secretary for the Legionaries of Christ in the North American Territory. He will continue this role from Cincinnati this year as he trains his successor and assumes his new role as Legionary Community Superior of the RC Greater Cincinnati community.  

Fr. Jacob enjoys jogging, playing sports, and practicing new card tricks. He has lead numerous pilgrimages to Rome, Italy and to the Holy Land. This past September he lead a pilgrim group to do part of the Camino de Santiago in Spain.


 

Megan Houbeck

Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi - Pastoral Work with Young Adults

Megan Houbeck was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She consecrated her life to Christ within Regnum Christi in 1999 after finishing high school. During these years she has been dedicated to serving Christ and his Church in Mexico, Italy and Spain. The various missions she has been sent on have given her experience in pastoral work with Youth and Young adults – spiritual accompaniment, retreats, missions, vocational discernment, etc. She has also helped recently with the  formation of consecrated women in their initial years. She feels she has always received more than she has been able to give in each mission.

While recognizing that the mission of making Christ´s Kingdom present in our hearts and in the world is far beyond our merely human possibilities, and can only be achieved by the Holy Spirit, she is also convinced that Christ has invited us to collaborate with him by giving the best of ourselves. That is why she has pursued and received a bachellor´s degree in Education and Development from the Anahuac University in Mexico, theological studies culminating in an ecclesiastical master´s degree (SThL) in Spiritual Theology from the Pontifical Atheneum Regina Apostolorum in Rome, a local master´s degree in Educational Accompaniment from the Francisco de Vitoria University in Madrid, a diploma from a two year course in Theology and Canon Law of Consecrated Life from the CICLSAL in Rome. She is continuing her formation in spiritual accompaniment particularly for Ignatian Spiritual Exercises through the Universtiy of Comillas in Spain and is serving the young adults in Cincinnati.