Regnum Christi
NY TRI-STATE

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We offer Morning/Evenings of Reflection and weekend retreats for men, women, couples, and young adults. Our weekend retreats include Spiritual Exercises and a healing retreat called “Renewed.”

Throughout the year we have street missions in Manhattan where missionaries invite Catholics back to the local parish for prayer and confession.

For engaged couples, we offer marriage preparation and for children, we have boys’ and girls’ clubs.

We have a community of Legionary priests in Rye, NY and are blessed to have a Legionary seminary in Cheshire, CT. The seminary, offers “Test Your Call” weekends for young men exploring a vocation.

St Peter – St Denis, a parish entrusted to the Legionaries of Christ, is a vibrant parish in Yonkers, NY in which 3 of our priests serve as pastor and parochial vicars.

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RC NY Tri-State Section Director's Work Team

Regnum Christi NY Tristate Women’s Section announces the formation of its Section Director’s Work Team. In previous years, our work team was the AFIRE team. As always, our Regnum Christi Mission is “to give glory to God and make the Kingdom of Christ present in the hearts of all the people and in society” (SRCF #7). It is the role of each Section Director to direct and develop the life of his or her section, for the good of the members, in order for them to fulfill the mission. Regnum Christi members are called to live their vocation within our Spiritual family, rooted and guided in their apostolic work, by the five elements of a Regnum Christi life: spiritual life, apostolate, formation, accompaniment, and team life.

Mary Rohe

  • RC NY Tri-State Director

Fr. Eric Nielsen, LC

  • Spirituality
  • Chaplain

Fr. Jorge Obregón, LC

  • Men’s Section Director
  • Young Adult Section Director

New York and Connecticut

Carolina Cordova

  • Apostolate (NY/CT)

Margaret Gartlgruber

  • Blog Writer
  • RCD Council

Luisa Mendoza

  • Accompaniment (NY/CT)

Melissa Gordon

  • Spirituality (NY/CT)

Lisa Rooney

  • Section Director (NY/CT Women)

Angeli Scott

  • Formation (NY/CT)

Mary Therrell

  • Administrative Assistant (NY/CT)

New Jersey

Victoria Cisneros

  • NJ Women’s Section Director

Carol Maliff

  • Administration (NJ)

Terry Weaver

  • Formation (NJ)

Susan Zavodny

  • Apostolate (NJ)

Mary Rohe

Mary associated in February 2014 and is a part of the Chatham, NJ team.  She coordinates Walking With Purpose, and religious book clubs at her parish.  She is married and has three grown children.

Fr. Eric Nielsen, LC

Fr. Eric Nielsen, LC, was ordained to the priesthood in 2005, in Rome. He is the chaplain to Regnum Christi in the New York Tri-State area and also dedicates himself to development. A collection of Fr. Eric’s talks, homilies and meditations may be found on the Legionaries of Christ podcast and the Regnum Christi NY Tri-State YouTube channel.

Fr. Jorge Obregon, LC

Catholic priest, member of the Legion of Christ, enjoys working with young people and families. His areas involve happiness, faith and questions of life and self-development.  He is currently serving in Rye, NY as RC Men’s Section Director, Young Adult Section Director and Chaplain to Regnum Christi. 

Carolina Cordova

Carolina, originally from Venezuela, currently resides in Rye, NY with her husband and four children.  She associated in January 2024, having been an active supporter since her introduction to RC years earlier.  She is the team leader of a Spanish-speaking team and is involved in Worship the King, Renewed Retreats, ECYD, and the Gala team.

Margaret Gartlgruber

Margaret is a married, mom of 4 adult children and has been in Regnum Christi for about 20 years. She also serves as Triduum facilitator, RCD Councilmember, and occasional author for the Tristate Newsletter.  In addition she assists her team, NJ West, run a Walking With Purpose program.

Luisa Mendoza

Luisa has been a lifelong Regnum Christi member.  She associated in 1990 when she was 18 years old in Caracas, Venezuela.  Luisa is a wife and a mother to 4 wonderful kids. She is also a team leader of the Greenwich team, and leads the spiritual formation or Study Circles of her group. Luisa is part of the Gala team and a Soul Core instructor.

Melissa Gordon

Melissa is married and has three children and is part of the Morning Glories team.  She learned about Regnum Christi and the Legionaries of Christ through Walking With Purpose.  This led to a job as the NY TriState Development Officer and an association to RC in 2021.  In addition she helps on the Worship the King team. 

Lisa Rooney

Lisa associated into Regnum Christi in 2013 and is part of the early risers Morning Glories Encounter Team.  Since joining Regnum Christi, she has co-chaired and served on the committees for the locale’s annual celebration of gratitude gala and other fundraising efforts and finds great joy in hosting integration events.  Lisa regularly participates in and assists with her Lumen Wives monthly gatherings and other Lumen activities.

Angeli Scott

After a long friendship with Regnum Christi, Angeli associated with her husband in 2019.  She splits her time between Connecticut and Florida and is a part of the virtual Morning Glories team.  In addition to the team apostolate, Advent by Candlelight, Angeli is also part of the Gala team and Walking With Purpose as well as Lumen Wives.

Mary Therrell

Mary began her journey with Regnum Christi at Our Lady of Bethesda Retreat Center in Maryland, where she associated in 2000. She moved to Connecticut in 2021 and is part of the NY Rye Women’s Team. Mary provides administrative support for the RCNY Tri-State locality.

Victoria Cisneros (Martinez)

Victoria was born in Puebla, Mexico and associated in April 1995 while still in high school.  She moved to the US as a newlywed and is part of the Chatham team. Together with her husband and 5 children they try to be an example of service and love of Christ to others.

Carol Maliff

Carol associated in 2014 and is part of the NJ Shore team.  She is a wife and mother to two adult sons and is now an overjoyed grandmother.  She feels being a member of Regnum Christi has been a true blessing from God.

Terry Weaver

Terry associated in 2001 and is a part of the NJ West team.  A married mother of 6, Terry considers her family as her main apostolate- with her youngest being a sophomore in high school, two in college, 3 grown and flown, and caring for her dad.  She also assists in her team’s Walking With Purpose apostolate by babysitting.  This fall she started pursuing a Certificate in Spiritual Direction at Divine Mercy University.

Susan Zavodny

Sue is a married mom of two adult children and associated into RC in 2007. She is the team leader for the Chatham team in New Jersey and is the coordinator for the women’s monthly retreats in NJ.