Greetings to brothers and sisters in Christ,
We have been prayerfully discerning for some time our role in the Body of Christ and what the Lord wishes us to do to assist in the New Evangelization that the Blessed Pope John Paul II called for. We have been active in our local parish, started a blog and used events in our everyday life to reach out to others for the Church. However, the Lord has been moving us and nudging us for quite some time to "step out in faith" and get involved in a more formal way. However, with the long and difficult transition process due to our move last year; we have been consistently resisting that nudge to step out. Lately, after again much prayer and continued discernment (as well as continued nudging from our Lord) we have decided to move forward and begin the process of forming a new lay apostolate here in Marquette, Michigan.
The mission of this new apostolate, CLAVES REGNI MINISTRIES, is:
"A lay Catholic apostolate dedicated to leading all people into the fullness of Truth found in the Catholic Church under her Supreme Pontiff, the Bishop of Rome, who holds and keeps the Keys of the Kingdom (Claves Regni) of Heaven as the Vicar of Christ."
In our prayers and discernment process it was made clear that the answer to all of the questions in regards to Truth, the meaning of life, right and wrong et. al. are found for all people (Catholics, Protestants and non-Christians alike) in following the Holder of the Keys of the Kingdom: the Successor of Peter and becoming a member of the Church he shepherds. What we mean is, that this is the premise from which we can reach everyone: from dissenting Catholics, to fundamentalist protestants, to avowed secularists. All of us are seeking truth and once we show that the One, True God has a Prime Minister and Vicar who speaks for him here on Earth and hold the keys to Heaven then the rest falls into place. Authority is the key and the keys of the kingdom ("claves regni") not only indicate authority but dynastic succession which is carried on today in the Successor of Peter in the Catholic Church. No other religious system makes such a claim. And in no other theological system is there the large amount of both biblical and historical evidence for our claim. And so essentially, that is our basic goal of this lay ministry. We want to show as many people as we can the wonderful truth of the Petrine Ministry. We want to show all that God still speaks today and that by coming home and obeying and following the Lord's Vicar in the Catholic Church we can find the Truth and be given peace - the peace that only the Lord can give.
We humbly submit ourselves to you all, for your guidance, input, suggestions, assistance and and your fervent prayers and support. Thank you for taking the time to read this. May Our Lord richly bless you all. We look forward to hearing from all of you...
Kevin & Jennifer Branson
P.S. We have a new Facebook page for Claves Regni Ministries. Please check us out and become a fan.
906-458-7843/7847
clavesregniministries@gmail.com
We have been prayerfully discerning for some time our role in the Body of Christ and what the Lord wishes us to do to assist in the New Evangelization that the Blessed Pope John Paul II called for. We have been active in our local parish, started a blog and used events in our everyday life to reach out to others for the Church. However, the Lord has been moving us and nudging us for quite some time to "step out in faith" and get involved in a more formal way. However, with the long and difficult transition process due to our move last year; we have been consistently resisting that nudge to step out. Lately, after again much prayer and continued discernment (as well as continued nudging from our Lord) we have decided to move forward and begin the process of forming a new lay apostolate here in Marquette, Michigan.
The mission of this new apostolate, CLAVES REGNI MINISTRIES, is:
"A lay Catholic apostolate dedicated to leading all people into the fullness of Truth found in the Catholic Church under her Supreme Pontiff, the Bishop of Rome, who holds and keeps the Keys of the Kingdom (Claves Regni) of Heaven as the Vicar of Christ."
In our prayers and discernment process it was made clear that the answer to all of the questions in regards to Truth, the meaning of life, right and wrong et. al. are found for all people (Catholics, Protestants and non-Christians alike) in following the Holder of the Keys of the Kingdom: the Successor of Peter and becoming a member of the Church he shepherds. What we mean is, that this is the premise from which we can reach everyone: from dissenting Catholics, to fundamentalist protestants, to avowed secularists. All of us are seeking truth and once we show that the One, True God has a Prime Minister and Vicar who speaks for him here on Earth and hold the keys to Heaven then the rest falls into place. Authority is the key and the keys of the kingdom ("claves regni") not only indicate authority but dynastic succession which is carried on today in the Successor of Peter in the Catholic Church. No other religious system makes such a claim. And in no other theological system is there the large amount of both biblical and historical evidence for our claim. And so essentially, that is our basic goal of this lay ministry. We want to show as many people as we can the wonderful truth of the Petrine Ministry. We want to show all that God still speaks today and that by coming home and obeying and following the Lord's Vicar in the Catholic Church we can find the Truth and be given peace - the peace that only the Lord can give.
We humbly submit ourselves to you all, for your guidance, input, suggestions, assistance and and your fervent prayers and support. Thank you for taking the time to read this. May Our Lord richly bless you all. We look forward to hearing from all of you...
Kevin & Jennifer Branson
P.S. We have a new Facebook page for Claves Regni Ministries. Please check us out and become a fan.
906-458-7843/7847
clavesregniministries@gmail.com
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