Legion of Mary Archives
The Legion of Mary Depends on the Spirit Which Animates it - REPRINTED FROM MARIA LEGIONIS 1935- BY JOHN NAGLE
The New Handbook A VERITABLE GUIDE TO THE LAY APOSTOLATE- REPRINTED FROM MARIA LEGIONIS JUNE,1937 (REV.) M. L. DEMPSEY.
The Unfolding of Her Mantle REPRINTED FROM MARIA LEGIONIS( FIRST EDITION) OF MARCH 1937
Letter to Frank Duff from the Bishops ON THE OCCASION OF 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LEGION AND BROTHER DUFF'S REPLY TAKEN FROM FRANK DUFF A LIVING AUTOBIOGRAPHY
http://www.legionofmary.org/Jubilee.htm Allocutio Addressed to Legionaries of Mary Worldwide On Preparation for the Diamond Jubilee Celebration of the Founding of the Legion of Mary By Reverend Father Joseph Moran, O.P. Spiritual Director * Concilium Legionis Mariae September, 1995
News Release - Thursday, 18 July, 1996Archbishop launches petition to make Frank Duff a Saint
Mass for 25th Anniversary of the Death of the Servant of God, Frank Duff Homily notes of
Most Rev. Diarmuid Martin
Archbishop of Dublin
Pro-Cathedral, 19th November 2004
http://www.legion-of-mary.ie/Concilium%20News/Archived/Mane.html
APOSTOLIC LETTER MANE NOBISCUM DOMINE of the Holy Father JOHN PAUL II To the Bishops, Clergy, and Faithful FOR THE YEAR OF THE EUCHARIST OCTOBER 2004 - OCTOBER 2005
NEW CONCILIUM PRESIDENT JUNE 2005
COMMEMORATION MASS FOR POPE JOHN PAUL II Legion of Mary Dublin, Morning Star Hostel, 17 April 2005 The homily given by His Excellency Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto Apostolic Nuncio
Dear legionaries, Recitation of the Prayer for the Beatification of the Servant of God, Frank Duff, May 2005
THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXERPT TAKEN FROM THE Concilium Bulletin, 2006,
USA/Canadian Officers Conference JULY 10TH TO 14TH 2006
63 Officers and 9 Spiritual Directors from 16 directly affiliated councils in USA and Canada attended a four day conference held at Concilium Headquarters from the 10th to the 14th July. The theme of the conference was 'the Mission of the Legion in the United States and Canada - The New Evangelization'. Great emphasis was laid on thinking and planning in Christ and the True Devotion to Our Blessed Lady and the need for extension and new evangelization in an overall population of approximately 350 million. All were encouraged to step up the promotion of the 3 Legion causes i.e. the Servants of God, Frank Duff and Alfie Lambe and Venerable Edel Quinn as models to the modern lay apostolate. Fr. Bede McGregor, Spiritual Director of the Concilium encouraged all to study the Handbook as it can be regarded as a treatise on the true devotion to the Holy Spirit just as St. Louis Marie De Montfort has given us a treatise on true devotion to the Blessed Virgin. Tommy McCabe, President expressed appreciation of the generosity and commitment of the participants and hoped for a new springtime of evangelization for the Church and the Legion in the North American continent.
Promotion of the Causes. Each council throughout the world can assist actively in the promotion of the Causes of the 3 Legion candidates - Venerable Edel Quinn, and the Servants of God Frank Duff and Alfie Lambe. This can be done very effectively by doing the following: Appointing Promoters of the Cause: These can be legionaries, not necessarily officers - and can be non-legionaries too who have a particular interest in one of the candidates. They would have a good stock of prayer leaflets available as well as some literature on the candidate for distribution. Organising a Prayer Group for the Cause: This can take the form of a monthly meeting, commence with prayer with the recitation of the Rosary recommended, followed by a reading about the person - Frank Duff, Edel Quinn, Alfie Lambe, followed by a time for petition, time for favours received, quiet time for reflection and concluding with the Prayer for Beatification. Organising an Annual Commemorative Mass: This can be done around the birth-date or anniversary of death. It would be good if possible to invite the Bishop of the Diocese to celebrate the Mass and have him or someone else give a homily on the person whose Cause is being commemorated. At the Mass prayer leaflets for the candidate can be available for all attending. Asking all Legionaries - active and auxiliary - to recite the prayer daily, to carry leaflets on their person and give it to people we meet in the course of our Legion assignments and to people who cross our paths day to day. In order for a favour to be meaningful to the progression of a Cause it must be assigned to one of the three, rather than be a combination of a couple of them. That too would be even more applicable when it comes to looking at paper work required to back up an attested miracle.
As a follow up to the North Americain Conference The Senatus of Ontario held a Study Day on October 14, 2006 with a slide presentation and GROUP discussion. I took notes .Study Day for North American Conference