FROM THE 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
• THE LEGION COMES TO NORTH AMERICA                                                                                                                                   Extracted from an article in December 1984 Maria Legionis written by Jinny Sicking of the St. Louis Senatus
• Development of the legion of Mary in the Ottawa Archdiocese  If ever the saying; that "Great oaks from little acorns grow" were proven, it was in the humble way the first praesidium of the Legion of Mary was started in October 1934 in St. Joseph's Parish in Ottawa. It could almost be described as "accidental"  because of the rapidity with which it got under way. But we know that in God's plan nothing is accidental, although the method is sometimes unusual.

• 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 
• http://www.legionofmary.org/fduff.htm  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
• Legion of Mary welcomes Pope Benedict XVI   APRIL 25, 2005
• THE LEGION OF MARY MOURNS THE DEATH OF OUR BELOVED FATHER POPE JOHN PAUL III  2 APRIL 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
• CONCILIUM BULLETINS 2003-2007  
 

• 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.  One of our member took some notes.LEGION OF MARY STUDY DAY-OUR LADY OF FATIMA PARISH, OTTAWA ONTARIO, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2006,

•  PAST EVENTS SENATUS OF ONTARIO 2007   

• CALENDAR OF LEGION EVENTS - SENATUS OF ONTARIO- 2007

IRELAND CONFERENCE

Conference for Priests
22 - 24 May 2007
The New Evangelisation:
Priests and Laity THE NEW EVANGELIZATION: PRIESTS AND LAITY / THE CHALLENGE OF THE NEW MILLENIUM MAY 22-24 2007 DUBLIN IRELAND organized by the Concilium Legionis Mariae 

 Press Release 22 May 2007 Vatican Cardinals attend Priests Conference in DublinNew Evangelisation needed for Europe  http://www.legion-of-mary.ie/Emmaus/Legion%20press%20release%20final.pdf 

Legion of Mary Conference May 24

th 2007How the Legion can help me in my parish? Fr. Paul Churchill http://www.legion-of-mary.ie/Emmaus/Talk%20by%20Fr%20P%20Churchill%2018%20may%2007.pdf 

 Easter Message 2008 from Archbishop Terrence Prendergast