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Upcoming Events
- Senatus MeetingThu, Nov 13Christ the King Church
- Executive Board MeetingThu, Dec 04Daniel Dunkin's Residence
About the Legion of Mary
The Legion of Mary is an international association of lay Catholics finding Jesus through prayer, works of mercy and evangelization rooted in Marian spirituality and commitment to the Holy Spirit.
OBJECT
The object of the Legion of Mary is the glory of God through the holiness of its members developed by prayer and active co-operation in Mary’s and the Church’s work. The unit of the Legion of Mary is called a praesidium, which holds a weekly meeting, where prayer is intermingled with reports and discussion. Persons who wish to join the Legion must apply for membership in a Praesidium. The Legion sees as its priority the spiritual and social welfare of each individual. The members participate in the life of the parish through visitation of families, the sick, both in their homes and in hospitals and through collaboration in every apostolic and missionary undertaking sponsored by the parish. Every legionary is required to carry out a weekly apostolic work in the spirit of faith and in union with Mary.
Allocutio: Gospel of the Day (Luke 7:36-50)
By Fr. Joseph Dass (September 2025)
The gospel was about the story of Jesus when He was invited to the house of Simon the Pharisee. A sinfulwoman in the city came bringing an alabaster flask of ointment. She began to bathe Jesus’ feet with her tears,wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the ointment. The guests were disturbed knowing the woman was a sinner. But Jesus told them that because of the woman’s great love, her sins havebeen forgiven and that her faith has saved her. Brief message from the Allocutio is that God forgives because to err is human, to forgive is divine. However, only God forgives. God uses human nature to forgive sins. The Priest can forgive sins through the power of God, in the Sacrament of Reconciliation and the Holy Eucharist, so we can always be in the path of holiness.
Frank Duff Reading Reference: Writings of Frank Duff, Mary Shall Reign, # 8, Excerpt from – “The Spirit of Home Visitation, See Christ in All”, p. 72
Therefore, you must go to them in the spirit of that third Standing Instruction, which bids you to see Christ in each member of the family, and to behave to Him as Mary herself behaved to Him. Higher than that you could not aim, but you must not aim any lower. That extreme example is not unattainable. Out from that person whom you visit, Our Lord is radiating the help to enable you to proceed in the perfect way. While Mary, who walks hand in hand with you is filling you with her own spirit to enable you to fulfil your mission. This effort to recollect yourself should be made before entering into each home. It is not enough to go about your work with vague good intention. The difficulties are too great for that. A vivid principle must animate your action.
This effort to get your motives into order at each door will create psychologically, and still more spiritually, the right complexion of mind and of soul in you, so that you enter the home mindful of the dignity of each person there, properly respectful to each one. You must go with reasonable frequency to each home. Visitation should not be a sort of hit and run business. An isolated call without prospect of seeing the people again for a long time is not visitation according to the Legion idea. It is not possible to develop an acquaintance on such a foundation. Vital to the process of showing interest in people is that you will know their names. It is disturbing commentary on the modern set-up that we can deal with people closely even daily for a long period – for instance in shops, office or restaurants – and in the end have to confess ignorance of their names. One is tempted to generalize drastically: No names, no influence! An anomaly in this visiting is that the house may not be a home. The home is the family living in the house. Do you ever meet the home in that sense? The cry among you is that you do not; that a large proportion of the family, especially the young adult element, is always out at their own enjoyments. You must not let them evade you like that. As a first step towards tracking them down, you must try to know them, though absent. Talk about them in the ordinary friendly intercourse which should have developed. Find out what are they following up. Get some idea of what they are like. They are part of the home, so you have a responsibility for them. You must not be satisfied with perfunctory visitation which deals with people whom you find and no more. Announcements • Confidentiality of Paramount Importance: “It is treachery to the Legion to repeat outsi