Legion of Mary

TYPES OF MEMBERSHIP

Active members and Auxiliary (praying) members.

 

 

REQUIREMENTS FOR ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP

Active membership is open to all Catholic men and women, those over 18 years of age in Senior Praesidia, and those under 18 in Junior Praesidia
The only obligation is a willingness to fulfill each and every duty which membership in the Legion involves

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DUTIES OF ACTIVE MEMBERS

• Attendance at a weekly meeting of the Praesidium 

• Daily recitation of the Catena (Legion Prayer)

• The performance of a substantial assigned apostolic work weekly

• An obligation not to discuss with others any matters learned at the meeting or in connection with the work

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REASONS FOR ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP

• To satisfy the individual’s obligation incurred through the Sacrament of Confirmation, to fulfill his duty as a soldier for Christ

• The group apostolate of Christian believers happily corresponds to a human and Christian need and at the same time signifies the communion and unity of the Church in Christ. For this reason, the faithful should participate in the apostolate by way of united effort

• The laity derive the right and duty to the apostolate from their union with Christ, the Head; incorporated into Christ’s mystical body through Baptism and strengthened by the power of the Holy Spirit through Confirmation, they are assigned to the apostolate by the Lord Himself

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ADVANTAGES OF BEING AN ACTIVE MEMBERS

• The assurance that one is putting forth his best effort in developing his own spiritual life

• The knowledge that one is furthering the cause of Christ and His Blessed Mother

• The feeling that one is making a worthwhile investment of his time on earth by “laying up treasures in heaven where neither rust nor moths consume nor thieves break in to steal”

 

 

AUXILIARY MEMBERS

They are the Legion’s praying army. Those who cannot become active members can become associate members by undertaking a service of prayer.

 

 

DUTIES OF AUXILIARY MEMBERS

They recite daily the Legion’s prayers comprised in the Tessera and the 5 decades of the Rosary. 

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