The Legion of Mary
Nearly three centuries ago St. Louise Marie de Montfort said, ‘I look forward to a great legion of brave an valiant soldiers of Jesus and Mary of both sexes, to combat the world, the devil and corrupted nature in these more than ever perilous times which are to come.’
We had to wait a long time to see that prophesy come to fruition; until a young civil servant in Dublin had the same vision and formed the Legion of Mary. This is a lay organisation and the idea that lay people should be involved in work of the Church was a revolutionary in the late 1920’s and Frank Duff faced a lot of opposition from church authorities, but his idea prevailed to the extent that the legion is now active in most countries of the world. When Frank Duff was invited to the Second Vatican Council he was given a standing ovation by the bishops present on his arrival.
There has been a praesidium (parish group) in St. David’s for over 50 years.
The Legion is open to men and women providing they are practising Catholics and over the age of 18 years. Younger people have a separate branch. We welcome all people from every walk of life.
To be an active member we are required to attend a weekly meeting. This can call for sacrifice, but we know Our Lady needs our help. That can sound a bit over the top, but believe me there are many occasions when we find ourselves being used and that in itself can be a bit awe inspiring.
Each member is allocated some work to do during the week, but we never work alone. In this parish we visit the lapsed and those, who for various reasons, can no longer attend church. The hospitals and psychiatric are visited and the church repository stocked.
Meetings are held in the convent each Monday at 7:00 p.m. (except bank holidays). Everyone is welcome to see and try it out for themselves.
Those who are unable to take on active membership can be auxiliary members; this requires them to say the rosary daily together with some ‘Legion prayers.’
There is usually a member in the repository at the week-end Masses who can give further information.
We had to wait a long time to see that prophesy come to fruition; until a young civil servant in Dublin had the same vision and formed the Legion of Mary. This is a lay organisation and the idea that lay people should be involved in work of the Church was a revolutionary in the late 1920’s and Frank Duff faced a lot of opposition from church authorities, but his idea prevailed to the extent that the legion is now active in most countries of the world. When Frank Duff was invited to the Second Vatican Council he was given a standing ovation by the bishops present on his arrival.
There has been a praesidium (parish group) in St. David’s for over 50 years.
The Legion is open to men and women providing they are practising Catholics and over the age of 18 years. Younger people have a separate branch. We welcome all people from every walk of life.
To be an active member we are required to attend a weekly meeting. This can call for sacrifice, but we know Our Lady needs our help. That can sound a bit over the top, but believe me there are many occasions when we find ourselves being used and that in itself can be a bit awe inspiring.
Each member is allocated some work to do during the week, but we never work alone. In this parish we visit the lapsed and those, who for various reasons, can no longer attend church. The hospitals and psychiatric are visited and the church repository stocked.
Meetings are held in the convent each Monday at 7:00 p.m. (except bank holidays). Everyone is welcome to see and try it out for themselves.
Those who are unable to take on active membership can be auxiliary members; this requires them to say the rosary daily together with some ‘Legion prayers.’
There is usually a member in the repository at the week-end Masses who can give further information.
