The Official Handbook of the Legion of Mary

Contents

Page

ABBREVIATIONS OF BOOKS OF THE BIBLE

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ABBREVIATIONS OF DOCUMENTS OF THE MAGISTERIUM .... 4

POPE JOHN PAUL II TO THE LEGION OF MARY

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PRELIMINARY NOTE.............. 7

PROFILE OF FRANK DUFF

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PHOTOGRAPHS: FRANK DUFF ....... facing page 8

LEGION ALTAR ...... facing page 108

VEXILLA ........ facing page 140

CHAPTER

1. Name and Origin ............ 9

2. Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

3. Spirit of the Legion . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

4. Legionary service . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

5. The Devotional Outlook of the Legion . . . . . 17

6. The Duty of Legionaries towards Mary . . . . . 25

7. The Legionary and the Holy Trinity . . . . . . 41

8. The Legionary and the Eucharist . . . . . . . 45

9. The Legionary and the Mystical Body of Christ . . 51

10. The Legion Apostolate

. . . . . . . . . . 59

11. Scheme of the Legion. . . . . . . . . . . 67

12. The External Aims of the Legion . . . . . . . 72

13. Membership

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

14. The Praesidium. . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

15. The Legionary Promise . . . . . . . . . . 90

16. Additional Grades of Membership. . . . . . . 92

17. The Souls of our Departed Legionaries . . . . . 103

18. Order of the Praesidium Meeting . . . . . . . 105

19. The Meeting and the Member . . . . . . . . 116

20. The Legion System Invariable . . . . . . . . 126

21. The Mystical Home of Nazareth

. . . . . . . 128

22. The Prayers of the Legion

. . . . . . . . . 131

23. The Prayers Invariable

. . . . . . . . . . 135

24. The Patrons of the Legion . . . . . . . . . 136

25. The Legion Picture

. . . . . . . . . . . 145

26. The Tessera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

27. Vexillum Legionis . . . . . . . . . . . . 149