Concilium Bulletin February 2026

REPORTS
DUBLIN SOUTHSIDE
ANCILLA DOMINI
The recent Patricians paper was entitled "Using the WEB for God" with guest speaker Mahon McCann. The focus was on the origin and development of the Internet up to the present day and how it influences us all for good or bad. There was a good discussion afterwards and much was learned about this important subject. There was an attendance of 18. St Patrick will be the subject of the next Patricians. The junior praesidium is going well. They will present their report at the next Curia meeting. Street contact in Temple Bar continues on Saturdays. Miraculous Medals are distributed to people in the area, many of whom are tourists. Mass will be celebrated at The Acies to be held in Whitefriars Street Church. The planning meeting for 2026 was held after the recent Curia. A praesidium has recruiting on its weekly agenda. All are encouraged to carry a supply of recruiting cards.
BENEDICTA
A praesidium’s works include Pilgrim Statue visitation to homes, leaving it there for 9 days, during which time the householder invites friends to join in the rosary. Members of another praesidium visit the sick and distribute miraculous medals. Visitation at St James’s Hospital continues, two patients are former Legionaries, one man remembered meeting Frank Duff when he visited one of the youth clubs he founded. Due to low membership a praesidium is assisted by a member of another praesidium in carrying out home visitation to Mary Aikenhead Flats. There were 11 recruiting efforts reported.
ASSUMPTA
Street contact on Grafton Street continues every Friday evening, with a large Divine Mercy image. Miraculous medals are distributed and a Muslim man accepted a rosary beads. In the run up to Christmas, a crib was displayed which drew much interest and attention, especially from children A discussion took place at January Curia re praesidium planning meetings. Each praesidium is to set out its goals for 2026. Curia helped organise and assisted at a mass for Christian Unity in Clarendon Street Church in January. Legionaries distributed Christian Unity prayer cards and also let the Prayer of the Faithful and hymns. Mass was followed by a Holy Hour. A praesidium’s main work is nursing home visitation.
IMMACULATA
Curia is busy organising and promoting the annual mass for Servant of God, Alfie Lambe which will be held in St. Agnes’ Church, Crumlin on Sunday March 1st at 12.30 pm. Curia recruiting continues on the first Saturday of the month. A praesidium with 5 full members carries out home visitation and delivers 50 Legion journals per quarter. They also lead a public rosary.
MATER ECCLESIAE
The January Patrician meeting entitled “Holy Face Devotion” was very well attended. The guest speaker was Caoimhe Doyle. The Holy Face of Jesus is an image obtained from the Shroud of Turin. The discussion served as an opportunity for Catholics to talk about their faith which is the reason that the Patrician movement came into being in the first place. Twelve new Praesidia officers were ratified in 4 Praesidia at the January Curia meeting and a new Curia President and Vice President were also elected. Curia has chosen the theme for 2026 as ‘You shall be my witnesses to the ends of the earth’ This theme was inspired by the public rosaries that various praesidia arrange and support in the Curia area. These public rosaries also serve as an opportunity to give out miraculous medals and leaflets and sometimes people who are passing by at the time join in the Rosary. Curia home visitation in a specific praesidium area on Saturdays is being planned. As well as Legion of Mary literature the local parish newsletters that have details of parish activities and the work of parish groups will be circulated. Recruiting is carried out through street contact in both Bray and Dún Laoighaire on Saturday morning.
ANNUNCIATA
Curia Acies will take place on Saturday 21st. March, at 3pm, in the Three Patrons Church, Rathgar. The Curia intends to organise a special event in May to mark Venerable Edel Quinn‘s Birthday. The format is not clear yet, it may be a special Mass and short movie on her life. It will be held in St. Joseph’s. Praesidia planning meetings have been taking place. These are the main goals:-
• Nursing Home visitation will restart when the Garda Vetting is complete.
• Street contact work and home visitation will continue.
• Recruitment of Auxiliary members will be a major focus this year.
• More adorers for Daily Adoration need to be recruited and this devotion needs to be promoted.
• Need to organise a retreat for girls who are or were caught up in street life.
• Recite the Rosary twice in coming the year in the grounds of a flat complex.
• A struggling Praesidia has 5 members but no officers. It could be made strong again if a legionary transfers for a while and helps to build it up.
GLORIOSA
A praesidium reported visitation to over 800 homes as well as to 5 Confirmation classes in the primary schools. Miraculous Medals and Rosary beads were distributed to all the students. In addition legionaries have had Legion Stands at several of the local shopping centres and people have gladly accepted the Miraculous Medals and other Legion literature. Legionaries maintain a daily evening Rosary at 7pm at the Grotto outside the church and they organised a public Rosary with carols around the crib at a Christmas. The praesidium recently recruited a young adult. Curia Lenten Retreat will take place in Mount Olivet on Saturday 21st February An Alfie Lambe prayer night will be held on Friday March 13th in Mount Olivet. Curia Outreach continues on a monthly basis in Inchicore.
IRELAND PROVINCIAL
COMITIA
Carlow Comitium
Tullow is helping in the setting up of a new praesidium and a children’s Rosary Group in Ballon after giving a talk in the church and an invitation to learn from them. The parish priest is supportive. Newbridge attracts over twenty (20) people to its Patrician meetings in Dominican College, including non-members. Members of the Legion of Mary in Kilcullen, Naas, Edenderry and Portlaoise assisted with church events during Christmas. Legion of Mary visits to classes preparing for the sacrament of Confirmation have re-commenced. Carlow has agreed to allow Our Lady of Fatima praesidium in Kilkenny, re-activated after an absence of six year- to temporarily attend its Curia meetings. An inaugural meeting for the new praesidium was held in St. Mary’s Cathedral on February 4th 2026. Fifteen (15) people attended with Fr. Damian Polly OP as Spiritual Director. Two (2) members from Concilium were present. The venue was perfectly laid out and Legion of Mary supplies were obtained in advance. An ad-hoc group of everyone attending agreed to postpone elections till the following week, having discussed the nature of prayer, works and commitment required. The title ‘Our Lady of Fatima’ was proposed in recognition of the role of Our Lady of Fatima in this blessed reawakening.
Elphin Comitium
Our Lady of Dolours praesidium, which currently has a low number of members, is involved with various work in the parish, and are well received on home visitation. They keep in touch with their twenty- five (25) auxiliaries and delivered packs- which parents appreciated- for children preparing to receive First Communion to three (3) schools. New estates in Elphin were visited and Legion of Mary materials distributed while conversing with residents who were glad to meet new neighbours. The Cathedral parish has seven (7) members and thirty- six (36) auxiliary members. Our Lady’s Pilgrim Statue is taken on home and nursing home visits. Strandhill has seven (7) members and the parish priest is their Spiritual Director. Home, school and Pilgrim Statue visits and a junior prayer group feature in the report.
Tuam Comitium
Westport Curia has three (3) praesidia, twenty- four (24) members and a junior praesidium of twenty- seven (27). Works include staffing the Knock Office, contact work at Croagh Patrick and offering Legion of Mary materials at Irish summer schools for teenagers. The juniors helped an evening of prayer in honour of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. One junior spoke admirably about that devotion. They sang at the Acies, at the Grotto in May and prayed for the Holy Souls. Tuam had a mini-vigil and took part in the Curia Cluster Conference at Knock on Pilgrimage Sunday. Mountbellew had a Legion of Mary stand at the Vintage Rally, sharing Miraculous Medals and Rosary beads and engaging with people in Faith.
CURIAE
Killala Curia
The nine hundredth (900th) meeting of the Curia was held on Sunday January 11th 2026. Belmullet praesidium with ten (10) active members and keen Spiritual Director carry out home visitation and attend public events, distributing Miraculous Medals and leaflets. They organise the rota for Eucharistic Adoration every Tuesday from 10 a.m. till 8 p.m. Two (2) members promote the Children of the Eucharist also. A book barrow in Ballina makes many contacts. They often bring a Legion Altar and share fifty (50) Miraculous Medals each time. A Curia exhibition of Eucharistic Miracles visits parishes and schools with pictures of St. Carlos Acutis for display.
Ferns Curia
Wexford and Morning Star praesidia combine for street contact work with distributions of Miraculous Medals, Rosary beads and leaflets featuring strongly. At the Opera Festival they organised “Light Fever”, distributing hundreds of candles and inviting people into the church to light them and pray before Jesus at Eucharistic Adoration. Confession accompanied by harp music brought one couple back to Mass. A women’s retreat takes place this month. Members in Carnew cry out home visitation with Sacramentals and Catholic literature. A newly formed praesidium in Oulart gave its first annual report. The parish priest is their Spiritual Director. Works include nursing and home visitation, liturgy preparation and help with bi-monthly days of reflection and prayer. Weekly quayside Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet in New Ross continue. Gardaí reported no further suicides since it started over a year ago. Members distribute Legion of Mary material and organise Patrician meetings.
Galway Curia
All officerships are filled. Annunciata House is being painted and refurbished after consultation with D.M.T. Curia Acies, outing to Clonmacnoise and Annual Reunion went well. Book barrow, street contact and the Legion of Mary Knock Office feature strongly with Eyre Square and Shop St. mentioned in particular. Our Lady of Fatima praesidium (Renmore) and Mediatrix of All Graces praesidium (attached to Galway Cathedral) continue Legion of Mary activity, with health recovery and thanks after home visits noted. Non- Catholic are welcoming and many accept Miraculous Medals. A letter from the parish priest was included with Legion of Mary materials for four hundred (400) homes around UCG and two hundred and fifty (250) homes in Riverside. Our Lady of Fatima praesidium Renmore visited five (5) residential estates, Merlin Park and run a Faith Club with Rosary, Eucharistic Adoration and outings for children. Ballinfoyle engaged in recruitment, two (2) members engaged in Peregrinatio Pro Christo (PPC). and younger members attended Deus et Patria in Tralee and World Youth Day in Rome.
Achonry Curia
Praesidia continued regular visitations and Legion of Mary works in Kiltimagh despite weather conditions and illness. They help prepare transition year students for St. John Paul ll Awards, by directing them towards Legion of Mary- style works including leading the Rosary on Monday to Friday mornings before morning Mass. They also read and serve at Mass and help making St. Brigid’s Crosses. The praesidium in Charlestown pray the Rosary with nursing home residents. The praesidium in Killasser carry out a wide circle of home visitations and assist with funerals and bringing Holy Communion to people who cannot physically attend Mass. Praesidia share prayer-packs with Sacrament classes and hope to have Legion of Mary presence in another parish.
Clonfert Curia
A happy Annual Reunion was held at Carmelite Abbey, Loughrea. A well- attended Patrician meeting in Portumna heard a talk by Fr. Conor McDonagh OP on “Atheism”. Our Lady, Queen of Peace praesidium presented their annual report which included works such as leading the Rosary after weekday Masses, distributing Miraculous medals to every student in Woodford CC, participation Maria et Patria (MEP) project in Ballina, assistance at the Knock Office in St. John’s Welcome Centre at Knock International Eucharistic and Marian Shrine, and at Legion of Mary stands at the ploughing championship. An all-night vigil for The Immaculate Conception took place, including Rosaries and Chaplets at intervals through the night. In Ballinasloe First Saturdays and forty (40) hours Rota for Eucharistic Adoration was organised by members who also prepare for Pope John Paul II Awards. Recruiting after Masses is the goal for 2026.
EUROPE D
LITHUANIA
A praesidium with eight (8) members carry out hospital and home visitation. They promote first Friday and first Saturday devotions and during the year have organised public rosary. Members also help with brining some elderly people to Mass and confession. Telsiai Comitium - Among the works reported were visiting the sick and elderly in their homes, hospitals and nursing homes, helping them receive the Sacraments, also home visitation and street contacts, promoting the Holy Mass, Adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, Rosary, preparing adolescents and children for their First Communion. The legionary of the ‘Health of the sick’ praesidium in Palanga made thirty-three (33) days Preparation for Consecration to Jesus through Mary as advocated by St. Louis Marie de Montfort.
LATVIA
The position of secretary of the Comitium has been vacant for the past four (4) months. A praesidium with four (4) members reported visiting the hospital and nursing home. They also assist with brining two parishioners to Mass on Sundays. Rezekne Curia has seven (7) praesidia attached with a total of twenty- five (25) legionaries and sixty- five (65) auxiliary members. Attendance at the Curia meeting is currently very low; this is mainly due to poor public transport, long distances for legionaries to travel, and old age. The Spiritual Director of the Curia, Rev. Fr. Londe has encouraged legionaries to take recruiting seriously for the coming year.
CROATIA
Zagreb Regia
Twelve (12) praesidia are directly attached, with seven (7) local and five (5) distant. There are five (5) senior Curiae, and one junior Curia with three (3) praesidia. There are four (4) Curiae and three (3) Comitia distant. Three (3) reported recruiting projects had ten (10), five (5), and four (4) attend a meeting and a new praesidium set up. Some works include organising and holding a Congress, Patricians, and street contact where a lapsed man now attends Mass and Confession. Eleven (11) Spiritual Directors attended a meeting organised by the Regia. A Peregrinatio Pro Christo (PPC) project was carried out in July and a priest from Austria was the Spiritual Director. Attached Councils, Skopje in North Macedonia are interested in carrying out extension later in the year. Sarajevo Curia has five (5) praesidia with twenty-eight (28) members. Split Comitium has eight (8) praesidia and four (4) Curiae. Patricians, prayer groups in nursing homes, street contact in the parks, bus stations and hospital lobby are included in works reported. The most up-to-date contact with Petrinja Comitium was their last report.
ROMANIA
Satu Mar Regia
The Regia currently has twelve (12) praesidia, one Curia with six (6) praesidia and two (2) Comitia attached. Works include assisting at funeral services and engage in various other works in the parish, including visitation of people who are auxiliary members, and people who are sick, and elderly people.
BELARUS
Minsk Comitium
There are nine (9) directly attached praesidia and six (6) Curiae with some being a great distance away. Reported works include assisting in the drug treatment centre, and contact on transport and in shops. Street contact with two (2) elderly people who had been lapsed for seventeen (17) years led to their receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation and return to Church. A hospice is visited and legionaries pray with many patients. Auxiliaries are visited and shopping is done for them. Home visits are carried out also.
POLAND
Warsaw Comitium
There are three (3) praesidia in Warsaw and three (3) in the suburbs, plus four (4) distant praesidia. There is one Curia in Warsaw and three (3) Curiae in other distant dioceses. A two days Retreat was attended by twenty (20) people. An extension resulted in a new praesidium of eight (8) members where the priest assigned the legionaries there the work of engaging with a single mother of eight (8) children to help in their religious upbringing. Legionaries organise pilgrimages and prayer meetings for scouts.
Lublin Regia
There are eight (8) praesidia, twelve (12) Curiae and four (4) Comitia attached. The Regia meeting is attended by approximately sixty- five (65). Some of the works include praying the Rosary in the chapel of the oncology hospital. Six hundred (600) apartments were visited and in another Curia four hundred and thirty- five (435) apartments were visited. The annual report related that six thousand and five hundred (6,500) Miraculous Medals were distributed, one thousand three hundred and nineteen (1,319) Rosaries distributed, fifty- eight (58) people brought to the Sacrament of Reconciliation and one person received the Sacrament of Baptism. Nursing homes were visited, and legionaries took care of the graves of priests, roadside shrines and crosses. Four thousand and five hundred (4,500) people took part in the Legion of Mary pilgrimage to Czestochowa in September where Bishop Ramon told them to be faithful to the charisms and principles of the Legion of Mary, and encouraged evangelisation work.
Warsaw Praga Comitium
There are ten (10) praesidia with eighty- five (85) members and three (3) Curiae attached with one hundred and sixty- one (161) members. Works reported included visiting people who are blind and disabled. Those who are sick in hospital are assisted to attend Mass in the chapel. On home visits, legionaries encourage the use of Holy water and other sacramentals. One thousand and five hundred (1,500) Miraculous Medals were distributed on streets, public transport and at a medical clinic. Legionaries participate and organise many parish events, such as Corpus Christi Procession and praying the Rosary.
AUSTRIA
Austria Senatus
Curia Wien has seventeen (17) legionaries and seven (7) priests had seven hundred (700) contacts at the Esoteric Fair in November. Many Confessions were heard. The Croatian Curia had one hundred and twenty (120) participate in the Thirty -three (33) days Preparation for Consecration to Jesus through Mary. Comitium Zelig has eighty- eight (88) legionaries and one thousand and two hundred and twelve (1,212) auxiliaries. Visits are made to the prison, a psychiatric ward in a hospital and a men’s rosary group is held. All reports this period mentioned Retreats, Congress, Patricians, Peregrinatio Pro Christo (PPC) projects and many pilgrimages.
ASIA B
INDONESIA
Jakarta Senatus
Four (4) praesidia, two (2) Curiae and four (4) Comitia reported at the meeting. In addition to more typical works, legionaries in one attached Council train in the education and skills programme so they can help in medical clinics to weigh babies. Legionaries helped in establishing a waste bank in collaboration with non-Catholic university students who were on a community service programme. Forty- five (45) legionaries took part in Peregrinatio (PPC) projects to three (3) remote villages in July. The minutes recorded five hundred and thirty (530) junior legionaries whose work includes preparing for school Masses, leading prayers and doing works of service.
Malang Senatus
One attached Comitium has two thousand and three hundred and thirty (2,330) members. The legionaries’ apostolate includes visits to prisons and mental health facilities. The Regia in Semarang with three (3) Comitia, two (2) Curiae and nineteen (19) praesidia attached, has thirty- four (34) adjutorian members. They held a Congress which was very well attended.
Kaupang Senatus
The most recent reports related that a large number of junior praesidia are attached and children have been enrolled for Baptism and preparation for First Holy Communion.
SINGAPORE
The Senatus minutes refer to a variety of works. University praesidia distribute Miraculous Medals and share their Faith with fellow students. Prison ministry, hospital visits and block Rosaries are mentioned also. Two Comitia in East Malaysia visited rural chapels to introduce the Legion of Mary. Junior legionaries make Rosary beads, conduct morning prayer and help their teachers.
TAIWAN
The Senatus comprises three (3) Comitia and twenty- nine (29) Curiae, of which three (3) are English speaking, are attached. Membership numbers are two thousand and five hundred and fifty- eight (2,558) active and two thousand (2,000) auxiliary members. Works reported include encouragement of the lapsed to return to the sacraments. This work is done in conjunction with their spiritual directors. Praesidia have been established in some church-run nursing homes on the initiative of a legionary who is now a nursing home resident.
KOREA
At the request of the Standing Committee of the Korean Bishops’ Conference, a draft proposal for the partial revision of the Korean translation of the Legion Promise, prepared by the three (3) Senatus in Korea, has been sent to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea. There has been a change also in the Korean version of Chapter 28 of the Handbook, (Government of the Legion), in regard to the words recommended and proposed.
Seoul Senatus
Works shown in reports include inviting people to Church, caring for catechumens and the newly baptised, visiting the lapsed and newly transferred parishioners and those with matrimonial impediments. Legionaries from a Curia in the Western Seoul Regia have established a praesidium in a prison.
Gwanju Senatus
One Comitium reported thirty- eight (38) baptisms arranged and two hundred and eighty- five (285) returns to the Sacraments facilitated. The junior movement was also mentioned with reports of the establishment of junior praesidia. Street contact featured in other reports. The minutes included the following comment on a Comitium report, “Despite difficult circumstances, your Council carried out many activities over the past year. In particular, initiatives for migrants, multi - cultural families and care for soldiers stand out.”
Daegu Senatus
Monthly statistics show one thousand and five hundred and thirty- eight (1,538) catechumens recruited, two hundred and eighty- two (282) baptisms arranged and six hundred and seventy- two (672) returns to the sacraments facilitated. In addition, hospital and prison visitation were carried out. A Curia in Beijing, China, recruited five (5) auxiliary members and one catechumen and arranged five (5) returns to the sacraments. The Curia in Shanghai recruited fifteen (15) active and eight (8) auxiliary members.
JAPAN
Osaka Senatus
Legionaries in Queen of Apostles praesidium, attached to Imaichi Church, carry out varied works of service to the parish, including leading the Rosary. A novel work is the ‘Cho To Kai’ apostolate whereby the legionaries reach out to other religions, mainly Buddhist and Shinto. This is in accordance with interfaith dialogue meetings which are held by the Diocese several times a year. Kyoto Comitium has six (6) attached praesidia and one attached Curia with forty- nine (49) members in total. The legionaries are very active in their community. They help at the Refugee and Immigrant Centre of the Diocese. They opened an Exhibition ‘Miracles of the Eucharist’, with emphasis on the spirituality of St. Carlo Acutis. This was well received.
Tokyo Regia
The Regia has two hundred and sixty (260) active and four hundred and sixty- three (463) auxiliary members. A Philippine praesidium, Queen of Angels, carried out a continuous Rosary, praying two- thousand (2,000) decades from morning to evening in October 2025.
HONG KONG
We look forward to hearing from you in your next report.
MALAYSIA
We look forward to hearing from you in your next report.
AFRICA ZONE D
BURUNDI
Senatus Gitega-Burundi
In October 2025, Comitium Nyabirabi, Archdiocese of Butega, gave an excellent annual report. Founded in 2012, they have fifteen (15) Curiae [including four (4) junior Curiae], one hundred and fourteen (114) praesidia [including thirty (30) junior praesidia], six hundred and forty- eight (648) legionaries [including two hundred and sixty- two (262) juniors] and one hundred (100) auxiliaries. Their evangelising focussed especially on the Rosary, Mass, Baptism of children and regularisation of marriages. They made strong efforts at recruitment, gaining some new members as a result. They visited one thousand and twenty-one (1,021) sick and two hundred and two (202) bereaved people.
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Senatus of Bangui
Minutes received after a long delay owing to the death of the correspondent in November 2022. Election held 28.04.’24. Works include visitation of hospitals, prisons & orphanages during Sept-Oct ’25, with messages of peace and hope. Many members lost to the Legion during military and political troubles were returned, thanks to the efforts of their previous councils to re-organise. Celebration of the 104 th anniversary in July ’25: The celebration of his first Mass by Cardinal Dieu Donné Nzapalanga, Bishop of Bangui diocese and laying of the foundation-stone of the proposed new church, “Mary Mother of the Church”. Proposed general annual reunion of all Legion groups in all dioceses to be held on the same site from 20-22.3.’26.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Senatus of Lubumbashi
During the whole month of October 2025, legionaries have been praying to obtain peace in the country. The Mary Immaculate Conception Regia, of the Diocese of Kolwezi plans on creating a new Comitium for young legionaries. On October 19th 2025 the Comitium Our Lady of the Apostles, along with other praesidia, organised a cultural outing to commemorate the anniversary of the Legion. About six hundred (600) people attended. One hundred and sixty (160) legionaries from the Comitia of the city of Likasi visited the jail of Boma on the October 26th 2025, and sixty- three (63) legionaries from the Senatus visited one hundred and twenty- seven (127) houses to recruit, and two hundred and twenty (220) people in hospitals. The Immaculate Conception Regia, from Kolwezi diocese, visited the deaneries of Dilolo, Sandoa and Kapanga in the summer of 2025. Dilolo deanery counts three (3) Comitia, two (2) Curiae, with five hundred and seven (507) legionaries. Sandoa has four (4) Comitia with four hundred and seven (784) legionaries. Kapanga has one Comitium (Our Lady of the Rosary) which counts four thousand, nine hundred and seven (4,907) adult legionaries, two hundred and eighteen (218) teenagers and (897) younger members. The Senatus was meant to have an annual retreat in December 2025. They also said they would provide training for members, to promote Christ the King in Nov last, as well as doing parish work during that same month, but no report has been given yet. A committee is still working on the prep for a mini-Congress. Regarding the official printing of the Manual of the Legion of Mary in Swahili, the Senatus is still waiting for the approval of the Archbishop of Lubumbashi. As it was communicated by the Concilium last Oct, the Senatus has confirmed that no preface will be added to the manual. Brother Modeste Mutombo Kyamakosa, former President of the Senatus, passed away on the 21.11.25, his funeral on 28th at St Peter and St Paul Cathedral in Lubumbashi.
Senatus of Butembo
Condolences were sent on the death of Br. Honore Kamale, RIP. Minutes show great efforts to evangelise. A typical Senatus report of November last shows one hundred and thirteen (113) members present at Senatus meeting, including one Regia, two (2) Comitia, and one attached praesidium, one hundred and thirteen (113) members including Spiritual Director. Works included helping people who are sick, poor, war-displaced, elderly, widows and orphans. Ninety- six (96) infants were baptised, eighteen (18) cohabiting couples received the sacrament of matrimony in the Catholic Church. Eighteen (18) Protestants converted and received the Sacraments. Two (2) prisoners were freed through the intercession of the Legion of Mary. Membership totals two thousand and nine hundred and ninety- four (2,994) active adult legionaries and two hundred and eighty (280) junior legionaries.
Senatus of Bukavu
This Senatus covers the dioceses of Goma, Bukavu, Uvira, Kasongo and Kindu. Assemblies and meetings are held locally whenever possible. In Bukavu, the Senatus visited the Comitia of Birava, Murhaluza and Lwamarhulo, as well as the Curia of Bushuma. During these visits, the Senatus officers reminded the Councils of the Legion of Mary and rules of operation and encouraged them to continue their activities. Due to the insecurity, many legionaries have fled their homes and are unable to hold meetings. The Senatus organised a retreat for the legionaries of Bukavu, as well as the recitation of the rosary, in which other faithful participated. The Senatus has $3,043.98 in its account with the diocese. This amount is reserved for the repair of the roof of the Legion and Marian Centre. As soon as calm returns, work could begin. The Senatus has appointed three legionaries to carry out the financial audit. During its meetings with the Councils, the Senatus emphasises the recruitment of new members.
Senatus of Kinshasa
On September 1st 2025 a special meeting was organised to bring together many Church dignitaries in order to inform them of the Legion of Mary activities. As 2025 was a special year with the closing of the Holy Door, the Legion of Mary decided to approach young people involved in groups and delinquent behaviour; five hundred and twenty- nine (529) of these young people were approached, and promised to give up their activities. Let us pray for the action of the Holy Spirit in their lives. The Legion visited more than five thousand, six hundred and fifty (5,650) families in states of turmoil, as a result of which many families were reconciled. Kisantu, a large city in the province of central Congo, now has a large number of legionaries.
Senatus of Kisangani
Two hundred and twenty- five (225) legionnaires carried out recruitment work and recruited eighty- seven (87) new active members. Two hundred and fifteen (215) legionnaires visited two thousand and six hundred and twenty- five (2,625) sick people, prayed with them and brought them material aid. Four hundred and eighty- three (483) legionnaires visited poor people in various hospices in Kisangani and brought them material aid. During Christmas and New Year, the Legionaries visited and helped orphans. One hundred and twenty- five (125) legionaries visited two hundred and nineteen (219) families in difficulty, prayed with them and provided material assistance. As part of their catechesis, the Legionaries enabled six hundred and thirty (630) young people to be baptised and four hundred and twenty- six (426) Christians to be confirmed. After an awareness campaign, three hundred and twelve (312) legionaries who had abandoned legionary activities returned to the meetings. One thousand and four hundred and fifty- eight (1,458) legionaries helped various parishes by carrying out manual maintenance work. During 2025 and since the beginning of this year, the Senatus of Kisangani has lost two hundred and nineteen (219) members who have died, including a spiritual director, Father Jacques Urwodi Usisi.
Senatus of Kananga
Eighty- nine (89) households and one hundred and fifty- five (155) people attended the opening Mass for the Marian month of October organised by the Senatus, during which month one hundred and twenty- two (122) households and two hundred and twenty- three (223) people participated in the rosary. As a result of the apostolate among Christians, one hundred and eighty- seven (187) households and three hundred and twenty- two (322) people participated in the meetings of the Basic Ecclesial Communities. Similarly, one hundred and sixty- eight (168) households and three hundred and forty- six (346) people who no longer attended church returned to religious practice. Two hundred and fifteen (215) households and two hundred and ninety- eight (298) people attended Mass on the first Friday of October. As part of their work, they recruited fifty- four (54) young legionaries. The legionaries visited and prayed with thirty- six (36) sick people, visited orphans, comforted the grieving, and carried out manual labour in various parishes. The Senatus organised a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Kasai in Malandji Mukulu with one hundred and forty- five (145) households and two hundred and thirty- one (231) people participating. A Mass in memory of the Servant of God Frank Duff was celebrated on December 8th.
REGIA of MAURITIUS / RODRIGUES
Regia meetings show presence of officers from two (2) Comitia, five (5) Curiae, including a junior Curia, and two (2) attached praesidia. Our Lady of Hope praesidium is new to the Comitium. A legionary from Hong Kong visited in November gave great encouragement and new ideas for youth recruitment, through street contact, music, spiritual concerts, visiting schools and Exploratio Dominicalis, and participated in meetings, prayers and works. When in Dublin she had visited Concilium and Frank Duff House. She gave talks on Frank Duff and now servant of God Alfie Lambe, and they, in turn, filled her in on the life of now Venerable Edel Quinn on their island.
RWANDA
Kingali Senatus
One new Comitium has been established at the Senatus since the last report. Reported works included home, hospital, and prison visitation. Auxiliary reunions have been organised and held, and contact made with orphans. Many Councils have huge numbers of people who are under eighteen (18) years of age. The recently established Regia of Gikogoro has nine (9) Comitia, twenty-one (21) Curiae; including one Curia in a prison, eighteen (18) attached praesidia, one hundred and eighty (180) praesidia in secondary establishments, and five hundred and sixty- five (565) praesidia in primary schools, totalling over eleven thousand (11,000) children and over twenty- four thousand (24,000) seniors who have taken the promise. The numbers keep climbing!
TUNISIA
There are three (3) praesidia in Tunisia, all of them in the Capital Tunis. The praesidium started in 2022 in Parish Saint Augustin has twenty (20) active members, five (5) auxiliary members. They carry out visitation to elderly and sick people, conduct Christmas Novena with parishioners, visit families in their houses and visit residents in the house of the Sisters of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. The praesidium started in 2014 at Cathedral Parish has six (6) active members and twelve (12) auxiliary members. They welcome tourists to the Church, visit orphanages and hospitals. They held a retreat for legionaries; they invited other members of their parish and a neighbour parish. It was very successful and they might start a new praesidium in Saint Cyprien Parish. The third praesidium functions in Saint Jeanne D’Arc Parish, has five (5) active members and two (2) auxiliary members. Contact has been made with Paris Senatus in order to have French Handbooks required sent to them.
MOROCCO
There are fifteen (15) active and 5 auxiliary members of the praesidium which was begun in 2015 at Rabat, Parish Cathedral Saint Peter. They visit sick and lonely people in their houses or hospitals, and look after foreign students and immigrants. They have just celebrated their tenth (10th) Anniversary. The Cardinal sent a representative for the Mass and legionaries from other parts of Morocco attended. There are twelve (12) active and six (6) auxiliary members at the praesidium which was begun in 2017 at Casablanca, Our Lady of Lourdes Parish. They help with catechism classes by preparing people for the sacraments. They visit people who are sick in their houses and are helping the new praesidium in Marrakech. Contact has been made with Paris Senatus in order to have French Handbooks required sent to them.
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Extract from Some Handbook Reflections.
(p. 22-23)
THE PATRICIANS
“Its purpose is to build up the religious knowledge of the people, to teach them how to explain themselves and to encourage them to apostleship.” (Handbook 38) It is evident from the above that the establishment of branches of the PATRICIANS on a wide scale is very desirable. Praesidia, which do not have a branch, are encouraged to give serious consideration in their planning to the possibilities of setting up one. A study of chapter 38 of the handbook on the PATRICIANS might be taken as a first step. It may be useful to quote here some points from that chapter:
“Analysis shows the PATRICIANS to be a true child of the Legion, for it contains the various characteristic elements which combine to form the Legion itself; it is a projection of the Legion system into the sphere of religious education. In this department, Mary presides. It was she who brought Jesus down and gave him to the world. She has charge of all subsequent communicatings of him to men. This dominance of hers is signified by the Legion altar which must form the centre point of the Patrician meeting. The Patricians gather round her to talk about the Church in all its aspects, that is, about Jesus who is present in their midst according to his promise.”
“In the praesidium, the primary requirement is the obtaining from each member of a verbal report. The PATRICIANS strikes the same note; its primary aim is the eliciting of a vocal contribution from everyone.”
“If the family spirit is established in which the “smallest people” feel at home, then the Patrician foundation has been laid. Each contribution will tend to ‘spark off’ another one, as each link of a chain draws another along. Gaps in knowledge are filled in, detached items are formed into the mosaic of Catholic doctrine. As knowledge and interest grow, the individuals merge more into the oneness of the Mystical Body of Christ and are penetrated by its life. In its other features, too, the Patrician procedure represents the application of legionary doctrine and technique. It is important that the legionaries should fully realise this so that they will throw into the working of the PATRICIANS the same sort of conviction that they give to the praesidium”.
“The PATRICIANS is a society controlled by the Legion. Each branch must be affiliated to a praesidium, and the chairperson must be an active legionary. A praesidium may have charge of several branches. A branch must have a Spiritual Director approved by the Spiritual Director of the praesidium. A Religious may act as Spiritual Director and (where ecclesiastical authority permits) a lay person.”
“The Patrician meeting is held monthly. Punctuality and continuity are essential. Meetings should not be omitted except it is genuinely impossible to hold them. It is not obligatory that a member attend every meeting. A system of reminding members of the next meeting will be necessary.”
“There is no work obligation. No tasks are to be assigned from the meeting. Pressure is not to be put on the members to take on additional activities. But the friendly contacts which develop should be used to lead people on in every way, particularly into Legion membership, active, auxiliary or adjutorian. Wisely used, the PATRICIANS can send out such strong impulses as will give benefit to everyone in the community.
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Mary’s Channel of Grace
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Legion of Mary Prayers and Rosary 365 days per year.
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Writings of Frank Duff
Some of the writings of now Servant of God Frank Duff, Founder of the Legion of Mary are available at www.frankduffessays.com.