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Stories, reflections, and updates from the Legion

The apparition scene in the Apparition Chapel at Knock: Our Lady, St Joseph and St John the Evangelist, with the Lamb on the altar before the cross

“Mary, make us more like your Son”: Bishop Niall Coll at Knock

At the Legion’s annual pilgrimage to Knock, the Bishop of Raphoe preached on Frank Duff and baptism as a calling. His homily in full, with photographs and film of the day.

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Men carrying the statue of Our Lady of Fátima on a bed of lilies beneath a Legio Mariae banner, with altar servers beside them

Our Lady’s Rosary Festival is almost here, and everyone is invited

Monday 12 to Sunday 18 October: four evenings and a procession, and a great deal of anticipation. Here is the week ahead, and how you can be part of it.

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Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen in cape and pectoral cross, standing beside a statue of Our Lady and the Child Jesus

Blessed Fulton Sheen, and the Legion of Mary he loved

Yesterday, in St Louis, Archbishop Fulton Sheen was beatified. In 1976 he told the Legion in Ireland that it was “the organisation which is closest to my heart” — read his words in full.

Read what he said to us →
Fr John O’Laverty, wearing a clerical collar and glasses, smiling at the camera

Fr John O’Laverty, our new Spiritual Director

He succeeds Fr Martin Graham after twenty years — and introduces himself in his own words: the rosary in Bright, the first week at university, and the treasure he decided not to lose.

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Mario Nunis speaking at a lectern in the Basilica at Knock Shrine

He asked Our Lord what to do. Five minutes later, he was invited to the Legion.

Mario Nunis gave his testimony at Knock — the family rosary he did not want to pray, the years he kept his faith hidden, and the woman who stopped him on his way out of the church.

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Colour portrait of the Servant of God Frank Duff, founder of the Legion of Mary

Asking Heaven for a Miracle through Frank Duff

Our praesidium resolved to pray for miracles through the intercession of the Legion’s founder, so that his cause may advance. A day later, a lady in County Mayo wrote to us — with no idea of what we had just agreed.

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