Back to Basics (4)

The Weekly Meeting Revisited In the context of our program of going back to basics and the ongoing renewal of the Legion, I think I should revisit…

Back to Basics (3)

The Weekly Meeting At our November meeting of the Concilium Officers (2009) to plan for the coming year we decided that the deepest renewal of the…

Going back to Basics

In order for the Legion and every Legionary to realise our full potential we have to habitually go back to the basics. There is no other way for…

Some Reflections on Evangelisation

Today is Mission Sunday so I thought it would be appropriate to give a few reflections on Evangelisation. In order to really engage perseveringly…

The Role of the Rosary in the Life of the Legionary

The Church has given us innumerable names for Our Lady and we pray them in the various litanies in her honour. But Our Lady has also given herself…

The Legion and the Assumption of Our Lady into Heaven

Our Concilium meeting today is taking place the day after the feast of the Assumption of Our Lady into heaven. I, therefore, feel compelled to…

The Legion Apostolate

In nearly every diocese in the Church where the Legion is present there are renewal programmes, adult education courses, calls to evangelisation,…

Alfie - Living the Legion

This year we celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the death of the Servant of God Alfie Lambe. As Spiritual Director of Concilium, the governing body of…

St. Paul and the Legion

During the Year of St. Paul that is shortly coming to an end, I have come to a greater awareness of the profound influence he has on the spirit and…

Another Look at the Legion and the Parish

The relationship between the Legion and the Parish is so important that it always merits another look. The normal life of the Legion is lived in…

The Legion and the Parish

The Parish is central to the identity and apostolate of the Legion. We all know that the Legion will not operate in a diocese without the express…

Jesus at the Centre of True Devotion to Mary

Sometimes we meet people who think that the place that the Legion gives to Mary is exaggerated and even the True Devotion to Mary advocated by St.…