But the doctrine of the universal mediation of Mary had struck him and he was convinced that that doctrine is the source of life. The language of holy slavery was strange. His first reading of it had repelled him. They met around a table on which had been placed a statue of the most Blessed Virgin.Īfter the recitation of the Veni Sancte Spiritus and the rosary, Duff spoke of the discovery he had just made of the Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin by St. They wished to devote themselves to an active spiritual apostolate, similar to that of the Saint Vincent de Paul Society. The group was comprised of a priest, Father Michael Toher an employee at the ministry of finances some fifteen women, almost all office workers or store employees and Frank Duff. The Legion of Mary was born on the first vespers of the Nativity of Mary, September 7, 1921, in Dublin, Ireland.Īt the invitation of Frank Duff (1889-1980) several people had arranged to meet in a building named Myra House. MARY’S LEGION: A Bird's Eye View of the Legion of Mary
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