Requirements for active membership:

Active membership is open to all Catholic men and women, those over 18 years of age in Senior Praesidia, and those under 18 in Junior Praesidia. The only obligation being a willingness to fulfill each and every duty which membership in the Legion involves.

Duties of active members:

1. Attendance at a weekly meeting of the Praesidium.

2. Daily recitation of the Catena (Legion prayer).

3. An obligation not to discuss with others matters learned at the meeting or in connection with the work.

Reasons for becoming a active member:

1. To satisfy the individual's obligation incurred through the Sacrament of Confirmation, to fulfill his duty as a soldier of Christ.

2. To follow the direction of Saint Pius X who said, "What is most necessary at this time is to have in each parish a group of laymen at the same time, virtuous, enlightened, determined, and really apostolic."

Advantages of being an active member:

1. The assurance that one is putting forth his best effort in developing his own spiritual life.

2. The knowledge that one is furthering the cause of Christ and His Blessed Mother.

3. The feeling that one is making a worthwhile investment of his time on earth by "laying up treasures in heaven where neither rust nor moths consume nor thieves break in to steal."

Examples of apostolic work undertaken:

• Visiting the sick in hospitals, infirmaries, and their own homes.

• Inviting interested non-Catholics to information classes.

• Giving instructions to prospective converts and also to Catholic children in public schools.

• Distributing Catholic literature.

• Visiting families to see if children have been baptized.

• Encouraging fallen-away Catholics to return to the practice of their faith.

• Visiting Catholic families to promote membership in the Apostleship of Prayer and Enthronement of the Sacred Heart in the home.

• Spreading devotion to the family Rosary.

• Helping converts in the practice of their faith.

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