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Good minutes are like good example. Poor minutes are like
bad example; and it is necessary to insist that well-written
minutes, badly read, rank as poor minutes. That example has
compelling force upon the members. Their alertness, their
reports, are affected, so that the meeting may be good or bad
simply because the minutes were good or bad. And the
quality of the work will follow the quality of the meeting.
So let the Secretary, when engaged on the hidden work of
pre par a tion of the minutes, reflect on these things; and let the
praesidium, in the interest of its own efficiency, oversee them.
“It would indeed be shameful if in this matter Christ’s saying should
be verified that ‘the children of this world are wiser than the children
of light.’ (Lk 16:8) We can observe with what diligence they look after
their affairs; how often they balance their credit and debit; how
accurately they make up their accounts; how they deplore their losses
and so eagerly excite themselves to repair them.” (Pope St. Pius X)
7. Standing Instruction. The following Standing
Instruction is to be inserted on the Work Sheet (or otherwise
placed so as to ensure that it will not be overlooked at the
proper time) and read out by the President at the first meeting
of each month, immediately after the signing of the minutes.

STANDING INSTRUCTION
“Legionary duty requires from each legionary:
First, the punctual and regular attendance at the weekly
meet ings of the praesidium, and the furnishing there
of an adequate and audible report on the work done;
Second, the daily recitation of the Catena;
Third, the performance of a substantial active legionary
work, in the spirit of faith, and in union with Mary, in
such fashion that in those worked for and in one’s
fellow-members, the Person of our Lord is once again
seen and served by Mary, his Mother;
Fourth, absolute respect for the confidential nature of
many matters discussed at the meeting or learned in
connection with the legionary work.”
“Through me, Mary desires to love Jesus too in the hearts of all
those whom I can kindle with love as the result of my apostolate and
my perpetual prayers. If I wholly identify myself with her, she will so
flood me with her graces and with her love that I shall come to