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CHAPTER 28 GOVERNMENT OF THE LEGION 169
5. Experience has shown the appointment of correspon -
dents to be the most effective way for the Senatus to fulfil its
functions of superintendence of its distant councils. The
correspondent keeps in regular contact with the council and
from the minutes received monthly prepares a report for
presentation to the Senatus meeting when required. He
attends the meetings of the Senatus and takes part in the
proceedings but, unless he is a member of the Senatus, he has
not the right to vote.
6. A copy of the minutes of the Senatus meetings should be
sent to the Concilium.

7. Any proposed change in the composition of the Senatus,
which would significantly affect the core attendance at the
meeting, would require formal sanction by the Concilium.

“God is an infinite law, as well as an infinite power, wisdom, and
love. Moreover, the very idea of order implies the idea of the
subordinate. If order exists in the Divine Attributes, they must have
relations one to another, and though each is perfect in itself, it must
act so as not to impair the perfection of the rest, and must seem to
yield to the rest on particular occasions.” (Bl. John Henry Newman:
Order, the Witness and Instrument of Unity)
5. THE CONCILIUM LEGIONIS MARIAE

1. There shall be a central council, which shall be called the
Concilium Legionis Mariae, in which shall be vested the
supreme governing authority of the Legion. To it alone
(subject always to the rights of the Ecclesiastical Authority as
provided for in these pages) shall belong the right to make,
alter, or interpret rules; to set up or repudiate praesidia and
subordinate councils, wherever situated; to determine the
policy of the Legion on all points, to decide all disputes and
appeals, all membership questions, and all points as to the
suitability of works or the manner of carrying them out.

2. The Concilium Legionis Mariae meets monthly in
Dublin, Ireland.
3. The Concilium may delegate portion of its functions to
its subordinate councils or to individual praesidia, and may at
any time alter the amount of such delegation.