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immortalised in Montalembert’s classic; “That invincible
multitude went forth from their own country and from their
kindred and out of their father’s house.” (Gen 12:1) and
traversed Europe in the sixth and seventh centuries,
rebuilding the faith which the fall of the Roman Empire had
brought down with it.
In the same idealism the Peregrinatio Pro Christo sends
teams of legionaries, who have the time and means to spend
limited periods in distant places where the religious
conditions are bad, on “the delicate, difficult, unpopular
mission of revealing that Christ is the Saviour of the world. It
must be undertaken by the people.” (Pope Paul VI) Nearby
places do not qualify for the Peregrinatio Pro Christo. If
possible it should be to a different country.
This assertion, even for as little as a week or two, of the
principle of travelling and venturing for the faith can
transform legionary thinking and strike the imagination of all.

9. INCOLAE MARIAE
Indeed, generous hearts in many instances will not be
content with giving just a week or two but will wish to offer a
more substantial term of service away from home. Such
legionaries who can secure for themselves a means of
livelihood in the place in view and who can stay away for as
much as six months, a year or even more without detriment
to family or other commitments, may be appointed by the
Concilium or a Senatus or Regia to such a missionary
assignment for an appropriate period. The concurrence of the
authorities of the place in view is, of course, necessary. These
volunteers are known as Incolae Mariae, a word expressive of
their temporary sojourn in a distant place, in a spirit of
immolation through Mary.

10. EXPLORATIO DOMINICALIS
Exploratio Dominicalis is the term by which is known what
might be called a mini-Peregrinatio and which might be
translated as the Sunday search for souls.
Every praesidium in the world is urged, if possible as a body,
to devote at least one Sunday in the year to an expedition to