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APPENDIX 1

Papal Letters and Messages

PIUS XI

TO THE
Legion of Mary

16th September, 1933

“We give a very special blessing to this beautiful and
holy work — the Legion of Mary. Its name speaks for
itself. The image of Mary Immaculate on its Standard
portrays high and holy things.

The Blessed Virgin is mother of the Redeemer and of
us all. She co-operates in our Redemption, for it was
under the Cross that she became our mother. This year
we are celebrating the centenary of that co-operation
and of that universal maternity of Mary.

I pray for you that you may exercise still more
earnestly that apostolate of prayer and work to which
you have set your hands. So doing, God will make you,
too, co-operators in the Redemption. This is the best of
all ways in which to show your gratitude to the
Redeemer.”

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