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94 ADDITIONAL GRADES OF MEMBERSHIP CHAPTER 16
(d) membership is effected by the entry of a name on a
special roll;
(e) Spiritual Directors and Presidents shall endeavour to
increase their praetorian membership, but shall, as well, keep
in touch with existing members so that these may not tire in
their chivalrous undertaking.
If the Spiritual Director were willing to allow his name to
be inserted in the praetorian register, it would intensify his
legionary membership, and bind him still more strongly to
his praesidium. As well, it could not but react favourably
upon the growth of the praetorian membership of the
praesidium.
The Legion anticipates much from the praetorian degree. It
will lead many members on to a life of closer union with God
through prayer. It will mean the incorporation in the Legion
system of a heart of prayer; in which more and more
legionaries will tend to bury themselves. This will inevitably
affect the whole spiritual circulation of the Legion and make
the Legion grow in the spirit of reliance upon prayer in all its
works. In fact, it will cause the Legion to realise ever more
completely that its chief and true destiny is to spiritualise its
members.
“Grow you must; I know it; it is your destiny; it is the necessity of
the Catholic name; it is the prerogative of the Apostolic heritage. But
a material extension without a corresponding moral manifestation, it
is almost awful to anticipate.” (Bl. John Henry Newman: Present
Position of Catholics)

2. AUXILIARY MEMBERSHIP
This membership is open to priests, religious and the laity.
It consists of those who are unable or unwilling to assume the
duties of active membership, but who associate themselves
with the Legion by undertaking a service of prayer in its
name.
Auxiliary membership is subdivided into two degrees:
(a) the primary, whose members shall be simply styled
auxiliaries; and
(b) the higher, whose members shall be more particularly
desig na ted Adjutores Legionis or Adjutorians.
There are no age limits in the case of auxiliary membership.