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The\"Tessera\" in the context of the Legion of Mary is a prayer card orleaflet containing the prayers of the Legion, including the Rosary, the CatenaLegionis, and concluding prayers, and a reproduction of the Legion picture.

Here\'sa more detailed explanation:

Whatit is:

TheTessera is a prayer card or leaflet that every member of the Legion of Mary,both active and auxiliary, receives.

Contents:

Itcontains the prayers of the Legion, including:

AnInvocation

Prayersto the Holy Spirit

TheRosary

TheCatena Legionis (a series of prayers)

Areproduction of the Legion picture

Significance:

The word\"tessera\" comes from Latin and originally meant a tally or token, ora square tablet upon which the watchword was written and circulated through theRoman Legion.

In theLegion of Mary, the Tessera serves as a token of unity and fraternity among alllegionaries, a symbol of their shared purpose and prayer life.

It is avisual reminder of the Legion\'s prayers and watchword.

Use:

Activemembers of the Legion pray the Catena, or middle portion, daily, whileauxiliary members pray the entire Tessera and Rosary daily.

TheLegion of Mary (Latin: Legio Mariae, postnominal abbreviation L.O.M.) is aninternational association of members of the Catholic Church who serve on avoluntary basis. It was founded in Dublin, as a Marian movement by the laymanand civil servant Frank Duff.

Today,active and auxiliary (praying) members make up a total of over 10 millionmembers worldwide, making it the largest apostolic organization of laypeople inthe Catholic Church.

Membershipis highest in South Korea, Philippines, Brazil, Argentina and the DemocraticRepublic of Congo, which each have between 250,000 and 500,000 members.

Membershipis open to believing members of the Catholic Church. Its stated mission is foractive members to serve God under the banner of Mary through the corporal andspiritual works of Mercy, as mentioned in Chapter 33 of the Legion of MaryHandbook. The main apostolate of the Legion is activities directed towardsCatholics and non-Catholics alike, either by encouraging them in their faith orinviting them to become Catholic. This is usually done by supporting them inprayer, attending Mass and learning more about the Catholic faith. Members ofthe Legion are engaged primarily in spiritual works of mercy, rather than worksof material aid.

TheLegion of Mary was founded by Frank Duff on 7 September 1921 at Myra House,Francis Street, Dublin. His idea was to help Catholic lay people fulfil theirbaptismal promises to be able to live their dedication to the Church in anorganized structure, which would be supported by fraternity and prayer. TheLegion draws its inspiration from Louis de Montfort\'s book True Devotion toMary.

TheLegion first started out by visiting women with cancer in hospitals, but itsoon became active among the most destitute. Most notably, the Legion beganhelping Dublin’s prostitutes in the Monto, the largest red-light district inEurope at the time, to run away from their \"kip-keepers\" and startnew lives. Duff also set up a similar refuge for unwed mothers but defied theusual consensus in Ireland at the time by teaching the women how to raise theirchildren instead of giving the babies away for adoption. He subsequently laiddown the system of the Legion in the Handbook of the Legion of Mary in 1928.

TheLegion soon spread around the world. At first, it was often met with mistrustbecause of its then-unusual dedication to lay apostolate. After Pope Pius XIpraised it in 1931, the Legion had its mistrust quelled.

Mostprominent among those who spread the Legion are Edel Quinn (1907-1944) for heractivities in Africa in the 1930s and the 1940s. Her dedication to the missionof the Legion, despite her ill health (tuberculosis) brought her admiration:her beatification process is currently underway, as well as for Duff and AlfieLambe (1932–1959), Legion Envoy to South America.

On 27March 2014, the Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, Bishop JosefClemens, delivered the decree in which the Legion is recognized by the Holy Seeas International Association of the Faithful.

In 2021,the Legion celebrated the centennial of its founding amidst the COVID-19pandemic, by hosting virtual talks, devotions, and masses. The group alsoresolved to increase its membership and engagement among young people and topray for the beatification of Servants of God Frank Duff, Alphonsus Lambe, andVenerable Edel Quin.

The basicunit of the Legion is called a Praesidium, which is normally based in a parish.The Praesidium, usually a group of 3–20 members, meets weekly in its parish. ACuria is the next level above, handling several Praesidia.

The nextlevel is the Comitium, which is in charge of several Curiae, usually over anarea like a medium city or part of a province. Above it is the Regia, which isin charge of larger territories like a province or state. The Senatus is thenext level and generally governs the Regiae in a very large area, usually acountry or a very large territory: for example, the Senatus of Uganda managesthe Legion in the whole of Uganda.

TheConcilium is the highest governing level and controls the entire Legionworldwide from its seat in Dublin.

Eachlevel of the Legion has the same set of officers: the President, theVice-President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, and the Spiritual Director. Thelast is always from the clergy, but all other offices are held by the laity.All positions regardless of responsibility are voluntary and the Legion has nopaid workers.

Membershipis open to all baptized Catholics. After visiting a Praesidium a few times, onecan join the Legion as a probationary member for three months. Then, a decisionis made on whether one is to join the Legion as an active member permanently.During the probationary period, probationary members learn about the Legionsystem by reading the Handbook of the Legion of Mary and its active works bylistening to reports of such undertaking by fellow Legionaries. At the end ofprobationary period, members swear the \"Legion promise\", a pledge ofallegiance to the Holy Spirit and to Mary and become permanent active members.

Membershipin the Legion of Mary is essentially based on discipline and commitment.Members devote their time and prayer for intentions through the intercession ofMary, Mother of Jesus.

Memberscan withdraw from the Legion by informing the president of his or herPraesidium.

TheLegion of Mary consists of two totally different memberships: the active andthe auxiliary members. Both are essential to the Legion: \"Just as a birdcannot fly without one wing, so also the Legion cannot exist without any of theother members,\" said Ráinel Lobo of Mumbai, India.

Activemembers regularly attend weekly sessions of their Praesidium and pray daily theCatena Legionis, which consists essentially of the Magnificat and some shorterprayers. Their main role lies in active apostolate for the Legion and the widerChurch. Active members under 18 are not allowed to give the \"Legionpromise\" until that age. They are considered Juniors and may hold anyoffice except President in their Praesidium. Above the level of the Praesidium,no Junior may serve as an officer.

Auxiliarymembers support the Legion through their prayer. They pray the whole booklet ofLegion prayers, called the Tessera, every day. The Tessera consists of anInvocation, prayers to the Holy Spirit, the Rosary, the Catena Legionis, andconcluding prayers.

Praetoriansare a higher grade of active membership, who pray, in addition to their dutiesas active members, the Rosary, the Divine Office and attend Holy Mass daily.

Adjutoriansare a higher grade of auxiliary membership. Like Praetorians, they additionallypray the Divine Office and attend Holy Mass daily.

Praetoriansand Adjutors do not have a higher status or higher rank inside the Legionsystem. The meaning of the grades is only a desire for a more devotional life,not for higher status. Entering these grades is done by registering with a listof Praetorians/Adjutors and by subsequently observing their duties.

ThePraesidia normally meet weekly; larger entities normally monthly or morerarely.

In allsessions, an Altar of the Legion is set up. It has a statue of the Virgin Mary(represented as standing on a globe, her arms extended, crushing the serpentwith her foot), which is placed upon a white tablecloth with \"LegioMariae\" written on it. On each side of the statue are placed two vaseswith flowers, often roses (a flower symbolizing Mary). On the front ends of thecloth are two candlesticks with burning candles. To the right side of Mary isplaced the Vexillum Legionis.

Duringmeetings, the prayers of the Tessera are recited in full. Sessions begin withintroductory prayers to the Holy Spirit and to Mary, including five decades ofthe Rosary. The next part of the session includes spiritual reading andadministrative matters. Members tell briefly how they fulfilled tasks assignedto them at the previous session. They also discuss and/or read a chapter fromthe Handbook of the Legion. Then, the Catena Legionis is prayed, and theSpiritual Director (or, if absent, the President), preaches a short sermon onspiritual matters (allocutio). Finally, new tasks for Legionaires aredistributed. Each meeting ends with concluding prayers of the Tessera, and aprayer for Duff\'s beatification.

Thespirituality of the Legion of Mary is essentially based on the approach ofLouis de Montfort, as put forward in his True Devotion to Mary. The bookpromotes a \"total dedication\" to Christ through devotion to theBlessed Virgin Mary, which later influenced popes such as John Paul II, whomentions it in an apostolic letter, Rosarium Virginis Mariae.

Anotherimportant element that shapes its spirituality is Duff\'s devotion to the HolySpirit. He promoted the adoration of the third person of the Trinity, which heconsidered neglected. He saw the Virgin Mary as the \"visible image\"of the Spirit; the Legion\'s introductory prayers and the Legion promise aredirected to the Holy Spirit. The Legion\'s Vexillum Legionis is topped by theHoly Spirit in the form of a dove.

Theessential aim of the Legion of Mary is the sanctification of its membersthrough prayer, the sacraments and devotion to Mary and the Trinity, and of thewhole world through the apostolate of the Legion.

The ideaof a Catholic lay apostolate organization where ordinary laypeople in allsituations of life would work towards personal sanctification and for theconversion of the world was the first of its kind.[citation needed] After theSecond Vatican Council (1962–65) promoted such ideas in its conciliardocuments, this approach gained wider acceptance in the Catholic Church.