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Legion of Mary
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Legion of Mary
The
Legion of Mary
is an international association of the faithful of the
Catholic Church
who serve the Church on a voluntary basis. It was founded in
Dublin
,
Ireland
, as a
Roman Catholic Marian Movement
by layman
Frank Duff
. Today between active and auxiliary (praying) members there are over 10 million members worldwide making it the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the
Catholic Church
. Membership is highest in
South Korea
,
Philippines
,
Brazil
,
Argentina
and the
Democratic Republic of Congo
. These countries have between 250,000 and 500,000 members each.
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