This year the Singapore Senatus of the Legion of Mary celebrated its 60th anniversary with a Mass held at the Church of the Risen Christ. The origins of the Singapore Legion of Mary date back to the 1940s. It was on 5 December 1947 that the first Legion of Mary praesidium (basic unit of the Legion) had its first meeting here.
Founded on the evening of Sept 7, 1921 in Dublin, Ireland by Servant of God Frank Duff, the Legion of Mary (LOM) is the largest lay Catholic organisation with over 10 million members worldwide. In keeping with the spirit of the Legion, the Singapore Senatus (a senatus oversees the LOM in a country) held a Centennial Mass celebrated by Archbishop William Goh on Sept 5 which was live-streamed to over 3,200 viewers on YouTube participating from Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines.