Annual Retreats
Day Of Reflection
open to all Legion of Mary members
(Active and Auxiliary),
also, family and friends
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Sept. 19, 2026 Saturday
(9AM to 3:30PM)
McGlinn Center, next to Alvernia University
400 Saint Bernardine St.
Reading, PA 19607
8:30 AM Registration
Legion of Mary Opening Prayer & Rosary
Guest Speaker: Br. Don Taggart
Our Handbook, Our Treasure
Spanish Tract: Nuestro Manual, Nuestro Tesoro
Speaker: Brother Raul Garcia
Confessions / TBD
Catena prayers and Holy Mass
12:30 PM Lunch
Adoration and Benediction
Guest Speaker: Sr. Edel Lukens /
Edel Quinn: A Model of Holiness
Spanish Tract: “El Tierno Amor de Maria”
Guest Speaker: Hermana Karelia Picatoste
Legion of Mary Concluding Prayers
End approximately by 3:00PM
Cost: $ 20.00
Checks payable to: Allentown Curia of the Legion of Mary
Please RSVP by Sept 10 through your local church Praesidium or TEXT & leave your Name / Cell # to 484-379-2037
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Don Taggart: Topic: Our Handbook, our Treasure
Don joined the Legion of Mary in 1963 at the age of 20. He served as an officer for all of his time in the Legion -including 3 terms as President of the Philadelphia Senatus. He is currently the Secretary in his praesidium, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, St. Athanasius Parish in Philadelphia, where he had been a member for the past 30 years. For many years Don took care of the subscriptions and supplies of the Maria Legionis Magazine with a few volunteers that includes his wife Joan before turning it over this year to our current publisher and distributor.
Edel Lukens: Topic: Venerable Edel Quinn: A Model of Holiness
Edel Lukens grew up in a Legion family and has been an active member of the Legion for 53 years. She served as an officer of the Philadelphia Senatus for over twenty years, including three terms as president. Her parents, Bill and Mary Peffley, were instrumental in the start and growth of the Legion in the Philadelphia area and her brother, Fr. Fran Peffley, is spiritual director of the Arlington Senatus. Edel is a retired Math professor and Academic Advisor. She, her husband Steve, and their son Robert are officers of "Mary, Hope for the Future" praesidium in Norristown and parishioners of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Bridgeport, a parish of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter.
Hermano Raúl García: Miembro de la Legión de María durante 41 años. Fue oficial toda su vida. Actualmente es Tesorero de la Curia en su segundo mandato. Es Ministro Extraordinario de la Eucaristía desde hace mucho tiempo. Proviene de una familia numerosa de 12 hijos. Está felizmente casado desde hace 36 años y es un padre amoroso de cuatro hijos.
Hermana Karelia Picatoste: Ella es Oficial, es Secretaria de Praesidium. En nuestro Praesidium lleva 2 años de Legionaria Activa. En su Paia, Venezuela fue Legionaria de Maria muchos años.
