Knight No.

16 April — June 2019

of the Immaculata

The Consecration of Russia to the

Immaculate Heart of Mary

Militia Immaculatæ Traditional Observance

Index

6 The Blessed Virgin Mary places Russia at the centre

of world events in our time
8 Conversation of St. Maximilian with the Orthodox
9 St. Maximilian and Russia
16 Interview with the Rev. Father Karl Stehlin —
Director of the M.I. and Superior of the Autonomous
House of Eastern Europe (including Russia)
20 Interview with the Rev. Father Shane Pezzutti —
the prior in Kaunas (Lithuania)
24 Girls’ summer camp about St. Maximilian
26 18 new Knights in Australia
27 New Knights in East Europe and in South Africa
27 New Knights in Ireland
28 Establishment of the M.I. in Honduras
28 New Knights in Japan
29 Penitential Walk in Chennai (India)
30 Mary Victorious in all our battles
32 M.I. 2 for men and Schola in Trichy
33 The meeting in Sri Lanka
34 Pilgrimage to Quito 2019
35 About the Militia Immaculatæ

Publisher: Fundacja Militia Immaculatæ, ul. Garncarska 34, 04-886 Warsaw, Poland

Editors: Rev. Fr. Karl Stehlin (Director of the M.I.), Neville Philip (India),

Howard Toon (Great Britain), Ibeth María Cárdenas Vallejo (Colombia),

Tobiasz (Poland), Alicja Walszyńska-Jaworska (Great Britain)

If you want to cooperate, please write: [email protected]

 A Booklet about
the Consecration of Russia
In Tuy (on the 13th of June 1929)
Our Lady told Sr. Lucia:
‘The moment has come when
God asks the Holy Father to make,
in union with all the bishops of the
world, the consecration of Russia to
my Immaculate Heart, promising to
save it by this means.
So numerous are the souls which
the justice of God condemns for sins
committed against me, that I come
to ask for reparation. Sacrifice
yourself for this intention and pray.’

The booklet contains these themes:

• Consecration — Keyword of Fatima
• Why the Consecration of Russia?
• The Pope in Union with All the Bishops
• Marvellous Promises
• The Tragedy Foretold at Fatima
• The Refusal to the Consecration of Russia
• Establishment of M.I. 2 — Mission for Russia

Download: www.militia-immaculatae.org/english/books-about-fatima/
Order: www.kolbepublications.com/books
Editorial

Dear Knights of the Immaculata!

The topic of this issue of “Knight of the Immaculata” is the
consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
At Fatima Our Lady revealed to the world her Immaculate Heart and
presented the devotion to her Immaculate Heart as the remedy for all
evils in our times. She also revealed what this devotion mainly consists
of and announced that she would come again to give detailed precisions
of her request: “I will come and ask for the consecration of Russia to
my Immaculate Heart, and the Communion of Reparation on the First
Saturdays. If my requests are heeded, Russia will be converted”.
We see that both requests are closely linked: through the devotion of
the First Saturdays we obtain the conversion of many people, whilst the
consecration of Russia will turn the hearts of this people towards the
Immaculate Heart to receive the light of the truth and the graces of Our
Lord.
On the 13th of June 1929, in Tuy, Our Lady gave 4 conditions for the
consecration of Russia. She requires the Pope:
1. to unite “with all the bishops of the world”
2. to make the consecration
3. of Russia
4. to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
On the 13th of May 1930, Sister Lucia explained further the will of
Heaven and added 2 conditions:
5. “a solemn act of reparation and the consecration of Russia to the
Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary”
6. “the promise that upon the ending of this persecution [the
persecution of the Church by those following the errors of Russia] he
will approve and recommend the practice of the reparatory devotion
already described.”

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From the time that Sr. Lucia made the Second Secret known in
1942, with its request for the consecration of Russia, various Popes have
performed consecrations vaguely similar to the one requested by Our
Lady, while still failing to follow her precise wishes.
Unfortunately, the most important points of the message of Fatima
were entirely disregarded in the discussions of the Second Vatican
Council. At every opportunity, the Council took a diametrically opposite
position to that of Fatima. The unequivocal request of the Blessed Virgin
to consecrate Russia to her Immaculate Heart was altogether brushed
aside by the Council despite the petition of many Council Fathers,
because the religious consecration of a nation stood in direct opposition
to conciliar themes of religious liberty, secularism, and ecumenism.
After the Second Vatican Council Pope John-Paul II repeatedly
accomplished consecrations to Our Lady, however none of them fulfilled
even half of the conditions asked for by Our Lady. An exact fulfilment
has still not yet been made. Sister Lucia herself affirmed up to 1989 that
the consecrations made until then did not correspond to Our Lady’s
requests. Indeed, thirty-five years after the last consecration by Pope
John-Paul II in 1984, the conversion of Russia promised by the Holy
Virgin has still not happened.
Therefore we can state clearly that in spite of all efforts from Rome
the last word about Fatima has not yet been said. As long as the
consecration of Russia is not yet made according to the requests of Our
Lady, the “errors of Russia” will continue to do their work of destruction
in the world and in the Church.
Dear Knights, let us do everything that our little and weak hands
can do to make Our Lady “known and loved” and to fulfill her dearest
wishes. Only then will we be privileged to participate in the joy, when
“at the end My Immaculate Heart will triumph”.
Fr. Karl Stehlin
Warsaw, on the 12th of April 2019
(the Feast of the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady)

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The Blessed Virgin Mary place Russia...

The
Blessed Virgin Mary
places Russia
at the centre
of world events in our time
Here we publish an excerpt from a speech given by
Christopher Ferrara during a Conference in Moscow.

The particular focus of the Message of Fatima is the great

nation of Russia… The Message of Fatima is a prophetic rev-
elation in which Russia plays a central role. In this prophecy
Russia is, as it were, a vessel of divine election, a country cho-
sen by God to bring about a transformation of the so-called
contemporary world…
In this Message, the Blessed Virgin Mary places Russia at
the centre of world events in our time, beginning, of course, in
the fateful year of 1917. But in the Message, the Blessed Virgin
also places Russia at the centre of salvation history as well…
The last of the six apparitions of the Virgin occurred on the
13th of October 1917, only a few weeks before the commence-
ment of the October Revolution…

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The request for the Consecration of Russia is no insult

to Russia but is the greatest honour that Heaven can bestow
on this nation, because at Fatima, the Mother of God revealed
that Russia, as I suggested earlier, is a vessel, an instrument
of divine election for the reign of peace in the world that will
follow what she called the triumph of her Immaculate Heart.
And the great people of Russia will be the instruments for the
beginning of a miraculous conversion of the Western world,
a world that is in rebellion against God and His Law…
When the Consecration of Russia to the Mother of God, for
whom the Russian people have such a deep devotion, is finally
performed, your great nation will be instrumental in bringing
about the glorious fulfilment the Mother of God has promised
us. May the Lord grant that it will happen soon!
Taken from “The Fatima Crusader”
(ISSUE 120 | AUTUMN 2017)

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Conversation of St. Maximilian with the Orthodox

Conversation of
St. Maximilian with
the Orthodox
— I am Orthodox — said a lady.
— All men are brothers, and besides, Orthodox worship the
same Christ the Lord whom we worship. However, it would not
be possible to say that the Orthodox religion is also a religion
founded by Christ — said St. Maximilian.
— And why? — she asked.
— In fact, there is only one truth: 'yes' or 'no' cannot be true
simultaneously. Well, we affirm that the Holy Father is the visi-
ble head of the Church of Christ, while the Orthodox deny this.
It is not possible that both propositions are true — he answered.
— That's right — she confirmed.
— Well, Christ knew that various schisms would take place
and gave us a clear rule, according to which we can recog-
nize his Church. Turning to St. Peter He said, 'Thou art Peter;
and upon this rock I will build my church' [cf. Mt 16:18]. His
Church, therefore is one that has its foundation on that rock,
and the successors of St. Peter are not the Czars of Russia, but
the Popes — concluded St. Maximilian.

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St. Maximilian
and Russia
"The entire life of St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe was
influenced by Russia" — said Fr. Jean-François de
Louvencourt.

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St. Maximilian and Russia

St. Maximilian was born good to print in Russian the

in the part of Poland which enrolment documents of the
was occupied by the Russians M.I. Father Albert knows
at that time (1894); his birth Russian and Mr Redzidi can
certificate was written in both lend the letterpress". But at this
languages. moment, Providence wanted
him somewhere else. He cre-

O
nce the M.I. was found- ated Niepokalanów in 1927
ed, his main dream and left for Japan in February
was to introduce it in Russia 1930 to found a second City of
which was sovietic at the time. the Immaculate.
As he was obliged to come
But Father Kolbe was not back to Poland in August that
a "dreamer" and he took action same year, he asked his supe-
very quickly. To his brother rior: "Would it be appropriate
Alphonse, a Franciscan like that I stop in Moscow if pos-
himself, he wrote in 1926: sible? Obviously if this were to
"Dearest brother, it would be be granted to me (as we were

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at the heights of the Stalinian ganism, he stood there in his

repression then), I could ana- weakness and his poverty, in
lyze the religious situation the midst of the global diffu-
of the place and the possibil- sion of the intrinsically per-
ity to start the publication of verse communism. But he was
a Knight bulletin in Russian". certain of the victory of his
Lady who would overthrow

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n his way to Niepoka- again the throne of Satan, just
lanów through Siberia, as the Throne of Peter estab-
he stopped 4 days in Moscow lished itself where the devil
and went secretly into the was reigning supreme.
huge Red Square, in front of In 1931 St. Maximilian
the Kremlin. wrote: „I believe that her ban-
ner will be hoisted up even
Like Saint Peter arriving in over the Kremlin, and so on.
Rome, capital of ancient pa- In a word, she shall be truly

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Queen of every heart and in He repeated several times

every heart will introduce di- this prediction, especially to
vine love, the love of the Heart Fr. Pignalberi:
of Jesus. Then the purpose of

"H
the Mlitia Immaculatæ will e assured me that in
have been achieved.” the centre of Moscow
Here is what he said in the statue of the Immaculate
February 1937 in Rome, dur- would be erected, but before-
ing the 20 anniversary of the
th
hand a trial of blood would be
Militia Immaculatae: necessary. (…) He repeated
"We do not believe this this hint at a trial of blood sev-
glorious day is far, or only eral days later. (…) I remained
a dream, when the statue of distressed at such a distinct
the Immaculate will preside declaration but he insisted,
over the very heart of Moscow, saying it was better this way
thanks to her missionaries". and even necessary."

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Despite the fact that during

his lifetime he hadn’t been able
to bring about the publication of
the Knight bulletin in Russian
as well as its diffusion in the
Soviet Union, he was not miss-
ing any opportunity to commu-
nicate with the Russians.

I
n 1921, he met some pris-
oners of the Red Army;
he managed to have books in
Russian sent and lent to them
and offered them Miraculous
Medals.

They said, thanking him: the boundaries of Portugal

"When we look at this medal, and hence St. Maximilian
we will remember that a priest didn't know about it. But what
gave it to us." While trave- a convergence with the works
ling to Japan in 1930, he had of the humble Franciscan.
a heated discussion on the boat In Fatima, Our Lady came
with a Russian man who was to establish in the world a de-
a staunch defender of Darwin. votion to her Immaculate
Heart (13 of June 1917) and
th

St. Maximilian and Fatima to announce her triumph

It was not until the 1940s that (13th of July 1917). However
the message of Fatima crossed St. Maximilian worked for the

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exact same goals all through Saint Maximilian to realise

his life. Mgr Palatucci said His divine plans.
during the beatification trial: There is convergence in
dates as well: the M.I. was

"I
think that the works of created on the 16th of October
the M.I. were inspired 1917, three days after the great
on purpose by God to His great miracle of the sun in Fatima
servant, Father Maximilian, and 10 days before the October
to contribute to the triumph of Revolution.
the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
to the conversion of Russia and The fight for the faith
to peace in the world accord- The crisis we are now expe-
ing to the message of the 13th riencing has its roots in ecu-
of July 1917 in Fatima". menism and cross-religious
dialogue, in order to establish
One can only admire the the unity of Humanity without
hand of Providence, which led Our Lord Jesus Christ.

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H
owever in the prom- vanguard of the army of Satan
ise of conversion of of which Freemasonry is the
schismatic Russia subject to kingpin.
its consecration, Our Lady
affirms implicitly its current How about us?
wandering. Let’s live in the deepest
intimacy with Our Lady by
The consecration of this consecrating ourselves to the
country by the Holy Father Immaculate Heart.
implies that the Church is the

W
only mean of salvation and e become her instru-
that the schismatics won’t be ments by consecration.
part of it until they give up When will we destroy evil in
their errors. this world most expeditely and
This act of consecration in its entirety? It is the most
is also an affirmation of the important and unique aspect
Primacy of Peter and his rul- to focus on.
ing over the world, even over
the lost ones. Everyone of us must only
On his side, St. Maximilian focus on harmonizing, tuning
founded the whole of his apos- himself, totally merging, so to
tolate on the one who "de- speak, his own will with the
stroyed all heresies in the will of the Immaculate, as St.
world." Maximilian said: "the same
He vigorously condemned way as her will is completely
the oriental schism and the united to the will of God, her
Protestant heresy, not hesitat- Heart to the Heart of her Son
ing to name the latter as the Jesus." M

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Interview with Fr. Karl Stehlin

Interview with the Rev.

Father
Karl Stehlin
Director of the M.I.
and Superior of the Autonomous
House of Eastern Europe
(including Russia)

When and why was the apos- Is it reasonable to say that

tolate of the Society of Saint the apostolate of the SSPX in
Pius X created in Russia? Russia is more important than
The apostolate in Russia had in other countries?
already started early in the Our apostolate is equally im-
1990s. For many years we cel- portant across the whole world,
ebrated the Holy Mass more because the souls to be saved
or less once a month in private are equally important. It is more
places for a very small group of important, if there is a bigger
faithful. For the past 2 years we number and higher quality of
have celebrated the Holy Mass the souls. So one can say, to
in a church twice a month. serve a parish with 1000 faithful
In Russia as in other places, is more important than to serve
the SSPX answers to the legiti- a chapel with 50. From this point
mate requests of the faithful to of view the apostolate in Rus-
receive the true doctrine and au- sia is less important than e.g. in
thentic means of salvation (Holy Poland. But there is another as-
Mass of all time, traditional sac- pect to observe: if Our Lady gives
raments). a special importance to a region

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or a country, then the apostolate Did Our Lady ever talk about
in that country represents the ful- specific countries during her
filment of Our Lady’s will, and is apparitions, especially about
therefore particularly important. countries other than those in
In Fatima Our Lady gave to Rus- which she appeared?
sia a particular place: She wants Quite often Our Lady men-
its consecration and promises its tions the countries where she
conversion. It is therefore of the appears, during the appari-
utmost importance for us to be tions. But only in Fatima does
instruments of Our Lady for this she mention another country —
fulgurant conversion. Russia, which has a providen-
tial role in the disposition of
Are the words of the Im- Divine Providence, which can
maculata about the need to be summoned up as “the worst
convert Russia still valid? Rus- — the best”, depending on the
sia's errors have already spread attitude of the Church to the
all over the world in fact, and Immaculate Heart of Mary and
at the same time there is no of- her requests.
ficial communism in the coun-
tries under the former protec- Could it be said that the rev-
torate of Russia. elation in Fatima is an anti-
Our Lady promises the con- Russian revelation because it
version of Russia, and the con- calls for the need to convert
version means first of all a re- Russia, and maintains that its
ligious event: it is the return of errors will spread all over the
schismatic orthodox Russia to the world?
Catholic Church, and this has not On the contrary, Fatima re-
at all been fulfilled. In a wider veals Our Lady’s particular love
sense one could include the over- and care for Russia. We can eas-
coming of communism as a part ily estimate the love of a mother
of this conversion. Far from be- for her child from her attitude
ing overthrown, the principles at seeing the child very sick or
of communism remain all the even in danger of death. The
same, even if the strategy and the more she loves the child, the
means employed have changed. more she tries to do everything

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Interview with Fr. Karl Stehlin

Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel in Moscow

to save the child from the dan- vate or prepare the heart’s good
ger. The love of Our Lady for her will. There may be something
child Russia must be immense, like a “Russian soul” which is
if we consider the special care almost naturally linked with Our
she employs for its conversion. Lady. Anyway, we can do no bet-
ter than to respond to Our Lady’s
The society of Russia is very requests in Fatima: “God wants
diversified. Is it possible to to use you to make me known
reach all social groups? How and loved!” It concerns particu-
can Russian hearts be reached? larly Russia.
Certainly we would like to
reach all hearts, all Russian peo- When was the M.I. founded
ple. But we have to be instru- in Russia?
ments in her immaculate hands Since the year 2000 some Rus-
and nothing else. She gives the sians have participated in the
graces, when, where, to whom pilgrimage to Częstochowa and
and how she wants. were then enrolled in the M.I.
A heart can be reached, if it However, the priest responsible
opens itself to God’s light and only officially established the
graces. We can only try to moti- M.I. in Russia in 2017.

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How is the M.I. developing intention of the consecration of

in Russia? Russia to the Immaculate Heart
Our Lady knows the hearts. of Mary.
From outside we can only see All Knights are encouraged
the results: Knights translate to offer also their sacrifices and
the flyers and booklets into Rus- sufferings for those intentions.
sian. Other Knights distribute Information about the activities
them. Hopefully the M.I. will of the M.I. 2 — Mission for Rus-
grow in the near future. sia are available at:
www.consecrationrussia.org
How can Knights help in ex-
panding the apostolate of the
M.I. in Russia?
The best way is to join the
M.I. 2 — Mission for Russia.
Every Knight of M.I. can
belong to M.I. 2 under the fol-
lowing condition: to pray every
day for the intention of the con-
secration of Russia to the Im-
maculate Heart of Mary: ‘Oh
Immaculata, I ask you that, in
union with all the bishops of the
world, the Holy Father will con-
secrate Russia to your Immacu-
late Heart’.

If you want to join M.I. 2 —

Mission for Russia, please write
a letter (e-mail) to:
[email protected]
containing: full name, country of
residence, e-mail address, decla-
ration of the wish to join with the Our Lady of Fatima Chapel in St. Peters-
promise to pray every day for the burg

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Interview with Fr. Shane Pezzutti

Interview with the Rev.

Father
Shane Pezzutti
the prior in Kaunas (Lithuania)

The priests from this priory are tasked with regularly travelling to
Russia in order to maintain and develop the apostolate in Russia, Be-
larus, and Estonia.

For how many years have has necessitated visiting there

you been working in Eastern more often.
Europe and Russia?
I have been working as an What are the characteristics
SSPX priest in Eastern Europe of the apostolate in Russia?
for about 8 years now. I have As his Excellency Bishop Fel-
worked primarily in Lithuania, lay once said to us: Our apostol-
Russia, and Estonia, but I have ic work in Russia is really “pio-
also done some apostolic work in neer” work. A “pioneer” is one
Latvia and Belarus. I have been who goes into unknown lands
regularly working in Russia for and undiscovered places and
about 6 years, although it has begins to map out totally new
been quite sporadic. When I was terrain. What he meant was that
first asked to help in Russia I vis- to establish and maintain Tradi-
ited Moscow and St. Petersburg tional Catholic chapels in Rus-
quite rarely, maybe 4 or 5 times sia is quite a challenging thing
a year. However for the last sev- for our Congregation. This is
eral years we have been able to “Orthodox” Russia. This is the
increase the apostolate, which formerly Communist Russia.

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Less than 1% of the population matic and rabidly anti-Catholic,

in Russia is Catholic. In Russia, but their culture and civilization
although it is still considered was still permeated by Christian-
Europe, we really are working ity and a love for the Blessed Vir-
in a totally non-Catholic society gin Mary. Even after 100 years of
with such a different mentality Communism, and more recently,
and religious perspective. The the liberal bombardment of Rus-
apostolate is really challenging sia by western consumerism there
in many ways. And so, it really is still is a religious “sense” in the
“pioneer” work. people. However, that religious
“sense” can be quite warped, su-
Would you say that the Rus- perstitious and even dangerous.
sians are religious? Also, a large part of the popula-
In general, I guess you could tion grew up in families which
say that many people in Russia do were totally indoctrinated by
have a certain religious “sense”. atheistic Communism, and so
We can’t forget that Russia was religion in general for these peo-
a very religious nation for centu- ple is something very strange to
ries. Of course, Russia was schis- them. Religious people, in Soviet

Fatima Conference in Moscow

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Interview with Fr. Shane Pezzutti

Russia, were usually considered do not have enough priests to

as mentally ill. So, there are reli- develop the apostolate. Also,
gious people and very irreligious travelling back and forth from
people. It really depends on the Lithuania to Russia can be pret-
person. ty tough on the priests. We are
only able to visit Russia 2 times
Do you know how many Rus- a month because of these diffi-
sian people are interested in re- culties. There is just not enough
ligious life? time and energy to really work
We do in fact see a growing with the people and develop
interest in younger people in re- the apostolate. If we want to do
ligion, philosophy and theology. more in Russia, then we have to
The Russians are serious intel- pray that God blesses Russia one
lectuals and many of them are day with a priory in which there
turning their intellectual gifts would be 2 or 3 priests dedicated
toward a serious analysis of reli- only to the apostolate in Russia.
gion and higher level questions. The priests are now occupied
But, Catholic vocations from Rus- with 5 countries, so you can see
sia, especially Traditionalist vo- that it is not so easy.
cations, are quite a rarity. If we
were to humanly consider all of What was the most beautiful
the obstacles that young people moment in the apostolate...?
in Russia have in order to enter The most beautiful moment for
a religious life we would see no us was probably the First Mass
possibility for vocations. Howev- in Moscow of the first Russian
er supernatural grace can over- SSPX priest Fr. Victor Pasichnik.
come any of these petty obstacles. He was ordained in Germany in
2018, and we organized a beau-
What is the most difficult as- tiful first Mass in Moscow. Our
pect of Russia’s apostolate? faithful and seminarians came
For us, that is from the SSPX’s from all over Europe for the spe-
perspective, the most difficult cial occasion. It was really beauti-
thing is to stabilize the aposto- ful. Also, I can’t forget to mention
late there. What I mean is that, the Fatima Center Conference in
according to my opinion we Moscow for the 100th anniversary

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of the Fatima Ap-

paritions in 2017.
That was also re-
ally remarkable
and even histori-
cal. Even his Ex-
cellency Bishop
Fellay came to
Russia in order to
give a lecture for
that Conference.
That occasion
also enabled him
to make his first
Fr. Victor Pasichnik‘s 1st Holy Mass in
official visit to our Russian chap- Moscow
els. The faithful in Russia were
very pleased to meet him. Immaculate Mother. It can only
be supernatural grace that can
What are the Russian people really change souls and convert
like? them to the truth. That is why we
Russian people are very in- need the Knights to pray, pray,
telligent, sensitive and, until pray for our SSPX apostolate in
you get to know them, quite re- Russia. Pray for sinners, as our
served. But they can also be ex- Lady of Fatima asked us to. Obey
tremely warm. However, as with the message of Fatima in order
all nations, there are many dif- to bring Russian souls to the true
ferent types of people in Russia. Church. That means prayers,
sacrifices, and spreading the
What does the apostolate in word about our work in Russia.
Russia need from Knights in Our Lady is begging her Knights
other countries? to get serious about helping her
Our apostolate must be su- in Russia. Let us not become cold
pernatural. It is NOT a human to the message of Fatima and our
effort. It must be the work of Lady’s promise of the conversion
Our Lord Jesus Christ and His of Russia!

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The little sparks from M.I. Worldwide

Girls’ summer camp about St. Maximilian

Girls from St. Dominic's Col- The camp was held in Pa-
lege in New Zealand learned hiatua, an out-of-the-way New
about St. Maximilian and Po- Zealand town which was once
land while at summer camp. a refugee site for 734 children
If all the tales of valiant Po- from the Soviet-occupied areas
land were put into a story book, of Poland. Thus, the camp ac-
it would probably outsell the tivities were planned to intro-
current bestsellers in a matter of duce the girls to Polish history
hours. The girls of St. Dominic's and culture, as well as deepen
College, Wanganui, spent their their spiritual life and devo-
school camp this past summer tion to the Immaculata. Stu-
learning more about St Maxi- dents and staff were privileged
milian Kolbe’s country, Poland, to meet with one of the original
and his primary devotion — the orphans — a lovely and deeply
Immaculata. Catholic lady, who spoke to the

Campers in front of the monument to the Polish children who found refuge in New Zea-
land after having been taken to Siberian prison camps by the Communists

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The campers with Ludmiła, a Polish lady who had been one of the children in the camp

girls about her experiences in The campers also visited

the Siberian labour camps and a replica of the famous icon of
eventual release and transport Our Lady of Częstochowa, and
to New Zealand. ate Polish-style food. Each day
Besides this, the girls learned began with morning prayers
and competed against one an- and the singing of Saint Maxi-
other in Polish dances, Christ- milian Kolbe’s hymn ‘We bear
mas carols and crafts. They also her standard’, and each day the
learned about and dramatized girls were encouraged to prac-
the lives of the great Polish he-
roes after whom their camp
teams were named — Kings and
Queens such as Jan III Sobieski,
Jadwiga and Bł. Kinga; Abbot
Kordecki, the valiant defender
of Częstochowa; and Sts Hya-
cinth and Maximilian Kolbe.
The children depicted the
drama about the successful de-
fence of Vienna by Polish Hus-
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Learning a Polish folk dance — the Krakowiak

tise in particular one of the vir- we hope, will make Camp Im-
tues suited to a Knight of the maculata 2018 worthy of inclu-
Immaculata. It was heart-warm- sion at least as a footnote in the
ing to see so many girls enter- "Tales of Poland — the Tales of
ing into the theme of the camp the Triumphs of Our Lady".
by their fortitude, kindness and Mother Mary Madeleine O.P.,
spirit of service, a spirit which, New Zealand

18 new Knights in Australia

On the 2 of February 2019 in
nd
min Campbell enrolled 18 Knights
the Rockdale Chapel, Father Benja- into the Militia Immaculatæ.

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New Knights in East Europe and in South Africa

We are pleased to announce
that Father Shane Pezzutti en-
rolled three new Knights into
the Militia Immaculatæ in Lith-
uania.
Father Karl Stehlin enrolled
14 Knights in Belarus.
In South Africa Father John
Jenkins enrolled one young
lady into the M.I. We pray for
the new Knights and the Mi-
litia Immaculatæ around the
world. Fr. Pezzutti with two new Knights in Lithuania

New Knights in Ireland

On Sunday (the 31st of March, members into the Militia Immac-
2019) in Our Lady of the Rosary ulatæ. The picture also includes
Church in Cork (Ireland) Father those who renewed their enrol-
Patrick Kimball enrolled 16 new ments.

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Establishment of the M.I. in Honduras

We are pleased to announce M.I. for the countries of Cen-
that Father Miquel Boniface, tral America, has established
National Moderator of the the Militia Immaculatæ among
the young people in
Honduras. The first
Knights in Honduras
are 5 young ladies and
4 young men.
Father Boniface lives
in the priory in Guate-
mala, but he expands
the apostolate in many
countries: Guatemala,
Nicaragua, Costa Rica
and now: Honduras.

New Knights in Japan

We are happy to announce copies of the Knight of the Im-
some new Knights in Japan. The maculata in Japanese.
Director of the M.I., Fr. Karl Ste- In the picture: the family with
hlin, was visiting Japan. He en- Fr. Thomas Onoda, National
rolled 15 new Knights in Tokyo, Moderator of the M.I. for Japan
including a 6-person family from and South Korea.
the U.S. living in Tokyo.
May the Militia Im-
maculatæ grow in Japan,
a country of many Chris-
tian martyrs and the coun-
try where St. Maximilian
stayed for 6 years, estab-
lished the City of the Im-
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Penitential Walk in Chennai (India)

The 3 Annual Penitential
rd
the Crucifix, others just paved
Walk in Reparation for the sacri- the way for us to pass through.
leges against the Most Blessed The walk culminated with the
Sacrament of the Altar. "Way of the Cross" from the foot of
On the 23rd of March 2019, we St. Thomas Mount to the church
the Knights of the Militia Im- atop the hill.
maculatae in Chennai demon- This was also a humbling ex-
strated our love for Jesus in the perience for us Knights as we
Blessed Sacrament by a peni- walked through the busy roads of
tential walk from Royapettah to Chennai bearing witness to our
St. Thomas Mount (the Place crucified Lord.
where St. Thomas was martyred).
All through the 13 km walk we
prayed the Rosary, Litanies and
sang hymns.
It was a heartening sight to see
people reverence the Holy Cross
that we were carrying. While
some blessed themselves with
the sign of the Cross and stood
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Mary Victorious in all our battles

The Director of the Militia Im- M.I. for the faithful. Quite a lot
maculatæ, Fr. Karl Stehlin visited of people showed up (5 priests
Asia. To begin with, he visited and 13 religious sisters). He had
3 cities in South India on 3 con- a meeting with the priests to ex-
secutive days to preach confer- plain to them the detailed strate-
ences on the necessity of the gy of the follow-up and persever-
Blessed Mother in our life and ance of the Knights.
how to live as her children, let- The Knights of Chennai were
ting her take control and fight our all geared up to receive Fr. Karl
battles. Stehlin. The Fatima Convent
Father Stehlin preached a rec- in Kodambakkam was all set
ollection at the Priory of the Most for a day of traditional recollec-
Sacred Heart in Palayamkottai. tion, though the organiser faced
He held a conference about the a few obstacles, but true to the
title "Mary: Victorious in all our
battles” Our Lady emerged vic-
torious. 150 people attended, of
which 80 were invested with the
Brown Scapular of Our Lady of
Mount Carmel and 35 were en-
rolled as Knights in the M.I.
For many newcomers that day,
it was a foretaste of Heaven when
they attended the Tridentine Lat-
in Mass for the first time. Many
of those who attended a tradi-
tional recollection for the first
time surrounded Father after the
recollection for personal advice.
Worthy of note were four
young men who saw the poster
on Facebook and travelled all the
way from Kerala, the neighbour-

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ing state, to attend this recollec- give him all the graces for zeal-
tion. They were so greatly moved ous work in bringing many souls
that they stayed on to attend our to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Traditional Holy Mass on Sunday. through her Immaculate Heart.
Father Stehlin also preached My heartfelt gratitude for the
a recollection in Trichy, and 50 immense love, prayers and sup-
of our faithful attended. The port of our National Coordina-
Knights of Trichy welcomed Fa- tor Rev. Fr. Therasian Babu, truly
ther with a song entitled “Auf die a man who works tirelessly in the
Erde” and presented him with background.
a report on the activities of the Neville Philip,
M.I. for 2017–18. The recollec- National Coordinator M.I. India
tion was a source of great inspi-
ration for the young Knights, and
the day ended as it began, with
a song of farewell to Father, and
a prayer raised in song “The Lord
bless you and keep you”.
All Knights thank you Father
Stehlin, for making this arduous
journey for love of the Immacu-
lata and her Knights. We pray
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M.I. 2 for men and Schola in Trichy

The Arch-confraternity of St. an hour-long arduous journey to
Stephen was created in Trichy return home, week after week,
(India). This is the M.I. 2 for month after month, without fail,
men. The beginning was in 2016. for a good two years, while being
The first thing to do was to learn constantly sustained, encour-
“to be Christ's page at the altar, aged and guided by the most
to serve Him freely there, where kind priests.
even the angels falter, bowed More preparation classes
low in reverent prayer.” were followed by more practise
To this end, the Seat of Wis- sessions, written assessments,
dom would kindle in the hearts oral assessments and practical
of her newly professed Knights assessments.
a great desire to learn, and an In February there was the sec-
equally great generosity, that led ond ceremony of enrolment and
the boys to travel miles to get to promotions of the Arch-confra-
the Chapel, to skip their meals ternity of St. Stephen at Trichy
to attend classes to learn the Chapel.
Mass responses, spend hours The time was ripe to start
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Schola” was an ambitious title

to be given to the assembly of
three little girls, who started off
just by singing a hymn at the Of-
fertory of Sunday Masses, much
more ambitious was the massive
3-year project they were com-
missioned to undertake: that of
learning the Mass Propers!
God so blessed this endeavour
too, to add to the beauty of the
Liturgy. And after an intensive fitting to host a small “reward
practice, the Schola was also day”, to honour the dedicated
able to perform their first Christ- and sustained efforts of all the
mas Carols in 2018! M.I. members throughout this
By January 2019, the M.I. at time — hence the visit to a Sci-
Trichy had a lot to thank God for ence Centre, a Planetarium, and
— all the blessings received dur- a dinner!
ing the last two years. It was also Amalan Joseph Antony

The meeting in Sri Lanka

During a visit of Father Di-
rector to Asia (February 2019),
he had a meeting with priests
and faithful in Sri Lanka. It was
an informatory meeting on the
purpose of the Militia Immacu-
latæ.
Forty people attended this
meeting, some of whom are
very much involved in apostolic
activities in their own parishes.
It was held at the priory in Sri
Lanka.

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Pilgrimage to Quito 2019

The Pilgrimage to Our Lady of
Buen Suceso of the Purification
was organized by the SSPX USA
under the direction of Fr. Adam
Purdy. We recommend most
highly this pilgrimage to the
Knights of the Immaculata.
Some Knights of the Immacu-
lata participated in the pilgrim-
age and helped to distribute over
a hundred Miraculous Medals
and leaflets to the Ecuadorian and on the life of the Abbess of the
people, who received them with Conceptionist Monastery, Mari-
great joy and thankfulness. In ana de Jesús Torres, to whom Our
future, when Knights of the Im- Lady of Buen Suceso appeared
maculata come to Quito, they from 1594 until her death in 1635.
should bring hundreds of Mi- Our Lady warned about a crisis
raculous Medals with Spanish of world proportion that would af-
leaflets, to strengthen these peo- flict the Holy Catholic Church in
ple who are hungry for God and the 20th century. She told her that
have many sufferings. the light of faith would be nearly
About two hundred people extinguished, heresies would
mainly from the USA and Canada abound, and impurity and sen-
and a few from Australia, Mexico, suality would inundate the world
Trinidad and Switzerland, partici- and the Church. Priests would
pated in the Novena to Our Lady neglect their sacred duty becom-
of Buen Suceso of the Purifica- ing fond of money and losing their
tion from the 24th of January until spirit, and so placing themselves
the 2nd of February 2019. Father in great danger. Mother Mariana
Adam Purdy gave us a confer- offered her life as a pleasing sac-
ence on the meaning of the appa- rifice for the Church of the 20th
ritions and messages of Our Lady century.
of Buen Suceso of the Purification Yvonne Edwards

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 The Militia Immaculatæ is an army of Knights of Mary
Immaculate which works for the conversion of all men to
God, whether they be Protestants, or Jews, or Muslims, &
in particular the Freemasons, and that all become saints,
under the patronage and through the mediation of the
Immaculate Virgin.
The Militia Immaculatæ was founded by St. Maximilian
Maria Kolbe on the 16th of October 1917. Since 1937, Militia
Immaculatæ is also called the Knights of the Immaculata.

Original Statutes of the Militia Immaculatæ (by St. Maximilian)

"She will crush your head." (Genesis 3:15)
"Thou alone hast vanquished all heresies throughout the world."
(from the Roman Breviary)
I. Goal of Membership:
To work for the conversion to God of all men, be they sinners, heretics, schismat-
ics, Jews, Moslems etc., in particular the Freemasons; and that all become saints,
under the patronage and through the mediation of the Immaculate Virgin.
II. Conditions of Membership:
1. To consecrate oneself entirely to the Immaculate Virgin, placing oneself freely
as a docile and generous instrument in her hands.
2. To wear the Miraculous Medal.
III. Duties of Membership:
1. If possible, to pray the following ejaculatory prayer at least once a day: "O Mary,

MI
conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee, and for all those who do
not have recourse to thee, especially for the Freemasons and for those who are com-
mended to thy care."
2. To use all other valid and legitimate means for the conversion and sanctification
of men, according to one’s means, in the different states and conditions of life, as the
occasions present themselves; this is entrusted to the zeal and prudence of each one.
Particularly recommended, however, is spreading the Miraculous Medal.
N.B. These means are recommended only as suggestions and not as an obligation; not one of
them obliges under pain of sin, not even venial sin. Our principal motive is to help the greatest
possible number of souls to be united with the Sacred Heart of Jesus through the mediation of
the Immaculata.

If you want to join us, please email: [email protected]

and tell us which country you are from.
 Books
about Fatima
Fatima — A spiritual light for our times
(three volumes)
In the first volume, Fr. Stehlin presents
the apparitions of the Angel and the
apparitions of Our Lady with very deep
meditations.
In the second volume, he writes about
an essential part of the message of
Fatima: the life and spirituality of the
three children who had the privilege of
seeing Our Lady.
In the third volume, he presents
a deeper reality: Fatima is, with its whole
message and all the apparitions of Our
Lady, a great Secret of God’s mercy,
His mysterious plan reserved for the
last times of the world.

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