Bernardo de Naro from Argentine who is engaged in extension work in Guatemala has been kept busy visiting the Councils in Guatemala city, Jalapa and Camotan. In the interior he found a Curia which had been out of touch but was working quite well. The legionaries there speak a local Indian language.

Paddy Fay, Assistant Secretary of the Concilium and Tadhg McMahon, former Envoy to Brazil attended the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Legion in Sao Paulo in September. Both participated in a gathering in the city square where the Rosary and hymns was recited. Afterwards all processed to the Cathedral where they were invited by His Eminence Cardinal Claudio Hummes to take part as guests of honour in the entry procession to the altar to celebrate the Eucharist at which the Cardinal was chief celebrant with about 12 concelebrant spiritual directors and the Canon Administrator of the Cathedral. More than 3,000 legionaries filled the Cathedral to overflowing. Their participation in the celebration of the Eucharist was an impressive manifestation of faith and joy all in enthusiaatic fraternal communion thanking God for membership of the Legion of Mary. In the homily. Cardinal Clauclio affirmed the importance of the work of the Legion f-or the Church described the legionaries as a great pastoral and evangelising force. He also said: "your humble work is constant and persevering. With prayer and catechesis you give back life to those who have lost their faith. Among all the Catholic religious organisations the Legion is especially distinguished becauae its members are sanctifiied and sanctify others in their missionarv work". The Sao Paulo Catholic newspaper summed up the Cardinal's message as a call to the Legion of Mary to evangelise the city by taking on the great missionary enterprise of the archdiocese. At the end of the Mass, Messrs Fay and McMahon conveyed the greetings and gratitude of the Concilium highlighting particularly the contribution of the Senatus to the Legion in the whole of Brazil. The visitors also joined in thc festivitics at the Legion house and elsewhere enjoying Brazilian generosity and Irish conviviality with legionaries and their families.

Both visitors also attended Senatus meetings in Sao Paulo and Belo Horizonte. Separately they travelled to many other areas in the country including Fortaleza, Salvador, Recife, Sao Luis, Brazilia, Belem and Rio de Janiero where thev attended various Senatus, Regiae and other meetings. They also had meetings with Bishops and the officers of many of the major Councils with whom they discussed proposals regarding the future devclopment of the Legion and the importance of keeping personal sanctification to the fore in all matters relating to thc Legion.

Both expressed their appreciation of representing the Concilium on their visit to Brazil and they said it was a wonderful experience to see the Church and the Legion so vibrant there. It is estimated that there are now 3000,000 active legionaries in the country. Sile Ni Chochlain, president of the Concilium, thanked the two legionaries for undertaking the visit to Brazil and expressed her appreciation of all they achieved during their stay in the country whcre the legionaries show an extraordinary degree of loyalty and dedication.

Enda Dunleavy, Secretary of the Concilium and Ciara Hayden of Presentata Curia, Dublin represented the Concilium at the Jubilee celebrations in Burundi. The following is a report on their work. We arrived at Bujumbura un Friday 20th August to see crowds on the airport balcony with a huge Legion banner. Fr. Venant Mpozako, Senatus Spiritual Director, the Senatus president, Sr. Dorothee, Mother General of the Militants of Our Lady and many others, made us feel verv welcome. That same day we were brought to the Bishop of Bujumbura. Mgr. Evariste Ngoyagoya, who received us kindly and told us that he was happy with the Legion which was attracting more and more youth to its ranks. Next morning he came to the Legion youth meeting organised specially for Ciara and after her talk, asked them if they would be prepared to answer any call he might make on them, even to go on projects to Tanzania or Uganda. We travelled the same day to Gitega which is in the centre of the country and the Christian heartland and the seat of the Senatus. There 50 years ago. Fr. Achille Denis, a White Father, set up the first praesidia.

We were accommodated in the Archbishop's residence along with Fr. Venant. The celebrations began that same evening with a procession to Our Lady's shrine with banners and Our Lady's statue all decorated with flowers. There was a concelebrated Mass with wonderful singing and religious dances. Next day, at the same location, there was a solemn Pontifical Mass at which the Archbishop preached to the several thousand legionaries who had assembled along with representatives of the other Catholic organisations. He said that the Holy Father wanted a renewed and a more profound evangelisation of the people. The Senatus had arranged translators to be at our side all the time and we were able to follow everything. Archbishop Ntamwana also expressed his joy with the faithful service of the Legion and the fact that the young people were now joining its ranks. After the Mass, there was a reception for the Archbishop and for the legionaries who had come long distances. Here too, young legigionaries sang and did recitations, all imbued with De Montfort`s True Devotion which is practised on a wide scale there. On Monday we attended the celebrations in the Central Prison where there is a Curia with 200 legionaries. Here too the organisation was perfect with translators on hand for us and legionaries relieving each other in militarv style with the banners and the pictures of Fr. Denis. Frank Duff and Edel Quinn, which were carried everwhere.

That evening, we travelled to Mugera in the mountains where the Seminary is located and where the first praesidia met. The Seminary has a Curia of its own. Next day, at the shrine of Our Lady of Mugera which is the national shrine of Our Lady, high up on a mountain, we had the final act of the Jubilee with concelebrated Mass, Legion prayers and heautiful hymns. At the end, the veterans, those who had been 50 years in the Legion were decorated and called to the microphone to tell stories of the early days. On Wednesday, we returned to Bujumbura where we had an audience with the new Nuncio. Mgr. Paul Gallagher, who was happy to hear us and blessed us before leaving.