Militia Sanctae Mariae
Militia Sanctae Mariae (German: "Order of the Knights of Our Lady" ) is a brotherhood within the Catholic Church . It was founded in 1945 by a French Benedictine and canonically established in 1964 by Bishop Roger Michon of Chartres as a public association of believers. According to their own statements, their spirituality is based on the rules of the order of St. Bernard of Clairvaux for the Knights Templar . The profession of new knights takes place in the Notre-Dame de Chartres cathedralinstead of. The knights consecrate themselves according to the motto 'Totus tuus' in a rite founded by Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort , entirely to Our Lady .
See also
Web links
- Page about the MSM ( Memento from August 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- The MSM in Germany