MAIN EVENTS
Remembrance of His Holiness Pope Timothy Joseph Hitler.
15-20th JUNE.
This event always takes place at
St. Mary’s Basilica Got Calvary
(Church Headquarters).
Remembrance of
His most peaceful Baba Simeo Melchior.
12-14th SEPTEMBER.
This event always takes place at
St. Mary’s Basilica Got Calvary
(Church Headquarters).
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- of Holy Virgin Mary.
- of Immaculate Heart of Mary
- of Sacred Heart of Jesus
- of name of Jesus
- of all Saints
Holy Mass
It’s the main Eucharistic Liturgical service.
Sacred Heart of Jesus
This prayer will bring you closer to Jesus. You too can rest your head upon the heart of Jesus and learn from his generous love
Novena
This is a very special prayer done on Tuesdays and Fridays
Praesidium
This is a very special dedicated to Virgin Mary the mother of God.
Holy Rozary and Catena
Recited as many as posible, and as part of daily prayer; the liturgy of the hours (morning and evening prayers)
about US
Legion Maria of African Church Mission — also known as Legion Maria — is an African initiated church or new religious movement initiating among the Luo people of western Kenya, which is an extension of an interpretation of the Three Secrets of Fátima to a new, albeit African, context. The religious movement was initiated by repeated appearances of a mystic woman to several Roman Catholic members delivering messages about the incarnation of the son of God as a black man. These appearances are said to have begun around 1938, almost simultaneous with the beginning of Edel Quinn’s lay catholic mission on behalf of the Legion of Mary to Africa.
By the early 1960s, the movement had assembled a good number of catechists, acolytes, and believers in a spiritual return of Jesus Christ. The continuous expansion of this movement coupled with its belief in Simeo Ondetto as the returned Son of God led to theological tension, and eventual break with the lay Catholic movement, the Legion of Mary. Legion Maria was legally registered in Kenya in 1966 as a church, expanded massively in the late 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, and eventually spread to many countries in Africa, including Uganda, Tanzania, Congo, Zaire, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Sudan, and Nigeria. In 1966, one of its founders, Mama Maria, died and was buried at Efeso Church, in Nzoia, Siaya County, while the principal founder, His most peaceful Baba Simeo Melchior Ondetto, died in 1991 and was buried in Got Calvary, in Migori County.
Official hierarchy
The full official title for Simeo Ondeto became Baba Simeo Lodvikus Melkio, the eternal spiritual leader and mediator of Legion Maria.
The administrative duties of the church were put under a Pope. So far, there have been five such Popes:
- Pope Timothy Joseph Blasio Atila (1963–1998).
- Pope Maria Pius Lawrence Jairo Chiaji K’Adera (1998–2004)
- Pope Raphael Titus Otieno (2004–2009)
- Pope Romanus Alfonsius Ogola Ong’mbe (2009-2020)
- Pope Laurence Ochieng’ Kalul (2020- present)
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