The Order today

Spread at the four corners of the world, the knights of Our Lady commit themselves to the recitation of the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the entire Rosary every week, to set aside a certain time for daily mental prayer, to go on a yearly closed retreat, to pursue their doctrinal and spiritual formation, to train physically, to attend the monthly chapter meetings of their local commandery, and to participate in the combats of the Order for the reign of Christ the King. The wives and daughters of members may also be admitted. There are also pages and cadets, who prepare for knighthood from a young age, and may remain in the Order all their lives, without having to change orientation or spirituality.

The knightly vocation –to work in the temporal city, with the graces of knighthood, to establish the kingship of Our Lord– is the vocation par excellence of the laity. In particular, men “enjoying an extensive social influence are naturally called to chivalry” (Rule 2:1). It is meant for natural leaders with a social influence (Rule). In 1979, on the occasion of his priestly Jubilee, Archbishop Lefebvre solemnly called for this commitment: “We must make a Crusade [...] in order to restore Christendom, as the Church desires it to be [...]. with the same principles [...]. You must act [...]. You should get organised [...].”

The knights of Our Lady are consequently active in the field of charitable action and help, the service to the sick during pilgrimages, doctrinal and physical formation, and the education of the youth, but first and foremost their thrust is in the winning back of minds and hearts, as well as of the political and social institutions, to Christ the King, and therefore tirelessly work for the defence of the Faith and the restoration of Christendom. In 2023 and 2024, while dozens of new members took the surcoat of the Order, seven new knights made their profession, received the white mantle and, after the all-night vigil at arms, were dubbed by His Excellency Bishop Ballini or His Excellency Bishop Stobnicki.

Warning: Websites militiasanctaemariae.com and militiamariae.net are the only official websites of the Knights of the Order of Mary, Observance of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. The other websites either belong to a conciliar order that has unwisely betrayed the faith through false obedience, or belong to a splinter branch of a perjured magisterial lieutenant who has declared himself a magister, or belong to an illegitimate little community called "Our Lady of the Assumption" that has never recruited new members after so many years.