Suggested Good Works
- Home visitation door-to-door.
- Crowd contact work, (Examples: Book barrow, fairs, park rosaries, flea-market booths, etc.) but must be done by two or more and be promoting religion and/or the Legion. If items are sold, it must be without profit.
- Side walk counseling in front of abortion facilities, but NOT picketing. Work must be done in pairs in a non aggressive manner.
- Distribution of Catholic literature at bus depots, train stations, hospitals, doctors’ offices, nursing homes, etc.
- PPC, exploratio dominicalis, Sunday search for souls, etc
- Organizing and conducting instructions for children and adults; such as, RCIA, CCD, etc., as long as no pay is involved.
- Lecturing by Legionaries for right-to-life at schools, workshops, etc.
- Preparing people to receive the Sacraments, including marriage encounter type training
- Setting up and/or teaching Bible studies.
- Probation counseling for delinquent children.
- Counseling children or adults for substance abuse.
- Follow-up on children or adults seen in prison or juvenile facilities.
- Home visitation other than door-to-door.
- Nursing home and hospital visits
- Visitation of people in institutions of any kind – jails, mental wards, group homes, retirement homes, handicapped facilities, etc.
- Communion for the sick and shut-ins (but not serving at Mass.)
- Recruiting members for parish organizations (however work for other organizations cannot be counted as legion works.)
- Conducting para-liturgical services when no priest is available.
- Promoting Enthronement of the Sacred Heart and conducting enthronement exercises
- Leading Rosary or wake services as funerals (if assigned by praesidium.)
- Organizing and promoting the Pilgrim Virgin Statue.
- Organizing Rosary Groups and teaching how to make Rosaries.
- Organizing and leading holy hours or all-night adoration. (Again: The mere attendance at such events, no matter length of time,.does not constitute active work.)
- Transporting those in need to church, doctors, shopping, etc. (Be sure to check is if this permitted by your parish and/or diocese.)
- Baby sitting (without pay) so parents or care-givers or other family members (not your own family) can attend church, shopping, doctors, etc.
- Conducting youth clubs, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, etc.
- Serving dinners for funerals (if assigned, and especially if no one else is available.)
- Preparing homes of the blind or sick for visitation by the priest.
- Setting up and/or leading retreats, days of recollection, or evening of reflections, primarily for auxiliaries.
- Service in soup lines (the Legion is not to provide the food.)
- Visiting priests to urge starting a Praesidium.
- Invitation Drives.
- Recruiting Auxiliaries.
- Visitation (after care) of Auxiliaries.
- Training a new Praesidium.
- Staffing and promoting Patricians.
- Serving as officer for Juniors (if in a senior Praesidium.)
- Contacting auxiliaries or shut ins by phone. (This work should be done by those who are not able to do more active work.)