St. Maximilian founded the MI with a clear objective: that everyone be converted and become a saint.

Whoever is consecrated to the Immaculata in the MI Movement embraces the mission of the

Church to proclaim the Gospel to every person, to the ends of the earth, collaborating in Mary’s

maternal care for the brethren of her Son, which continues until they are led into the happiness of

their true home (LG 62). In this context we also find St. Maximilian. The charismatic gift he received is the spiritual insight about Mary’s maternal role in the Church and in the life of every person, and the intuition regarding the fact that this Mother urges us to collaborate in her maternal mission.

Jesus’ gift from the Cross is the source of the charism of the MI movement: the gift of His Mother to

John which took place at the climax of the mystery of redemption. This motherhood that we

received calls us to ensure that Christ is born, through the Mother, in the hearts of all men.

Let us refer again to a text that defines beautifully the MI identity and mission:

“That is the MI: to let her into all hearts, to bring her into being within all hearts, that by entering

those hearts and taking most perfect possession of them, she may there give birth to the sweet

Jesus, God, and there raise Him to perfect age. What a beautiful mission! ... Is that not true? ... The

elevation of man to God-Man, through the God-Man’s mother” (KW 508).

This collaboration in the maternal mission of Mary can be implemented in different ways.

St. Maximilian indicated three levels of membership and participation in the MI: to the 1st level (MI-1) belong those who live their consecration individually. To MI-2 belong those who live the MI’s

spirituality communally, in order to implement its goals together, as well as individually, and thus

fulfill the Marian mission that God has entrusted to the Movement.

Finally, to the 3rd level (MI-3) belong those who live a total dedication to the MI ideal and

apostolate, as happens for example in the Cities of the Immaculata, in the Institutes of Kolbean

inspiration, and also individual MI members who strive to be totally dedicated to the MI ideals and

mission.

These different forms of participation in the Movement have been confirmed in the MI general

Statutes, when the MI was recognised by the Holy See as a public association of the faithful,

universal and international, that is, an association with which the Church identifies herself and

which acts in the name and by mandate of the universal Church.

Therefore, the MI truly is a great ecclesial family in which everyone can find his or her place.

Welcoming the call to Marian consecration in the spirit of St. Maximilian means to accept the

invitation to live a Church experience, in an ecclesial reality that is spread throughout the world with more than four million members worldwide.

Questions for discussion:

• Do you also want to welcome Mary into your life and participate in her maternal mission in the

Church and the MI movement?

Commitment in our life:

To pray the Holy Rosary daily.

Closing Prayer

Hail Mary… 

O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to you, and for all those who do not have recourse to you, especially the enemies of Holy Church and all those recommended to you.

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