Beginning of the Legion

In 1979, Msgr. Charles T. Moss and a team of Legionaries from the Philadelphia Senatus, including Walter Brown, Beatrice Flannigan, Al Norrell and Bill Peffley, conducted a series of interviews with Frank Duff which were videotaped and later made into a book. The notes which will follow are based on those interviews. For the most part the changes made have been that the text has been somewhat condensed, mostly by leaving out the interviewer’s questions and placing the responses in the third person.

All told Frank Duff gave eight interviews for the television camera in August, 1979, and he did so with his own unique brand of humor and warmth that even today he touches those who see the videotapes. These eight interviews then are like a living autobiography and it was for this reason that they have been titled, "Frank Duff - A Living Autobiography."

These interviews are being published here with the kind permission of the Philadelphia Senatus of the Legion of Mary and the full text of the interviews is available from the Philadelphia Senatus

Frank's Thoughts on the Legion

The Pre-History of the Legion

Early Days of the Legion

Bentley Place

The Story of Edel Quinn

Frank Duff, Founder of the Legion of Mary by Fr. Robert Bradshaw - available from the Philadelphia Senatus.

Frank Duff as I Knew Him by Rev, Thomas O'Flynn, C.M. - available from the Philadelphia Senatus.