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 FAQs
What does Totus Tuus means?
Totus Tuus Ego Sum:
“I am all yours” or “I am completely yours, O Mary.”
John Paul II dedicated his papacy to Mary, the Mother of Jesus.
His personal motto, Totus Tuus (Completely Yours), is a term
illustrating the consecration of his life to the Blessed Virgin.
Consecration:
“Consecration to Mary means ‘set aside for Mary,’ to be used
by her to accomplish her holy purposes (which are the purposes
of her divine Son Jesus).
“Totus Tuus. This phrase is not only an expression of piety,
or simply an expression of devotion. It is more…Thanks to Saint
Louis of Montfort, I came to understand that true devotion to
the Mother of God is actually Christ centric, indeed, it is very
profoundly rooted in the Mystery of the Blessed Trinity, and
the mysteries of the Incarnation and Redemption.”
—John Paul II in Crossing the Threshold of Hope, Arnoldo Mondadori
Editori, 1994
Who can be a member of Totus Tuus?
Anyone who wants to love and serve God with all of his or her
heart and mind.
What is a Secular Institute?
A secular institute is an institute of consecrated life which
the Christian Faithful living in the world strive for the perfection
of charity and work for the sanctification of the world especially
from within. (CIC, can 710)
By a “life perfectly and entirely consecrated to [such] sanctification,”
the members share in the Church’s task of evangelization, “in
the world and from within the world,” where their presence acts
as “leaven in the world.” (Pius XII Provida Mater, cf PC 11)
“Their witness of a Christian life” aims “to order temporal
things according to God and inform the world with the power of
the gospel.” They commit themselves to the evangelical counsels
by sacred bonds and observe among themselves the communion and
fellowship appropriate to their “particular secular way of life.”
(Cf. CIC, can 713s2)
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