Dear Joseph:

Rather than dispose of these items donate them to us. We can always use items like these to use in our Order or to distribute to others.

You can ship these things to us (and anyone else can to the same) to:

Legion of St. Michael
1111 S. Sheridan Ave.
Ottumwa, IA 52501

Just let me know by email that a package is coming so I can look for it. I tend to refuse packages that come from a unknown source for security reasons.

If you do wish to dispose of any blessed item the following procedure is recommended:

1) destroy the item if it is not already destroyed  --that is, break it apart, tear it apart, burn it or whatever will bring the item to a state that it no longer resembles what it was. Once the item no longer resembles what it was, the blessing attached to it is automatically removed.

Thus, if a blessed rosary falls apart, once it is in pieces and no longer resembles a rosary the blessing attached to it is no longer there. A holy card ripped into pieces no longer resembles what it was and thus any blessing has been removed.

2) once the item no longer resembles what it once was, the preferable procedure is to bury it in the ground.

Items of a religious nature, but are not actually blessed, still need to be treated with respect because of what those items represent. In those cases of non-blessed religious items I would use the same procedure as above.

But, for items that are still intact, I would recommend giving them away rather than destroying them.

We, that is, the Legion of St. Michael, can ALWAYS make use of these items and certainly appreciate the donations of any religious items of any sort.

We also appreciate the donation of any relics as we are planning on building a relic chapel.

Anyway, for the shipping of any packages (or letters) the address above is the place.

God bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary