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Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen

The Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen (Latin: Congregatio Mariae Reginae Immaculatae; CMRI) is a sedevacantist traditionalist Catholic religious congregation that is not in communion with the Holy See. The CMRI is dedicated to promoting the message of Our Lady of Fátima and the devotion of the practice of Total Consecration to the Virgin Mary as taught by Saint Louis Marie de Montfort. The CMRI was founded by Francis Schuckardt, but he was later expelled from the organisation due to allegations of sexual abuse and drug use.

The congregation lists over 90 traditional Catholic churches and chapels both in the United States and abroad, as well as at least 13 schools staffed by religious.[non-primary source needed]

The group has used and was designated by various other names including:

The Sisters at Mount Saint Michael record CDs and perform an annual Christmas concert.

The CMRI hold the Fatima Conference at Mount Saint Michael in Spokane, Washington every October. The Conference includes five days of lectures, daily Mass, devotions, and meals.

The CMRI has been involved with mass media since their founding as a method of recruitment and information. Throughout their history, the CMRI has produced books, pamphlets, and audio recordings. The CMRI runs a bookstore, Mary Immaculate Queen Center, and produces various periodicals: The Reign of Mary (quarterly magazine), Adsum (Mater Dei seminary monthly newsletter), and Anima Mariae, the CMRI sisters' newsletter. The CMRI also produces CDs of the annual Fatima Conference talks, as well as a livestream of Daily Mass and devotions from the City of Mary in Rathdrum, Idaho.

Francis Schuckardt and Robert Chicoine (a former Marine, bricklayer, and newspaper pressman from New Bedford, Massachusetts) attracted followers through international speaking tours as part of the Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima. Chicoine first heard Schuckardt in a 1965 talk in San Diego about the message of Fatima. After listening to Schuckardt for three nights in a row, he became his disciple.

In 1971, Schuckardt changed the name of the group to Traditional Latin Rite Catholic Church.

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