Covenant Life Category

María Elena Vilches. On Palm Sunday, many pilgrims and members from the different Branches of the Movement met together at the foot of the Original Shrine at 10:20 a.m. to go on pilgrimage to the Pilgrims' Church, where the Holy Mass was held.      Read More
PARAGUAY, Ricardo Acosta. A cool Sunday dawned, and the sun peeked among the shade of the green trees in Tupãrenda; it was an extraordinary day as an intense preparation began for the large youth celebration that day.        Read More
Frank Blumers. It wasn't an April Fool's joke. On the 1 April 2012 the Original Shrine was freely at the disposal of its Movement for the first time. Fr Michael Marmann, is the first Schoenstatt Rector. We made use of this occasion to upload him into our digital MTA mosaic.      Read More
GERMANY, fma. "You are far more inclined to come up the mountain when you are greeted and blessed by Fr Kentenich on the way to the shrine." Those were the words of one of the people who attended the Covenant Celebration in the evening of 18 March at Schoenstatt auf'm Berg in Memholz. She was in the Founder Room - the room that contains a record of everything about Fr Kentenich's visit here. This is where the statue of Fr Kentenich has been placed until the feast on 20 May.Read More
Agathe Hug. An announcement for  a newspaper states:  “The future is already prepared”. It is an open question whether a newspaper can say this. In God, the future has been prepared long ago.  He knows what will happen when Schoenstatt celebrates its 100th Anniversary of the Covenant of Love.  In Divine Providence, the future of Schoenstatt in Singapore was prepared sometime ago.  In August 2011, a group of five families from the German community began to circulate the Pilgrim MTA among them.Read More
org. She has already uploaded the first texts on schoenstatt2014.org, has already written her first article for schoenstatt.org, and already has her office in Covenant House. She already has met with her boss, Father Andrew Pastore, communicated with several of the communications equipment partners who work long distance, and with many people who give their contributions to the Jubilee 2014.    Read More
María Elena Vilches. Sierra Leone is a west African country, where the Covenant of Love is still a developing seed. For this the reason, the great petition during the Holy Mass on March 24th was that the Blessed Mother will manifest herself in this place, and that it will be a sign of blessing for all the people who have begun to learn about Schoenstatt through Her. A Brother of Mary, who is a native of this country, has taken the picture of the MTA there, and so there isRead More
INDIA. org. The Holy Father erected the new eparchy of Faridabad of the Syro-Malabars in India. He appointed Msgr. Kuriakose Bharanikulangara of the clergy of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars, India, Counsellor of the Apostolic Nunciature to Germany, was appointed by the Holy Father as first bishop of the newly erected diocese, Diocese of Faridabad, conferring upon him the title of Archbishop "ad personam". The Episcopal Ordination will be held on May 26, 2012 at Delhi and the installation ceremony will take place in the Diocesan Cathedral, Christ the King ChurchRead More
ITALY, Federico Bauml. 18 March. The fourth Sunday of Lent - the perfect day to step back from the daily rush and go on a day retreat.        Read More
CHILE, org. The Shrine of Quillota, Diocese of Valparaíso, Chile, was blessed on March 24th - it was the first, and it seems to be the only new Shrine of the Year of the Shrine current. The next day, a Google search showed that there was a live transmission of the blessing…although it is too late to participate in real time, we gladly publish the link for the celebration. Congratulations Schoenstatt Family from Quillota!    Read More