Covenant Life Category

GERMANY, Petra Stegemann/Sponsor association Birthplace of Father Joseph Kentenich. "Gymnich is the greatest!" This was the headline of a local newspaper in the city of Cologne when it published the news on 8-13-11 about the visit of 170 Paraguayan youth to Gymnich).      Read More
SPAIN – World Youth Day Communication Service of the Schoenstatt Movement Madrid. Early on Sunday morning, August 14th, delegations from different countries began to arrive already having previous plans before arriving in Madrid. Some were even so brave that they made the El Camino de Santiago or the Way of St. James. At the Shrine of Pozuelo, suddenly the grounds became a large dormitory. Each person slept placidly in his or her sleeping bag in "the shadow of the shrine".    Read More
BRAZIL, Sister M. Silvana Pin. August 6, 2011, Day of Tabor! The Schoenstatt Family from Santa Maria gathered close to the Tabor Shrine with great joy and emotion to wait for the Father Symbol coming in a caravan from the Tabor Puer et Pater (Child and Father) Shrine in Itaara.        Read More
Agathe Hug. Malta, Morocco, Mexico. Holy Masses "in covenant with…" on Saturdays in August were and will continue starting with Macedonia and then Malta followed by Morocco and Mexico . When thinking about Malta, you may think of the "Eurovision Song Contest," in which Malta always participated, with a few exceptions during the last few years; Malta never won, but they were in some of the top spots. In 2002 and in 2005, they were in second place. Others think about mail order businesses, others thinkRead More

Posted On 16.08.2011In Covenant Life

Covenant Festival

SPAIN-WYD, Communication Service of the Schoenstatt Movement in Madrid. The international Schoenstatt youth invites the entire Church to share a celebration around Mary. They want to demonstrate and make known how the Covenant of Love with Mary moves their hearts to follow Jesus through artistic expressions.      Read More
GERMANY, psf. Since the beginning of the week you can also find FatherSayings in English and Spanish. When the Schoenstatt Youth meet in Madrid at the start of the World Youth Day, they will be able to see and take along the FatherSayings. So the repeated request from Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and the USA, as well as other countries, is being answered: FatherSayings in their own language! The first English and Spanish FatherSayings will be in the hands of the youth ... much as they were a hundred years agoRead More
ARGENTINA, jfl. Some 30 families from different cities in Argentina and Paraguay participated in the 5th Regional Chapter for the Institute of Families in New Schoenstatt.        Read More
SOUTH AFRICA, Francis Boulle. As Schoenstatt has done each year since 2002, an Archdiocesan Celebration has been organized to honour our Patroness, Mary Assumed into Heaven. This year will be a little different as a Crown will be offered to our Patroness by the youth of the Archdiocese by way of specific petitions. This event – scheduled for August 21 - coincides with WYD in Madrid and is the day before another feast day of Our Lady, namely Her Queenship.      Read More
USA, Sally Leroy. The Schoenstatt Family of Arizona was blessed to have Fr. Johnson, Schoenstatt Father from India, now assigned to Wisconsin, as our special guest Aug 4, 2011 as well as a family he brought along who are dear friends of his and now of ours too. Aug. 4 was not only the memorial of St. John Vianney, but also the day 60 years ago, Fr. Kentenich blessed the Rosary Campaign (fyi read pg 23- "A Hero Today Not Tomorrow"--how many of you knew this?). We welcomed Father and his specialRead More
INTERNATIONAL, Eva and Erich Berger, Hertha and Martin Schiffl. The model of Academy for family pedagogy that emerged several years ago in Austria and Bavaria is extending more and more. Here the Kentenich principle, the hand on the pulse of the times and the ear to the heart of God, is also applied. It is for this reason that every year an international conference is organized for all the teachers of rhetoric that collaborate in the Academy. This year the conference was held in Tihany close toRead More