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CHILE, Family Coordination "Tierra Joven from Curicó. The Schoentatt Family from city of Curicó, Region of Maule, Chile sends a special greeting on this 18th, the day of renewing the Covenant of Love with our beloved Blessed Mother. They unite spiritually every month with everyone throughout the world to embody the family that the Founder and Father desired.
ITALY, Calogero Tuzzolino. On January 28th, the Campaign's Pilgrim Auxiliary MTA was welcomed in our city of Corleone and in particular in the parish community of María SS. Delle Grazie of the Franciscan Brothers of the Third Order Regular. The welcome of the picture and its pilgrimage throughout the week until February 4th was an extraordinary experience lived with faith. The visit and presence of the Blessed Virgin Mary has enveloped us with Her maternal love.
PARAGUAY, María Luz Fleitas. March 4th - second Sunday in Lent - with the Gospel of the Transfiguration of the Lord, the Youth Shrine (Santuario Joven) was decorated with banners from the Boys' Youth. This next Saturday, three new priestly vocations born in this Shrine will enter the novitiate of the Schoenstatt Fathers: Carlos Sandoval, Santiago Yegros and Víctor González.
SPAIN, Rodolfo Monedero. The first course of the Family Pedagogy School in Spain started on February 24th in the outskirts of Madrid. This initiative was made possible with the support of the German and Austrian Schools, and answered the desire of some Spanish families. In attendance were Ella and Thomas Herkommer, who will accompany the group throughout the two years of the course, as were Gertrud and Norbert Jehle, the speakers and directors of the German School.
ITALY, Gian Francesco Romano. Last February 9th, within the confines of a Schoenstatt mission in the outskirts of Rome, Schoenstatt youths put together a moment of Eucharistic adoration. They recalled how necessary it is to find - among work and activities - time to accompany the Lord.
ITALY, Sister M. Julia de Almeida. Recently, Gian Francesco described the beautiful time of Adoration one of the main events of an extraordinary Mission Week to share with everyone.
PARAGUAY, dequeni.org.py. The moment has come. The Scholarship Campaign for the 2012 school year has ended, and in the coming weeks, the backpacks with school supplies will be presented. With them, symbolically, hundreds of children will have the opportunity to study and to break the vicious cycle of poverty and lack of an education. Behind every backpack, there is a person who wants to change the world by contributing their grain of sand so that the new world that so many long for will become a reality… Dequení is one of the largest Schoenstatt projects, which is creating a new social order.
BRAZIL, Sister Eliane Maria Batalin. On February 5th, many of the faithful, missionaries, and families, who receive the Schoenstatt Pilgrim Mother, enthusiastically participated in the traditional pilgrimage to the Schoenstatt Shrine, started in 1959 by God's servant, Deacon Diácono João Luiz Pozzobon.
PARAGUAY, Maria Luz Fleitas. The Schoenstatt Family from Paraguay made a commitment with a concrete step on the pilgrimage toward the Jubilee of the Covenant of Love in preparation for 2014: to conquer the 18th of every month as a Covenant of Love Day. In this regard, there was a celebration at the Schoenstatt Youth Shrine in Asunción. The Day of Grace dawned with a great spirit for the Schoenstatt Family in Paraguay! The covenant greeting was extended on the social network, and the Blessed Mother's children shared their love for Her.
AUSTRIA, Martin Schiffl. Everything is progressing very rapidly at the Academy for Family Pedagogy in Schoenstatt/Kahlenberg (Austria). A few days after the "Sending Forth" celebration for six trainers for families in the Graz Diocese - last weekend - the Most Reverend Dr. Kaus Kung, Austrian Bishop in charge of Family Life, solemnly sent forth five more family trainers and one Schoenstatt Sister of Mary.

