Argentina Tag

Radio Goya
ARGENTINA, Inés Petiti • On January 31st, L.T.6 Radio Goya celebrated its 71st anniversary, and as every year, a Mass of thanksgiving was celebrated in which the missionaries of the Campaign were present with their banner. The Schoenstatt Pilgrim Mother Campaign has been present on this radio station for 20 years. — This FM radio is unique in the city and in the region, it is the link to the rural area, a radio that is supported and loved by the community. The Pilgrim Mother Campaign has its place onRead More
Misiones Familiares 2024
ARGENTINA, Fr. José María Iturrería • It is January 2024 and the Family Missions in Argentina have completed 25 years of existence. In 1999, a group of intrepid couples and young people from La Plata dared to travel to Paraguay to bring a missionary experience that today has expanded throughout the length and breadth of the country. — What began as a daring initiative and a trust-based challenge to the Blessed Mother has become an experience of family in faith that has transformed the lives of many people of allRead More
Navidad en la Casa del Niño
ARGENTINA, Gabriela Sarquis • Since the beginning of Advent, the children at Casa del Niño have been preparing for the great Christmas celebration. — The older children made the Advent wreath and every week they prayed with everyone and lit a candle. They also had an Advent calendar with little resolutions such as “help mom at home, tidy up, help a friend, don’t argue” and others that they wrote down themselves. On December 8, they set up the Christmas tree and the manger and waited for the arrival of theRead More
Lucas Chiappe, ordenación
ARGENTINA, with material from AICA • Schoenstatt Father Lucas Chiappe received his ordination last Saturday, November 25, from the Bishop of Quilmes, who urged him to “unceasingly communicate God in the Word, the Eucharist and in presence.” — In his homily, Bishop Carlos Tissera emphasized: “The fruitfulness of our life depends on union with Christ. The glory of the Father is in bearing much fruit. The fruitfulness of man glorifies God who, in creating him, asked him: ‘Be fruitful!’, and in this fruitfulness prayer has much to do”. “The fruitfulnessRead More
Renovación del compromiso de miembros de la Liga de Familias, La Plata

Posted On 30.11.2023In Covenant Life

To renew is to live

ARGENTINA, Lilita and Carlos Ricciardi • Last Saturday, November 25, members of the Family Work League of La Plata made the Renewal of Consecration as members of the League in the Shrine of Liberation. During the Mass of the Family Work, which is celebrated on the fourth Saturday of each month, the members of the League of all ages decided to renew their membership commitment. — Jimena and Alejandra Fascizewski, Cecilia and Diego Pelassini, Luis and Lorena Folonier, Héctor and Norma Pavía, Ricardo and Carmen Della Motta, Francisco and ElizabethRead More
Córdoba
ARGENTINA, Juan Barbosa •  With the motto, which is the title of this article, the Schoenstatt Family of Córdoba celebrated the patronal feast of its diocesan shrine, having completed its first 55 years of fruitfulness in consecrated and committed lay vocations, making steady progress in its task of being a light and beacon for all the pilgrims who come to it. And in full expansion of the structures on its grounds! — From the interior of Cordoba: A flood of pilgrims! Very early in the morning, the first visitors wereRead More
Cena solidaria
ARGENTINA, Gabriela Sarquis • On Thursday, October 5, the fourth edition of the event “We are one with others” took place, an event to raise funds and get to know more about the benefited institutions. This night of solidarity invited all of us to support the Casa del Niño P. José Kentenich, the NGO Dale tu mano, the Schoenstatt Fathers and the Confidentia Shrine. It is possible thanks to the generous collaboration of many people and companies committed to these projects. — The event took place at the Espacio DarwinRead More
ermita City Bell
ARGENTINA, Teresa Fiorucci and María Fischer • Is there wayside shrine today, a boy from the neighborhood asked Teresa Fiorucci – one of the leaders and co-founders of the Schoenstatt Wayside Shrine of City Bell – one day when he passed by the door of the grounds. He wanted to enter, because there he felt happy and content, first for the Blessed Mother and then for the people who collaborate and help the whole neighborhood of City Bell with spiritual, social, and material assistance. — Catechesis, bookstore, American Fair, Masses,Read More
Nuevo Schoenstatt
ARGENTINA, Marí­a Elena Cruz Sanchez • On October 1st we celebrated the 97th anniversary of the founding of the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary and being this date so special to give thanks, we want to give testimony of our recent trip to the Shrine of New Schoenstatt, in Florencio Varela, province of Buenos Aires, with the Mothers’ Branch of La Emilia. We are grateful because when we arrived at the doors of the Shrine, Sister Maria Ester was waiting for us on the walkway and herRead More
Costa Rica
COSTA RICA, Fr. José Luis Correa /mf • Recently, the Schoenstatt Shrine in San José, Costa Rica, experienced the pilgrimage of three seminarians, two of them from the Archdiocese of San José, and one an Argentinean from Tucumán. — Juan Diego, on the left of Fr. José Luis Correa, has come several times to priestly luncheons and therefore knows and loves the shrine. The Argentinean knew the Schoenstatt Shrine in his hometown even before going to Costa Rica. They finish their studies at the end of the year and shouldRead More