Yearly Archives: "2014"

ITALY, Calogero Tuzzolino. “...Pastoral help must be body to body. In other words, to accompany. And this means wasting time. Jesus was the master of time wasting, no? He wasted time to accompany, to allow consciences to mature, to heal, to teach. To accompany someone means to journey together." These words of Pope Francis, addressed to the family of Schoenstatt on October 25th, fully reflect the work that Father Ludovico Tedeschi has done here in Sicily and Italy, in these twelve years, he "lost time" with us, accompanied us, withRead More
JUBILEE REFLECTIONS, Sr. M. Elizabet Parodi. The encounter of the Schoenstatt Family with the Holy Father gave us more, much more, than a sequence of questions and answers.  I believe we can all affirm that we lived an hour of covenant, not only because the Jubilee was the great background which framed that moment, but because the entire encounter was conceived from the dynamic inner nothing without you, nothing without us.    Read More
PRAY FOR ME, mda. On 17 December Pope Francis turns 78 – a few days after the 45th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood, which took place on the Third Sunday of Advent. What do you give to a Pope for his birthday, which he described as “a completely normal day”, a Pope who raffles his presents? You carry out his requests. Those who pay attention to what he says, or those who only took in the words he addressed to the Schoenstatt Movement during the audience on 25Read More
ADVENT WITH POPE FRANCIS, org. We celebrate the second Advent Sunday in the eve of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. As in every year we hear the call: Let us go out as pilgrim to meet the Lord! Joy for the poor, a feast for the people – let us prepare the way of the Lord! In his Jubilee message at the audience on 25 October our Holy Father, Pope Francis, presented an Advent inspiration … an Advent inspiration towards this Christmas and into Schoenstatt’s second century. Let usRead More
POPE FRANCIS IN ROME. On 8 December Pope Francis visited the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, the principal Marian shrine in Rome, which houses the picture of María Salus Populi Romani, before heading to Piazza di Spagna for the traditional veneration of the Immaculate Conception. He placed a flower offering at the feet of the monument dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The pontiff asked Mary to intercede for God's people to "go against the current" in the lead up to Christmas," asking her "to teach us to uncover ourselves, prostrate,Read More
FRANCIS IN ROME. Pope Francis, during his general audience on 3 December, recalled his visit to Turkey and highlighted openness towards the freedom of religion; working for peace with other religions, nations, and religious leaders; prayer with the various catholic rites; and ecumenical dialogue.Read More
BRAZIL, Sister M. Angela Zam. On November 15th, a Parish Shrine was inaugurated in the northeastern region of the state of Rio Grande do Sul.    Read More
PARAGUAY, red. Teachers, who participated in Project Porâve Paraguay developed throughout the current academic year 2014, will receive their certificates in the Vision Bank Auditorium Hall (Avda, Santa Teresa 3088 c/ Concejal Vargas) at the conclusion of the project.Read More
ARGENTINA, Lilita and Carlos Ricciardi/mda. It was 2001; Carlos and Litlita Ricciardo traveled from Argentina to Schoenstatt, Germany, with the dream of going on pilgrimage to the Original Shrine and sharing their experience with the Family Missions. They accomplished the pilgrimage part first, listening and seeing much of what they were shown, and as to sharing their experiences, the only thing that remained was having a conversation with the editor of schoenstatt.org, who was in Schoenstatt at that time: no other interest was shown except in listening to theirRead More
SPAIN, Fátima Alvarado. In December 2011, project “Encuentro” (“Encounter”) was born in Madrid within a group of people concerned about the situation in which many people suffer because they lack the basic things to live (home, food, clothing…). The concern and motivation led this initiative to establish a project that would be maintained in a constant way throughout time.  It was awareness that there are many people who have no way of accessing social resources and meanwhile they live in poverty and they go unseen by other people.  “Encuentro” wantsRead More