GERMANY, Cordula-Maria Weidtmann • “Mater perfectam habebit curam et victoriam!” – The Mother will take perfect care of everything and will be victorious! These words from Father Kentenich came to mind when I heard about the bomb found near the Kallebad on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, about 1 km as the crow flies from Wiesbasden-Schierstein. A 500 kg bomb,

HUNGARY, Endrédy Orsolya Török (PM) • Recently we discovered a press release in a Hungarian newspaper, which we are very happy to publish in a slightly abbreviated form: On the anniversary of the blessing of the only Schoenstatt shrine in Hungary, more than 300 people gathered in Óbudavár near Lake Balaton on April 6 to give thanks. — The

ARGENTINA, Press Office of the Archdiocese of La Plata • More than 50 priests participated with Archbishop Gabriel Mestre and Auxiliary Bishop Jorge E. González (Schoenstatt Federation of Priests) in the annual retreat for the clergy that took place from Monday, April 8th to Friday, April 12th at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Schoenstatt in Florencio Varela.

UNITED STATES/SPAIN, Miguel Ángel Rubio • Last Easter I was in New York. One day, as I was walking along 41st Street near 5th Avenue, where the Public Library is located, I noticed that the floor was covered with metal plaques with quotes from famous people. One of them caught my eye with the following inscription: “The universe is

BURUNDI, Fr. Herménégilde COYITUNGIYE • The Sunday of Mercy, April 7, 2024, was a day of great joy in the Schoenstatt Shrine for Peace and Reconciliation in Mont Sion Gikungu for the Schoenstatt Fathers, for the faithful who visit our Shrine, and also for those who are attached to the Shrine from our neighboring countries such as the Democratic

CHILE, Jaime Valenzuela / Editorial Team •  In a column for schoenstatt.org in January 2024 (published in German, Spanish, and Portuguese), later republished in the Chilean magazine “Vinculo”, Rafael Mascayano shared a reflection under the title: “I would like my ashes to remain in Bellavista”…, and he asks almost at the end of his writing: “Is it too much

ARGENTINA, Guillermo Ferreyra • Last Good Friday I had the opportunity to travel to experience the representation of the Stations of the Cross organized by the Adsum Pater mission in the town of Castelli, belonging to the diocese of Chascomús. — What are Adsum Pater missions? This activity was born a few years ago in the Shrine of La

ARGENTINA, Editors • The Institute of Marriage and Family of the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) presented the book “Caminos de Santidad Matrimonial” (Paths of Marital Sanctity) by Leonardo Cozzi and Paola Risuleo, members of the Institute of Schoenstatt Families. Schoenstatt.org had already reported on the book immediately after its publication. — Fewer vocations? The coincidence in time is

CHILE, editors • Once again, the Schoenstatt Shrine of Montahue opened its doors for the diocesan clergy. On the morning of Wednesday, March 27, the presbyterate of the Archdiocese of Concepción gathered at the Schoenstatt Shrine of Montahue to celebrate the Day of the Ministerial Priesthood. — After the prayer of Lauds, Monsignor Bernardo Alvarez introduced the two priests

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, Fr. Jean Marie Bisimwa • Since October 11, 2020, we Schoenstatt Fathers have been working as missionary priests in the Bon Pasteur parish in Kalundu in the diocese of Uvira. When we arrived in Uvira, we had neither a house nor an address. Sebastian Muyengo, the bishop of the diocese of Uvira, provided us with