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Agathe Hug. It was Sunday, September 19,1971, Hurricane Irene-Olivia brought devastation to Nicaragua. Ninety-six houses were destroyed and 1,200 people were left homeless. Jackie Stewart won the Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport Park. Norman Higgins won the second marathon of New York City with a time of 2 hours, 22 minutes and 54 seconds. But who is interested in this on September 18, 2011, 40 years afterwards? There is only one thing that the entire world remembers and is interested in on this day: Read More

Posted On September 26, 2011 In Covenant Life

A first for Nigeria

NIGERIA, Sr. M. Iona Mackenzie. Nine mothers sealed their Covenant of Love as members of the Schoenstatt Mothers’ League, in the Shrine at Ibadan, Nigeria. As the only Schoenstatt Mothers’ group in the country, these 9 mothers can be considered as the founding members of the Schoenstatt Mothers’ League in Nigeria. The mothers started meeting as a group in 2008, on the first Sunday of the month after the Mass in the House Chapel of the Schoenstatt Fathers. A number of them were regular attendants of this Sunday Mass andRead More
Agathe Hug. Schoenstatt is a MOVEMENT that extends worldwide. On Saturday the 17th, there was MOVEMENT in the Original Shrine during the Holy Mass in Covenant with and for Namibia.        Read More
Agathe Hug. The question that took the prize: what do avocado, pear, chili, coyote, ocelot, chocolate, cacao, and tomato have in common with Nicaragua? All these words have their root in a same language in Náhuatl, an Uto language - Aztec. Nicaragua nican + "aqui", Aráhuac = "people".      Read More

Posted On September 24, 2011 In Jubilee 2014

Toward 2014: in covenant with Mozambique

Agathe Hug. "Mary, the new woman," Father José María García chose this Mass text on Saturday, September 10th to celebrate the Holy Mass in covenant with Mozambique. This related very well to the prayer for the Woman's Congress that was held that day in Schoenstatt and for Mozambique.      Read More