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SCOTLAND, Fr. Michael Savage. I am sure that all of us and certainly every family has a special photograph that is treasured in their family album or shoe box. It might not be very well taken, it could be blurred or over exposed but it remains special because of what it represents. A special event in the life of a family. The first picture of a new born child, the only image we might have of a dear grandmother, a special celebration. Here is one such image that is partRead More
ROMANIA, Sister M. Aenn Fischer. Romania is a very interesting country. A variety of people strive to live in harmony among each other with their own cultures, languages, and behaviors. The most important minorities include the Hungarians, gypsies, German, and Ukranians. Just twenty years ago, Romania was oppressed by the communist regimen. Since 1989 it has become politically close to the states of Western Europe, and it is a member of NATO (2004) and the European Union (2007).  Read More
GERMANY, fma. "Living a successful and happy family life today - that is what is desirable and worthwhile striving for despite the difficulties, still today and in the future. Families can learn and experience how it is possible to live a successful and happy family life in Schoenstatt auf'm Berg, Memholz, Germany." You could read those words in a press report on a variety of events in the framework of Marriage Week in the district of Kempten. Those who were in Memholz two weekends ago (mid January) could experience theRead More
ARGENTINA. Juan Barbosa. An extremely creative initiative, along with the committed participation, in spreading it as well as the campaign itself, assures success, the win-win that is spoken about so much these days. If this win-win includes the neediest children and health…so much the better! This original endeavor was developed in seven steps figuratively taking steps toward everyone's success, for everyone and for the children.    Read More
SCOTLAND, John Burns. Yes, joy of joys, the Pilgrim Mother is coming to Campsie  in Scotland! The Auxiliar Pilgrim Mother, currently touring Europe, will arrive at the  Shrine on the 2nd of March and will remain with the Schoenstatt Family of Scotland until the end of April.      Read More
PORTUGAL, Sister Paula Leite. On December 28tth, Vila Nova de Monsarros-Anadia crowned fifteen Pilgrim MTAs in a very simple way, and with great joy, beginning the great current of graces that we expect for our diocesan families through the crowning of all the Schoenstatt Pilgrim MTAs. This initiative developed in preparation for the large crowning on September 8th of an Auxiliary as Queen of Europe's New Evangelization in the Original Shrine. Almost two years ago, in March 2010, this picture traveled to some parishes in the diocese andRead More
CHILE, Fr. Adrián González Ibarra. "Imitation is a rule of admiration," These words closed the editorial written by Father Raul Hasbun in the July 2011 edition of the magazine, Vinculo and it begs the question- Who do we admire? And in this particular case the answer is Father Jorge Falch, a member of the Schoenstatt Diocesan Priests Institute, who died on June 1, 2011 in the San Jose priest's house next to the Bellavista Cenacle Shrine.  Read More
ARGENTINA, Carlos and Lilita Ricciardi/org. On Sunday the 22nd at 6:30 a.m., six couples and sixty youth departed from the Schoenstatt Shrine of La Plata (in front of the Cathedral) to a mission at Coronel Dorrego, where they remained until Sunday the 29th. They departed punctually after Morning Prayer at Father's Liberation Shrine. This week there were also missions in Mendoza and Entre Ríos. There are many people in Argentina and in other countries who accompany the missions with their prayers and they truly feel like missionaries…Read More

Posted On 31.01.2012In Covenant Life

Mission for Families

AUSTRIA, Eva and Karl Fraissler. More than sixty couples in the Diocese of Graz have already completed a course in the Academy for Schoenstatt's Family Pedagogy on the Kahlenberg - a famous mountain outside Vienna. In Maria Laubegg Castle near Leibnitz another six couples were sent out as family trainers by Auxiliary Bishop Dr Franz Lackner.      Read More
org. Schoenstatt.org would like to give its readers an insight into an import aspect of the work of Team 2014, as well as the person behind it: the work on the common symbols and identity signs that are becoming increasingly important for the pilgrimage of the worldwide Schoenstatt Family to 2014.      Read More