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PERU, mcb. It is a joy for a Kentenich reporter, who works for the Schoenstatt international web page, to share some information that I received through an email with everyone.. A priest from Spain, who works as a missionary in Moyobamba, Peru, carried out a mission with seminarians in his parish "in the Peruvian jungle", with the Mother Thrice Admirable Queen and Victress of Schoenstatt, the news and photos are spectacular.      Read More
GERMANY, Ulrich and Maria Wolff. Our thoughts and ideas are turning more and more toward the year, 2014. Thus over the past several months, an idea arose in the German Family Movement. World Youth Day in Germany was the inspiration for the idea. The question came up: What would be the possibility of having a type of homecoming in the following way? There will be the official celebrations periods in Schönstatt. But during the time prior to these official celebrations on October 11–15, families from all over the world could meetRead More
INTERNATIONAL, Mircia C. Botano. On July 22nd, Olso, the capital city of Norway where the prestigious Nobel prizes are awarded among which is the Peace Prize, was shaken by two attacks, which left 87 dead and many wounded, the majority of them adolescents…At dawn on July 23rd, we prayed for the victims at the Mass "toward 2014" in the Original Shrine.      Read More
ENGLAND, Mary Cole. A "long" tradition, reaching back about seven years, saw Sr Anna Dabrowska, two adults and seventeen young people from the Catholic Gymnasium of St Hedwig in Sandomierz, Poland returning to England's shrine to get to know English culture and to improve their English. Some of the young people came for the second or third time, because they had enjoyed their previous stay so much. Both ancient and industrial Manchester and mediaeval Sandomierz have enthralling histories. Today, Sandomierz is known as “the pearl of Polish architecture”.    Read More
Sant’Egidio. "The spirit of Assisi comes to Monaco", announced last July 7 in Monaco card. Reinhard Marx, Archbishop of the city, in a press briefing, held together with representatives of the Community of Sant'Egidio, which for 25 years - since the Day of Prayer for Peace in Assisi in 1986 - promoted every year, meetings of dialogue and collaboration between leaders of Christian churches and of great world religions, picking up this legacy.Read More
ARGENTINA, Silvia Sibay de Losada/mca. On the road toward the jubilee of the Covenant of Love and motivated by the Shrine current, schoenstatt.org invites the entire international Schoenstatt Family to a virtual pilgrimage from Shrine to Shrine every 18th of the month - beginning with the Shrine of Tucumán, Argentina. Why Tucumán? Because the article about the blessing of this Shrine in April of 1999 was the first article published about an event outside of Germany… The Tucumán Shrine (actually it was Father Ángel Strada who forwarded thatRead More
BRAZIL, Roberto K. Cortez. Sister Clarissa was in charge of organizing the transfer of the Father Symbol from the Shrine of Porto Alegre to Santa Cruz do Sul. Of course, she invited the Schoenstatt Family to form a procession. On July 7th, twenty-five people traveled by bus to Porto Alegre returning on the same day with the treasure.    Read More
mkf. According to Fr Franz Heister, a friend since his youth, it was a jubilee celebration that exactly suited Rector Egon Zillekens and the "colourful network of relationships" surrounding him. In his feastday sermon Fr Heister described this network as: easy-going yet deep, spontaneous yet reflected, refreshingly spontaneous despite good preparation, profoundly religious and profoundly human, amicably close, honest and not without that humour that distinguishes every genuine disciple of Jesus (and Kentenich) from the "sad saints"...  Read More
Michaellis Bouwer. "I had never participated in a Holy Mass at the Women's Federation Shrine," commented a Schoenstatter, who, while searching for a video on www.schoenstatt-tv mediatech, 'accidentally' found the transmission of Holy Mass that was celebrated there on the afternoon of July 10th. Thanks to the Internet and www. schoenstatt-tv, he was not the only one who had this experience for the first time. In this beautifully prepared Holy Mass that was celebrated in several languages, the Schoenstatt Women's Federation invited the entire world to enterRead More
USA, Cathy Johnson. June 29, 2011, was an exciting night for the Schoenstatt family. Father Gerold Langsch, National Director for Schoenstatt in the U.S.A., and Cathy Johnson, Alabama State Coordinator of the Schoenstatt Rosary Campaign, were guests on EWTN's "Live with Father Mitch Pacwa."      Read More