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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, Sr. Marissel. On the Tuesday afternoon of October 19th, Madelin Rincón Mieses, a member of the Schoenstatt Girls' Youth in the Dominican Republic, left this earth to encounter the Heavenly Queen in Eternity….. Her life is a great testimony for the youth. She is probably the first "black cross" of the triennium towards 2014.    Read More

Posted On 05.11.2010In Covenant Life

Setting the Direction

mkf. At the meeting of the Pallottine Province at the Provincial House in Friedberg, Germany, the delegates set the direction for an agreement with the Schoenstatt Movement at the place of origin, Schoenstatt.          Read More
Sr. M. Margarite. The MCCW Europe Conference is the annual meeting of the women who belong to the Military Council of Catholic Women who are stationed on United States Military facilities throughout Europe. This year the conference was hosted in the Marienland Conference Center on Mount Schoenstatt. A total of 94 participants were part of the conference, coming from a total of 19 chapel communities located in Belgium, England, Germany, Holland and Italy.  Read More

Posted On 03.11.2010In Uncategorized

Poland on the way to Jubileum 2014…

POLAND, M. Violetta Wilandt. All Schoenstatt has started the preparation for 2014, but in the Fidentiae Shrine in Bydgoszcz it was a very special moment. The special guest was Fr. Zbigniew Samociak from Gorzów, a member of the Schoenstatt Priests' Federation. He celebrated the Holy Mass and preached about the pilgrim prayer for 2014. He said with this prayer everyone can connect with the history, the present, and the future of Schoenstatt, no matter which community one joined, because they all are one big family connected by the MTA andRead More
SOUTH AFRICA, Sarah-Leah Pimentel. The Schoenstatt Family in Johannesburg experienced a very full and blessed October Weekend from 15 to 18 October as it joins the international Schoenstatt Family on its pilgrimage to 2014. The weekend can perhaps be summarised by saying that they caught a glimpse of Fr. Kentenich, received two special gifts and are now on a three-year pilgrimage to 2014.    Read More
mkf. With great joy and great expectations, the International Schoenstatt Family has begun - on this October 18, 2010 - a triennium of preparation for the centennial of the foundation in 2014. Msgr. Dr. Peter Wolf, along with the Rhine Section of the Joseph Kentenich Institute, has compiled an anthology of texts for the first year of the triennium toward 2014 which will be the world-wide year of the Father Current: "United with the Father."      Read More

Posted On 01.11.2010In Jubilee 2014

On the Way to 2014

ECUADOR, Mariuxi Villacrés de Andrade. Fr. José María García, along with an international team, is responsible for the preparation for celebrating Schoenstatt's 100th anniversary in October 2014. A few weeks ago, he visited Ecuador for the first time and left his message for uniting and preparing for this great celebration. The starting point was indicated on October 18th, declaring the triennium of preparation as an International Family for the 2014 Jubilee. In the context of this visit, the following interview took place.    Read More
Elisabeth and Bernhard Neiser. From the Shrine of the Families, the Mother of God gives with special love all the graces for the success of marriage and family. In this shrine hangs a net in which many families from around the world have placed a picture of their home shrine. They want to show, that with this special source of grace for marriage and family, they are united and draw strength for their personal lives. So that many people can meet the Mother of God in the Shrine of theRead More
Pilar Escudero de Jensen/mkf. "It was the greatest Schoenstatt experience, the most essential, and the simplest one I have ever experienced around the Original Shrine," commented (on the following day) a Schoenstatt Sister of Mary who was participating in the general chapter of her community. Several weeks ago, a Schoenstatt Father mentioned - as something somewhat characteristic of his experience with the missions in Erlenback, Germany - "the radiance in the eyes of the missionaries." This evening of October 17th, by the light of one hundred torches, thisRead More
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, Sister M. Marissel. Sunday, October 17th, was a day of great joy for the Schoenstatt Family in the Dominican Republic: the opening of the triennium towards 2014 and following Father's footsteps was celebrated.        Read More