Jubilee 2014 Category

SWITZERLAND, Ángela Koester. Barely 600 Km. away, thousands of pilgrims from all the continents were concentrated in Schoenstatt, Germany to celebrate the one hundred years of the Covenant of Love, while more than a thousand people participated in the varied and touching celebrations at the Swiss Schoenstatt National Shrine in Quarten.Read More
SOUTH AFRICA, Sarah-Leah Pimentel. Three weeks later and I'm still reeling. I am home. I'm back at work. Back to the daily routine. Yes and no. It is impossible to have experienced so much grace and be unchanged.    Read More
TEXAS, USA, Carlos Cantú. A beautiful day for the solemn occasion. They were graced with a slightly lower temperature, a respite from the usual Texas heat. The celebration began with Adoration in the Confidentia Shrine. More than 100 participants were in attendance, symbolically representing the 100 years of the founding of the Schoenstatt Movement: the 100 years of the Covenant of Love with the Mother Thrice Admirable of Schoenstatt, the founding generation and the Father and Founder, Father Joseph Kentenich, and the 100 years of the Blessed Mother establishing herselfRead More
URUGUAY, Gonzalo Rodríguez. The missionaries of the Schoenstatt Rosary Campaign along with many other pilgrims arrived at the First Schoenstatt Daughter Shrine with the feelings of a special day…and with the still fresh memory of the visit some weeks ago in pilgrimage to Santa Maria, RS Brazil, to learn about the life and the places of John Louis Pozzobon from his place, to travel on his roads and in towns that led to the creation of the Schoenstatt Rosary Campaign.Read More
ARGENTINA, Alicia Granieri. On Saturday, the 18th of October, the Schoenstatt Family of the Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca celebrated the Jubilee of the Schoenstatt Movement in the wayside shrine, parishes and chapels of the various towns and cities. On Sunday, the 19th, there was a pilgrimage to the Mother and Queen of the People Shrine where Father Daniel Jany celebrated the Holy Mass.Read More
NIGERIA, Father Juan Pablo Catoggio. It is impossible to relate the many things that have happened over the last few weeks and the last several days. One way or another, all of us were able to follow the main celebrations of the 100 years of the Covenant of Love Jubilee in Schoenstatt. I think that all of us, who were not present physically, felt that we were present. At a high point of the Covenant celebration, the speaker more or less said these words: “This is the day that theRead More
ARGENTINA, Mercedes Bonorino. Encouraged by the motto ‘Let us crown Mary with the Rosary lived in Covenant,’ men, women and children from twenty countries of America, Asia and Europe went spiritually to the Original Shrine on the 18th of October giving the Blessed Mother an immense crown of 10,000 rosaries that they contributed to the capital of grace. In going forth from this Jubilee, they are asking for her to give the entire world the grace of a profound Covenant of Love.Read More
COLOMBIA, Carlos Aranguren. During the days of the Jubilee celebration, the Colombian Schoenstatt Family of Bogotá vividly experienced the lack of not having a Schoenstatt Shrine. It was believed the Jubilee indulgence was lost because we were not close to a Shrine. After making a request to the Archbishop of Bogotá, Cardinal Rubén Salaza Gómez, it was granted to a parish that had opened its doors to Schoenstatt. The pastor fell in love with the Mother Thrice Admirable, and this January, he will participate in a diocesan priests’ retreat inRead More

Posted On 29.10.2014In Jubilee 2014

A new dawn

SCHOENSTATT GOING FORTH, Sarah-Leah Pimentel. I returned home this afternoon and in the next few days will be reflecting on everything we experienced in Schoenstatt and Rome. So many graces, so many blessings. But for now, I just want to share the last photo I took in Rome - of Belmonte. The sun sets. The Jubilee days and celebrations are over. But in every sunset, there is the promise of a new dawn.    Read More
SOUTH AFRICA, Bob Cole. The Schoenstatt Family of Durban experienced a great celebration at the Cathedral in Durban. The group built a "Home Shrine' at the foot of the sanctuary with lighted candles – very meaningful and most impressive, and also very Schoenstatt. Mass started at 10h00, Fr. Chris, an African Missionary working in the DRC focusing on the rehabilitation of child soldiers celebrated.    Read More