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Nigeria
NIGERIA, Maria Fischer (with material from the FIDES Agency) • The good news is going around the world: the two Catholic priests kidnapped on the night of April 30 in southern Nigeria are free. — Father Chochos Kunav, a member of the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Fathers, and Father Ralph Ogigba, clergyman of the Diocese of Warri, parish priest of St. Francis Church in Agbara Otor, Ughelli North, Delta State, regained their freedom last night, May 4, after spending five nights in the hands of their captors. “They wereRead More
Santuario en Ibadan, Nigeria
NIGERIA, Maria Fischer, with AICA material • Fathers Chochos Kunav and Ralph Ogigba were kidnapped on Sunday 30th April while returning from a visit to St Francis Parish in Delta State, southern Nigeria. Update May 5: We just got the confirmation that both priests were set free! —  Two Catholic priests have been kidnapped in Delta State, southern Nigeria. They are Father Chochos Kunav, a member of the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Fathers, and Father Ralph Ogigba, a member of the clergy of the Diocese of Warri, pastor ofRead More
Día de Alianza en el santuario de Santa Cruz do Sul
BRAZIL, Ruy Kaercher, Maria Fischer • “You gather what I am aiming at: I would like to make this place a place of pilgrimage, a place of grace for our house and for the whole German province, and perhaps even further afield. All those who come here to pray shall experience the glory of Mary and confess: “It is good for us to be here. Here we will build our tents, here our favorite place.” Words from the first Founding Document that we Schoenstatters know almost by heart. Words thatRead More
Dia de Alianza en Getafe
SPAIN, Ambrosio Arizu • The Blessed Mother’s allies are becoming more numerous in Getafe. On April 18th, they renewed their Covenant of Love in the parish of San Juan de Ávila de Móstoles, and then they had a time of encounter. — In the social networks of the parish we read: On Tuesday, April 18, 2023, we had a very special celebration in our parish where the Covenant of Love with Mary was renewed. We had some people from the Schoenstatt Shrine in Pozuelo and from other parishes who cameRead More
Barbados on a map
BARBADOS, Father José Luís Correa / Maria Fischer • What happens when a couple from Costa Rica, members of the Family Branch, move to Barbados for work? Schoenstatt was founded on this small island in the Lesser Antilles, the easternmost of the islands, east of St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. — “There is no flag of this country in Schoenstatt, there is no Schoenstatt name known, there was no inhabitant of this Caribbean island in the Original Shrine on Saturday morning, April 24, 2010, when the HolyRead More
Shrine welcomes caretakers
USA, Southern Nebraska Register • All are invited to a Mass at the Cor Mariae Shrine near Crete May 7 to welcome the facility’s new missionary caretakers, Matt and Sara Graeve. — The event will include Mass at 2 p.m. at the shrine, 340 State Highway 103, Crete, followed by a May crowning celebration and dinner at 4:30 p.m. The Graeves’ main responsibility will be to care for the Cor Mariae Shrine and Schoenstatt Center, and ensure that it can remain open for visitors. They will live in the houseRead More
Über den Wolken

Posted On 28.04.2023In Covenant Life

Above the clouds

Pedro M. Dillinger between Chile and Germany •  I am sitting on the plane and enjoying the view. Reinhard Mey’s song comes to mind: “Above the clouds, freedom must be limitless…”(Über den Wolken). —  The word ” limitless” runs through my head, occupies me. The cloud formations, the play of colors, the immensity, ” limitless”, that fits. My seat, well, cramped, little legroom, ” limitless”? Rather not. I choose the view out the window. Easter. No limits Easter has expanded the limits of our imagination. It invites us to lookRead More
Chile
CHILE, Susy Jacob (Vínculo Magazine) • With only 41 years and 7 years as a priest, Fr. Gonzalo Illanes has just assumed with enthusiasm and joy the task of leading the life of the Schoenstatt Movement throughout our country. Previously, he had been in charge as vicar in the parish of San Cayetano de La Legua, advisor of the Boys’ Youth in Temuco, advisor of the Family Branch in Valdivia and national advisor of the Boys’ Youth. — He acknowledges that he received his appointment with surprise, as it wasRead More
Retiro Mallorca - alianzas
SPAIN, pdb • On the island of Mallorca in Spain, we began a new retreat day with the theme “Mother, behold your children”, centered on the Unity Cross. — We began on Friday evening with a vigil in front of the cross. Everyone wrote on a piece of paper what they wanted to offer to Jesus and the Blessed Mother, united in the Unity Cross, so proper to us Schoenstatters, what we wanted to ask or what we wanted to give thanks for. The following day, Saturday, the retreat beganRead More
apertura del proceso de beatificación de Padre Hernán Alessandri Morandé
CHILE, Fr. Marcelo Aravena • I want through these lines to leave a testimony of something that happened yesterday at 11:00 a.m. in one of the halls of the Archbishopric of Santiago, Chile. — This was the opening of the process of beatification of Fr. Hernán Alessandri Morandé, Schoenstatt Father, who died on December 18, 2007. This solemn ceremony was presided over by the Cardinal Archbishop of Santiago, Monsignor Celestino Aos and was attended by the Tribunal responsible for the diocesan process. President: Fr. Jerónimo Walker (diocesan priest). Promoter ofRead More