Covenant Life Category

PARAGUAY, dequeni.org.py. The moment has come. The Scholarship Campaign for the 2012 school year has ended, and in the coming weeks, the backpacks with school supplies will be presented. With them, symbolically, hundreds of children will have the opportunity to study and to break the vicious cycle of poverty and lack of an education. Behind every backpack, there is a person who wants to change the world by contributing their grain of sand so that the new world that so many long for will become a reality…Read More
ARGENTINA, Enrique Soros. For several years, some Schoenstatt communicators from different parts of the world have thought about the need to unite projects in common to improve the efficiency of communication, and at the same time to take the Schoenstatt message to society in a manner adapted to the technical and social changes. There are many Movement websites on the Internet and other communication projects from different countries all over the world. (see www.SchoenstattLinks.org). In November there will be a congress for "Schoenstatt communicators," andRead More
org. As a group from the German Professional Women's Branch sang the opening hymn, Fr. Raúl Espina (General Council for the Schoenstatt Fathers) collected the pieces of paper with the intentions of the International Family for this early morning Mass on February 18th, together with the many other pieces of paper containing petitions, promises, prayers, consecrations, and wishes sent from all over the world to "fill the jar in the Shrine" in the intention of the Pilgrimage Prayer 2014: "we want to fill the jars with our gifts: with ourRead More
Fr. Andrew Pastore. It is hard to imagine that the atmosphere of the Conference 2014 could be repeated, but to a certain extent it was. On the 24th - 26th of February the responsible leaders for the covenant tents met in Marienland to discuss the concrete steps needed to transform the idea of portraying, celebrating and confirming the apostolic life of our movement in and for the church and world. The areas - or major fruits of the covenant identified in the Conference 2014, the historic meeting of members ofRead More
BRAZIL, Sister Eliane Maria Batalin. On February 5th, many of the faithful, missionaries, and families, who receive the Schoenstatt Pilgrim Mother, enthusiastically participated in the traditional pilgrimage to the Schoenstatt Shrine, started in 1959 by God's servant, Deacon Diácono João Luiz Pozzobon.      Read More
Agathe Hug. From Rwanda to Swizterland - Schoenstatt's recent presence in one country to an older affiliation in Europe. Switzerland has some particularities as a state that determines its character. Originally it was created as a federation of several smaller territories, called "confederations" as a means of defense. According to legend, this is shown in the oldest covenant document, the Federal Letter of 1291, the non-official mystified document of founding between the first cantons Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden. The present modern and democratic state wasRead More
PARAGUAY, Maria Luz Fleitas. The Schoenstatt Family from Paraguay made a commitment with a concrete step on the pilgrimage toward the Jubilee of the Covenant of Love in preparation for 2014: to conquer the 18th of every month as a Covenant of Love Day. In this regard, there was a celebration at the Schoenstatt Youth Shrine in Asunción. The Day of Grace dawned with a great spirit for the Schoenstatt Family in Paraguay! The covenant greeting was extended on the social network, and the Blessed Mother's children shared their loveRead More
BRAZIL. Fr. Alexandre Awi. At the request of the 2014 Team, the Original Pilgrim Mother will be at the 2014 celebrations in Schoenstatt and Rome. Before leaving for the Original Shrine, however, she will travel from the north to the south of Brazil uniting the Schoenstatt Family from Shrine to Shrine.      Read More
GERMANY, Marianne Maier. According to Wikipedia, Saint Joseph has been on our calendar for eight centuries. A night vigil at our Original Shrine (Night at the Shrine) is already a scheduled summer program for the youth. Why not give our Father Kentenich a couple of days at the beginning of the year? This experiment was named -With Joseph days - Kentenich Days 2012.      Read More
AUSTRIA, Martin Schiffl. Everything is progressing very rapidly at the Academy for Family Pedagogy in Schoenstatt/Kahlenberg (Austria). A few days after the "Sending Forth" celebration for six trainers for families in the Graz Diocese - last weekend - the Most Reverend Dr. Kaus Kung, Austrian Bishop in charge of Family Life, solemnly sent forth five more family trainers and one Schoenstatt Sister of Mary.    Read More