Covenant Life Category

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
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
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
INTERNATIONAL, mkf. It is about a month until World Youth Day that will take place in Madrid. Two Schoenstatt Youth Branches, Boys' and Girls', are preparing throughout the world for the International Retreat prior to World Youth Day, and for the common commitment of being in the midst of thousands of youth from allover the world gathered in Madrid in August 2011, in the heart of the young Church. Both Youth Branches will have an International Retreat there: the Girls' at one place, the Boys' at another,Read More
MEXICO, José Antonio Duarte. On Thursday, June 23rd, the Feast of Corpus Christi, the Shrine of Querétaro began a forum of expressions of Eucharistic Adoration with the title: Adoring You.        Read More
PARAGUAY, María Luz Fleitas. Father Martin Gomez presided at a thanksgiving Mass of celebration for Father Kentenich's priestly ordination at the Youth Shrine Father Jose Pontes and Father Tommy Nin Mitchell concelebrated. All attending experienced the family atmosphere in a communion of Schoenstatt spirituality accompanied by the joy of the choir, the seminarian Juan Andres Le Vraux, postulant Carlos Sandoval and members of the Boys' Youth. Father's Secretariat was in charge of the Holy Mass.    Read More

Posted On 13.07.2011In Jubilee 2014

…and perhaps beyond

INTERNATIONAL, mfa. "…and perhaps beyond". These words of the Founding Document are continually and fully carried out by this extraordinary "highway of grace" manifested in the covenant with Lebanon motivated by the celebration of the Holy Mass "2014" in the Original Shrine on June 25, 2011.    Read More
BRAZIL, Sister M. Nilza P. da Silva. Have you thought about making a reservation for the great Jubilee 2014? That is what it is about. The National Headquarters of Advisers of the Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement of Brazil has just launched the Matercard.        Read More
SCOTLAND, Eileen and John Shalloo/mcb. Eileen and John Shalloo, members of the Schoenstatt Family of Scotland, have discovered their mission in preparation for Jubilee 2014. Together with some others they want to be “Praying Hands” …          Read More