Covenant Life Category

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, Sister Marissel. The Schoenstatt Family in the Dominican Republic was convoked - within the program in which the erection of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo's 500 hundredth year was commemorated - to organize a jubilee morning around the Primacy Cathedral of America.      Read More
INTERNATIONAL, Mary Cole/mkf. A Zenit article published (in English) June 2nd has moved many Schoenstatt members around the world. With the 2014 preparation focusing on outreach and international apostolic creativity, the reported issues a cry for action, many say, especially in view of human dignity, and a new social order marked by justice and deep respect for human life, human dignity, and human personal growth. It is about hearing the cry of girls and women in China.Read More
PARAGUAY, mlf. The 200th year celebration of Paraguay's independence was magnificent; there was a Mass bringing thousands and thousands of people, people who love Christ and the Most Holy Virgin with their whole heart. Approximately 20,000 people, if not more, came in chartered buses from all the parishes for an encounter with Jesus and the Virgin. When the Virgin of Caácupe arrived, they welcomed Her jubilantly with handkerchiefs waving on high.    Read More
ARGENTINA, Ana and Oscar Capezio. On May 21st and 22nd, the Leaders' Conference from NEA (Northeast Argentina) was held in Ituzaingó (Corrientes) that gathered the Families from Formosa, Chaco, Corrientes, Oberá, Ituzaingó and the nascent family from Posadas.        Read More
GERMANY, mkf. Some ideas are so brilliant that one is amazed at how the world actually did without them for so long. Such an idea has increasingly taken shape in the last weeks and months. At first a few, then more and more people became enthusiastic, until the magic point was reached during the working conference for Schoenstatt support associations and institutions in Fulda in April this year. Here it became infectious and a trend. We are talking about the Father Saying, statements of Fr Kentenich that are so toRead More
BURUNDI/KENYA, Mons. Peter Wolf/mkf. Just as he does every year, Monsignor Peter Wolf visited the priests of his Institute in Burundi and in Kenya during Easter week. Upon his return he related about the hundreds of adults who were baptized during the Easter Vigil, the prologue of the book about the Shrine Current, and about the column at Father's House in Belmonte, which was donated by the priests from Burundi …    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
SPAIN, Vilma and Carlos Medina. The Pilgrim Auxiliary of the Campaign travels through Spain, and a current emerged during the meeting of the coordinators of the Schoenstatt Rosary Campaign of Spain. The current is that in preparation for the crowning in the year 2012, the bishops of all the dioceses where the Campaign is present are invited to crown this picture as a way of preparation for the crowning that will be carried out in 2012 in Germany. May 22nd, it was in Barcelona, in June it willRead More
USA, Carlos Cantú. High gasoline prices and a bus with a tire-problem did not deter the approximately 400 pilgrims from attending their yearly pilgrimage from the Diocese of Brownsville to the CONFIDENTIA SHRINE in Rockport/Lamar, Texas. This is a long-standing tradition from the Diocese of Brownsville in Texas, USA. The Diocese of Brownsville is the southernmost diocese which borders with Mexico. The Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary worked in this diocese from 1959 to 1971. They did an excellent job in fostering the Schoenstatt spirituality among the people. It is approximatelyRead More
SPAIGN, Benjamín Paz Vermal. My name is Benjamin Paz Vermal, and I'm from Tucumán, Argentina. I belong to the Schoenstatt Boys' Youth, and right now, I'm a permanent volunteer for World Youth Day.        Read More