Covenant Life Category

mkf. The president of the German Episcopal Conference, Monsignor Dr. Robert Zollitsch, member of the Diocesan Institute of Schoenstatt Fathers, has manifested his solidarity with the victims of the earthquake and the tsunami in Japan. "I received the news about the terrible earthquake and the tsunami that occurred in your country with great consternation. I bow with profound sadness before the victims of these tragic catastrophes and I assure you, the wounded and the relatives of the dead of my intercessory prayer", the archbishop wrote in aRead More
CHILE, Carmen Rogers. Farewell Mónica Fernández, militant of the Women's Professional Branch in Santiago Cordillera and Favorite Missionary of the Pilgrim MTA… She had begun her pilgrimage toward October 18, 2014… and the Father wanted her to arrive before many others.      Read More
ARGENTINA, Tita Ríos. The activities at the Shrine of La Loma began with the Start-up Conference that was held on the first Saturday afternoon of March with very warm weather and human warmth. Those arriving at the shrine embraced, shared laughter, greetings, and applause. The atmosphere of happiness and joy within the Family meeting close to our Mother invited us to prayer, meditation, and song.    Read More
ARGENTINA, Joaquín Colombo. We felt inexplicable joy in our hearts when Ariel Pssamani of the university Boys' Group (and my group brother) publicly announced his decision to the Schoenstatt Family from Resistencia during the Mass on February 18th.        Read More
CHILE, Carmen Rogers. It is 3:34 in Cobquecura, the epicenter of the earthquake and the tsunami that struck the southern central area of Chile on February 27, 2010. With the sound of the bugle, the Navy marks the beginning of a touching tribute in honor of the 523 Chileans who died and for the twenty-four who have not been found. The authorities and residents lit candles around a wayside shrine, where the words "Nothing without You, nothing without us" could be easily read.  Read More
GERMANY, mkf. The first blessing that the Church gives a small human being is the one he/she receives in the womb of his mother. For several years, the Mothers' Branch of the Schoenstatt Movement has made it possible for mothers to be to receive God's blessing for their child, and they show them that they are welcomed by the Church with open arms - through the initiative - Parent's Blessing. This blessing was carried out for the fourth time on the last Sunday of February in the CathedralRead More
SOUTH AFRICA, mev. In 1948, {cms_selflink page="the-founder-joseph-kentenich" text="Father Kentenich"} visited South Africa for the first time. Frank Manson-Kullin, who was a young boy at the time, shares his experiences and what it meant for him to meet Father Kentenich. Despite many difficulties, Fr. Kentenich arrived sixty-three years ago in South Africa at the Johannesburg airport and was met by three leaders of the Schoenstatt Sisters' Family and Fr. Peron, O.M.I.  Read More
ARGENTINA, Claudia Echenique. The Sion of the Father Shrine in Florencio Varela is 17 years old, and at every annual celebration the altar is filled with more priests since the community of Schoenstatt Fathers in the region continues to grow. This year there were 4 Nigerian priests, who are working in the region to gain experience working with the Movement, in order to increase the Schoenstatt Family in their own nation in the future.  Read More
ARGENTINA, mkf. During these days, Inés Petiti, a Campaign missionary, related some anecdotes about her vacation in southern Argentina, where she found several wayside shrines of the Blessed Mother. "I share the greeting that the Blessed Mother gave us in Caleta Olivia," she writes. "In Caleta Olivia, the Blessed Mother greeted us at a crossroad…Mother: 'You, who greeted us in Caleta Olivia, also greet them.'" The extensive highways of Argentina are sown with wayside shrines, the places of grace, where the Mother Thrice Admirable of Schoenstatt grants theRead More
BRAZIL, Sister M. Roseane Barasuol and Sister M. Olindina Margoti. On February 18, 2011, the Schoenstatt Family gratefully and joyously celebrated Covenant Day in the shadow of Tabor Shrine in Santa Maria-RS. This celebration was very meaningful because it was transmitted live over the Internet via Schoenstatt TV.      Read More