Covenant Life Category

COSTA RICA, Rudy Sauter and Marianella Coto. The Schoenstatt Family experienced great joy during the twelve-day visit of their adviser, Father Juan Guillermo Múzquiz. One hundred twenty-three Covenants of Love were celebrated! Yes celebrated! Amid so much joy, there is special outstanding news: The Blessed Mother has sealed her Covenant with the first diocesan priest in Costa Rica!  Read More

Posted On 19.11.2010In Covenant Life

The hour of Emmaus

CHILE, Oscar Iván Saldivar. "With that, their eyes were opened and they recognized him," (Luke 24: 31). With these words taken from the Gospel according to St. Luke, we, who gathered at the Joseph Kentenich Major College - the Ibero-American Seminary of the Schoenstatt Fathers in Santiago, Chile -gratefully celebrated the diaconal ordinations of Alfredo Pereira - better known as Pope - and that of Pablo Pérez.    Read More
INTERNATIONAL, Sandra Lezcano. At 9:00 a.m. on October 18th, children of different nationalities gathered to pray the Holy Rosary convoked by the "One million children praying the rosary". The objective of this campaign is to gather the children at 9:00 a.m. every October 18th to pray the rosary asking the Blessed Mother for peace in the world and in every country.    Read More
ECUADOR, Sister María Gracia. Heroes of Fire-Golden Family marching towards 2014: This motto illuminated the traditional Joseph Engling Vigil that the Boys' and Girls' Youth from Guayaquil celebrate and which "providentially" this year was united with the celebration of the Holy Mass for Ecuador in the Original Shrine.      Read More
ECUADOR, Mónica Maruri. At dawn on November 6th, the Schoenstatt Family from Ecuador experienced moments of joy and renewal with the youth around the Jospeh Engling Memorial with the motto: "Heroes of Fire - Golden Family marching towards 2014." And for the first time, the families joined the youth in an activity that included a touching adoration and con-celebration of the Eucharist in Guayaquil and Quito simultaneously with the Original Shrine.  Read More
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, Sr. Marissel. On the Tuesday afternoon of October 19th, Madelin Rincón Mieses, a member of the Schoenstatt Girls' Youth in the Dominican Republic, left this earth to encounter the Heavenly Queen in Eternity….. Her life is a great testimony for the youth. She is probably the first "black cross" of the triennium towards 2014.    Read More

Posted On 05.11.2010In Covenant Life

Setting the Direction

mkf. At the meeting of the Pallottine Province at the Provincial House in Friedberg, Germany, the delegates set the direction for an agreement with the Schoenstatt Movement at the place of origin, Schoenstatt.          Read More
SOUTH AFRICA, Sarah-Leah Pimentel. The Schoenstatt Family in Johannesburg experienced a very full and blessed October Weekend from 15 to 18 October as it joins the international Schoenstatt Family on its pilgrimage to 2014. The weekend can perhaps be summarised by saying that they caught a glimpse of Fr. Kentenich, received two special gifts and are now on a three-year pilgrimage to 2014.    Read More
mkf. With great joy and great expectations, the International Schoenstatt Family has begun - on this October 18, 2010 - a triennium of preparation for the centennial of the foundation in 2014. Msgr. Dr. Peter Wolf, along with the Rhine Section of the Joseph Kentenich Institute, has compiled an anthology of texts for the first year of the triennium toward 2014 which will be the world-wide year of the Father Current: "United with the Father."      Read More

Posted On 01.11.2010In Jubilee 2014

On the Way to 2014

ECUADOR, Mariuxi Villacrés de Andrade. Fr. José María García, along with an international team, is responsible for the preparation for celebrating Schoenstatt's 100th anniversary in October 2014. A few weeks ago, he visited Ecuador for the first time and left his message for uniting and preparing for this great celebration. The starting point was indicated on October 18th, declaring the triennium of preparation as an International Family for the 2014 Jubilee. In the context of this visit, the following interview took place.    Read More