Covenant Life Category

ECUADOR, Fr. Arthuro Enríquez. On July 18th in the Galápagos Islands, there was not enough room in the Our Lady of the Swan chapel because of the great number of people attending the celebration of those making their Covenants of Love with the Mother Thrice Admirable of Schoenstatt in this place, where She arrived April 2010. There are already three Pilgrim MTAs traveling through the islands…    Read More
ARGENTINA, Eduardo and Cristina Colombo. Ita Pater, Ita Mater means "Yes Father, yes Mother" and this was the ideal of life to which Sister Marie Emilie (a Schoenstatt Sister of Mary) aspired. It is an invitation to be true children of God, it is a daily struggle to accomplish holiness, placing one hand in that of the Father, and the other one in the hand of Mary. The Schoenstatt Youth, both the Boys' and the Girls' Youth, wanted to do something to offer to the nation, especially duringRead More
ARGENTINA, Inés Petiti. The last week of July 2010, I was at a conference at work (I am the principal of the "Valentin Virasoro" Professional School in Goya, province of Corrientes) in Huerta Grande, province of Cordoba and … Who did I meet: the Blessed Mother. It was a pleasure to see Her at this beautiful place in the hills of Cordoba as Father Kentenich said.  Read More
ARGENTINA, Lidia Terrone. I have been a missionary for the Schoenstatt Rosary Campaign for ten years in Rawson, Chubut, southern Argentina. I want to tell you about what happened to me, and at the same time, express my gratitude to the Blessed Mother with all my heart. For on October 15, 2008, while crossing a street, I was struck by an automobile. The accident could have been fatal because of the circumstances, but where the auto hit me, I had a holy card of the Blessed Mother inRead More
mkf. In Chile and Ecuador, they are already dreaming about chartered planes. In Costa Rica and Brazil, they have already composed jubilee songs. A few days ago a work document, the fruit of the Experts' Conference held May 3rd-7th, 2010, was presented to the General Presidency, the national presidencies, and national leaders for 2014. This document presents changes suggested by several countries through their national presidencies and the General Presidency to transform Message 2014 into a pilgrimage to Schoenstatt and then to Rome, which will take placeRead More
BRAZIL, Filipe de Freitas Araújo, Otávio Cezarini Ávila. The Third Conference of Schoenstatt Boys' Youth Leaders and Advisers was held in Tupãrenda (Paraguay) during July 12th thru 17th. The youth from Germany have also joined the project, which gathers representatives and advisers of the Schoenstatt Men's Youth of America; Spain and Portugal have belonged since last year.    Read More
BRAZIL, Boys' Youth Londrina. It was a very long trip, but it had its reward. On Friday, July 16th, a group of travelers gathered in the Shrine of "She who steps on the head of the serpent" in Londrina, to pray before departing; a little while later, they departed. Saturday morning the travelers crossed the border with Paraguay. It is about two and a half hours to Ciudad del Este, where the passengers also wanted to do some shopping. Everyone went his or her own way withRead More
USA, Carlos Cantú. In thanksgiving for the gift of Father Kentenich's priesthood (July 8, 1910 - July 8, 2010), the Schoenstatt Family of the USA gathered for a National Leaders' Convention. The event was held from July 8th to July 11th at the International Schoenstatt Center in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The convention began at 5:00 P.M. in the shadow of St. Vincent Pallotti East Parish Church and the Exile Shrine where Father Kentenich celebrated the Golden Jubilee of his ordination.Read More
BOLIVIA, Lizzie Loetz. Through the valleys, peaks and snowy hills, the Father Symbol arrived at the Shrine on the high plain. Achumani was filled with joy, and with this Symbol, a sign of the universal Family's unity, everyone has felt united around the Founder. He wanted to leave this Symbol as a sign of the loving and providential presence of God the Father within his Family.    Read More
Sandra Lezcano. The Blessed Mother has gifted me with a stay in Schoenstatt, and I can say that it is a great gift, a blessing which is experienced moment by moment and especially so on such an important date for the Schoenstatt Family as the 100th Anniversary of the priestly ordination and first Mass of our Father and Founder.    Read More