Covenant Life Category

ARGENTINA, Silvia Losada. It was a joyful afternoon at the Shrine of the Blessed Mother in Tucumán. On June 27th, the Rosary Campaign was commemorating John Pozzobon's passing to Schoenstatt's heaven.        Read More
BRAZIL, Sister M. Nilza, Sister M. Patricia and Father Celso. It is still not time for Mass, but there are already more than 2,500 people around the Shrine of Jacrezinho/PR. The long awaited moment is close at hand: the crowning of the Queen of Victorious Confidence!      Read More
Sandra Lezcano/Jorgelina Jordá/mkf. Rome, Wednesday, July 25, 1979: the mission was for the Pope to bless the Original Pilgrim MTA. Today one imagines that taking a Pilgrim MTA to be blessed in Rome or to any other church in the world would not be a problem, however, Father Carlos Cox, a Chilean Schoenstatt Father, relates what he experienced along with Father Rubens and John Pozzobon in order for the first Pilgrim MTA to be blessed by the Holy Father, John Paul II.    Read More
MÉXICO, Patricia de Mestas/mkf. A shingle from the Original Shrine that is on a pilgrimage in Mexico will be in Guadalajara for a month in preparation for the centenary of the Covenant of Love in 2014.        Read More
USA, Kathy Asanza. The construction of the Shrine in Miami is progressing. It is incredible to see how it is taking shape: the ground has been cleared, the area has been filled with dirt, the walls are going up, and the slab foundation is complete. As one visits the place, the heart is filled with joy since shortly, the Blessed Mother will establish her throne of graces in this holy place.      Read More
ARGENTINA, Guillermo Rusas. A procession from the Parish of Saint James the Apostle to the place of the new Wayside Shrine preceded by the Auxiliary Shrine of the Blessed Mother took place on a typical autumn afternoon in the province of Buenos Aires. The time to bless the Wayside Shrine in Baradero, an area situated about 150 kilometers north of the city of Buenos Aires in the Diocese of Zárate-Campana to which the Shrine of Belén de Escobar also belongs, arrived after a long period of conquest, searching, and work.    Read More
mkf. At noon on Friday, June 11th, the Year of the Priest ended with a Mass at Saint Peter's Basilica, the Holy Father presided in the presence of about 15,000 priests - many more than had been expected, and in spite of a bus strike that took place precisely on that day. Saint Peter's entire square looked like a white and yellow sea with hundreds and hundreds of priests celebrating along with the Holy Father. "This audacity of God who entrusts himself to human beings - who, conscious of ourRead More
ROME, Fr. José Luis Correa. On 31 May, the last day of the Month of Mary as well as the feast of the Visitation and the anniversary of the third milestone in the history of Schoenstatt, Fr. Simon Donnelly (from South Africa) sealed his Covenant of Love with our Mother Thrice Admirable at the Cor Ecclesiae Shrine in Rome.        Read More
mkf. "It has been the largest conference of Schoenstatt Priests in Rome, and we were there!" The young priests, members of the first course of the Federation of Diocesan Priests in Chile, radiate joy and still want to take one more picture with the Shrine in the background. "All of Schoenstatt was our guest and we were its hosts, this is historic!" The Italian Schoenstatt Youth is very aware of its role. "Amid the Church and amid life," says Fr. Mauricio Torres from Chile. Read More
mkf. "I will never forget what one of the 40 assassinated youths, NIJONKURU Protais, said to me two minutes before dying, <> Still today, for me, this phrase is like a testament." It is the testimony of one of the companions of the martyrs of the fraternity from the seminary in Buta, Burundi. Leaving aside the prepared text, Cardinal Claudio Hummes, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, at the hour of vespers on June 9th and at the conclusion of "Priests Today," commented that amongRead More