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PUERTO RICO, Solmarie Sotelo. "The saddest moment has come…" says a song, and this was the feeling at the moment of bidding farewell to the Father Symbol in Puerto Rico. The Holy Trinity and the Founding Father are represented in this symbol. It was Joseph Kentenich who chose to be represented in the Father Symbol when a family asked what symbol he would like to represent him in the Home Shrine..  Read More
NIGERIA/BURUNDI, mkf. During a visit to the Press Office about preparations for the activities for the Year for Priests and Father Kentenich's Centennial of his Priesthood, Father Franz J. Brügger - who was the Zion's Province Superior of the Schoenstatt Fathers until December - offered an interesting picture about his trip to Nigeria and Burundi in December of last year.  Read More
ARGENTINA, José María Iturrería. The uniting of the Shrines of La Puntilla, Mendoza, Argentina and Bellavista, Santiago, Chile through the Crusade of Mary has concluded for the 120 members of the Schoenstatt Boys' Group. It was a feat that took fifteen days to cover the 400 kilometers (around 248 mi.) of demanding road which in the end synthesized the meaning of life itself: inclines in favor and contrary slopes. Both realities were faced with the strength that emanated from the definition that the crusaders gave this feat: A MADNESS OFRead More
mkf. Like a little house in a country of wonders, completely covered with snow, and surrounded by snow covered hills: this is how the Families' Shrine looked on the afternoon of February 2nd, the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, better known as the Feast of Candlemas. For the first time, a Holy Mass was transmitted live from this Shrine, where the Mother Thrice Admirable wanted to establish a place of grace for families.Read More
PERU, Queca Espinoza. This February 1st, the Peruvian Church joyfully commemorated the 25th Anniversary of John Paul II's arrival on Peruvian soil, an historic occasion for the millions of faithful throughout the country. The Holy Father's visit to Peru was February 1st-5th, 1985. During these days, he carried out a heavy pastoral agenda by visiting the main cities of Peru: Lima, Callao, Arequipa, Cusco, Ayacucho, Trujillo, Piura, Iquitos, etc. Thousands of priests, religious, and millions of faithful congregated in these places. One of the events that marked this visit wasRead More
USA, Carlos Cantú. I just want to share this joyful experience. Last night, Elizabeth and I attended the installation of our new Bishop in the Diocese of Brownsville. He is the Most Rev. Daniel E. Flores. Only God knows the reason, but from the beginning when I received the invitation, I felt I had to take the Blessed Mother, so I took along a Pilgrim MTA.    Read More
SOUTHERN CONE, Father Mauricio Torres Marín. The Southern Cone's Conference for the Secular Institute of Schoenstatt Diocesan Priests was carried out within the context of the Year for Priests, the centennial of the priestly ordination of our Father and Founder, Father Joseph Kentenich, and in the shadow of Tabor Shrine at Santa Maria, Brazil,  Read More
mkf. "How many more Masses like these will we celebrate until October 18, 2014?" The celebrant's question awakened an instantaneous speedy mental calculation among those present. "Good Friday Mass is not celebrated…" Father Egon Zillekens added smiling…beginning now until 2014 we will celebrate at least two hundred Masses…then this awakened a collective sigh…we will celebrate these Masses on Saturday mornings in the Original Shrine until 2014, praying for the Schoenstatt Family's preparation for the large pilgrimage to the Original Shrine on October 18, 2014. On the snowyRead More
PORTUGAL, Fernando Martins/Sr. M. Paula. Portugal is celebrating! The year 2010 is rich with jubilee graces. During the year in which the Golden Jubilee is celebrated in the land of Santa Maria, the Schoenstatt Secular Institute of the Sisters of Mary shared the joy of the consecration Jubilee of some of its members with the diocesan bishop, some priests, the entire Schoenstatt Movement, religious communities, civic representatives, friends, and pilgrims to the Shrine.Read More

Posted On 30.01.2010In Schoenstatters

Two new vocations

PARAGUAY, Tuparenda Magazine. Manuel Edmundo Troncoso López (20 ) and Ricardo María Morales Ferreira (also 20) are two new vocations for the Schoenstatt Institute of Fathers in Paraguay. Soon they will begin their novitiate in Tuparenda, along with twenty other young men from all over Iberia America. What motivated them to make this decision? What are their desires, what is their restlessness? Both of them answer joyfully…  Read More