Covenant Life Category

POLAND, Dra. Alicia Kostka. On April 26, 2009, the Feast of Our Lady of Good Counsel, a picture of the MTA was placed on the Schoenstatt altar in Gudnick, near Rossel (which was previously Eastern Prussia, presently Poland). This altar was build during the decade of the 1930's; it is very similar to the altar at the Original Shrine. Moreover, as in Maria Pohl's written report during that decade explains; it is a relic of the Movement that existed in the area of Rossel with the accompaniment of the thenRead More
BURUNDI, Fr. Deogratias. On 15th August the MTA was tol be crowned as "Queen of Peace and of Reconciliation" in the Shrine of Mount Sion Gikungu at Bujumbura, Burundi. The crown that we want to offer the Queen of Peace at Mount Zion is the fruit of the prayers, the contributions to the Capital of Grace, and the Mount Zion Gikungu pilgrims' financial contributions. It is the pilgrims themselves who want to crown Mary, and for this reason, they have given their all so that this beautiful crown can beRead More
POLAND, Lambert Schroedter / Tobía Wiedemer. "The Conference at Prosity", which has been held annually since 2000, celebrated its tenth anniversary on July 4th and 5th. Prosity (which was then German territory) is the place where {cms_selflink page="joseph-engling" text="Joseph Engling"} was born; he consecrated his life to the Blessed Mother during the founding era of the Schoenstatt Work. He participated as a soldier in World War I, and during this time he aspired to selflessly serve his comrades. He died in 1918 close to Cambrai, in France. The process forRead More
SWITZERLAND, mkf. On March 26, 2009, he celebrated the 70th Anniversary of his priestly ordination with the brothers of his community. He was the oldest Schoenstatt Father, and he was a witness to many events in Schoenstatt history, which are still being studied. On July 23, 2009 he died at the age of 97.Read More
CHILE, P. Enrique José Grez López. With the desire to embody the ideal that the national camp assumed, a group of youth from the branch from Ayinrehue, went to the area of Trovolhue to work in the community and parish of that sector.Read More
HUNGARY, Gertrud María Erhard. Two hours after the consecration of the third Family Federation course in Obudavár, Hungary – July 9, 2009 – not far from the Shrine, one of its members died: it was Csaba Ozsvári, an internationally known religious art silversmith. "Since then, everything is different from before," says Moni R., a member of the third Family Federation course in Hungary, shortly after the sudden death of Csaba Ozsvári. Two hours after the magnificent Holy Mass for the consecration of the Course, amid the festivity and a shortRead More