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Renovación del compromiso de miembros de la Liga de Familias, La Plata

Posted On 30.11.2023In Covenant Life

To renew is to live

ARGENTINA, Lilita and Carlos Ricciardi • Last Saturday, November 25, members of the Family Work League of La Plata made the Renewal of Consecration as members of the League in the Shrine of Liberation. During the Mass of the Family Work, which is celebrated on the fourth Saturday of each month, the members of the League of all ages decided to renew their membership commitment. — Jimena and Alejandra Fascizewski, Cecilia and Diego Pelassini, Luis and Lorena Folonier, Héctor and Norma Pavía, Ricardo and Carmen Della Motta, Francisco and ElizabethRead More
Córdoba
ARGENTINA, Juan Barbosa •  With the motto, which is the title of this article, the Schoenstatt Family of Córdoba celebrated the patronal feast of its diocesan shrine, having completed its first 55 years of fruitfulness in consecrated and committed lay vocations, making steady progress in its task of being a light and beacon for all the pilgrims who come to it. And in full expansion of the structures on its grounds! — From the interior of Cordoba: A flood of pilgrims! Very early in the morning, the first visitors wereRead More
Schoenstatt Family Group in Nigeria
NIGERIA, Ijeoma Ugwu • Schoenstatt, a Catholic Apostolic Movement founded by Father Joseph Kentenich in Germany in 1914, has found a warm and enthusiastic welcome in Nigeria. One of the cornerstones of this spiritual movement is the Covenant of Love with the Blessed Mother in the Shrine, a commitment that has profoundly affected many people throughout Nigeria. —  This Covenant is an act of faith that strengthens our attachment to Mary, reinforces our baptism and marriage, while fostering unity and a deep sense of purpose within families. The Schoenstatt FamilyRead More
Nigeria Covenant of Love
NIGERIA, Fr. Jude Eze, ISch. •  October 29, 2023, the closing day of the World Synod on Synodality, was a historic day at the Victory Shrine of Our Lady of Schoenstatt, Ibadan, Nigeria, as the first group of couples from the Lagos Schoenstatt Family sealed their Covenant of Love. This group of families came together from different parishes in Lagos through the instrumentality of Fr. Jude Eze, ISch, a Schoenstatt Father who works in a parish in the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, who accompanies the group. The Covenant of LoveRead More
HOLY LAND, Maria Fischer • “I carry your name to Bethlehem in the Holy Night”: what the Benedictine monks of the Abbey of Dormition in Jerusalem have been doing for many years on the Holy Night has a special touch this year. In this Christmas marked by hatred, violence, and unimaginable suffering, they will carry the names of people from many nations and languages to Bethlehem. — “We are witnessing in these days a violence against children, women and men that can hardly be expressed in words. In deed andRead More
Carta al Pueblo de Dios
SYNOD ON SYNODALITY, editorial team • On Wednesday, October 25, the 9th anniversary of Pope Francis’ encounter with the Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement, the Letter of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops to the People of God was published. What do we, members of the Holy People of God, do with this letter? — “”When asked what they expect from the Church on the occasion of this synod, some homeless people living in the vicinity of St. Peter’s Square answered: Love!” we read in the letter. WhenRead More
Cardenal Adalberto Martínez Flores en Tuparenda, 18.10.2023
PARAGUAY, Cardenal Adalberto Martínez Homily in Tuparenda, October 18, 2023 • On October 18, a multitude of believers participated in the feast in honor of the Virgin of Schoenstatt in the Shrine of Tupãrenda, which is located at kilometer 37 of Ypacaraí. Four Masses were celebrated and the second one was presided by Cardinal Adalberto Martínez Flores, Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción, President of the Paraguayan Episcopal Conference. On October 18, in Tupãrenda, it was celebrated under the motto: “With Mary, a family in covenant in service of a synodal Church”.Read More
Laicos en el Sínodo
SYNOD ON SYNODALITY • This Synodal Assembly is reflective of the call of Pope Francis for lay men and women to participate for the first time, with active voice and a vote. Their particular charism is essential for a healthy discernment of the will of God and listening to the People, so that, as the Holy Father says, they can turn to him to look at him with mercy. — It is worth mentioning the personal efforts of men and women who have come to this Assembly from different partsRead More
ermita City Bell
ARGENTINA, Teresa Fiorucci and María Fischer • Is there wayside shrine today, a boy from the neighborhood asked Teresa Fiorucci – one of the leaders and co-founders of the Schoenstatt Wayside Shrine of City Bell – one day when he passed by the door of the grounds. He wanted to enter, because there he felt happy and content, first for the Blessed Mother and then for the people who collaborate and help the whole neighborhood of City Bell with spiritual, social, and material assistance. — Catechesis, bookstore, American Fair, Masses,Read More
Nuevo Schoenstatt
ARGENTINA, Marí­a Elena Cruz Sanchez • On October 1st we celebrated the 97th anniversary of the founding of the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary and being this date so special to give thanks, we want to give testimony of our recent trip to the Shrine of New Schoenstatt, in Florencio Varela, province of Buenos Aires, with the Mothers’ Branch of La Emilia. We are grateful because when we arrived at the doors of the Shrine, Sister Maria Ester was waiting for us on the walkway and herRead More