Schoenstatters Category

mda. At the age of 92, and still on the threshold of Schoenstatt's new century, Fr Rudolf Mosbach was called to his eternal home on 6 November 2014. With his clear view of Fr Kentenich's basic principles, on which Schoenstatt has to continue to be built in the future, and as a result of his many and varied pastoral tasks in the Schoenstatt Movement, especially as the Spiritual Assistant to the Institute of Schoenstatt Families, he has become a point of orientation and fatherly guide to many generations.Read More
ARGENTINA, Roberto Horat. On the way to the Centenary and during the final hours of already preparing ourselves to renew the Covenant of Love with all our Schoenstatt brothers/sisters around the world and of heaven, we believe that this past October 12th – that was so special – we could not keep from expressing gratitude for the life, the work, the charisma, and the good carried out by Father Esteban Uriburu, the untiring sower of the Covenant of Love with Mary.Read More
CHILE, Myriam Mellado V. During this Jubilee year celebration, I want to make a well-deserved tribute to a very beautiful woman who conquered so many people for Schoenstatt: María del Carmen Villar Reyes – Marujita to everyone, our great leader of the Women’s Branch of Villa Alemana, who was our guide, counselor, sister, mother and great friend.  She marked the way to Schoenstatt because that is what the Blessed Mother wanted for our people.Read More
ARGENTINA, Roberto Horat. On the way to the Centenary and during the final hours of already preparing ourselves to renew the Covenant of Love with all our Schoenstatt brothers/sisters around the world and of heaven, we believe that this pastOctober12th– that was so special – we could not keep from expressing gratitude for the life, the work, the charisma, and the good carried out byFather Esteban Uriburu, the untiring sower of the Covenant of Love with Mary.  Read More
CHILE, Antonio Barbagelata Figari. “Now I simply have to say a yes. Father, not my plans; but rather, God’s. God is Father, God is good, everything he does is good...Human plans are not the good ones, ultimately, it is God’s plan…And as our Father said so many times, 'And that which is in His plans is what is important.'" These words were said by Mario Hiriart Pulido, Servant of God, in Milwaukee, days before his death on July 15th, 1964.Read More
ARGENTINA, mda. On the 13th of August, during the jubilee year, Nelly Depetris, co-founder of the Schoenstatt Rosary Campaign in Argentina, died after a serious and difficult illness. Monina Crivelli, her friend and companion from the founding era, the spread, and consolidation of the Campaign in Argentina and so many countries, described her like this: "She was a pioneer of the Campaign, who captured the spirit as very few had the grace through Father Esteban, and with whom I shared so many experiences in the National Campaign Team, lots ofRead More
ARGENTINA, Susana Llorente. On Sunday, the 3rd of August, the 80th birthday of Father Benjamín Pereira, a Chilean Schoenstatt Father, who has worked in Argentina for many years, was celebrated with great joy.    Read More
AUSTRALIA/GERMANY, www.pallottiner.org/red.At the age of 42 Bishop Johannes Jobst was one of the youngest bishops to attend the opening of the Second Vatican Council in Rome in 1962. Last Saturday, 5 July 2014, he was the last of the German Council Fathers to die. He spent many years serving in Australia and is revered by the Schoenstatt Movement there as a great friend.Read More
mda. A great one is goneOne of those who seem to have always been present, and one on whom one could always count on. When the news of Father Gunther Boll’s death on July 16th became known on the Schoenstatt webs, it was not long before the arrival of testimonies, memories, experiences, words… The Director of the Movement in Argentina and the widow of a childhood friend in Germany, a candidate to the Family Institute from Peru and someone from the Mothers’ Federation in Zimbabwe wrote…and suddenly, even thoughRead More
USA, Carlos Cantú. June 30th was a day of celebration for the Schoenstatt Family in the Diocese of Brownsville, Texas. Schoenstatt Father, Fr. Héctor Vega, was ordained to the priesthood 40 years ago. Although Fr. Héctor has served the Schoenstatt Movement in several parts of the USA and Puerto Rico, he has spent many of his priesthood years in Texas, and especially with the Schoenstatt Family in the Diocese of Brownsville. Fr. Vega, as he is also called, is a household name down here and he is held in highRead More