Schoenstatters Category

BRAZIL, Sr. M. Nilza P. da Silva. On May 30th in the shadow of the Tabor of the Permanent Presence of the Father Shrine in Atibaia, São Paulo, Fr. Jeremias Antonio de Jesus, gathered with the clergy of the Bragança Paulista Diocese, was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as the bishop for the Guanhães Diocese in Minas Gerais.      Read More
BRAZIL, Roberto Montagner. I am blessed because the Blessed Mother has walked with me since my childhood. I was born in Faxinal do Soturno. There, our Mother Thrice Admirable has a Shrine, in the woods near the old Pallottine Seminary. When I was a child, I would go to the Shrine to say my prayers. She is still there today, receiving pilgrims from every corner of Brazil and beyond.    Read More
USA, Belsay Hennig and Gustavo Mendez. On the occasion of the death of Bishop Agustin Roman, Covenant of Love Radio Miami rebroadcast a December 2011 program in remembrance of the last time he was at the Schoenstatt Shrine- Road to the Merciful Father - on the first anniversary of his blessing.      Read More
Martin Emge. On 7 April seventy years ago Fr Franz Reinisch received his call up papers to the army. He had been waiting for this draft notice in his "hiding place" in Wegscheid, because it meant that the hour of decision had arrived for him. Yes, Wegscheid (which translates as crossroads) had become the crossroads of his life. His conscience forbade him to take the oath of loyalty to Hitler. "As a Christian and as an Austrian I can never swear loyalty to a man like Hitler. There have toRead More
INDIA. org. The Holy Father erected the new eparchy of Faridabad of the Syro-Malabars in India. He appointed Msgr. Kuriakose Bharanikulangara of the clergy of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars, India, Counsellor of the Apostolic Nunciature to Germany, was appointed by the Holy Father as first bishop of the newly erected diocese, Diocese of Faridabad, conferring upon him the title of Archbishop "ad personam". The Episcopal Ordination will be held on May 26, 2012 at Delhi and the installation ceremony will take place in the Diocesan Cathedral, Christ the King ChurchRead More
CHILE, Carmen M. Rogers. He went silently, serenely just as he had lived. Like Mary, I would dare say. And because of that silence, Christmas and vacation time passed without being able to say "thank you" again. Yes. Enrique Viveros, "the man with the bow tie," died during Advent and it was not a news item.      Read More
CHILE, Fr. Adrián González Ibarra. "Imitation is a rule of admiration," These words closed the editorial written by Father Raul Hasbun in the July 2011 edition of the magazine, Vinculo and it begs the question- Who do we admire? And in this particular case the answer is Father Jorge Falch, a member of the Schoenstatt Diocesan Priests Institute, who died on June 1, 2011 in the San Jose priest's house next to the Bellavista Cenacle Shrine.  Read More
Fr. Andrew Pastore. 24th January 2012. A day after the very emotional experience with the funeral for Fr. Jonathan Niehaus. Some thoughts …        Read More
Agathe Hug. A strange atmosphere spread through Schoenstatt in the days following the news that Fr Jonathan Niehaus had been called to his eternal home. On the one hand, it was marked by a certain relief that he had been released from his pain and suffering, and is now in the glory of God in our eternal Schoenstatt. We can imagine in very human terms how the Blessed Mother, our Father and Founder and all "Schoenstatt saints" welcomed him home.  Read More
Fr. Heinrich Walter. Fr. Jonathan Niehaus (51), from Ivanhoe, MN, USA,  has been called home by God the merciful Father, after his battle with lung cancer. He consciously lived and offered the last phase of his life.        Read More