INDIA, Father Jerin Choondal • Trusting in Divine Providence and the continuous blessings of Our Mother Thrice Admirable, the Lord opened a new door for the Pilgrim Mother Movement in Bengaluru. — A group of mothers who belong to the Santhom Church, Hulimaavu, Bengaluru, received Our Mother and began their missionary journey of blessing with Our Mother. This parish is a Forane Church. It is known as the Pastoral Center of the Diocese of Mandya and the Regional Office of the Bishop of Mandya. God’s providence is such that He
Read More MEXICO, María Luísa de Maccaferri / María Fischer • On September 18th, Covenant Day, we took the Metropolitan Pilgrim MTA, the Auxiliary MTA, to the parish of Our Lady Queen of Angels, in San Pedro Garza Garcia, in the metropolitan area of Monterrey, where she will stay for eight days. At that moment, a young woman, 28 years old, approached us to give a testimony that touched all of us. The person in charge of the Schoenstatt Rosary Campaign was fortunate enough to record the testimony of the wonderful intercession
Read More UGANDA, Jean de Dieu Ntisumbwa / Maria Fischer • What is apostolic zeal? Pope Francis has taken up again the theme of his catechesis on apostolic zeal, and in them he shows well-known and lesser-known models of “going the extra mile” to spread the word and share God’s mercy. During the almost 25 years of Schoenstatt.org, we have shown many such models. One of them is Jean de Dieu Ntisumbwa, a refugee from Burundi living in the Nakivale Refugee Camp in Uganda, a missionary of the Pilgrim Mother of Schoenstatt.
Read More UGANDA, Jean de Dieu Ntisumbwa • The Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement in Uganda, at Nakivale parish, Diocese of Mbarara, welcomed new members in a beautiful celebration on Sunday, July 16. The parish is part of the Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda, one of the biggest in Africa. Schoenstatt began here a couple of years ago when Jean de Dieu Ntisumbwa, a Schoenstatt member from Burundi, arrived here as refugee. — Most refugees in the settlement are Congolese although the population is heterogeneous with many cultures and groups from different nationalities: Burundi,
Read More PARAGUAY, Martín Ávila • In the first meeting of the Leadership Team, the presentation of the Mission of the Youth Ministry of the Rosary Campaign took place. They spoke about the personal encounter with Christ, an encounter that for the Christian is substantially given in the Eucharist and in the strength of that Sacrament when seeing Christ in others, as Jesus himself says in St. Matthew Chapter 25. In the specific case of the SSI Mission (Mission in the Central Hospital of the SSI – Social Security Institute): “I was
Read More COSTA RICA, pjlc • Today, June 18th, Covenant of Love Renewal Day with the Blessed Mother, a group of 25 missionaries of the Pilgrim MTA from the Parish of San Antonio de Padua in Coronado, said their magnanimous YES to the Blessed Mother, sealing their Covenant of Love. — Father Reyner Castro always motivates to celebrate the 18th of each month in the Parish of St. Anthony of Padua in Coronado, in the province of San José, where he, a Schoenstatt Diocesan Priest, is the parish priest. He especially invites
Read More COSTA RICA, Mary Cruz Coto • On the Feast of the “Visitation of Mary” – the Feast of the Schoenstatt Rosary Campaign – on May 31, 20 new missionaries of the Schoenstatt Rosary Campaign were sent out in Cartago. – And it is precisely the example of Mary’s mission that the Gospel shows us that invites these missionaries to go in search of those who need help through the image of the Blessed Mother in the different modalities of the Campaign. Mary is the great missionary, she always has an
Read More ARGENTINA, Gabriela Sarquis • On Monday, June 5th, at the Casa del Niño Father Joseph Kentenich, we sent out the Pilgrim MTA’s that will visit the homes of the families of the children in Florencio Varela, who attend the House and also the management staff, counselors, kitchen and cleaning staff. — What a network of bonds the great Missionary is creating among so many people who, from their gifts and tasks, unite in the effort to give an opportunity to 300 children from low-income families. The parents, the volunteers of
Read More SPAIN, Luis Ortiz • A while ago a patient of about 84 years of age arrived at the hospital in León. She had a brain tumour and had to be operated. I met her during my daily visits to each of the rooms. When I introduced myself as a religious service, the joy on her face was immediate! She asked for holy anointing and communion. The three sons who accompanied her were annoyed by the presence of the religious service to the point of telling their mother that it was
Read More CHILE, Verónica Morandé • God often speaks in silence and in simple events. This is how the Rosary Campaign began in the “Yevide” camp in San Felipe, a large migrant camp that has become a large apostolic field for the Organisation Mary on the Way. — For some time we have wanted to make the visit of the Blessed Mother to the families of the camp a reality. Our director, Jorge Rubio, accepted the invitation and found an open ear in the Bolivian community. On the 3rd of December, the
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