Schoenstatt – Reaching out Category

COSTA RICA, Michelle Ramirez and Rudolf Sauter. In an atmosphere of the "Shrine"…the three hour vigil by the eleven participating countries…"flew by" in the Movement House Homeshrine in Costa Rica, on the night of November 1, 2013. The spirituality that was generated by all the participants and presenters of the Congress of Schoenstatt Businessmen and Executives (CIEES) was wonderful!Read More
COSTA RICA, Rudolf Sauter, Isidro Perera. Schoenstatt businessmen and executives are on the threshold of inaugurating the Second Ibero-American Congress of Schoenstatt Businessmen and Executives - CIESS, which will be held at the facilities of INCAE, the well-known business school in Costa Rica. The Congress will begin on November 7th, welcoming delegations from ten countries. Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, The United States, Spain, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Switzerland, and Costa Rica are among the countries that are participating.Read More
GERMANY, fma. "We have a dream --- of bright classrooms, a big hall with a warm wooden ceiling, of teachers who make music, of lessons that we simply enjoy, and a school we have built ourselves ..." Who would have thought three or four years ago that schoolchildren in Kempten-Leubas would talk about this dream, which has become a reality for 42 children, to 280 guests, among them the second Mayor, Josef Mayer? Between the dream and its realisation lay insufficient means and financial possibilities, the lack of permissions andRead More
ARGENTINA/CHILE, Fr. José María Iturreria/mda. "We're drawing closer to the Jubilee celebrating Schoenstatt's Centenary and so, we want to tell you the good news! We want to invite you to join Mary's Crusade so that, as the International Schoenstatt Boys' Youth, we can celebrate the 100th anniversary of Schoenstatt's founding. We want to renew ourselves in the spirit of the first sodalists and founders and, once again taking up the four pillars of the International Boys' Youth, want to take Schoenstatt into the next 100 years," reads a letterRead More
org. As part of the jubilee celebrations for the 31st of May 1999, the International Boys' Youth held a meeting - Youthful Pentecost - in Bellavista, Chile.  The pre-programme included a pilgrimage on foot from the shrine in Mendoza (Argentina), over the Andes along the Christ the Redeemer Pass.  The pilgrimage was a symbolic gesture expressing the meaning and enormity of the 50th anniversary of this important milestone, and to do this in the typical style of the Boys' Youth!  This pilgrimage has now become a regular feature in theRead More
PARAGUAY, mda. On Saturday, September 21st, a powerful storm caused severe damage in many areas of Paraguay. "It has been unusual. My generation has not experienced a deluge that lasted so long. Each hailstone was larger than an orange. An enormous number of roof tiles were broken in a very populated area of Paraguay," commented Father Antonio. The National Schoenstatt Shrine in Paraguay suffered severe damage.Read More
GERMANY, Barbara Pons. During our last Covenant Sunday the Schoenstatt Family in the diocese of Aachen was gathered in its Missio Patris Shrine. There the idea of the Working Document for 2014 was taken up to renew the covenant of love in its international network and with its missionary formative power. Some of those present explained the project: "Each shrine its house" with great enthusiasm.Read More
URUGUAY, Maria del Rosario de Armas. The Movement's social mission in Uruguay is located in a neighborhood of Montevideo known as "The Hill". It is located on the hill which gave it its name: "monte vide eu", we saw the hill, said the watchman of the first Spanish boat that entered the Río de Plata. Hence the name of the capital city Montevideo.Read More
INTERNATIONAL, mda. AGUIJĖ NDEVE means: "Thank you" in Guaraní. AGUIJĖ NDEVE can be seen on cardboard posters on simple red brick houses that have been built in Asuncion, Paraguay, over the last few weekends. AGUIJĖ NDEVE, Muchas gracias, Danke, Thank you. Danke Ulm-Soeflingen, Germany. Muchas gracias, Madrid. Danke, Munich. Thank you, Manchester.  Danke, Tabor shrine in Schoenstatt ... Thank you, because thanks to your contribution we have a roof over our heads. Suddenly Fr Kentenich's words, that a house should be built next to every shrine, has become practical inRead More
AUSTRIA, Susi Mitterer. Family as Vocation or "FAB" (from the German Familie als Berufung) is a magazine produced by families for families. Its purpose is to share positive life experiences in full confidence that life enkindles life. FAB is an initiative by the Austrian Family Movement and the project directors include an editorial team and many collaborators.Read More