Schoenstatt – Reaching out Category

SOUTH AFRICA, Diana Beamish. It is not only birds that migrate, from cold seasons to countries where there is warmth, animals too migrate, especially in Africa, to find water and food in seasons of drought. Human beings have migrated from time immemorial. Even the chosen people, when there was famine in their land, went to Egypt to look for food and survival. Mary and Joseph took the Child to Egypt when His life was threatened. We who live in Africa are proud to acknowledge the fact that the Holy FamilyRead More
GERMANY, fma. We have to offer Christian hope through our witness, through our freedom and through our joy. The gift that God gives us as a grace brings hope. May we, who have the joy of knowing that we are not orphans, that we have a Father, be indifferent when we are faced with a town or city that asks us, perhaps unconsciously, for a hope that will help it to look into the future with more serenity and trust? We cannot be indifferent. But how are we to doRead More
SPAIN, AICA. A social network, dedicated to encouraging prayer, has called on all of the world's faithful to unite in prayer for the success and fruits of World Youth Day (WYD) that will be celebrated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil between July 23-28, 2013. They invite everyone to pray for all the volunteers and WYD organizing teams. "With our prayers, we could help with the intense job that many are doing in the behind the scenes preparatory work".Read More
SCOTLAND, John Burns. This year the theme of the Schools Project was "The Year of Faith". Once again it was an extremely inspirational and informative experience for all the children who attended. The Project extended over 14 days in April, May and June. 40 schools from across the central belt, from the dioceses of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Paisley and Motherwell, took part. In all, a total of approximately 2000 children across the primary age range attended and benefited from an excellent programme organised by Sister Mary Elsbeth and Sister Margareta andRead More
BRAZIL, mda. The celebration of the 15tth anniversary of the Men's Rosary gathered hundreds of men at the Olinda Shrine in Recife/Brazil, the birthplace of this life current that has now spread throughout Brazil. Brazil's TV Globo broadcast the main events.  Read More
mda. The Academy for Family Pedagogy began in Vienna, Austria, as an apostolic project of Schoenstatt Families who wanted to pass on to others the riches they had received in their families through Fr Kentenich's pedagogy. Following the model set up by the Vienna Academy, Academies began in Switzerland, Germany, Croatia, Hungary, Spain and Lithuania. The first seeds were sown in Lithuania in the summer of 2009. The Academy in Lithuania, which is supported by couples from Austria, is still growing, and has already brought a blessing and missionary élanRead More
PERU, Adriana Cáceres. Father Joseph Kentenich’s pedagogy was stressed by the Leonor Tarifa Center of Peru during the Workshop:  “Inclusive Education, Attachments and Relevance” as a true inclusive education, whose four pillars are: the pedagogy of trust, the pedagogy of attachments, the pedagogy of freedom and the pedagogy of the Ideal.  This event was held at the university headquarters on June 22nd and 23rd 2013, thanks to the collaboration of the Faculty of Education and Languages of the César Vallejo University.  It was led by professors, parents and university students.Read More
mev/mda. The Kentenich Educational Centre (CPK) was created on November 18, 2007 and operates under the auspices of the FOUNDATION IN COVENANT , collaborating fully with its mission statement.  Read More
SWITZERLAND, fma. "How we form the future. It depends on the leader." Last month the second Jour Fixe for leaders took place in Quarten under this motto. This is an event in collaboration between the Training Centre, New Schoenstatt, and the international Kentenich Academy for Leaders (IKAF). Lecturers from Germany and participants from Switzerland, Austria, Poland and Germany considered the question of an ideal manager – enough material for a fascinating and enriching afternoon for almost two dozen leaders from business, church and society.Read More
SPAIN, Pilar de Beas. The ENCUENTRO [Encounter] Project began in Navidad to prove that "our streets" of Madrid were full of people just like us, human beings, "defenceless" children of God who have lost everything and find themselves living on the streets, on our streets, creating a routine from the fight for survival without direction, without hope, without a home.  Read More