Schoenstatt – Reaching out Category

org. When so many couples and families are in crisis, God motivates families to turn matrimonial love into missionary love which projects itself beyond their own family. When Father Kentenich affirms that "we live, work, and die for a new social order," he is not making a rhetorical statement, rather he is indicating something essential to his mission as father and prophet, and therefore, to the mission of the Family. An exceptional experience from Schoenstatt consists in the "Family Missions." These came forth in Santiago de Chile and were broughtRead More
BRAZIL, Volny Enrique Martoni. On 28 February, the Men's Rosary was launched at St. Anthony's Parish in Ourinhos Diocese (State of Sao Paulo). Fifty-one men who belong to the Men's Rosary in Jacarezinho travelled by bus, kindly provided by Esconorte Construtora belonging to Avanilton Batista, to Ourinhos. Fr. Rogério, the parish chaplain, Fr. Luiz and the members of the Men's Rosary in the parish welcomed the visitors.    Read More
GERMANY, fma. "It depends on the leader. What the Church does here or there, or what it changes or not, is not as interesting as the question: WHO will it be. Who will be Pope? Chritine and Erwin Hinterberger skillfully took the atmosphere before the beginning of the conclave to set the stage of the 'Jour Fixe' on March 9th. It all depends on the leader. Scholastic success depends on good teachers. The success and atmosphere of a business depends on good executives.Read More
mev/mda. In the year 2004, a new modality of the Schoenstatt Rosary Campaign was born, known as the Pilgrim MTA of “Serenity and Confidence”. This Pilgrim MTA visits people who suffer anxiety, depression, sadness and lack of inner peace as a response to the needs of today’s men/women.    Read More
COSTA RICA, Josef Sauter. The Costa Rican Schoenstatt Family, through a businessmen's chapter, are carrying out a cycle of open conferences in preparation of the Third Iberoamerican Congress of Schoenstatt Businessmen and Executives (CIEES) to be celebrated November 14 -17, 2013.    Read More
PORTUGAL, Sr. M. Paula. Last Wednesday, about 100 teenagers and young people walked to the Schoenstatt Shrine to ask our Lady for a miracle. Their 13-year old peer and friend, Rafael, is in a coma following two emergency operations to the brain. This group gahered to support Rafael. There was nothing else they could do except to pray and be united in his pain, and so these teenagers and young people came to the Shrine despite the stormy afternoon.  Read More
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, mda. A young man remembering his grandmother`s prayer and googling the words, finding Schoenstatt.org, is a simple and inspiring story to be shared.  This young man living in Trinidad and Tobago is, as someone put it, “simply unbelievable”and yes, a story to be shared. … And yet, the story does not end here.      Read More
PERU, Adriana Cáceres. The "Leonor Tarifa Center of Peru (CLETARP) and the Cesar Vallejo University of Trujillo organized the "Workshop about children with different abilities" held on February 18th.      Read More
BRAZIL, Sr. M. Paula. The last patient hospitalized at Santa Maria University Hospital, a victim of the fire that killed 239 young people, was discharged on Monday morning. With the support of her family, especially her three-year old daughter Luiza Ferreira, Carmem Janaína Rodrigues, a 26-year old student, has returned home.      Read More
Argentina, Maria Paz Perinotti. After two days of this crazy experience that was “IGNIS” I stopped to think what this meant to me, and I have several mixed feelings; that I still can’t say what all this was.      Read More