Schoenstatt – Reaching out Category

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
ARGENTINA, Santiago Landa. “On another sabbath he went into the synagogue and taught, and there was a man there whose right hand was withered.  The scribes and the Pharisees watched him closely to see if he would cure on the Sabbath so that they might discover a reason to accuse him. But he realized their intentions and said to the man with the withered hand, “Come up and stand before us.” And he rose and stood there; Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful to doRead More
ARGENTINA, Father Tommy Dell`Occa. Once again hundreds of youths gave up part of their summer to the Blessed Mother, and with the Pilgrim MTA in hand, they went out to travel the streets of different towns in Argentina.  They were from Cordoba, Buenos Aires, Tucumán, Chaco, Mendoza, La Plata, Salta, Mar de Plata, Entre Rios…there was much diversity, but with a single desire:  To take Christ and Mary to every house, to every person, to every corner of our country.  Many of them spent the New Year on mission, noRead More
BRAZIL, Pietro Marramarco Lovato. January 27, 2013, 3am. At around this time cell phones began ringing in various parts of the city with news that seemed unreal, lies or desperate requests for signs of life. In 234 cases, the answer "I'm ok" didn't reach fathers, mothers, brothers, boyfriends, girlfriends or friends. A fire started by fireworks that caught the highly flammable sponge foam used to soundproof the Kiss Club in the centre of Santa Maria left more than one thousand university students, military officers, students and workersRead More
org. "How beautiful is this Schoenstatt!"  - was the spontaneous and sincere reaction at the moment of seeing the photos and reading the testimonies that arrived from the "Shrine of all of us" in Rome, Belmonte, which gave a true example of covenant solidarity with the victims of the fire in Santa Maria, Brazil. The news about the fire that was published a few hours later on schoenstatt.org (Who could have reacted so quickly if not our schoenstatt.org?") motivated Father Stefano Mueller, Rector of the Shrine of Belmonte, Rome, toRead More
ARGENTINA, Guillermo Elcano. Saint Martin's Square was the stage for a night filled with color, music, and joy, and experienced as a family. After several activities for children, youths and adults that were developed during the week, music had to be at the center of unity in the community. The missionary youths gave a clear message to Pringles' youths about responsibility in studies and about recuperating values through Shakespeare's play of Romeo and Juliet that caught the attention of the participants (which by the way was an entertainingRead More
ARGENTINA, Guillermo Elcano. In this article, Alejandro and Maricé, along with their children Maria and Gabriel, relate the experience of going on mission as a family. As was previously reported in El Diario and other local media outlets, on Saturday, January 26th to Friday, February 1st, the Family Missions of the Schoenstatt Movement visited several neighborhoods close to Saint Peter's Chapel. The special way the mission was carried out caught the attention of a large part of the community; that is, going on mission as a family with their ownRead More
ARGENTINA, Guillermo Elcano. A great number of children participated last Monday, Jan 28th, in the first activities of this missionary group, while the others with little ones, were in St. Peter’s chapel.    Read More
PARAGUAY, www.dequeni.org.py.  As every year, Dequeni has Vacation Camps within their diverse projects so that boys and girls can take advantage of the vacation season with cultural and artistic activities, manual projects, excursions, storytelling, sports and games.  For younger children, they have game activities with the help of educators, teachers and volunteer mothers.  The Vacation Camps began officially on January 14th and will last until February 18th.  Read More