Schoenstatt – Reaching out Category

Asado Casa Madre de Tuparenda
PARAGUAY, Ani Souberlich • For a long time, we have wished that more people in Paraguay would get to know our house and come into contact with the young people who participate in our program and tell us about their daily lives. This exchange, this meeting of hearts, through which many more people can share and support this great work of mercy, because it is very different to only hear about something than to actually be there, and as our Father Joseph Kentenich said, “You only love what you know.”Read More
Madrugada bajo la lluvia, Ciudad de Guatemala
GUATEMALA, Edgar Tortola • We did not give up. This Saturday, July 26, the chapel where we are always allowed to pray the Rosary could not be used because a retreat was being held there, so we Madrugadores decided to hold the meeting in a public square known as Plaza Juan Pablo II, in Guatemala City. — However, we didn’t expect it to start raining during the night… It poured with rain in the early morning, and when we started, it continued to rain, although the rain was already lighter.Read More
Fortalecimiento Matrimonial El Salvador
El SALVADOR, Claudio Martínez and Patricia Fernández • The Fortalecimiento Matrimonial (Marriage Strengthening) in El Salvador is getting closer and closer. It is coming up in February 2024 and Salvadorans are working hard to make sure that the first edition goes perfectly. As part of this preparation, the Costa Rican couple Felipe and Coca Cruz de Font, who were the coordinators of the Fortalecimiento Matrimonial in Costa Rica and currently lead the “Forta” for young couples in that country, visited El Salvador. — “We see great enthusiasm in the wholeRead More
Schoenstatt Uganda Nakivale
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
Viaje Colegio Covenant
ARGENTINA, Guillermo Ferreyra • In the days leading up to June 20, the anniversary of the death of Manuel Belgrano, the creator of our national flag, various events are held in Rosario, the place where the flag was first raised. Many schools come from different parts of our country so that their students can take a vow to the flag. — The vow to the flag As they do every year, the fourth grade primary students of our Colegio Covenant went on a class trip to the city of Rosario,Read More
Casa Madre de Tupãrenda y su primera graduación del 2023
PARAGUAY, Ani Souberlich • At the beginning of this year, we have seen great changes in the immediate environment of Casa Madre de Tupãrenda (CMT): the departure of Father Pedro Kühlcke and his departure to Germany, the dismissal of several staff members for economic reasons…. But despite all these obstacles, we have seen rays of hope for the program, which in the six years of its existence has already produced fifty-four graduates, joined today by four others who, with many sacrifices, have reached the goal. — Each graduation is aRead More
En el marco de la propuesta que lleva adelante el Club de Niños, uno de los cinco programas educativos del Centro Educativo Providencia en Montevideo, los estudiantes de segundo año junto a educadores llevaron adelante el proyecto “Plazas que unen
URUGUAY, Providencia Educational Center • The methodology of Solidarity Learning and Service (AYSS) is an active learning proposal, in which students are the protagonists of the activities, using the knowledge acquired in other educational spaces to address the real needs of a community, working in it. Students who participate in AYSS projects, learn through experience, and perform a social action for the community. — Within the framework of the proposal carried out by the Children’s Club, one of the five educational programs of the Providencia Educational Center in Montevideo, secondRead More
Córdoba
SPAIN, Cristina Ruiz Tirado • In some youths of the Schoenstatt Boys’ and Girls’ Youth of Madrid, the missionary desire grew to take Schoenstatt to Córdoba, where we had begun nine years ago with the Misión País; so we set out and decided to make Schoenstatt known among the youths of Córdoba who wanted to be closer to the Blessed Mother. — So that they could experience Schoenstatt firsthand The daily crowning of the Blessed Mother for this meeting since April 18th, and two months of expectation, preparation, and greatRead More
Misión IPS
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 wasRead More
San Antonio de Coronado
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 invitesRead More