Schoenstatt – Reaching out Category

EL SALVADOR, Silvia Nasser • During his recent trip to El Salvador for strengthening and founding, Fr. José Luis Correa (a Chilean Schoenstatt Father, adviser to the Costa Rican Schoenstatt Movement, who accompanies Schoenstatt families from Central America) met with Fr. Jorge Soto, the pastor of a rural area of El Salvador on Coatepeque Lake, 50 kilometers from San Salvador, the capital. This priest is very open to Schoenstatt, and he supports all the initiatives. The Mothers’ Branch from El Salvador work there with the area’s children through a projectRead More
Editorial staff • Nature seems attacking with the zone of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean … We implore, in Covenant Solidarity from all our shrines, for the victims and for those who help. At least 32 people died after a strong earthquake that woke up people Mexico this morning. With a magnitude of 8.2 on the Richter scale, it is the largest earthquake in at least 100 years. The regions affected are the poorest in the country. The Tsunami Warning Center said that there is a possibility of largeRead More
CHILE, Sr. M. Ivonne Latsague V. • On, Saturday, 1 July, according to the calendar, the picture of the Parish Pilgrim Mother was supposed to be transferred from one rural chapel to another one that belongs to the “Child Jesus” Parish of Villa Alegre, in Chile’s seventh region. What seemed to be simple transfer from one community to another, as it has been done so many times, became a beautiful gathering of faith, which at the same time was folkloric and religious. At the scheduled time, some cowboys arrived mountedRead More
PARAGUAY, Ana María Mendoza de Acha, President of Fundaprova • Mother of Tupãrenda House (CMT was inaugurated a year ago (22 August 2016). It was a beautiful sunny morning, with Bishop Claudio Giménez’s blessing, the accompaniment of the Ministry of Justice and hundreds of friends who filled us with joy. I cannot believe everything happening in this short of time; the House is progressing much more rapidly than we planned. I am surprised to see it so full of young people to the point that there are several on aRead More

Posted On 06.09.2017In Campaign

A Day of grace in Bragado

ARGENTINA, Rosana Luna • On August 21, some members of the community sealed their Covenant of Love with the Blessed Mother during the 7:00 pm Mass, in St. Rose of Lima Parish in Bragado, Diocese of Nueve de Julio. Moreover another group received the apostolic sending forth to be new missionaries taking the Pilgrim Mother to several places in the community. Fr. Horacio gave a brief reflection explaining the origin and the meaning of the Covenant of Love, and simultaneously, he invited everyone present to renew their Baptismal commitment. AfterRead More
ARGENTINA, Carlos Cappelletti, with Analia Guaragna and Maria Fischer • The VIII National Gathering of Madrugadores was held August 19 – 21, in Nueve de Julio, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina; a total of 226 were registered from ten provinces. Groups from the different parts of the country participated during the three sessions with the motto “Seeking Mary’s Shelter:” Corrientes, Entre Ríos, San Luis, La Rioja, San Juan, Jujuy, Mendoza, Comodoro Rivadavia, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, and the diocesan groups from Coronel Charlone, Emilio Bunge, Los Toldos, Bragado, Pehuajó and the hostRead More
MÉXICO, Ana Echavarría Barros • Experiencing the Family Missions is always a gift from God and the Blessed Mother. From 1-6 August, we shared the joy of going on mission in Tapona and Obregón, two small communities in our state; Fr. Felipe Ríos Correa accompanied us. The people welcomed us warmly into their homes, and they joined us at the workshops for adults, youths, and children we had prepared. Mrs. Marcela’s testimony The roads that God has for us that touch our hearts are often unforeseen. One morning, we visitedRead More
CHILE, Maria Isabel Banfi and Maria Fischer • At the beginning of 2017, summer in the southern hemisphere, forest fires caused severe damage in southern Chile. From schoenstatt.org, we encouraged everyone to accompany Chile in Covenant Solidarity with prayers, capital of grace, material donations, and even more telling, many Schoenstatters’ commitment that came to help their brothers/sisters in the places affected. Six months later, the media had already forgotten about the subject, while here, we can relate to the story about a donation given to the Firemen from Pumanque (anRead More
MEXICO, Edilberto González • For the young people of Monterrey’s Schoenstatt Movement, May is a special time since it is the month they celebrate their Mother.  In celebration of this, eight years ago the youths decided to hold a 5k race during this month. This event was born in response to young people’s concern about increasing the impact on all activities and ministries carried out in both youth groups. They came up with the idea of a short race that would bring the city’s entire Schoenstatt Family in a recreationalRead More

Posted On 23.08.2017In Projects

A balm for wounds

PARAGUAY, Gustavo Cortázar • “Un bálsamo para las heridas” (“A Balm for Wounds”) is a bedside guidebook, which attempts to encourage every divorced couple in a new union (Spanish acronym SENU), to know that Christ loves them, that God has a project for these new unions. God is a good father who wants the good of his children. When he sees them suffering so much, he wants to see the Church help and show them the road of salvation. Thus Tuesday, 6 June was a day of celebration for theRead More