Schoenstatt – Reaching out Category

GERMANY, from Martin Schiffl • The communications lecturers of the Academy for Family Pedagogy met last weekend in Memholz. This was the summer meeting, which has meanwhile become a tradition, and has been taking place for fifteen years. What began as a small group with representatives from Germany and Austria has grown to become an international meeting with communications lecturers from Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Spain, Hungary, Brazil, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Although it was not possible for everyone to be there, it was nevertheless a large, multi-language groupRead More
PARAGUAY, by Julia González Mareco • The story begins in the Diocese of Encarnación, Itapúa department, Paraguay, by the Blessed Mother’s hand, and it begins with Luciana Ester Valenzuela de Roman, this family’s first missionary of great heroic childlikeness. Luciana took a Pilgrim Mother to her sister, Dionisia’s home, and she asked her to pray, to pray for her family, for everything, for the daughters that were to be given to her.  At that time, Dionisia did not know how to pray the Rosary, but in time, the Blessed MotherRead More
GERMANY, Project: Trust in God  (GOTTvertrauen), by Maria Fischer • Wonderful and profound experiences were had by the colourful group that set off from Cologne on Sunday 31 July under the banner and with the intention: Trust in God. Rain – “usually not too bad, but more at times” – tired feet, good conversations, many photos, completely new experiences, such as the open round of thanksgiving in the evening during which the participants opened their hearts and related personal experiences, small but intensive with hosts at the wayside stops. OnceRead More
URUGUAY, by Matías Cerviño • As part of German President Joachim Gauck’s visit to Uruguay, his partner Daniela Schadt visited the Providencia Educational Center, a social project of the Schoenstatt Movement in Montevideo. Daniela arrived to Providencia close to noon and the members of the Board, some of Providencia’s educators and mothers welcomed her. “We were very nervous before she arrived; we asked ourselves how we should greet her. The funny thing was that during the visit we gained confidence and were completely at ease, we bid her farewell withRead More
GERMANY, By Maria Fischer • Cologne on “Sunday, the only 31 July 2016, the day that will never be repeated”, the good-humoured train driver of the Rhein-Sieg Express announced at 12.23 p.m. to help his passengers get over their frustration because of the delay. “If we trust in God we will still catch the connecting train in Siegen.” At that moment those taking part in the pilgrimage on foot with “Trust in God” had been walking for more than an hour through heavy showers of rain through Cologne towards BrühlRead More
PARAGUAY, by Mima and Juan Carlos Cardona • We got up at 4:25 a.m. to travel to the city of General Elizardo Aquino, 210 km. from Asunción, for the blessing of the Wayside Shrine of the Mother Thrice Admirable of Schoenstatt. It was a very cold morning; the vehicle showed the exterior temperature at 5°C to 7° C, [41° F to 44°F] with a very dense fog that covered a large part of the road. The weather did not surprise us; we knew because it is not the first timeRead More
PARAGUAY, by Alfredo Cabrera and Maria Fischer • The Rosary of Brave Men members were so excited that the event’s first photos to the participants of the Kentenich Communication Workshop and to editorial team of schoenstatt.org began arriving during the concert.  To the amazed recipients’ request: “Tell us more, Alfredo, for schoenstatt.org!”  The reply was:  “We are in the middle of the concert; we still have to pray two mysteries.  We will send more photos and comments later…” This happened on Sunday, 24 July, during the Singing for Mercy FestivalRead More
ARGENTINA, by Anahí Mariño • Gathering hundreds of pilgrims from different parts of the Uruguay and Colón District, in Entre Ríos, Argentina, the latest ConcePro pilgrimage in honor of Our Lady of Schoenstatt took place on Saturday, 23 June. “ConcePro” is a pilgrimage uniting the wayside shrines of Concepción del Uruguay and Pronunciamiento.  It began in 2005, a year after the blessing of the Pronunciamiento Wayside Shrine. The youth group from El Ovillo de Lana wanted to conquer the picture, holding a pilgrimage on foot from the nearest wayside shrine,Read More
COVENANT SOLIDARITY, por Maria Fischer • It’s one of those small stone churches, so typical to Normandy.  They reminds me of holidays in that region, of simple, faith-filled Masses, with few but very welcoming people who share daily Mass during the week in these churches, not knowing the words but deeply understanding the universal message of sharing our faith in Jesus and opening one’s house to every stranger, to every pilgrim… It was certainly one of these Masses on the morning of 26 July, on the feast of St. AnneRead More
COVENANT SOLIDARITY by AICA and editors • In his words, after leading the Angelus on Sunday, the Holy Father reiterated his condemnation of the “deplorable acts of terrorism and violence” that have taken place in the last few days. Francis said he was “once again shaken by the sad news of the deplorable acts of terrorism and violence” in which “many innocent people lost their lives.” He expressed his closeness to the families of the victims and the injured, and invited them to unite themselves in his prayer, because thisRead More