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Posted On 21.03.2018In 100 houses, works of mercy

A small town of solidarity: 216 houses speak of Covenant Solidarity

PARAGUAY, Maria Fischer • “From the Shrine to the poor.” With this motto, João Pozzobon, the initiator of the Schoenstatt Rosary Campaign, built “Villa noble de la Caridad,” uniting Santa Maria Shrine with this town through the Stations of the Cross. — “From the Shrine, he especially wanted to help families; in his visits to homes, he was concerned about family situations, and later he tried to attend to their needs. In the same way, he portrayed a very preferential dedication to the poor and needy, to children, to thoseRead More

Posted On 22.05.2017In 100 houses, Covenant solidarity, Schoenstatt - Reaching out, works of mercy

100 houses: a small neighborhood of solidarity

By Maria Fischer and Ani Souberlich • “Thirty more stars were blessed on Friday, 12 May for the carpet of stars located at the north entrance of the Cologne Cathedral. The twenty-five small and the five large stars were donated this spring,” this was Cologne’s Domradio radio message. Among them, there was also a star from 1. FC Köln soccer team, the ‘Kölner Dom’ cultural foundation related. With the star of 1. FC Köln, two of Cologne’s passions grow closer: the cathedral and soccer,” commented Fr. Gerd Bachner, Provost ofRead More

Posted On 28.12.2016In 100 houses, Covenant solidarity, Schoenstatt - Reaching out

“100 houses:” We are advancing during Christmas guided by the star of solidarity.

100 HOUSES, Maria Fischer and Ani Souberlich • We are advancing…on the road towards Christmas We, a searching people, a people of waiting, a people of hope… We are advancing…on the road toward Christmas Guided by a star, a star of peace and of solidarity… We are advancing …on the road toward Christmas A single desire guides our steps: to find a child, to find the smile of a child, to find the humanity of a child… We are advancing …on the road toward Christmas Hands extending toward others, theRead More

Posted On 23.10.2016In 100 houses, Covenant solidarity, works of mercy

“I want to build this house now, because it is cold…” There are already 175 “100 houses of solidarity”

PARAGUAY, by Maria Fischer and Ani Souberlich • “Do we have donations for one more house?” Ani Souberlich asked me several weeks ago. “I already asked for the material, it is for one of our families that I promised a roof, and with last week’s rain, they had some misfortune, and they are now practically living under a tree. I would like to help them now…and I want to build this house because it is cold. I will tell you more later!” Two or three days before, the first donationRead More

Posted On 29.03.2016In 100 houses, Covenant solidarity, works of mercy

A Hundred Houses in Solidarity – A Hundred Houses of Mercy

PARAGUAY/INTERNATIONAL,  from Maria Fischer • “Will we get a hundred?” “Let us trust in the solidarity of our people.” “But no answers have arrived … either from the Team or elsewhere …” “Calm down! God probably has a different timescale to ours.” “At any rate he has more patience than I have, we are already in the Jubilee Year and nothing ….” “And if no answer comes, we have to accept it, we always work that way…” Stop! We are not in 2013 and the beginning of a crazy ideaRead More

Posted On 30.12.2015In 100 houses, Campaign, Covenant solidarity

Now it is Christmas

PARAGUAY, by Maria Fischer • When Fr. Juan Pablo Catoggio opened the “Holy Door” of the Original Shrine on 13 December, he showed the two dimensions of mercy: “The first and basic dimension is the mercy of God the Father, ‘…a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness..’ (Exodus 34:6), which is repeatedly given to us, and which we repeatedly experience. The second dimension is our attitude of mercy to everyone, and in particular those who suffer. Two parables of Luke’s Gospel –Read More

Posted On 12.12.2015In 100 houses, Covenant solidarity, Covenant solidarity with Francis, Schoenstatt - Reaching out, works of mercy

Jubilee Fruitfulness: 150 Families with a Good Roof Over Their Heads During Stormy Weather

PARAGUAY, by María Fischer • “The private initiative of a member of our Family, in the context of the Jubilee Year – to build in the heart of Paraguay the basic infrastructures for homes which can continue being built by their beneficiaries – led us to the decision that the gift we can give to His Holiness through Covenant solidarity and with the support of friends and acquaintances, is to give 100 basic homes to 100 families who live in extreme poverty. They will be the living remembrance of ourRead More

Posted On 06.10.2015In 100 houses, Covenant solidarity, Schoenstatt - Reaching out

“I was a stranger and you welcomed me…” 100 houses of solidarity, a response to Pope Francis’ call

PARAGUAY, Maria Fischer and Ani Souberlich • “I want to be very clear. There is no social or moral justification, no justification whatsoever for lack of housing. There are many unjust situations, but we know that God is suffering with us, experiencing them at our side. He does not abandon us,” Pope Francis said in his encounter with homeless people in Washington. “Jesus not only wanted to show solidarity with every person. He not only wanted every person to experience his companionship, his help, his love. He identified with allRead More

Posted On 18.08.2015In 100 houses, Covenant solidarity, Schoenstatt - Reaching out

Each roof, each house, each kilometre travelled, each donation, each smile is the covenant in solidarity with our Pope Francis and with the poor…

PARAGUAY, 100 solidarity houses, by Ani Souberlich and Maria Fischer • “To see your faces, your children, your elderly, and to hear about your experiences and everything you went through to be here, to have a dignified life and a roof over your heads, to endure the bad weather and the flooding of these last few weeks… All this makes me think of the little family of Bethlehem. Your struggles have not taken away your laughter, your joy and your hope. Struggles which have not lessened your sense of solidarityRead More

Posted On 15.05.2015In 100 houses, Connecting Schoenstatters, Covenant solidarity

Luz’ smile: a visit to the “100 houses”

PARAGUAY, María Fischer • We were almost leaving, bidding farewell once again to this young and a struggling mother, who can barely speak Spanish, but at least she understands our language better than we understand her Guaraní. We understood the pride and gratitude of her gestures when she showed us her garden, her plants, and above all her little house, which is very small but clean and painted a light turquoise. While her daughter, Luz, a timid little girl, with difficulty moving her hands and feet, simply smiled and lookedRead More

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