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Posted On 27.03.2016In Covenant solidarity

Praying for the victims of Lahore, their families, friends, doctors…

Editorial staff • Again. Again deaths, injured, desperate families,  horrified friends. This time, in Lahore, in Pakistan and just at Easter. At least 65 people are dead and more than 300 seriously injured after the suicide attack on this Easter Sunday. A heavy explosion in the parking lot of a park in the metropolis of Lahore. The explosive device detonated very close to the children’s swings. The park and the parking lot are full of families. Most of the dead are children and their mothers. The Taliban have confessed thatRead More

Posted On 22.03.2016In Covenant solidarity

In prayer for the victims of Bruxelles, their families and friends, doctors, police, journalists …

Editorial staff • Once again. Once again innocent victims who lost their lives or were seriously injured. Once again families and friends in pain. Once again doctors, policemen, priests, journalists working beyond exhaustion to save lives, to comfort, to provide  security, to spread less  panic and more clarity … Let us all be Brussels. We are all Brussels. United in prayer, in solidarity, in capital of grace,  in pain. We are in the Holy Week. The Way of the Cross of Jesus is not a tale from past times. IsRead 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 10.12.2015In Covenant solidarity

“Pray for Burundi”

BURUNDI, Chiara Santomiero/Aleteia Team • “During the night, the police arrived arresting people, and the next day it was known that they were dead. We found cadavers in the streets. There is now total insecurity.” This is told to Aleteia by a source from the Church in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi. The person asks for anonymity for security reasons. They also took some Salesian religious, but fortunately, they were freed the next day. “Fear overcomes everyone – continues the source – thousands of persons have gone to other partsRead 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 17.08.2015In Covenant solidarity

Crane falls on the “Magnificat” and Fathers’ houses in Asunción, but…”the Blessed Mother never stops caring for her own”

PARAGUAY, José Argüello and María Fischer • “”This is a lucky misfortune,” commented José Argüello, only to correct himself mid-sentence, saying: “No, it’s not. The Blessed Mother never stops caring for her own.” On Monday, a crane fell over Boggiani Avenue, on the Ceferino Vega corner. The heavy duty truck supporting the crane, which weighed about 220 tons, was dismantling some scaffolding used by the construction workers on the nearby Miami building. It appears that the vehicle was not properly stabilized and lost its balance, and fell on its sideRead More

Posted On 16.06.2015In Covenant solidarity

In the Sign of the Jars – in covenant solidarity with Burundi

Rome – Belmonte, by María Fischer • Tuesday, 9 June 2015, A thundershower at the end of a hot summer’s day in Rome. It couldn’t be more simple. In the Matri Ecclesiae Shrine in Rome a handful of people have gathered to celebrate Holy Mass – an Argentinian, Brazilians, Germans, Italians and a young walker from the Ukraine who is taking refuge from the rain. As usual there are two jars in the shrine – the big one from the Tuparenda shrine in Paraguay filled with countless slips of paperRead More

Posted On 04.06.2015In Covenant solidarity

A “Covenant of solidarity” with an indigenous community

PARAGUAY, by Father José Pontes and the editorial team of “Tupãrenda” Magazine/ORG • Father José Pontes encouraged a small group of Schoenstatters that has traveled every two months for six years to Chaco,an indigenous community, 500 Km. from Asunción, with the desire of carrying out many projects in favor of these very needy brothers/sisters.  The initiative is called “Covenant Solidarity,” an expression created by the schoenstatt.org “Dreamteam” in 2012, and that goes out for the first time from this place to the great joy of the team. Gift for giftRead More

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