Original Shrine Category

mev. During the meeting of the International Foundation of Covenant House, schoenstatt.org met with Luis and Pilar Jensen, Chileans, who belong to the Family Institute. They participated in the Planning Conference of 2009 and in the Meeting of Experts during the following year becoming a part of the 2014 Central Team. Both of them are directors of the International Foundation of Covenant House, along with Father Egon Zillekens, Birgitt Winter, Peter Kleinitzer, Francisco Matte and José María Fuentes.   ______Read More
Theresia Strunk. "My home is your home..." Those words are to become a new experience in the last weekend of August 2012 (31 August - 2 September), when the Night of the Shrine again brings together about five hundred young people at the place of origin. This year the motto will be: "Winners – a somewhat different way to the top". When all renew the covenant of love for the youth of the world that was first entered into in 2005 on Saturday night, the Original Shrine will mainly beRead More
Egon M. Zillekens/org. Actually it is completely crazy. Seven private individuals from Chile and Germany are convinced they can take on a task the goes beyond human possibilities - financially, staff-wise, conceptually, institutionally. To fill with new life an old house that has stood empty for years and is badly in need of renovation, and situated at the centre of a city, would make a city council and most city planners with a highly professional team break out in sweat. To do this in a place that has no centralRead More
Father Ignacio Camacho. Just like every day, on July 23rd, several people arrived at the Original Shrine to pray and to receive a blessing, united with the Schoenstatt Family worldwide.      Read More
mev. On the occasion of the opening of its General Chapter, the Schoenstatt Institute of Families invited Cardinal Emilio Antonelli to Schoenstatt. Until June, Cardinal Antonelli was President of the Pontifical Council for the Family.      Read More
Egon M. Zillekens/org. The Shrine of Flexibility has turned twenty. Flexibility: In the 1930s, when the Nazis took Schoenstatt into their sights, it was one of the essential points describing the tremendous danger posed by Schoenstatt, which at the time did not even call itself a "Movement". Tremendous flexibility: This is what the shocked regime officials discovered in this tiny, young community, which they considered posed a huge danger to their static, all controlling, all dominating, all regulating regime. Flexibility: While others try to save forms, something new is growingRead More
Agathe Hug. Since April 1st, a day awaited by many generations, the day in which the doors of the Original Shrine were again opened mid-year of the Year of the Shrine Current - in preparation for the centennial of the Covenant of Love - daily, at 9 P.M., the night blessing is imparted in the Original Shrine. It is a bit more extensive on the first Saturdays of the month, and it is prepared with more solemnity. On July 1, 2012, Czech families from the Family Federation organizedRead More
mev. This Sunday, June 10th, we lived a truly heavenly experience at Mount Schoenstatt. As it is done traditionally, many gathered around the Holy Trinity Church to adore Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.          Read More
mev. Many people pass through Schoenstatt each day, week by week.  Some come for a few hours, others stay for a few days, but undoubtedly all who come to visit the Blessed Mother in the Shrine return with a special brightness in their eyes.  Among the pilgrims who recently visited original Schoenstatt was Father Guido Murillo who granted an interview to schoenstatt.org      Read More
María Francisca San Martín. A few days ago, a group from the Chilean Schoenstatt Rosary Campaign visited Schoenstatt.  They shared their experiences with schoenstatt.org.        Read More