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mkf. This January 18th, 2011, was celebrated with great joy with only forty-six Covenant Days until the great Covenant Day: {cms_selflink page="k2014" text="October 18, 2014"}. Just like every 18th this one had its original charm, and just like every 18th, it also had its special blessing and grace. On our pilgrimage toward the great feast of graces that is the Centennial of the Covenant of Love, the Schoenstatters, who began the great pilgrimage toward 2014 on October 18, 2010, continue with a firm step knowing that throughoutRead More
mkf. At the beginning of Advent, when the first stars began to arrive (just like six years ago, there were never as many stars as this year), someone asked; "What will happen when thousands and thousands of people flood the Original Shrine on Christmas Eve? What miracle should we expect?" The stars continued to arrive, each one of which is a demonstration of faith, of confidence, and of an incredible attachment to this small Shrine. So many arrived that for the first time it was impossibleRead More
Fr. Heinrich Walter. In October 2010, the delegates of the Pallottine provincial assembly of the Sacred Heart Province of Germany and Austria "cleared the way for an agreement with the Schoenstatt Movement on Schoenstatt the place." Practical steps forward are being agreed upon in discussions between the provincial superior of the Pallottines, Fr. Hans-Peter Becker, and the provincial superior of the Schoenstatt Fathers in Germany, Fr. Theo Breitinger. The Original Shrine, along with the pilgrim place and the sacristy in the "Old House" shall be given over (in a usufructRead More
mkf. It is only a few days until Christmas. Schoenstatt is covered with snow, there is a touch of Christmas in everything, and "The Blessed Mother convokes us to the manger at the Original Shrine." By the 18th of December, there were already about 30,000 names sent by more than 2,000 "star emails " since the beginning of Advent - they arrive day by day from twenty countries - from Lebanon, England, Australia, the Philippines, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, and of course from almost all the countries in theRead More
mkf. "Center of unity and missionary enlightenment for the Family…..source of graces along with the Original Shrine….place from where "at that time" Father Kentenich and his collaborators offered a decisive contribution to the Church and to society from the pedagogical, apostolic and spiritual point of view…..all of that was the 'Bundesheim,' the 'House of the Covenant' which celebrated its 80th anniversary on August 15, 2003." We hope that it may be so anew very soon. At least that was the future challenge left lingering from the celebration ofRead More
Agathe Hug. At Christmas it will be two years since schoenstatt-tv was born. A great deal has happened in these two years. At first there was only the wish to have what Fatima, for example, has had for a long time, that is, the possibility to visit the centre of the place of grace at any time via a Webcam. Many Schoenstatters all over the world are unable, or can no longer, visit the Original Shrine. All should nevertheless have a possibility "to pop in" to the Blessed Mother wheneverRead More
Sandra Lezcano. I have been helping in the Press Office for five and a half months, and since I arrived, I have witnessed the many petitions that arrive in this office via email. It is important to clarify that they are very special petitions that arrive in Schoenstatt…      Read More

Posted On 27.11.2010In Original Shrine

Happy Covenant Day!

Sandra Leticia Lezcano. Only two days since Father Kentenich's birthday and one month since the Opening of the Triennium, and another Covenant Day was celebrated in Schoenstatt.        Read More
Sandra Lezcano. On October 18th at 9:00 a.m., children of different nationalities gathered to pray the holy rosary convoked by the One Million Children Praying the Rosary campaign. The objective of this campaign is to gather children to pray the rosary on October 18th at 9:00 a.m. asking the Blessed Mother for peace in the world and in every country.    Read More
mkf. October 12, 2010: The Feast of the Blessed Mother of Pilar in the Americas is the commemoration of the sailor's, Rodrigo de Trian, landing in 1492 after navigating for more than two months at the command of Christopher Columbus to the place which would later be called America. It is also the anniversary of the death of Father Esteban Uriburu - called Schoenstatt's Christopher Columbus by Father Kentenich. It is a sunny autumn day in Schoenstatt, marked by the preparation for the German October workshop, and the internationalRead More