Original Shrine Category

mkf. "I see the future of Schoenstatt very dark," said one of the Holy Mass participants on September 4th which was a sunny Fall Sunday in Schoenstatt. His smiling face proved the contrary to his words, pointing to the many African youths who surrounded the altar and occupied the first rows in the Church for Pilgrims: there were young priests and seminarians from Nigeria, Burundi and the Congo who belong to the community of the Schoenstatt Fathers; young Sisters of Mary from Kenya; the choir of the "DaughtersRead More
Sr. M. Nurit Stosiek. On September 8, 2010, the Sixth General Chapter of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary began in the motherhouse on Mount Schoenstatt. The chapter convenes every twelve years as the legislative assembly of the institute. The 57 chapter participants come from all continents and represent members in more than 30 countries.          Read More

Posted On 27.08.2010In Original Shrine

Future needs Trust

mkf. Though the night was short, yet everyone came for the Sending forth Mass on Sunday morning that ended the Night of the Shrine. The main celebrant was Father Norbert Becker who himself was head of the preparation team a few years ago.        Read More
mkf. He arrived on Friday evening at the beginning of the Night of the Shrine and placed himself along with his wife in between the youth: Torsten Hartung: reformed head of a car stealing gang that sold them on the black market, convicted murderer, ex-convict, touched personally by God and brought to faith… He had told his story at the 'Celebration of faith' in Dietershausen last year, and now he had come to Schönstatt and the Night of the Shrine to tell his story in front of hundreds of teenagersRead More
mkf. Why do they actually call it Night of the Shrine? It's bright outside, and it's the middle of the day… asked a passing older person in the back of the tent. What he sees is just the exciting, wonderful, fun and important frame of an even larger picture. The central point is actually midnight on Night of the Shrine. When in the light of some torches, candles, and other lights, hundreds gather around the Original Shrine with Mary adoring the Saviour in the monstrance, when everybody carriesRead More
Tobia Wiedemer. The annual Night of the Shrine is about to begin and hundreds of teenagers are packing their suitcases to come to Schönstatt and experience a weekend full of memories from the 20th to the 22nd of August 2010. The unforgettable Night of the Shrine is under the motto: 'But you choose the future'.    Read More
Tobia Wiedemer. In the summer of 2009 a group of about 200 military catholic youth from all over Europe gathered in Schönstatt for the European Catholic Youth Conference, better known as ECYC. They loved being in such an amazing place of grace and learning so much about their own faith that it was decided Schönstatt should be the place for any conferences to come.    Read More
mkf. Covenant Day in June! There are only 50 more 18th's until the great day of graces, October 18, 2014! Day by day Schoenstatt is filling up with priests from all the priestly communities along with friends of the Movement on the eve of the great international conference of priests that will be celebrated between June 21st-23rd- about a week after the solemn closing for the Year of Priest and before the centenary of the ordination of Father Joseph Kentenich on July 8th of this year.Read More

Posted On 18.06.2010In Original Shrine

A Priestly Barbeque

Jorgelina Jordá. Yesterday afternoon in Schoenstatt, you could smell the odor of Argentinean barbeque mixed with Latin and German laughter. Tomorrow a girl from Chile and a boy from the United States will come to learn about Schoenstatt. "What could we do to welcome them?" Jorgelina asked the day before. "Why not a barbeque?" proposed Father Esteban, an Argentinean priest, who belongs to the Diocesan Institute, and that was the beginning of this great adventure.    Read More
mkf. The night of Covenant day, there was a brief spontaneous meeting of the Family Federation in front of the Original Shrine: Families from Germany, Spain, Austria, Argentina and Chile conversed among themselves and they laughed until Lorenzo Cintolesi from Chile asked: is there something special, that we have met here at the same time? There was something special: this couples are the vanguard of the European Congress of the Family, that began in Schoenstatt on May 20th. And the good news is that you can participate directly during many partsRead More