Original Shrine Category

mkf. What an 18th was celebrated this April 18, 2010, only fifty-two 18th's from October 18, 2014! Nine thousand pilgrims arrived at the Atibaia Shrine in Brazil. (They expected 137 buses, but 174 arrived…"everything was depleted: water, food…but happily the graces of the Shrine are never depleted.") It was the first 18th for the Schoenstatt Family from Curitiba with a new auxiliary bishop, who is also a member of the Schoenstatt Federation of priests; he was consecrated on the 15th. Then there was the National Rosary CampaignRead More
mkf. Do you think there is an African Holy Mass in Schoenstatt? Many of those who were asked did not think there was one, and shook their heads in disbelief as they were told that indeed, since November last year, Fr. Reginald from Nigeria celebrates Holy Mass, each second Sunday of the month at 6:00 PM, with a small but vibrant African community. This Sunday, April 11, the small chapel at House Sonnenau was filled beyond capacity with the "usual" community and thirteen Schoenstatt mothers from South Africa filling theRead More
Jorgelina Jordá. This Sunday, after enjoying four days discovering the roots and life of Schoenstatt, the second group of Boys' Youth from Rome bid farewell to the Original Shrine. Fabrizio Usai, the leader of the Boys' Youth in Rome, told us that the three proposed objectives had been fulfilled: to begin a Lenten retreat, to know the place where Schoenstatt was founded, and lastly, the great gift of having found the name of the group which will seal its Covenant of Love in June: Piero, Federico andRead More
mkf. The archbishop of Cap-Haitien and President of the Haitian Episcopal Conference, Monsignor Louis KEBREAU, SDB, and the Apostolic Administrator of Port-au-Prince, Bishop Joseph LAFONTANT, made a brief visit to Schoenstatt on March 24th. This visit was within the context of a visit to the main offices of Ayuda a la Iglesia Necesitada (AIN) Help the Church in Need, an international Catholic organization that supports refugees and Christians who are persecuted for their faith in different countries around the world.Read More
mkf. 55 18th 's until the centenary of the Covenant of Love (1,674 days, one hour and 39 minutes until October 18, 2014). On March 18, 2010 the International Schoenstatt Family gathered once again around the Original Shrine renewing this life in the Covenant that surged to life almost100 years ago, and "this act of Father Kentenich's silent faith and that of a small group of sodalists continues to surge - the fundamental event of October 18, 1914 in the Original Shrine," as Message 2014 explains.Read More
Sr. María Julia Agüero. "I have lived in Cologne for seventeen years, and I did not know that this existed here! I am very happy! I will return!" one pilgrim from the Spanish Mission group expressed. Although the weather was rainy, the faces of the pilgrims radiated much joy. About 120 pilgrims arrived at the Original Shrine on March 21st. They came from parishes, the Spanish Mission, and Cologne's Schoenstatt Rosary Campaign, Bonn, Frankfort, and Heidelberg…Read More
Christin Benkner. The landscape around Mount Schoenstatt was as white as a bride's dress for fourteen novices of the Sisters of Mary on the morning of the Reception. Although the whiteness of snow can also mean a new beginning, at that time it was only a bother. The Mass was supposed to begin at 9:00 a.m., but the Adoration Church was only half occupied. The Sisters spoke on cell phones to communicate with relatives and guests of the novices who had not yet arrived. Since the carsRead More
mkf. Only fifty-seven Covenant days until October 18, 2014! In spite of the snow, the cold and ice, this 18th at the beginning of Lent was a beautiful day thanks to the sun coming out which gave a special gleam to this Covenant day. Like every 18th -anticipating spiritually many people came to the Original Shrine spiritually, virtually, and also physically.Read More

Posted On 19.02.2010In Original Shrine

Leaving footprints

mkf. "Have they left? We are going to miss them!" - a collaborator for schoenstatt.de commented when she realized that the time that Diego Asili and Francisco Grondona had volunteered at the Press Office was over. Both of them left footprints - not only on the snow, that has accompanied them during almost all of their stay in Schoenstatt; but also on the website - through the many articles, in the biographies of the Schoenstatt personalities throughout its one hundred year history, in the presentations of apostolic initiatives, theRead More
mkf. "Where ever he would show up, soon there were crowds popping up out of the blue..." Seems the story goes on, like Schoenstatt family life sown by Fr. Kentenich in the pioneer couples' ranks goes on: When Bernhard and Elisabeth Neiser asked Mike and Marge Fenelon whether they would be willing to share their childhood experiences of Father Kentenich in Milwaukee with a "little group" at the Family House, they gladly agreed ... just to share on February 10, 2010, and not "just" for some 150 or so peopleRead More