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Diego Asili. Ten minutes by the crib. What is this? It's really difficult to explain in words, not because I can't describe what happens but because it's difficult to translate the feelings this beautiful Christmas activity evokes.      Read More
mkf. "This Christmas I want to approach the manger with the humility of the shepherds and to express gratitude for all the good things and also bad things that have occurred during this year that is ending. I entrust my husband, my daughters, their husbands, all my family, and loved ones into the arms of our Mother. I also entrust our beloved country full of tribulations, misunderstandings, material and moral poverty of all kinds," reads a 'star' sent from Bahia Blanca, Argentina - one of the more than a thousandRead More
mkf. December in Schoenstatt... December around the Original Shrine: it is a tranquil time without too many visitors, but there are various Advent activities marked by the expectation of Christmas…the Miracle of the Holy Night each year anew becoming a reality in the Bethlehem of each one of our hearts and in each Shrine.    Read More
Francisca Urrutia. "When I touched Father's tomb, something strange happened to me; the stone was cold, but my hands felt very hot and tingling. My eyes were filled with tears; I could not think about anything else other than him. After hearing so many stories about his life, I was receiving his energy, he was at my side." Schoenstatt is filled with Father Kentenich's footsteps, which are not discovered just during the large pilgrimages that come during the months of May through September.Read More
mkf. After several cloudy and gray days, the sun finally came out in the early morning of November 18th at Schoenstatt, giving everyone who was close to the Original Shrine a sunny day while a strong storm hit other parts of Germany.    Read More
Francisca Urrutia. Today is my first day of my practicum as a volunteer in the Schoenstatt Press Office. They have assigned me to look at and to familiarize myself with the website schoenstatt.de It contains so much information that it is difficult to know where to start reading, so, since I am curious, I began to press the buttons to all the links to see what I would find.  Read More
mkf. A group of families with children, Schoenstatt Fathers, the entire team of the Father Kentenich's Secretariat, Monsignor Peter Wolf, the head of the Press Office, Sister Mary Teresa of the General Council of the Sisters of Mary, Sister Mary Julia...The group of guests who gathered on Mount Zion on November 15th came from many nations to celebrate ''their'' Father Angel's birthday, and it was as broad as Father Angel Strada's horizons.Read More
mkf. Renewing the Covenant of Love on October 18th at the Original Shrine to the sound of trumpets and Mary of the Covenant…" Thank you for asking me to greet those present and those connected via in Spanish," writes Tita Andras, a Chilean who lives in Vienna. "It was for this reason that I was unexpectedly chosen to say the consecration in Spanish, on October 18th before our beloved MTA in the Original Shrine along with Father Joaquin and so many Spanish speaking pilgrims. I will never, never forget this."Read More
mkf. "Today's celebration - the 95th Anniversary of the founding of the Schoenstatt Movement - in which members throughout the world participated is an excellent opportunity to evoke with gratitude and to reflect on the commitment of the Movement in the Church. The Movement gives gratitude for the charism of Father Joseph Kentenich, who in faithfulness to God's grace, called it into existence." stressed Archbishop Jean Claude Péisset, the Apostolic Nuncio in Germany, during the homily of the festive Mass of October 18th at the Pilgrims' Church. InRead More

Posted On 18.10.2009In Original Shrine

Blessed October 18!