Towards 2014

May 2012 – Number 6

This newsletter comes to you in the month of May on our Pilgrimage toward 2014.

The quote above was inspired by my experience in Brussels this month of “Together for Europe”. A group of Christian communities came together, Schoenstatt a big part of this, to say yes. Yes to life, yes to the environment, yes to God’s creation –7 yeses in total. It was an experience for me of what our founder said in that pre-founding document – yes to the challenges of living our faith in the world of today. It is an impressive journey including Chiara Lubich, of the Focolare Movement, inspiration from John Paul II, great gatherings in various cities over the past decade, and many small and large initiatives that make a difference in the places those Christians live and work.

We want to come together, we want to bring fulfilment the great work that our founder began.

For our Journey towards 2014 the next few days are important – I would ask your prayers. Here in the Covenant House the CentralTeam2014 will be meeting from the 17th  (Today!) – 20th May. All the planning elements will be brought together – a  tour of Schoenstatt to determine the places we will celebrate, the negotiations with the Travel Agents, the results of the negotiations in Rome, and much more…

That “Yes” of the conference in Brussels – echoed like the Yes of Mary to God’s plan – What “Yes” is God asking of us as we prepare as a missionary family for 2014.

God Bless
Fr. Andrew
Communication Team 2014

Travel Arrangements
We hope to be going ahead as planned in this second Quarter. A national travel agent determined by the national Team2014 will book through IQ-Incoming. There will be different packets available. Please do not make individual travel arrangements – we want everyone to have the best experience possible.

Team for Rome
There has been a planning meeting in Rome with the new RomeTeam2014
– Father Patricio Moore,  from Chile, working in  Schoenstatt
– Sr. Elizabet Parodi, from Argentina, working in Italy

CentralTeam2014 Conference
The new CentralTeam2014 (Fr. Stefan Strecker, Sr. Luciane Machens, Sr. Veronika Reichel ,Fr. Patricio Moore – Family Jensen will be joining the meeting through Skype) will be meeting with the support team including Fr. Andrew Pastore, Maria Elena Viches, Dr. Berthold Link, Mr. Kuno Leibold, Sr. Marion McClay… There will be meetings with those responsible for the various locations where we are to celebrate as well as with the other committees working with us to prepare the Jubilee.

National Teams
We are in a process of verifying all the national teams and making sure the channels of communication are open – some have been newly appointed and some have changed. Please verify all your contact details with us and send us the details of the travel agent you are working with.  Please could you be in touch before the 24th May – by Phone on 0049 261 6679174 or mail us at: info@schoenstatt2014.org.

Your Source of Information
All the relevant documents and instructions will be added piece by piece to our Website www.schoenstatt2014.org – Please make sure you – and those you know are signed up for our Newsletter. If you are not – click here.