ROME/CHILE, mda. One of Fr. Kentenich’s great wishes was that the Schoenstatt Movement, founded a hundred years ago in an unknown valley leading down to the Rhine in Germany, should be present in the heart of the universal Church in Rome. In 1965 the leading representatives of the International Schoenstatt Movement promised their founder that they would build an international center in Rome. It took over forty years before this promise could be realized when the International Schoenstatt Center in Belmonte, Rome, was built. Fr. Kentenich’s expectations, for the MATRI ECCLESIAE Shrine and Belmonte as a whole, found expression in the programmatic talks of this book.
As the editor, Dr Peter Wolf, states in the foreword of the book, ” Father Kentenich’s conferences and talks, which are presented in this booklet, reveal our founder’s hopes and intentions connected with the international shrine and center in Rome. This collection of texts is an open invitation to everyone to come to grips with his vision, and allow themselves to be set on fire for Belmonte’s mission.”
This book is not only destined for Jubilee pilgrims who come to Rome. It contains three of Father Kentenich’s main conferences; two of them have been translated for the first time to English. They offer a good opportunity to learn what the International Center of Belmonte means to Schoenstatt and the Church, and they offer a broad look of the vision Father Kentenich had of the renewed Church.
It is already on sale worldwide
While the German edition was published by Schoenstatt Publishing (Germany) at the beginning of the year 2014, the Spanish editions (translated by Rodolfo Monedero), English (translated by Mary Cole) and Portuguese (translated by Lurdes Dias, Helena Castro Valente and Antonio Palma Ruivo) were published in mid-September by Editorial Nueva Patris, Chile, and they can be bought individually or in larger quantities for sale in bookstores – on the www.patris.cl portal; from this year on, Patris also ships into countries outside Chile, so really people from every English speaking country can get the books with just some clicks!
The Kentenich method to distribute books
Buying online is not the only option, on the contrary. Using the ISBN ( 956-246-751-39), it can also be done apostolically, following Father Kentenich’s method. In 1939, the year the book “Everyday Sanctity” was published, Father Kentenich asked the members of the Schoenstatt Movement in Germany to avoid buying the book at Schoenstatt; but rather, that they seek it at bookstores in their cities. “But Father,” they commented, they do not have it in the ordinary bookstores. “I know,” Father responded, “but if you ask for it, they will order it from Schoenstatt. When another person goes to the same bookstore to look for the book, they will request it one more time. But if a third person comes…they will order ten. And in this way they will reach the bookstores and the hands of the people outside of Schoenstatt. And that is what we want.” This how “Everyday Sanctity” became popular…
However, the books can also be bought during the Schoenstatt Jubilee at the Editorial Patris stand; and in Belmonte, from the 21st of October during the pilgrimage included in the Jubilee celebration in Rome.
Soon – possibly this week – the books will also be sold as E-Books.
Information for bookstores and resale, shipping costs, taxes, or if there are difficulties buying on online: gerencia@patris.cl
ISBN: 956-246-751-3
Edition Nº 1
Year: 2014
Editorial Nueva Patris, Santiago, Chile
Guide to order the book online without understanding Spanish
