Agathe Hug/org. Late Prelate Wilhelm Wissing, who was closely united to the Schoenstatt Movement, was the person who took hundreds of pictures of the Mother Thrice Admirable of Schoenstatt on his trips to South Korea and distributed them among the people.  On May 5th, the Holy Mass “toward 2014” will be celebrated in Covenant with South Korea, where there is no direct contact with Schoenstatt at this time, but we are sure that the Most Holy Virgin has arrived there and She will act.  In Santa Maria, Brazil they knowRead More
ARGENTINA, Claudia Irusta de Lell. On April 25th, a group of missionaries from Crespo visited Aldea Santa Rosa, which is four kilometers from Crespo, where a community of German descent from Volga lives. They work in the fields.        Read More
CHILE, Alejandra Tike Felmer. Several days ago seminarians from the Saint Rafael Pontifical Major Seminary of the Diocese of Valparaíso, Chile, were invited to the Holy Water Shrine in Viña del Mar. The Rector, Claudio Ortiz Vásquez, celebrated the Eucharist at 12:00 p.m., Father Alfonso Boess, a Schoenstatt Father con-celebrated. On a very sunny, heavenly day, the Shrine was vibrant with the youth choir and surrounded with a profound atmosphere of prayer, which a great number of women, who accompanied the celebration, experienced.  Read More
PERU, Queca Espinoza. During the recent Schoenstatt Family retreat in Lima, Fr. José Luis Correa recalled that the International Schoenstatt Family is focusing on the year of the Shrine current and that the attachment to the Shrine -essential to Schoenstatt, cannot be only physical; it must be cultivated with spiritual visits. It must be a loving attachment, a wanting to be there.    Read More
SPAIN, Jesús Manuel Cedeira Costales. The Iberian Conference for the Men’s Branch is held twice yearly. Previous conferences were held in Lisbon and Madrid. The Fourth Conference took place on April 21st and 22nd in Gijón and Covadonga with the 2014 motto “our contribution to the centennial celebration of the founding of Schoenstatt.” Men from Madrid, Lisbon, Aveiro (Portugal) and Austurias participated.    Read More
BRAZIL, Fr. Alexandre Awi de Melo/org. 2013 is approaching…the year of the missionary current for the International Schoenstatt Movement and the third year of the triennial preparation for the jubilee of the Covenant of Love.  As the worldwide Schoenstatt Family we enter into the Jubilee Year of the Covenant of Love on 17-18 October 2013.At the Original Shrine this opening will again take place within the framework of an international vigil, although the framework will be somewhat larger than the two previous years. On 18 October 2013 all the shrinesRead More
CHILE, Hna. M. Ivonne Latsague. "Montahue solidarity:  fraternal and covenant solidarity.”  Although some months have passed and although the forest wildfires in southern Chile are forgotten by the media, it is still worthwhile to transmit an experience that can be summarized in a few words:  Being in the south, it is impossible to not participate in some summer mission…      Read More
María Elena Vilches. South Africa was one of the first countries where Schoenstatt was established outside of Europe. Father Kentenich visited this country during 1947 and 1948. The Schoenstatt Family of South Africa lives from the strength that emerges from its Shrines, whose cornerstones Father Kentenich blessed, and today they feel especially united to the Original Shrine.    Read More