Posted On January 27, 2012 In Covenant Life

A January 20th relived

ARGENTINA, Sister Clara María. January 20th was relived with the great fervor of a growing family that renews its original spirit more and more each day!        Read More

Posted On January 27, 2012 In Covenant Life

Add a place at the table

ITALY, Federico Bauml. January 6th, Feast of the Epiphany. On January 6tth, a traditional luncheon for the "homeless" was held at the Holy Patrons parish, the Italian "home" of the Schoenstatt Fathers. The Saint Egidio Community, Caritas, and the "Hope" Center organized it.      Read More
SWITZERLAND/GERMANY, fma. Father Sayings make one ingenious. FatherSayings convert walls into message boards, - walls in houses, offices, universities, and stores into Father's Sayings. The "search for the perfect wall" makes you creative, but in the end …what is a wall? As if Father Kentenich could be limited to a wall and in the same way his Family. Christoph Grauert has his Father Saying on the ceiling directly over his desk, and it is effective there.  Read More
ARGENTINA, Claudia Echenique. On January 20tth, the Argentinean Family celebrated the 60tth Anniversary of the New Schoenstatt Shrine, Florencio Varela, with the presence of the Father Symbol, which is on pilgrimage in Argentina.      Read More

Posted On January 25, 2012 In Schoenstatters

Thoughts on the funeral

Fr. Andrew Pastore. 24th January 2012. A day after the very emotional experience with the funeral for Fr. Jonathan Niehaus. Some thoughts …        Read More

Posted On January 25, 2012 In Uncategorized

Towards 2014: in Covenant with Puerto Rico

org. A date no one wanted to miss: At exactly one thousand days to October 18, 2014, the doors of the Original Shrine were opened for the Iberian-American Tertiary of the Schoenstatt Fathers and for a dozen Schoenstatters for the celebration of the Holy Mass "toward 2014", in covenant with Puerto Rico. Just like the previous Saturday, Father Raúl Espina was the celebrant for this early morning Mass on January 21st, and the seminarians provided the songs and the petitions for the offertory.  Read More
Agathe Hug. A strange atmosphere spread through Schoenstatt in the days following the news that Fr Jonathan Niehaus had been called to his eternal home. On the one hand, it was marked by a certain relief that he had been released from his pain and suffering, and is now in the glory of God in our eternal Schoenstatt. We can imagine in very human terms how the Blessed Mother, our Father and Founder and all "Schoenstatt saints" welcomed him home.  Read More

Posted On January 24, 2012 In Covenant Life

Preparing the heart

ECUADOR, Javier Lucin. The Ecuadoran Schoenstatt Family prepare hearts for celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Blessing of the Guayaquil Shrine with the motto: Father's Family-hearth for the world." They will do so with a day of continuous Adoration in the Shrine on behalf of all the communities with many offerings to the capital of grace made with actual visits to the Shrine and praying the "We go to the Shrine" novena.    Read More