Posted On December 30, 2011 In Jubilee 2014

Sending the Father Symbol to Salvador

BRAZIL, Sr. Adriane Maria Barbosa and Lucia Muniz. The Schoenstatt Family from Brasilia/DF sent the Father Eye Symbol to the Schoenstatt Family in Bahía on November 28th. Three representatives from the Mother of the Savior Shrine especially came to pick it up! During the farewell Mass for the Father Eye Symbol - as a sign of unity with the Original Shrine and so that Father remained with them - a bit of soil, brought from the Original Shrine in 2008 by Maura R. Santana de Jesús from theRead More
PERU, Mónica G. Paz. María Ayuda (Mary Helps), in Peru, resumed its activities again with a large Christmas celebration for 250 children (0 to 11 years old) from one of the most populated, neediest, and youngest districts in Lima: Saint John of Lurigancho (SJL).        Read More

Posted On December 27, 2011 In Jubilee 2014

December 10th: in covenant with Panama

Agathe Hug/org. Panama is the hook in Central America that joins North America with South America, which hangs from Colombia. The narrowest part of its territory is only fifty-four kilometers wide. A limit separates Panama from Costa Rica and the other, from Colombia. The Atlantic Ocean flanks one side while the Pacific flanks the other side. On December 10th, Schoenstatt's gaze will be directed toward Panama, when the Mass "toward 2014" is celebrated in covenant with this country.  Read More

Posted On December 27, 2011 In Covenant Life

Renewing marriage vows in Portugal

PORTUGAL, fep. On December 11th during the 5pm Mass at the Tabor Center, married couples who were celebrating their marriage anniversary in December had the opportunity inspired by the Branch Familes of renewing their marriage vows.      Read More

Posted On December 26, 2011 In Covenant Life

New life in Zimbabwe

ZIMBABWE, Marlene Peter. The Schoenstatt Family of Zimbabwe experiences new life! In January – most probably on January 20 – the Happi family from Cameroon will seal their Covenant of Love. The Happis brought along another Cameroonian family for the last meeting, and so all took some time to introduce themselves and to tell about when they joined the Schoenstatt family - our beginning. A renewed excitement was the result…    Read More
org. On December 23rd, the first official bulletin for Jubilee 2014 was publsihed – it is not a coincidence that it happened a few days before Christmas.  The Schoenstatt Family is experiencing its great Advent of Jubilee 2014, hoping that a new October 18th “will be born”.  This informative and inspiring bulletin will be published in (Spanish, English, German, Portuguese, and Italian) month by month until October 2014.  We are publishing Father José María García’s letter.Read More
Agathe Hug/org. On December 24th, the morning of Christmas Eve, the Mass will be celebrated in covenant with Peru. Midnight Mass is always a special event at the Schoenstatt Shrine in Lima, one of the two in the country, and it is a great joy that on the morning of that day, the Mass in the Original Shrine will be celebrated for and with Peru.    Read More
CHILE, Cristina Quiroz de Tagle. On December 18th, the last covenant day of the year 2011, the Shrine of Bellavista had the honor of opening its doors to the entire world and the world had the privilege of receiving the greetings and covenant graces from this historic Shrine…        Read More