SOUTH AFRICA, Sarah-Leah Pimentel. The Schoenstatt Family in Johannesburg celebrated a powerful October Weekend as it ushered in the year of the Shrines. From 6-9 October the Schoenstatt members delved deep into their own history and our common Schoenstatt history in discovering the gift of our Shrine.      Read More

Posted On November 5, 2011 In Covenant Life

Founding Day in Minnesota

USA, Jenny and Dave Baker. Founding Day, celebrated October 23, 2011, in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, USA, was a glorious day. It was attended by 250 people from Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. God gave us beautiful sunshine, good fellowship, and good food for our minds, bodies, and souls. There were so many things to celebrate! It is the 35th anniversary of the Jubilee Family Shrine, the closing of the Year of the Father, and the opening of the Year of the Shrine.    Read More

Posted On November 5, 2011 In Covenant Life

October 18 in San Antonio

USA, Pilar Huerta. The October 18, 2011 covenant day Mass opened the Year of the Shrine Current and celebrated the third anniversary of the Cor Unum in Patre Shrine. We were privileged to have Oscar Cantu, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio as the main celebrant. The Mass was concelebrated by Monsignor Carlos Davalos, pastor of the nearby parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and by Fr. Marcelo Aravena, Schoenstatt Father. Music was provided by the St. Mary’s University student choir under the direction of Maria Apac-Smith.    Read More
ARGENTINA, Techi Pretel. On October 29th and 30th, 2011, with the recent opening of the Year of the Shrine, the Argentinean Family represented by its seventy-three lay delegates, Sisters and Fathers, gathered close to their National Shrine in Florencio Varela.      Read More

Posted On November 4, 2011 In Covenant Life

How I met the MTA –in Canada

CANADA, Iwona Pawelec. I met the MTA, the Mother Thrice Admirable of Schoenstatt, through my friend, Barbara who lives in Toronto and is already a missionary. Through her, I came to know about the Schoenstatt Rosary Campaign.      Read More

Posted On November 4, 2011 In Uncategorized

Journey of faith

Sr. M. Margarite. The annual conference of the Military Council of Catholic Women-Europe was hosted this year for the third time at the Marienland Retreat Center on Mount Schoenstatt. Registrations this year reached the unexpected number of 129, with women and priests coming from US Army and Air Force military installations in five different European countries. The majority came from different cities within Germany itself.    Read More
Agathe Hug. "Where is New Caledonia? I don't know either. I looked it up on schoenstatt.org." This was a conversation overheard perhaps in front of the Original Shrine after the Holy Mass in covenant with New Caledonia. It could not be affirmed that there would be a multitude in the Original Shrine. As it happens every year after the celebration of October 18th, many people are traveling to their respective dioceses after participating in October Week. And there are no large pilgrimages to Schoenstatt atRead More
ROME, Sister Johanna-Maria Helmich. The days of October 15th and 16th, 2011, will surely be registered in the chronicles of Rome. First, from the viewpoint of the demonstrations and the tumult, which were caused by the manifestations against power and the excess of the financial economy, Rome was among at least 950 cities from 82 cities that were among the first on the level of violence. But looking even deeper, there is another event that made history: it was the first Congress of the New Evangelization, preparedRead More