Posted On October 18, 2011 In Jubilee 2014

The wind blows where it wills

Agathe Hug. "Thar she blows!" - the new flag for 2014. With a moveable outrigger it can be seen from the front or the side, depending on the direction of the wind. It always shows itself parallel to its older sister (a flag in German is feminine!), the well-known Schoenstatt flag.    Read More
org. During these moments, the Year of the Shrine Current is officially opened at the Original Shrine in Schoenstatt - live transmitted via Schoenstatt TV. Many Schoenstatt people around the world are lighting candles and torches at the Shrines and wayside shrines and home shrines to greet the Original Shrine with a sea of fire and light. We publish here the message pronounced by Father Heinrich Walter, President of the International Presidency of the Schoenstatt Movement - the way how he pronounces it in these moments, in English, German andRead More
org. There are moments which perhaps only last a minute or less, and they become a message for years, for centuries. During the Youth Vigil with the Holy Father, last September 24th in Friburg, a KNA photographer captured one of these moments: The Light of Christ offered by a Church giving witness - represented in the missionary Pilgrim Virgin and a youth who is hoisted onto the shoulders of others. Spontaneously, Father José María García, leader of Team 2014 - responsible for the preparation of Jubilee 2014 - called itRead More
mcb. Another "great" Mass in the early hours on Saturday morning! Various Schoenstatt Fathers from different countries who were attending a workshop on Mount Zion concelebrated the Eucharist in the Original Shrine's weekly Mass "Towards 2014": this week in Covenant with Nigeria. Father Javier Artega, Director of the Schoenstatt Movement in Argentina was the celebrant. Since September 15th, Nigeria now belongs to "his" region. But he also celebrated the Holy Mass in unity with the Schoenstatt Family in Mar del Plata as they celebrated the Silver Anniversary ofRead More
ARGENTINA, Osvaldo Martín. The 2011 Pedagogical Conference with the motto "Present Problems and Challenges in Education" took place on October 1st and 2nd, in New Schoenstatt, Florencio Varela. This is in the Buenos Aires province.        Read More
mcb. “Thank you very much for the centenary prayer leaflets received this morning in French and Portuguese…” The mail comes from the Isle of Man and is written by a member of the Schoenstatt Mothers’ Union in Zimbabwe (recently visiting her son). The prayer leaflets come from Germany (blessed in the Original Shrine), and the French ones are meant for a family from Cameroon living in Zimbabwe, the Portuguese ones for families from Portuguese-speaking countries… Prayer leaflets in English and in Shona – one of the native languages of the countryRead More
PARAGUAY, Diana Notario. "If each Schoenstatt married couple become missionaries, the Branch would be more Schoenstatt, since what the Rosary Campaign achieves is to put us in vital contact with the MTA, the Shrine, and the graces that radiate when the Pilgrim MTA is sent out to people's homes… this is the Schoenstatt mystery in action…being apostles of an apostolate that sends Schoenstatt's wealth to the last hut in our God's nation."    Read More

Posted On October 11, 2011 In Original Shrine

The Original Shrine in October

Agathe Hug. In October 2011 we are setting out on the second year of preparation for Schoenstatt's Centenary 2014. It would seem that Schoenstatt has always had a special affinity to the month of October. After all, the Founding Document of Old Schoenstatt was signed in October, although in 1143.      Read More