Posted On October 6, 2011 In Uncategorized

Toward 2014, in Covenant with Nicaragua

mcb. A very small country and a very "large" Holy Mass on the first day of October, Covenant month! The Provincial Superiors of the Schoenstatt Fathers, who were gathered at the Paternal House on Mount Zion since the beginning of the week, con-celebrated this Eucharist. The main celebrant was Father Mariano Irureta, and he shared the sphere of the altar with Father José María García, head of Team 2014, which is responsible for 2014 preparation. The leaders of the Schoenstatt Institute of Families, the girls of "TimeRead More
INTERNATIONAL, fma. "Now that I have unpacked the poster, and can see it, I know exactly where my FatherSaying will be put." Mary Cole in Manchester, UK, wrote these words as she thanked for the poster. She has translated the articles on the FatherSayings, as well as most of the English texts, but on 26 September she saw one for the first time - actually it was the very first to be delivered in English. And she knew where she wanted to put it. "But before that it will goRead More
mcb. On October 1st, the International Schoenstatt Family, on its pilgrimage toward the Covenant Jubilee, united with the Schoenstatt Family in Nicaragua. Shortly before this date, some very vague information about Schoenstatt in this country was obtained; this was not known in neighboring countries. We only knew that there were people in Nicaragua, who constantly visited our schoenstatt.org website, which is becoming more and more a means for communication and attachment for Father's family. The customary article with information about the country was published, and also the customaryRead More
GERMANY, Michaellis Bouwer. There had never been a celebration like this one: on Saturday, October 1st to Monday, October 3rd, German Unity Day, Bonn was the host city for Germany's Celebration 2011. For the first time, the German Unity Day and the 65th Anniversary of the founding of North-Phine Westphalia were united. There were festive parades, conferences, concerts, exhibitions, social gatherings, ecumenical prayers, churches and charitable associations offered information and places for reflection at different places. And in the city of Bonn, on the same day, OctoberRead More
BRAZIL, Filipe Araujo. Everyone in the whole world saw that the Pilgrim MTA of the Heroic Youth - a gift from Pozzobon, a symbol and relic of Brazil's Boys Youth - was at WYD in Madrid and in Schoenstatt. It was not easy to take it, not only because of the physical weight, but most of all because of what it entails to take care of such a treasured symbol of our Youth. However the Mother rewarded us, and we want to tell you about that reward.    Read More
SOUTH AFRICA, Sr. Anne-Marie. On the 24th September a group of almost 100 energetic pilgrims set out on a unique pilgrimage. The group was international with participants from South Africa, Zimbabwe, India, Ireland and Kenya; there were 5 priests, some seminarians, three sisters, family branch members, mothers branch, youth branch, members of different parish youth groups and individuals willing to be ‘Sent from the Shrine and be apostles of hope and joy’ for many.  Read More
BRAZIL, Sister M. Patrícia Ferreira Mendes. With great joy and anticipation, the Schoenstatt Family from Jacarezinho/PR welcomed the Father Symbol on September 15th. It was also a significant day in the Schoenstatt history, as it was the day that our Founding Father returned to the eternal home.      Read More
BRAZIL, Sr. M. Caroline. The Schoenstatt Family from Guarapuava, State of Paraná, prepared to welcome the Father Symbol with the motto: "Father, we go with you with childlikeness and all of our love." Besides the personal preparation, the Family received a daily message from our Father (via e-mail) as a daily motivation, and they prayed the prayer for his beatification together with the petition, that from the Tabor Shrine of Vocations, in loyalty to God's personal call to each person, Cor unum in Patre will become a reality throughout theRead More