Posted On September 5, 2011 In Covenant Life

Fifty Faithful Years

USA, Pilar Huerta. On August 21, 2011, a 50th Anniversary Celebration was held to commemorate the arrival of the Sisters of Mary in San Antonio. On August 21, 1961, four sisters from the Confidentia Province in Lamar, Texas arrived to teach at the St. Lawrence Parish Catholic School. Schoenstatt was introduced to the San Antonio community with the Sisters’ arrival.    Read More
INTERNATIONAL, Sant’Egidio. 11 September 2001 -  11 September 2011. In Munich, in connection with Ground Zero in New York, a global memory collects the major world religions.        Read More
PERU, Queca Espinoza. Saturday, August 27th was an especially beautiful day in the Shrine with the presence of representatives of the Family from all the dioceses of Lima. In the morning talk, Sister Petra spoke about the importance of the father in the home, and the mother as the one who transforms the house into a home.    Read More
BRAZIL, Luciana Mocelin and Paulo Starke. The Father Symbol visited the Schoenstatt Family Federation in Curitiba on the afternoon of August 27th. The fathers, mothers, and children welcomed the gaze of God in their lives as a family, from 4:00 p.m., when it left the Magnificat Shrine to the first house, until 8:30 pm., when it returned to the Shrine.      Read More
Agathe Hug. On September 3, 2011, I will go to Holy Mass in the Original Shrine in my boots. I would do it even if the temperature reached 40º C (104ºF) in the shade, and I would prefer to go barefooted. Why? Because spiritually I will climb the Black Mountain- that is I will walk to Montenegro.      Read More
ARGENTINA, Liliana Ovejero. YOUTH MISSIONS of this kind were carried out at God the Father School for the first time. In other years, they went on mission for the day. All the youth from the upper grades of the school always took a message of love to those farthest from main area of Los Corralitos, where the parish is located. But this year it was different.    Read More

Posted On August 30, 2011 In Covenant Life

“Father’s freedom”

PERU, Queca Espinoza. Today, Friday August 26th was a very beautiful day close to the Shrine, in a very well attended meeting. Many ladies from La Molina and their friends were present; moreover Clarita Berrio arrived from Chile with her husband to see Sister Petra.      Read More
Agathe Hug. "Is the truth what the majority affirms? Or not?" Whoever decides for the second option will certainly feel much identified with Father Franz Reinisch. The anniversary of his death is recalled every year on August 21st. The outer framework: a simple act of commemoration at the Pallotine Pilgrims' Church in Schoenstatt, a brief homily by a Pallotine priest, or a Schoenstatt priest - this year it was Father Peter Locher, a Schoenstatt Father - a prayer, a pilgrimage to his tomb behind the Original ShineRead More