Posted On August 17, 2011 In Covenant Life

They are already in Madrid!

SPAIN – World Youth Day Communication Service of the Schoenstatt Movement Madrid. Early on Sunday morning, August 14th, delegations from different countries began to arrive already having previous plans before arriving in Madrid. Some were even so brave that they made the El Camino de Santiago or the Way of St. James. At the Shrine of Pozuelo, suddenly the grounds became a large dormitory. Each person slept placidly in his or her sleeping bag in "the shadow of the shrine".    Read More
BRAZIL, Sister M. Silvana Pin. August 6, 2011, Day of Tabor! The Schoenstatt Family from Santa Maria gathered close to the Tabor Shrine with great joy and emotion to wait for the Father Symbol coming in a caravan from the Tabor Puer et Pater (Child and Father) Shrine in Itaara.        Read More
Agathe Hug. Malta, Morocco, Mexico. Holy Masses "in covenant with…" on Saturdays in August were and will continue starting with Macedonia and then Malta followed by Morocco and Mexico . When thinking about Malta, you may think of the "Eurovision Song Contest," in which Malta always participated, with a few exceptions during the last few years; Malta never won, but they were in some of the top spots. In 2002 and in 2005, they were in second place. Others think about mail order businesses, others thinkRead More

Posted On August 16, 2011 In Covenant Life

Covenant Festival

SPAIN-WYD, Communication Service of the Schoenstatt Movement in Madrid. The international Schoenstatt youth invites the entire Church to share a celebration around Mary. They want to demonstrate and make known how the Covenant of Love with Mary moves their hearts to follow Jesus through artistic expressions.      Read More
GERMANY, psf. Since the beginning of the week you can also find FatherSayings in English and Spanish. When the Schoenstatt Youth meet in Madrid at the start of the World Youth Day, they will be able to see and take along the FatherSayings. So the repeated request from Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and the USA, as well as other countries, is being answered: FatherSayings in their own language! The first English and Spanish FatherSayings will be in the hands of the youth ... much as they were a hundred years agoRead More

Posted On August 12, 2011 In Original Shrine

African Sunshine in Schoenstatt

Fr. Michael Savage. In July, a special celebration took place on Mount Moriah. A group of Schoenstatt priests from Burundi made their final contract with the community and brought a bit of African Sunshine to Northern Europe.        Read More
ARGENTINA, jfl. Some 30 families from different cities in Argentina and Paraguay participated in the 5th Regional Chapter for the Institute of Families in New Schoenstatt.        Read More
SOUTH AFRICA, Francis Boulle. As Schoenstatt has done each year since 2002, an Archdiocesan Celebration has been organized to honour our Patroness, Mary Assumed into Heaven. This year will be a little different as a Crown will be offered to our Patroness by the youth of the Archdiocese by way of specific petitions. This event – scheduled for August 21 - coincides with WYD in Madrid and is the day before another feast day of Our Lady, namely Her Queenship.      Read More