P. Heinrich Walter. The General Congress of the Schoenstatt Fathers, elected the members of the General Council. At the General Chapter in 2003, The Superior General, and the leader of the free communities were electend for a 12-year-term, the other councilors for a six-year-term.
Until the General Chapter in 2015, the General Council is made up as follows:
Superior Generaö
Fr. Heinrich Walter (Deutschland)
Responsable for the free communities
P. Patricio Moore (Chile)
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Fr. Jose Maria Garcia (Spanien)
Councilerse
Fr. Raúl Espina (Chile)
Fr. Thomas Fluhr (Deutschland)
In the name of the congress participants, I thank all for the various signs and expressions of solidarity in prayer. The General Congress ends September 11.
Greetings and blessings from Mount Sion,
Fr. Heinrich Walter
Editor’s note: Use the comment function to express your congratulations and prayer promises!
Congratulations! As we continue this Year for Priests, I pray daily for the Schoenstatt Fathers and in particular for those in leadership in the community. From the Family Jubilee Shrine,united in the Covenant,
Paula Dudgeon
Congratulations from Cape Town , South Africa.
You will be kept in our prayers and especially during this year of the priests
Congratulations to all of you. I pray that you will serve your community faithfully in your newly appointed responsibilities. In this year of the Priest, I also pray that each of you will continue to be true examples of priesthood for all those who meet you, but especially to your fellow priests.
Sarah-Leah Pimentel
Women’s League, South Africa
Congratulations from Texas. During this Year for Priests, we will pray extra for you!
Semper Fidelis,
Carlos Cantú
Schoenstatt Family Federation
Cor Fidelis Patris Course (lst course in USA)
La Feria,Texas USA
Dear Fathers,
Congratulations and thank you! We will continue to keep you all in our hearts and prayers in The Hope of Our Father home shrine and in all the Exile places here in Milwaukee.
United in the Covenant,
Mark & Margaret Fenelon
Schoenstatt Family Federation
Lieber Pater Fluhr,
herzlichen Glückwunsch zu Ihrer Aufnahme in die Generalleitung
der Patres. Möge die Gottesmutter vom Heiligtum in Freiberg aus
Ihre Arbeit begleiten und segnen zum Heil der Pateres-Familie.
In Verbundenheit über das Heiligtum im Freiberg
Stephan Haas