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WYD 2019, COSTA RICA, Maria Fischer • “We are always here to welcome the young people…” Cata Cabezas related. And they are— they were there greeting them, welcoming them, feeding them, giving them something to drink, preparing the shrine for their Mass, and providing them lodging in their homes (“Eight Brazilians in my sister, Daniela’s home, isn’t that great?”) They took them to sightsee and enjoy the local places of interest …and were there simply to be present to converse, share stories, inspire each other mutually with the real lifeRead More
Youth Synod, interview with Lucas Galhardo • One month after the Youth Synod, we asked Lucas Galhardo from the Schoenstatt Boys’ Youth in Brazil, who particpated at the Synod and the preparatory meetings for it, about what these meetings meant for him and which were the most important moments for him, and what needs to happen now so that the Synod does not live only on paper. —   In your video message to the Schoenstatt Family at the end of the Synod, you spoke about how your participation atRead More
BRAZIL, via www.jumasbrasil.com.br On Sunday, 16 September, Porto Alegre JUMAS (Boys’ Youth) gathered the members of their life groups currently composed of three groups for a challenging Capital of Grace: running a race starting at the city’s center up to Maria Cor Ecclesiae Shrine. —   The race began at Nuestra Señora de los Dolores Church located in the historic heart of the city, and it ended at the shrine, traveling on the Río Guaiba coast. The weather was ideal for the race: sunshine with a light breeze that wasRead More
BRAZIL, Fackellauf Brazil team • There are words that cannot be translated because they carry a message, a unique experience…one of these words is “Fackellauf” – a German word that will forever be synonymous with commitment, enthusiasm, youthful conquest at the start of the second century of the Covenant. The Fackellauf, the painful marathon from Pompeii in Italy to the Original Shrine, is awakening life in many communities of the Schoenstatt Boys’ Youth, and most recently in Brazil. A Fackellauf team was set up to encourage the youth to commitRead More
PRE-SYNOD YOUTH MEETING, Lucas Galhardo • After thanking the prayerful support of so many Schoenstatters, including members of the schoenstatt.org team and missionaries of the Pilgrim Mother Campaign in Santa Rita, an interior town of Paraguay, Lucas Galhardo, the Schoenstatt Movement’s representative at the Pre-Synod, shares some of his impressions of the first day. — The Pre-Synodal meeting began today with the presence of the Holy Father, who in the morning session shared some wise and encouraging words for us to make the most of this opportunity to meet andRead More
VATICAN/BRAZIL, Lucas Galhardo in an interview with Schoenstatt.org • On 19 March, the feast day of St. Joseph, Pope Francis will celebrate the fifth anniversary of his papacy. He will commemorate this day by listening to the young people at the Pre-Synod taking place from 19 to 24 March at the International Pontifical College Maria Mater Ecclesiae. Three Schoenstatters will be among the participants: Fr. Alexandre de Mello Awi, the secretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, Life and Family; Magdalena Hartmann from the Girls’ Youth in Germany as theRead More
BRAZIL, Karen Bueno • Imagine that you live in Manaos/AM and you want to acquire a “little green book” of the Mother and Queen: the closest Daughter Shrine is approximately two thousand kilometers away.  Or, if you are in Campo Grande/MS and want to give a “Materttone” to a friend on Christmas: it would take more than 600 kilometers by car to obtain one. You do not have to go far…the simple fact of having to face the traffic and congestion could make the visit to the closest store very difficult.Read More
BRAZIL, Tadeu Lopes via jumasbrasil.com • “Youth and zeal! Youth and fire! Youth and storm that urges!” JUMAS Brazil recently honored Fr. Kentenich’s words in Brazil’s new Schoenstatt Shrine. The youths proved their love to our beloved Blessed Mother by expressing their joy on the way to the Shrine before the dedication and in tears contained upon carrying the Blessed Mother’s picture to the platform. Joy, zeal, and young people… a winning combination With all the joy of going on pilgrimage from the Shrine of Jaraguá to Caieiras, the youthsRead More
BRAZIL, Paulo Zambolin via www.jumasbrasil.com.br • Representatives of the Boys’ Youth (Jumas) from all over Brazil attended their IX National Forum, which was held in the Puer et Pater Schoenstatt Shrine, in Itaara, Rio Grande do Sul, which brought together eighty young people along with their advisers, Frs. Alfonso Wosny, Clodoaldo Kamimura, Ailton Brito, Julio Rodrigues, Br. Mandred Worlitschek, and seminarians Gabriel Oberle and Filipe Araujo. The objective of the forum was to reflect and decide about the youths’ direction and aspirations for the coming year. These young people tookRead More
Ao vivo – vivo – live – Direktübertragung: Caieiras • Se bendice un nuevo Santuario, hoy, en Caieiras, Brasil, hoy, 17 de septiembre, a las 10:00 horas de Brasil. Canción Nueva de Brasil transmite en vivo en su canal de Youtube. A TV Canção Nova transmite para todo Brasil e para Portugal, pela televisão, a bênção do novo Santuário Filial de Schoenstatt de Caieiras/SP, no dia 17 de setembro, às 10 horas, horário de Brasília/DF (às 2 horas da tarde em Portugal). Os demais países também podem acompanhar a solenidadeRead More