Christmas Tag

Navidad para todos
ECUADOR, Fr. Rafael Amaya • From our shrine, from the Church, we help people in a state of chronic poverty. There are 270 families that we assist with non-perishable food, and we give them “charity bags”. Every first Wednesday of the month they receive the groceries, except at Christmas, when we deliver them on the 24th after the Christmas Eve Mass. — The charity bags contain: 2 kg of rice, 2 kg of sugar, 2 kg of oatmeal, 2 kg of soup noodles, 2 kg of noodles, oil, butter, salt,Read More
Estrella de Belén sobre la tierra
CHRISTMAS 2022 • The star of Bethlehem above the earth. Not generally somewhere in the universe. Above this earth, this “blue marble”. Above the earth of the people of his love, each one of them, of us. Person of his love, each one concretely, with name and surname. God became flesh, on this earth, among us, very concretely. So that we love him very concretely, with deeds, and so that we proclaim him very concretely, with real, concrete stories. — “We now come to our last point: the manger speaksRead More
Kerala
INDIA, Kerala, Dr. Sunny Philip • On December 18, Schoenstatt‘s Covenant Day, ‘Mother of grace’ group Members and devotees participated in the mass with strong devotion and Christmas festivity. — Holy Mass by Fr. Jerin Choondal ISch was a main attraction for group members as he is a well-known spiritual speaker, and major Christian news channels in Kerala telecast his mass and talks regularly. Father Jerin also distributed Christmas cakes to children and members. They also gave farewell to Fr. Jerin who is shortly going on transfer out of state. MembersRead More
Flüchtlinge aus der Ukraine
POLAND, Father Arkadiusz Sosna •  Until now I have associated the “Four Seasons” with the composition of Antonio Vivaldi. This year it is quite different: in our Sion, the four seasons from March until today related to the presence of refugees from Ukraine and constant change. It is difficult to speak of refugees when the weeks fly by, and we continue to share this tough time of war; people have become our guests. — From the beginning of March 2022 until today, two people have been with us permanently. ARead More
Kerala
INDIA, Fr Jerin Choondal ISch • The Schoenstatt Pilgrim Mother Movement in Kerala held a Christmas Celebration on 11 Dec 2022. — Students belonging to SadhuPadana Sahaya nidhi (our scholarship students) also participated in the celebrations. There were a couple of speeches and many welcoming words: Fr Jiju Kilukkan, the Rector of the house welcomed all those who had come to the gathering. Fr Paul Pananamkulam, the Regional Superior of the Providence Region, Kerala, delivered the Presidential Address. Fr Jerin Choondal, the movement director, expressed his joy in this gathering.Read More
Adviento en la Casa del Niño
ARGENTINA, Gabriela Sarquis • This week Advent began and so did Advent at the Casa del Niño. We began this season that the Church proposes to us to prepare us for the great feast of the birth of Jesus, made a child, out of love for all of us. And his love has neither beginning nor end, it is forever. — That is why the children of Casa del Niño started the week by putting together a big Christmas tree, donated by Patricia, who together with the children prepared andRead More
Adviento
Fr. José Javier Arteaga – Schoenstatt Fathers • Dear brothers and sisters: The World Cup has begun and all the attention in the conversations and in the media revolves around the matches, the national team and whether we are positioned to win the cup. The big question is whether the national team is well prepared to win. But without making so much noise – like all transcendent things – this Sunday begins the season of Advent and a new liturgical year. The word advent comes from the Latin adventus andRead More
Roma
ITALY, Patricia Manson • For fifteen years now, week after week, a small group of Schoenstattian faithful have been unfailingly meeting every Wednesday at the Cor Ecclesiae Shrine in Rome to pray the Rosary. As long as it was possible, and I could find a ride since I do not drive, I too most willingly would join them to participate in a prayer gathering of a rather new type for me, who grew up in a Protestant environment. — I must admit that at first I met with difficulty inRead More
Weihnachten 2021
Christmas  2021 • “To accept littleness means something else too. It means embracing Jesus in the little ones of today. Loving him, that is, in the least of our brothers and sisters. Serving him in the poor, those most like Jesus who was born in poverty. It is in them that he wants to be honoured. ” On the second Christmas marked by the pandemic, and in the midst of the shocking, the outrageous, the horrible that is happening in the world and to which we must never become accustomed,Read More
Columna P. Enrique Grez López
Fr. Enrique Grez • The days go by and many of us complain that Advent is slipping through our fingers. Here is a selection of digital calendars that can help us in the preparation of Christmas. — We have lived strange years. The disease has struck each of us differently, but all of us together, and the approach of Christmas is an opportunity to take responsibility for what we have lived through. To take account, to make amends, and to prepare for the celebration of the birth of Jesus, whichRead More