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Primer Fortalecimiento Matrimonial en El Salvador
El Salvador, Florencia Couto and Claudio Martínez • El Salvador magnanimously carried out the first Marriage Strengthening: The first Marriage Strengthening took place in San Salvador from Friday, February 23rd to Sunday, February 25th. — “The first Forta is special. You can’t fail. If it goes wrong, there won’t be another one. It will be the first and the last, so you have to make every effort to make sure everything goes well and not let the opportunity go by”. The words of Father José Luis Correa, pronounced when theRead More
Misioneros de Guanacaste
COSTA RICA, Hannia Espinoza •  A new year begins, and with it many important activities in the Schoenstatt Guanacaste family. — During the first days of January, two Pilgrim MTA’s were sent from the Family of Hope Shrine in Santa Ana. For this occasion, the group of couples number six from Guanacaste traveled more than 200 km to receive their Pilgrim MTA in the Schoenstatt group format and the second one in the work format. The second one will go on pilgrimage to a Costa Rican state hospital called HospitalRead More
Mons. Mario Enrique Quiróz en el Santurio Original
ORIGINAL SHRINE / COSTA RICA, Laura Loaiza • The Bishop of Cartago, Costa Rica, Mario Enrique Quirós spent Christmas in Schoenstatt, Germany. He was very grateful for the welcome, for the time he had to pray, to rest, to learn more about Schoenstatt. He was happy! — In his diocese there are many Schoenstatt couples’ groups, there are some couples of the Family Federation, groups of the Mothers’ Branch, of the Men’s Branch (five), of the Girls’ Youth, of the Women’s Apostolic League, of the Young Professionals, several communities ofRead More
Primera Misa
COSTA RICA, Maria Fischer • It is one of the Schoenstatt shrines with very open doors for priests and seminarians: the Shrine “Family of Hope” in San José, Costa Rica. On December 26, the newly ordained priest Fr. Edgar celebrated his first Mass there. — José Ernesto (Nicaraguan) and Fr. José Luis Correa concelebrated. The people present at the mass – families with children, elderly, young people – came with great enthusiasm to receive the blessing of the new priest. Father Edgar had already been at Mass in the shrineRead More
Padre Raimundo celebra y co-celebra el Padre José Luis Correa en Parroquia Divino Niño en San Salvador el martes 5 de diciembre de 2023.
EL SALVADOR, by Florencia Couto and Claudio Martínez • Advent is a time of hope and renewal, during which we experienced a transition in the Movement in El Salvador. During the week of December 3-7, 2023, Father José Luis Correa, after seven years of commitment, service, and devotion, handed over to Father Raimundo Costa, also Chilean, his role as advisor of the Movement in El Salvador. — These were intensive days, as they were filled with learning, gratitude, love, and guidance. “I am grateful for the warmth, the potential atRead More
Encuentro fraternal de sacerdotes en el santuario de Costa Rica
COSTA RICA, María Fischer • Following tradition, on Friday, November 24, a group of diocesan priests from the Movement gathered at the Schoenstatt Shrine Familia de Esperanza in San José, Costa Rica. — At the noon Mass in the Shrine, some of the participants concelebrated and then the others joined in sharing lunch, an occasion to say goodbye to Father José Luis Correa. Manuel Peña, Nacho Gamboa, Gerardo Leon, Episcopal Vicar for the clergy, Father Minor, Father Erik Longan and a couple of others, as well as Father Ricardo Acosta,Read More
Costa Rica
COSTA RICA, Fr. José Luis Correa /mf • Recently, the Schoenstatt Shrine in San José, Costa Rica, experienced the pilgrimage of three seminarians, two of them from the Archdiocese of San José, and one an Argentinean from Tucumán. — Juan Diego, on the left of Fr. José Luis Correa, has come several times to priestly luncheons and therefore knows and loves the shrine. The Argentinean knew the Schoenstatt Shrine in his hometown even before going to Costa Rica. They finish their studies at the end of the year and shouldRead More
Peregrinación
COSTA RICA, Mary Cruz Coto •  August 2nd is the feast day of Our Lady of the Angels, the patron saint of Costa Rica. The devotion to the “Negrita”, the Black Madonna, is marked by the pilgrimage to the Shrine in the Basilica of the Angels in Cartago. For this reason, the Schoenstatt Movement in Costa Rica has prepared itself spiritually to walk this path of love for our Mother. — Beginning on July 1st and every day of the month, under the title “Our Lady of the Angels”, weRead More
Copa MTA
COSTA RICA, Ricardo Barrantes • On Sunday, June 11, the third edition of the MTA Cup, a tennis tournament in which the Schoenstatt Family gathers for a Sunday of sports and to promote bonds between the different branches, was held in the east of the capital San José. — Tennis players from the Family Federation, the Family Branch, the Boys’ Youth and the Ministry of Engaged Couples were present. In this edition, we were joined by a tennis player from the Family Branch of Guanacaste and a tennis player fromRead More
CIOF
COSTA RICA, Lourdes Rosabal •  Last May, the International Congress of the Schoenstatt Family Work (CIOF) was held in Asunción, Paraguay, with the participation of more than 150 couples from the three Schoenstatt Family communities, as well as about 25 consecrated persons, including Schoenstatt Fathers, Sisters, and members of the Institute Our Ladz of Schoenstatt. The event was a success as the couples came from a total of 17 countries in the Americas, the Caribbean and Spain. There was also a special participation from Hungary and Germany/Poland with the presenceRead More